When I’m having people over for dinner, I love a good baked dip to accompany crackers, bread, or veggies. Baked veggie dips are just so comforting, hearty, and inviting all throughout the year, from holidays to summer parties to movie nights. And this super delicious vegan Baked Kale White Bean Dip is packed with flavor and nutrition. A modern take on baked spinach dip, this baked kale dip is filled with sautéed onions and kale, warm spices, and a quick cashew white bean puree. Sauté your veggies in a skillet, stir in the quickly blended cashew cheese and white beans, then place in the oven t ..read more

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo in style with delicious Mexican-inspired food offerings. Here are the best plant-based Cinco de Mayo recipes, in all categories, from appetizers to entrees. Are you looking for some healthy, delicious, plant-based recipes to celebrate your Cinco de Mayo? I’m sharing 15 of my own favorite plant-powered recipes that I like to cook up in my own California kitchen all year long, and especially to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. These Cinco de Mayo food choices are inspired by the sunny, Latin flavors of traditional dishes from Mexico, with which we share a border—a place I’ve enj ..read more

Did you know that those delightful spring-green, flowering vines spiraling up your pea trellis are completely edible? Not only are pea tendrils edible, they are delightfully crisp and sweet. So, if you’re going with peas, enjoy the green leaves and stems, too—even the flowers offer delectable taste and texture, as well as pretty elements to your spring recipes. Pea tendrils from my farmers market in Ojai. My farmers market in Ojai sells them each spring, and I snap them up while they’re available. In addition, I grow my own peas in my garden, and enjoy using the pea tendrils when I’m trimmin ..read more

Learn how to make the best plant protein bowl recipes ever with this fabulous, nutrition-packed collection of 20 Plant-Based Nourish Power Bowl Recipes from top bloggers, including some of my own favorite grain bowl recipes too. I love the plant-based nourish power bowl trend—the simple notion that you can eat a healthy meal all in one bowl. Whether it’s bean, salad, or grain bowl recipes, you can pack the confines of that round dish with a whole lot of nourishing, healthful plant ingredients—and you can reap the nutrition rewards, too. Nourish plant protein bowl recipes are perfect for break ..read more

Looking for vegan and vegetarian meal prep ideas to make your life easier? Then check out this amazing collection of 25 Best Vegan Meal Prep Recipes for a range of delicious nutritionally balanced meals that are perfect for meal prep.  Meal prep can make your life so much easier! You just make up a batch of a delicious, nutritionally balanced recipe and then portion it into individual meal prep containers to grab and go for meals during the week. From breakfast to lunch to dinner, meal prep certainly comes in handy during your busy week. Individually portioning out meals that include a p ..read more

Learn how to live longer and reverse aging symptoms and chronic diseases through lifestyle changes based on learnings from the famous Blue Zones, plus Blue Zones Recipes for Longevity.  There’s no underselling that one of our species’ greatest accomplishments in the last 100 years has been humanity’s increased life expectancy. Improved sanitation, education, and the wonders of modern medicine have done an amazing job at prolonging our individual lifespans. While the most vulnerable in society are taken care of better than ever, true longevity remains elusive, however. Centenarians have a ..read more

I love the crunchy, nutty taste of farro in whole grain salads. This ancient wheat, which has its roots in Tuscany, is rich in fiber, protein, vitamins, minerals and even phytochemicals. Spinning off its traditional origins, this cool, hearty recipe for Tuscan Spring Salad with Farro, Steamed Asparagus, Fennel, and Pine Nuts combines all of the flavors of the Tuscan countryside, including fennel, onion, olive oil, lemons, and pine nuts. Plus a springy addition of steamed asparagus livens this salad right up with taste and texture. Just cook up whole grain farro (precook it ahead of time to ge ..read more

Make easy healthy eco-friendly diet changes, thanks to this top advice from dietitians on Planet-Friendly Eating Tips for Earth Day, plus these earth friendly recipes. What you put on your plate not only impacts your own personal health, it makes a significant impact on the planet. The food system is responsible for more than one quarter of the planet’s global greenhouse gas emissions, and it takes up about 50% of the planet’s ice-free, dessert-free land to grow food to feed the world. On top of that, the process of getting food to your plate is responsible for a large amount of pollution, fr ..read more

Looking for a new way to do your breakfast grain bowl? Then try a millet breakfast bowl, topped with flavorful shredded coconut, bananas, and peanuts for a powerful flavor and health bonus. This easy breakfast porridge bowl starts with quick-cooking whole grain millet, which is then topped with slices of fresh bananas, coconut, peanuts, and coconut milk beverage, with a drizzle of maple syrup. With only six ingredients, you can make these whole grain breakfast bowls in 20 minutes. This Shredded Coconut Banana Millet Breakfast Grain Bowl recipe is a perfect meal prep idea too! Just make up you ..read more

You can cut your carbon footprint quite significantly by following a few low carbon diet tips: eat more plants, make smart calorie choices, and cut food waste.  Over the past few decades, it’s become increasingly clear that what we choose to put on our plates every day is one of the most significant opportunities we can have as individuals over our lifetimes to reduce our environmental impact. Our diets make big impacts on deforestation, pollution, water use, and greenhouse gas emissions (or carbon), which impacts climate change. According to the IPPC, we must stay within 1.5 °C above pr ..read more