Category Archives: Health

I’m glad that the resources I shared last week were helpful to some of you. I’ll keep sharing as I do my own work—today, that means recommending Ava Duvernay’s 13th. If you’ve had questions about mass incarceration and its place among other systems of oppression, the documentary will probably answer some of them, and it […]

I’m glad that the resources I shared last week were helpful to some of you. I’ll keep sharing as I do my own work—today, that means recommending Ava Duvernay’s 13th. If you’ve had questions about mass incarceration and its place among other systems of oppression, the documentary will probably answer some of them, and it […]

Quick and easy are the name of the game this week and next, as I settle into the home stretch of this busy semester. This week’s vegan menu plan is all about convenience and sticking to tried and true options–at least one of which is a recent favorite! Yep, I enjoyed these red curry rice […]

Image courtesy of Virginia Messina, MPH, RD: www.theveganrd.com A 2011 Harris survey, conducted by the Vegetarian Resource Group, indicated that about 5 percent of the US population–nearly 16 million people–identified as vegetarian (about half of them identified as vegan). A third of the respondents said that they make an effort to eat vegetarian meals a […]

Happy Tuesday, friends! As always, I enjoyed reading your insights into the weekend reading links. Last summer, I published a post called 15 Simple, Affordable, and Protein Rich Combinations of Plant Foods. The goal was to break down protein requirements and recommendations using real food examples. Many of us have read about the recommended daily […]

It has been a very long time since I created a Menu Plan Monday post! This is partly because time got constricted during my finals, and partly because my meal planning, such as it is, has been a little erratic for the past few weeks. Cookbook recipe testing doesn’t lend itself to an organized weekly meal plan. […]

It’s that time again. For those of you who just started reading my blog, these annual birthday posts are a tradition that started when I turned 30. I originally intended for them to help me meditate on and find meaning in each year, but the posts are usually more inquisitive than expository. How to talk about this year? […]

When I first started writing this blog, I was the queen of DIY. I made everything from scratch–well, everything I could, because I hadn’t been cooking for very long, and I was still figuring it out. I made my own nut milk. I sprouted my own sprouts. I made fruit leathers, snack bars, and yogurt. […]

Today I’m checking in with a continuation of my series of posts on nutrient-rich combinations of plant foods. First I tackled protein, and then I addressed calcium. Today I’m chatting about iron within a vegan diet, and I’m offering you 15 iron-rich combinations of plant food, along with ideas for how to enjoy them. All […]

Change. Whether we like it or not, change tends to be on people’s minds at this time of year. I’ve already shared my intentions for 2017, and they don’t involve any big lifestyle changes–just a few subtle shifts in perspective, which have been underway for some time already. Still, I’m thinking about change because I’ve just […]

No matter how much time I spend thinking about nutrition in my work life, it’s not usually a topic that comes up with friends. So it came as a surprise the other day when a good friend brought up healthful eating over the phone. “You know,” he said, “it’s amazing how much in my life […]

“What does wellness really mean?” This was the subject line of one of the wellness emails I got from Veestro Food’s founder, Monica, this past week. I liked the simplicity of her answer: “Simply put, it’s nothing more than small daily choices that lead into lifelong, very big changes.” Monica’s take on wellness got me […]