Once again I’m posting one small section from Dr. Michael Greger’s excellent book “How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease which I HIGHLY recommend buying and reading. What About All the Sugar in Fruit? There are a few popular diets out there that urge people to stop eating fruits… Read More Friday Facts: Isn’t Fruit Full of Sugar?
Last week as I was poking though the kitchen cupboards thinking “what is all this stuff?” I found a bag a quinoa that I had bought last winter. When I saw it in the store I remember thinking “Why don’t I ever make quinoa? ” And then I bought it — and never made quinoa.… Read More Quinoa Tabouleh Salad
I’d seen this on the interwebs a while back but totally forgot about until my friend Barry sent me a link. Some of the toppings are non-nutritarian but it gives the idea: I don’t own a toaster (don’t have toast enough to make it worthwhile) so I couldn’t do it exactly as they suggest. And… Read More Sweet Potato Toast
A post came through my feed the other day about eating a whole food, plant-based diet on $1.50 per day. Yes — per day. This was not something the writer was advocating — it was a challenge she gave herself to gain perspective on world poverty — but I found it very thought provoking. That… Read More Saving Money at the Grocery Store
I decided I really shouldn’t call it “Today’s Menu” when breakfast and supper aren’t pictured. I’m out of “hand” fruit (apples, oranges, pears, bananas) so I will just have to suffer through having cut up mango for my afternoon snack. Mangos were two for a dollar at my store — two for a dollar! They… Read More Today’s Lunch Bag
I absolutely love this. And even though it contains no eggs or egg substitute or even tofu, it still feels like a breakfast “scramble” to me, I guess because the turmeric makes the cauliflower turn yellow. This is another recipe from the Forks Over Knives Cookbook. In the online version someone mentions pureeing the cauliflower… Read More FOK Cauliflower Breakfast Scramble
I’m starting to get a lot of recipes on the site — 23 total so far! To make them easier to navigate I have added tags to each recipe, and a tag cloud on the sidebar. Now if you are looking for ideas for breakfast you can just click the “breakfast” tag and all the… Read More Blog Update: Added Tags to Recipes
