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In Light of Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Plant-based in Pink!

It’s October and fall has begun (our favorite season of the year!).  Crisp air, pumpkins, falling leaves, and beautiful hues of red, orange, and yellow on the trees.  Everywhere we look, there is...

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So Easy, A College Student Can Do It!

So you’ve heard the guidelines: Eat whole, plant-based foods. Mainly fruits, vegetables, whole grains, beans/legumes. But when it comes time to actually make dinner, you’re not sure where to start. Or...

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A Plant-Strong “Turkey Day”

Basically every holiday is centered around food. And the most prominent food-centered holiday in American culture is coming up in the next few weeks: Thanksgiving. Or, as it is commonly called these...

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Giving Thanks

There’s no questioning the fact that Thanksgiving traditions revolve around food.  But as we all know (but often forget) the day is first and foremost about giving thanks.  Life can be really hectic,...

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Plant-Powered Stress Management

Get a full night’s sleep, eat a good breakfast, and take the morning to clear your head with a walk, a run, or some music.  This is the mantra of midterms and finals, the advice we hear from just...

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Plant-Strongifying Recipes

When you start eating a plant-strong diet, there are a lot of “typical” or “traditional” foods that don’t make the cut. This can be especially hard around the holidays, when family recipes and holiday...

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Rethinking Our Caffeine Crush

More than 50% of Americans drink coffee daily. And we all know that if you drink coffee, it is unlikely that you just have one cup. Many people use coffee as their fuel to get them through each day; a...

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New Years Resolutions: Sustainability

The new year is just that, NEW!  Where and who do you want to be in 2013?!  While you can start something new any day of the year, January 1st is an opportunity to really, as Rich Roll would say,...

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Tips For Making 2013 Your Best Year Yet!

  1. Cultivate optimism There is a lot in life that we can’t control. Thus, it is important to focus on what we can control. The most important thing that we have control of is our attitude. It’s no...

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Roy’s Story

In honor of Craig’s dad (Roy)’s one year “plantiversary”, we are sharing his story.  He’s come a long way in the past year and is an inspiration to all of us.  We are so proud of him!!   “I owe my...

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The Urban Garden Campaign: Growing a Better Future

Picture this – you’re on-stage at an elementary school assembly, looking out at one hundred adorable, little, can-hardly-sit-still youngsters, and all eyes are on you.  You go through a ‘healthy diet’...

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A Plant-Strong Pop Quiz! :)

Eating plant-strong is awesome. But it’s not just important to know what you’re doing, it’s also important to know why you’re doing it. Even though we all trust Rip and the many other doctors and...

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Beyond the Health Benefits – Part 1: The Environment

Eating a plant-strong diet makes us feel invincible.  We are fueling our bodies with the most wholesome, nutritious (and incredibly tasty!!) food there is.  We are preventing and reversing heart...

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Beyond the Health Benefits- Part 2: Compassion for Animals

By eating a plant-strong diet, you have already improved your health – your cholesterol levels are lower, maybe you have lost some weight, and you are preventing and reversing disease.  And last week,...

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Cooking Up Some Warmth!

            Here in Pennsylvania, February brings us to that time of the year when our winter wonderland usually becomes a winter wonder-when-it-will-be-over.  At some point, the refreshing feel of...

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Healing Our Relationship With Food

                        These days, it is typical to have a negative relationship with food. Society doesn’t make it easy for us. We’re constantly being bombarded with advertisements shamelessly...

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Meet Your New Best Friend: The Rice Cooker

  Lately, a favorite breakfast of Jenna’s is buckwheat.  A big tasty bowl of warm, chewy, subtly nutty, and nutrient packed buckwheat is great to start off your day off with.  It’s wholesome,...

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Morning Workouts

It is 8:30am. Tara is sitting at her computer, starting to draft this blog post. Already, she has run 10 miles, showered, dressed, and made breakfast. For the past three months, this is the way that...

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Our Interview with Lindsay Nixon (Happy Herbivore!)

Through our internship with Engine 2 Diet, we were recently introduced to the famous Happy Herbivore, Lindsay Nixon!! We’ve read her blog, made her recipes, and seen her give presentations, and she is...

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Breakfast: Waking up on the right side of the bed

Everybody already knows that breakfast is the most important meal of the day.  And if it isn’t convincing enough that this age-old piece of advice has been passed down from generations yonder, the...

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