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Live longer, live healthier, and feel amazing with a plant-based diet A plant-based diet has been proved to be a healthy and balanced alternative to diets that include meat. Even more importantly, it can be absolutely delicious and fun! In Plant-Based Diet Cookbook For Dummies you'll get all the recipes you need to guide you through a durable lifestyle change that will boost your energy, lower inflammation, encourage a healthy weight, and reduce your risk of disease.
Cheat Sheet / Updated 02-25-2022
What's great about a plant-based diet is that it's not just a diet — it's a lifestyle. As such, it encompasses many different aspects of your life, and it can be hard to remember everything you want to remember. This Cheat Sheet is here to help you implement your plant-based diet and to be your pocket-sized cheerleader.
Cheat Sheet / Updated 12-21-2021
A plant-based diet is not only good for your health, the animals, and the environment, but also is versatile and delicious! If you’re new to this way of eating, it can be hard to remember everything you want to remember. This Cheat Sheet helps you implement your plant-based diet and acts as your pocket-size cheerleader.
Step by Step / Updated 04-10-2017
The plant world contains a natural army of foods that are ready to fight — infections, that is! Getting a steady supply of the following foods helps you build up immunity so that, when that cold comes for you, you may be able to block it entirely — or, at the very least, not let it affect you as much.In addition to eating these ten foods regularly, you can use them to make home remedies at the first sign of a cold or flu!
Step by Step / Updated 03-27-2016
Did you know that any good commercial beauty product likely contains extracts of plant-based whole foods? If you look at the ingredients closely, you’ll see them — maybe hidden between all the other (toxic) chemicals that are put into most skin products. Why not go right to the source and put these foods directly on your skin, without the fillers and additives?
Step by Step / Updated 03-27-2016
Don’t be fooled — some non-plant-based foods present themselves as plant-based. Look closely at labels on these innocent-looking foods, and you may find ingredients you don’t want in your body. Some of the foods you think are safe actually aren’t.BreadThis supermarket aisle is usually a disappointment for plant-based eaters.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Ideally, the plant-based diet is a vegan diet with a bit of flexibility in the transitional phases, with the goal of becoming 100 percent plant-based over time. Plant-based dieting is also a goal to reduce your consumption of processed foods to a bare minimum or none. The plant-based diet focuses on whole foods and isn’t just about food; it’s a framework for your well-being.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Even if you're trying to lose a few pounds, snacks are an important part of a plant-based diet. The goal for a “snacker” — or, regular eater — is to reach for good foods that make you feel good, not junk foods that make you feel bad. Following are a couple of recipes that are on the lighter side and should help you toward your goals.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Here are some great ideas for making simple, quick plant-based lunches that you can pack (even in a pinch) and take with you for the workday or out on the town. If you’re looking to drop a few pounds, these recipes are all on the lighter side. Kale and Cabbage Slaw Salad Preparation time: 5 minutes Cook time: 30 minutes Yield: 10–12 servings 1 head red cabbage 2 carrots 1 beet 1 head fennel 1 bunch kale (about 3 cups) 1/2 cup olive oil 1/4 cup apple-cider vinegar Juice of 1 lemon (about 3 to 4 tablespoons) 2 tablespoons raw honey or coconut nectar 2 tablespoons hempseeds Shred the cabbage, carrots, beet, and fennel in a food processor with a shredding blade, or use a mandolin, or hand slice into thin strips.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Supper in the plant-based world is manageable (and fun!) because you have so many different ways to prepare the same food. It’s all about simple creativity! Following are a few recipes that are on the lighter side (in case your goal is to drop a few pounds). Hearty Vegetable Cacciatore Preparation time: 15 minutes Cook time: 18–30 minutes Yield: 6 servings 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 cup diced leeks or diced onions 1 cup diced carrots 1 cup diced celery 3 cups sliced mushrooms 1/2 cup finely chopped fresh basil, or 1 teaspoon dried basil 2 tablespoons fresh oregano, or 1 teaspoon dried oregano 3 bay leaves 2 cups tomato sauce 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup finely chopped parsley 1 to 2 cups cubed organic tofu Heat the oil in a large saucepan and cook the garlic and leeks over medium heat until soft.
