This year Christmas is going to be very different for many of us. 2020 has been unlike any year we’ve ever experienced and that also means that Christmas lunch will be very different too. We may not be surrounded physically with friends and family, but they’ll be with us in our hearts and often electronically […] The post My plant-based Christmas day lunch menu appeared first on Caroline's Plant Based Diet ..read more

What a dark and wet week! My yummy plant-based meals this week were warming, comforting and very filling. Here’s a few to whet your appetite. I batch made my weekly salads at the weekend. This week I used spinach, baby kale and arugula/rocket with sliced red bell peppers, organic cucumber, spring onions/scallions, baby tomatoes and […] The post My yummy plant-based meals this week appeared first on Caroline's Plant Based Diet ..read more

The first week of December brought chilly winds and freezing temperatures and then towards the end of the week, snow! But my whole food, plant- based meals this week kept me full, satisfied and energised, ready to take on whatever the weather brought. Sometimes all I want is something plain, simple and nourishing, and this […] The post My whole food, plant-based meals this week appeared first on Caroline's Plant Based Diet ..read more

Many people these days have made the switch to following a plant-based diet, but did you know that a plant-based diet speeds up your metabolism? A plant-based diet boosts “after-meal burn,” leads to weight loss, and improves cardiometabolic risk factors in overweight individuals, according to a new randomized control trial published in JAMA Network Open by researchers with […] The post Plant-based diet speeds up your metabolism appeared first on Caroline's Plant Based Diet ..read more

A refreshing and very welcome walk under blue skies, kicking the fallen leaves, helped me to build up my appetite so… on to my plant-based meals this week. As usual, I made a big pot of soup on Sunday. This week it was plant-based leek, potato and onion soup. It’s super simple to make with […] The post My plant-based meals this week appeared first on Caroline's Plant Based Diet ..read more

For all my American friends out there, this is for you! My plant-based Thanksgiving Day meal menu to help you to celebrate in style. You’re going to feel comfortably full and nourished after your Thanksgiving meal this year. Let’s get started! For starters, I’d suggest a plant-based French onion soup. A delicious, richly flavoured soup […] The post Plant-based Thanksgiving Day meal menu appeared first on Caroline's Plant Based Diet ..read more

Here’s a peek into the plant-based food I’ve been eating this week as I’m often asked what I eat, so here’s a glimpse into my lunches and a dinner. I batch made a big pot of vegetable soup on Sunday. It was bursting with a range of whole food, plant-based ingredients including onions, celery, carrots, […] The post The plant-based food I’ve been eating this week appeared first on Caroline's Plant Based Diet ..read more

What to do with leftover homemade tomato sauce? Add black beans for an instantly delicious meal. Don’t worry if you don’t have the homemade tomato sauce, you can use passata or regular chopped tomatoes. Add some herbs, olives and brown rice and it’s a wonderfully simple and quick meal. Why not try it with some […] The post Plant Based Brilliant Black Beans appeared first on Caroline's Plant Based Diet ..read more

FAQs – Here  are some of the questions I’m asked most frequently about adopting a whole food, plant-based diet. I get asked a lot of questions every day about eating a whole foods, plant based diet so I’ve tried to capture here as many of them as I can with my answer. If your question […] The post Frequently Asked Questions appeared first on Caroline's Plant Based Diet ..read more

I’m a huge fan of Dr Greger and watch a lot of his videos and read many of his blog posts. His Daily Dozen is a great resource and in his book How Not to Die, he suggests we try to center our diets around whole plant foods. Here is an excerpt from the audio from […] The post Dr Greger’s Daily Dozen appeared first on Caroline's Plant Based Diet ..read more