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From plant-based party planning videos to recipes and survival tips –
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NPR Special Program With Dr. Michael Greger and Lani Muelrath
This just aired on NPR and now archived for your listening pleasure!NPR Special Program With Dr. Michael Greger and Lani MuelrathThe Back StoryNot long ago the host of a popular local North State Public Radio program, Nancy Weigman, reached out to me and...
Christmas Cravings and Holiday Hankerings: The Three Causes of Cravings and What to Do About Them (video!)
There are three origins of cravings. In this recording of this week's Mindful Vegan Moment facebook LIVE broadcast, find out what they are, how to understand them, and how to navigate them should they arise. These key points are elaborated upon in The...
Top 5 Tips for Navigating Holiday Stress and Temptations with Lani Muelrath (video)
Thanks again to Jeanne Schumacher, who I introduced you to recently when she interviewed me on video for Insights on Being a Mindful Vegan with Lani Muelrath. Jeanne continues to catalog an impressive collection of video interviews of thought leaders and...
Chocolate Mousse Recipe from The Mindful Vegan Book
The very same day I had scheduled to publish the recipe for Chocolate Mousse here on The Mindful Vegan blog, Christa from The Artistic Vegan did the same, accompanied by a giveaway for a copy of the book The Mindful Vegan: A 30-Day Plan for Finding Health, Balance,...
Candy Cane Brownies From Veganstreet.com
Just in case you didn't know that last week we celebrated National Brownie Day, no worries. Celebrating a few days late is entirely acceptable. And with this smashing new vegan brownie recipe creating from my dear friend Marla Rose of Veganstreet.com fame, you have...
Plant-Based Party Snack Ideas with Lani Muelrath on CBS TV (video!)
This week I was back on the set at CBS TV to show multiple examples of plant-based party snacks so you can lighten up the holiday parties with plant-based hors d'oeuvres. Double click on the video to enjoy this four minute presentation including taste tests and...
6 Plant-Based Pumpkin Pie Recipes
6 Plant-Based Pumpkin Pie Recipes Having made many a plant-based pumpkin pie in my time, at this time of year I find myself again on the lookout for a new variation on the pumpkin pie theme. Oddly enough, as a kid I couldn't stand pumpkin pie - go figure! It was...
6 Things To Bring to Thanksgiving Dinner: A Plant-Based Guide to Thriving at the Holiday Meal
A Plant-Based Guide to Thriving at Thanksgiving For those of us who have opted out of flesh for feasts, simply sitting down to the family gathering with a big, lifeless and featherless bird in the center of the table can present a challenge - and at the least offend...
Whole Foods Plant-Based Holiday Eats with Lani Muelrath on CBS TV (video!)
This week I was invited back to CBS TV to share the secrets of replacing processed holiday treats with whole food plant-based foods. Double click on the video to enjoy this five minute presentation including taste tests and recipes from The Plant-Based Journey....
My first vegetarian Thanksgiving, Farm Sanctuary Celebration, and the winner of the Harvest Collection is…
My first vegetarian Thanksgiving was in 1972. That was the same year that I met my husband, Dick Gregory came to campus to speak on his peace tour, I started teaching yoga, and I took up a meditation practice inspired by a sign posted at the local natty foods store,...
S.O.S. for the holidays : six plant-based pumpkin pie recipes, cranberry sauce, mushroom gravy, six things to bring to Thanksgiving dinner and bonus tips to ferry you through the eating season
Holy calendar whiplash. It's November! This time of year is always a mix of good times, good eats, right along with challenges to healthy living, eating, and personal equanimity. Let me see if I can help a little bit on all fronts. Below, I've linked six holiday...
3 Thanksgiving musts: orange cranberry sauce, Forks Over Knives style mushroom gravy, and Farm Sanctuary
Though Thanksgiving is officially a couple of weeks off, celebrations around here are already underway. And that means time for three Thanksgiving musts: orange cranberry sauce, Forks Over Knives style mushroom gravy, and Farm Sanctuary. Must #1: Farm Sanctuary...
10 tips for staying healthy, happy and fit through the holidays
November advances. And so can your health and fitness - or not, depending on how you navigate the minefields of the holidays! No worries, here to help. As someone who for years successfully plowed through bowls of Christmas cookie dough and carried an extra 50 lbs...
Don’t throw in the towel: Holiday Food & Fitness Survival Guide #10/10
Solid, simple tactics with real food and movement of your body – and your mind – to put you in the health & weight winner’s circle come January. Just joining us? To catch up with the holiday food & fitness survival guide: Part 1: “Be choosy” Part 2: “How...
Reach beyond the cookie tray: Holiday Food & Fitness Survival Guide #9/10
Solid, simple tactics with real food and movement of your body – and your mind – to put you in the health & weight winner’s circle come January. Part 9 of 10: “Reach beyond the cookie tray.” Reach beyond the cookie tray. Each choice we make every day is either...
4 reasons to exercise with vigor every day: Holiday food & survival tip # 8/10
Solid, simple tactics with real food and movement of your body – and your mind – to put you in the health & weight winner’s circle come January. Part 8 of 10: “Exercise with vigor every day.” Exercise. With vigor. Every day. Now hang on. Did I say "go work out...
Follow the 50/50 rule for vegetables and fruits: Holiday food & fitness survival tip # 7/10
Solid, simple tactics with real food and movement of your body – and your mind – to put you in the health & weight winner’s circle come January. Part 7 of 10: “Follow the 50/50 rule for vegetable and fruits” One of the best year-round tips I can give you for...
Eat a high fiber, slow-burn breakfast: Holiday food & fitness survival tip # 6/10
Solid, simple tactics with real food and movement of your body – and your mind – to put you in the health & weight winner’s circle come January. Part 6 of 10: “Eat a high fiber, slow-burn breakfast” Holiday food & fitness survival guide tip #6 is eat a...
How to handle food pushers: Holiday food & fitness survival guide #5/10
Solid, simple tactics with real food and movement of your body – and your mind – to put you in the health & weight winner’s circle come January. Part 5 of 10: “How to Handle Food Pushers” Food pushers. You know what I mean. You go to a party, you go to an...
Holiday food & fitness survival guide #4/10: What you have is what you’ll eat
Solid, simple tactics with real food and movement of your body – and your mind – to put you in the health & weight winner’s circle come January. Part 4 of 10: "What you have is what you'll eat" What do you have going on in the fridge - right now? What do you have...
Holiday food & fitness survival guide #3/10: Eat before you arrive!
Solid, simple tactics with real food and movement of your body – and your mind – to put you in the health & weight winner’s circle come January. Part 3 of 10. Food & fitness survival guide #3: Eat before you arrive! Warning: Do not go to a celebration,...
Holiday food & fitness survival guide #2/10: How eating keeps you thin
Solid, simple tactics with real food and movement of your body – and your mind – to put you in the health & weight winner’s circle come January. Part 2 of 10. Food & fitness survival guide #2: Stay well fed. Eating keeps you thin Thinking back to...
Holiday food & fitness survival guide #1/10: Be choosy!
Solid, simple tactics with real food and simple movement of your body – and your mind – to put you in the health & weight winner’s circle come January. Part 1 of 10. ~~~~~~~~~ I don't know where you stand in the competition, but I used to be the queen of the...
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