I spent about half of last week sick. Thankfully last week’s Plant-Based Meal Plan had delicious soups (Minestone Soup and Broccoli Potato Soup) to help me recover.

Each week I share a plant-based meal plan this is usually gluten-free and allergy-friendly. My hope is that you’ll be inspired by the meal plan and able to adapt it to meet your needs. See the 2015 Archive for more!

This last week I sent out my Newsletter with some plant-based tips. If you missed it you can sign up here. The next one will go out in two weeks and it’s always a quick and easy ready.
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Are you wondering what to eat on a plant-based diet? You are not alone.

Let’s keep it simple and place what to eat and what not to eat into two categories.

Don’t eat thing that come from animals like meat, dairy and eggs.

Do eat things that are grown, focusing on whole foods.

I know, you’re thinking, Holly, it’s not that simple.

You are right. It’s hard for most people to decide what to eat every day. You can read about how much I used to hate the “What are we having for dinner?” question. When you are transitioning to a plant-based diet away from the standard American diet it takes a lot of dedication and work. You can get extra help with that by joining my Plant-Based Basics eCourse!

What to Eat

Focus on eating whole foods that are grown.

• Beans
• Grains
• Fruit
• Veggies including potatoes.
• Nuts and seeds

Whole foods are beans and rice, not chips made from beans and rice. Do you get my point?

Don’t get me wrong, I’m a huge fan of Beanfields Snacks (I love them!) but I can’t make them the cornerstone of my diet. I do have some in my pantry though but I won’t eat them every day.

Plant-Based Diet Meal Plan

This weeks plant-based meal plan will be perfect for beginners just starting to transition to a plant-based diet. [Read more…] about Plant-Based Diet Meal Plan

It’s almost December, the season synonymous with healthy eating. Wait, that’s not right.

In fact, it’s a lot harder to eat well this time of year. Despite our best intentions junk food calls out to us even more as the holidays approach. We finished our Thanksgiving leftovers on Friday and are back to a mostly empty fridge. As much as I love Thanksgiving leftovers I really wanted to get back to healthy meals.

In an effort to avoid unhealthy foods I’ll call upon soups and casseroles that are warm, comforting and healthy.

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I’m not sure what you all love more, plant-based meal plans or free stuff but almost 300 of you have downloaded the free Cheapest Plant-Based Meal Plan (Fall Edition). A few of you even paid a little something for it so thanks for that. It’s set up so you can download it for free or pay a donation.

I’ve gotten a lot of emails from people who are so thankful because their budget is really tight right now. I’m going to write some more posts that I think will help with saving money so look for them over the next two months.

I also want to mention that you can enter a giveaway right now for the ebook Whole Food Plant Based on $5 a Day by Emma Roche or Plant Plate. In the book she creates meal plans (for 28 days) and includes shopping lists so you can eat healthy on $5 a day. The book is only $6.95.

I’m almost hesitant to even list a meal plan with such great resources listed above but I’ll relent and post a Dinner meal plan for this week.

Breakfast will be are usual which means cereal, toast, smoothies and of course oatmeal!

Lunches will be packed for the boys with sandwiches or baked potatoes as main dishes. We will also use leftovers for lunches.

Plant-Based Dinner Meal Plan

White Enchiladas with Cilantro Lime Quinoa

Hearty Lentil and Barley Stew (substitute rice or quinoa for barley to make it gluten-free)

Lentil Tacos with leftover Cilantro Lime Quinoa

Potato and Broccoli Soup (this post is from my 2nd week blogging many years ago, the pictures are awful but the soup was good. I think I need to repost this with an update…adding it to the list.)

Easy Mexican Casserole will be our standby recipe.

I have a question you can help with.

We are going to a pot luck on Wednesday night. I’m trying to decide what to bring. There will be 8-10 adults and 15 or so kids, all omni. What do you recommend?