Beginners Guide

Beets were never on my veggie radar: They are on a long list of vegetables that somehow never made it into my adult life. That list once included chickpeas, proving that there is hope for the plant-based ingredients I still have yet to love. I don't ...

You may want to start eating a plant-based diet, but have no idea where to begin. With the vast number of resources on the subject, it can be daunting to figure out where your best starting point is. Julieanna Hever, plant-based dietitian and author shares her tips for how to start your plant-based diet, as well as all the health benefits. By going...

Since we started working from home, snack is a word that can be heard all day long. Next to dinner, it is absolutely the second most popular word in my household. We’ve got a lot of options, but it’s always important to me that the snacks provide some nutritional value as well as just tasting good. Before the pandemic, working f...

Conventional wisdom tells us that a diet high in fruits and vegetables, whole grains, legumes, nuts, and seeds–aka a plant-based diet–is expensive and costs more than the traditional American diet of meat and dairy, fast or processed foods. Telling consume...

When you go through something that helps you get healthier, you want to help other people do it too. Once I found out how to make healthier food choices, the first thing I wanted to do was share what I was learning. That’s how my journey as a plant-based advocate began. For ...

Now that you've tried a plant-based approach to your health and weight loss goals, there are so many delicious recipes and foods to add to your diet that can make it easy to keep going. Whether you're looking to add more fruits and vegetables into your diet every day, or want to make the switch to a fully plant-based approach, there's a meal plan for you. For more...

Scene: I'm standing in the checkout line at Whole Foods with my brother, our masks on, keeping our distance from one another and a woman behind me in line. She intensely watches me unload a bounty of plant-baed items, and starts asking me about everything I am unloading onto the black conveyor belt: "Do you like that...

Your grill-master dad recently just saw his cardiologist and tells you he wants to make some dietary changes. Your best friend from college recently reached out saying she’d love some help in embracing a more plant-based lifestyle. Whatever the c...

It used to be you'd be lucky to find Silk soy milk in the grocery store when searching for non-dairy milk options, but now with the explosion of plant-based consumerism across the country, mainstream grocers and online retailers are increasingly competing for your plant-based dollars, and it's just the start...

You may have a co-worker who says they’re a "hard-core vegan," while your last date claimed to be a "plant-based eater," or your "classic vegetarian" friend might say to you she’s also now eating fish these days. It can be tough to know the true definitions of what each of these terms means without making your head spin, not to mention how other people are interpretin