Archive for April 2016
Family Recipes IV: Stuffed Sweet Peppers
Earlier this week I introduced you to the Lachere family of seven, who were hard at work making important changes to their diet. Although they had made the shift to an all fruit breakfast and plant based lunches with ease, the evening meal was still a struggle. With five children longing for their family favorites…
Read MoreChanging Your Plate Part V: Dinner
We’ve had quite a few weeks now of meeting real families from my practice who are each, in their own way, making efforts to eat more plants daily. From the Sherman family in Houston who decided to take their first steps based on their baby daughter’s milk sensitivity, to the Thorntons who wanted to get…
Read MoreFamily Recipes III: Carob Freezer Fudge
Last week I introduced the Kearley family, Janice, Stephen, and eight year old Ruth in Changing Your Plate Part III: Lunch. This week in Part IV: Plan Ahead we learned quite a bit from the system Janice has created to keep their plant based pantry stocked, the family well fed, AND staying within her budget!…
Read MoreChanging Your Plate Part IV: Plan Ahead
Last week Janice Kearley shared her family’s approach to a plant based lunch– totally DIY, prepped ahead, simple, and colorful. Later we featured the family’s favorite wrap and bread recipes you won’t want to miss. Moving on this week, we are looking at what prepped ahead means to Janice and how she does it. We…
Read MoreFamily Recipes II: The Kearley’s Mix & Match Lunch
Eating plant based came about five years ago for the Kearley family when mom, Janice, and dad, Stephen, were looking to give young daughter, Ruth, a healthy start. You can find their story here. At the Kearley house, lunch goes together with ease because of its simplicity and the advance prep done by Janice. It…
Read MoreChanging Your Plate Part III: Lunch
We talk a lot about food, in my office and home, and how changes to diet are most sustainable when they occur one meal at a time. In order to support you on your path to plant based eating, I thought it would be helpful to share some real stories from real families that we…
Read MoreFamily Recipes I: The Rob Thornton Smoothie Special
Throughout April I have the honor of introducing you to a family each week from my practice who are taking steps forward, no matter what size, to change what is on their plate. This week you met the Thornton Family on my post about changing breakfast. It’s not an easy task to convince an athletic…
Read MoreChanging Your Plate Part II: Breakfast
Last week I kicked off a new series about taking steps toward a plant based diet one meal at a time. In my first post, Changing Your Plate: Part I, I shared the news that so many of my client families are making headway in shifting what goes on their plates one meal at a…
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