I thought it might be helpful if you knew what the basic foods we have in the cupboards are.

Oh boy these weeks are just slipping by!  I can’t believe we are almost to the end of the 6th week of this adventure.  So many great changes since we started.  I have also been encouraged by how many other people are interested in this information or already trying plant based.  I love how when you try something new you suddenly become aware of it existing all around you.  🙂 Here’s what we’ve been eating this week: I take the

When guests come in to town I often take them to at least one of my five favorite local ice cream shops.  Two of them are local dairy farms.  I honestly thought, on the first weekend we started eating plant based, ‘How am I going to give up ICE CREAM!’ and for that matter milkshakes, cheese, pizza, spanikopita, lasagna, whipped cream… oh the list goes on and I think I will miss those things.  Maybe I will indulge in them

So, we are halfway through the week.  I’ve been enjoying the meals I planned but I haven’t had a chance, until no, to post them here.  Many of these I modified, I am getting the hang of things and making this new way of eating our own. We are eating lots of snacks including fresh fruit, raw nuts, energy balls, power balls, hummus, carrot sticks, etc. Sunday      breakfast: Rip’s Big Bowl     dinner: Stir Fry Brocoli w/ Peanut

I whipped this hummus up this morning and it was delicious!  I hope you enjoy it, too. 2 cans of chickpeas (rinsed and drained) or 4 c.1/2 t garlic2 T tahini2 T soy sauce4 T lemon juice1/4 c parsley1 t cumin Combine all ingredients. Blend well. Serve as a salad dressing, with veggies, on sandwiches and more!

We’re in our 4th week now of eating plant-based and the changes have been amazing.  To fill you in, 3.5 weeks ago we watched the movie Forks Over Knives by Fulkerson, Lee/ Aucoin, Joey/ Barnard, Neal, MD [ (Google Affiliate Ad).  The research made sense to me and my husband and we agreed that our whole family would try a plant-based diet for two months.  We’ve been tracking changes daily and have been amazed with the benefits.  I really didn’t think

I am getting later and later on getting these menu posts up and I realized I haven’t made any updates since I posted the last menu.  So this post will be about this week’s menu and the next one will be on the changes we have seen. I am starting to get the hang of this and develop my own recipes so there are not links to every recipe.  But if you see something you would like the recipe for

The table format for the menu was fun but it was cutting off the end of the week.  So I am just going to list the days and meals below.  Also, for the most part we have left-overs for lunch.  In that case I do not indicate a meal. Tonight, we had the bean wraps and all by the littlest child cleaned their plate.  Little M even asked for a side of steamed kale.  We are all getting LOTS more

Towards the beginning/middle of last week I was feeling pretty bummed about the food I was making.  I made a couple of ‘dud’ recipes and I accidentally undercooked the beans I was using for the week making all my subsequent recipes with those beans very dry. But, then I started planning for Valentine’s Day and Little M’s birthday for Thursday and Friday and we found some great options!  For Valentine’s Day I made broccoli w/ peanut sauce over brown rice.  It was