About this Blog

In May of 2013 my wife and I finally got around to watching Forks Over Knives (see the trailer below).  We had considered ourselves healthy eaters before then, but after watching we felt compelled to try out what the movie calls a "whole-food, plant-based" diet.  A little nervous about taking the plunge into a diet we always considered the weirdest one out there, my wife found a book at the library called The 21-Day Kickstart, which suggests trying it out for just 3 weeks to see how we like it (For anyone on the fence about the vegan diet, we definitely recommend checking both that movie and that book out).

Over 4 months later, we're still eating whole-food, plant-based and have even encouraged some family and friends to try it out, too.  We've discovered and/or modified some great meals and are getting asked for recipes ideas, so I decided to start this blog.  I hope anyone who finds this enjoys these meals.

A few caveats that pertain to our diet (and therefore, many of these recipes):

• There are a lot of vegan "substitute" ingredients out there (cheese, eggs, margarine, etc.), but they're processed foods, so we don't use them at all.  Hence, you won't find any in these recipes.
• We are not fans of soy products.  This stems partially from the fact that it's one of the biggest GMO crops, but also because we've read enough about the controversies over soy that we choose to avoid it as much as possible.  Hence, you won't find any soy/tofu recipes here.
• Not all of these recipes are 100% vegan (gasp!).  When a recipe calls for an egg or two as a binder, we do not substitute it out for something vegan (see the first point above as to why).  However, that is the ONLY time these recipes include any type of animal product.

Thanks for visiting this site!