This super easy, 7-ingredient, plant-based (vegan) Open Face Beet Fennel Sandwich is based on the food traditions of Scandinavia, where half of my family lives. When you visit countries in Scandinavia, such as Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, and Finland, one of the first things you may notice on the menu are beautiful open-face sandwiches, available …
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What’s sweeter than sugar and doesn’t have any calories? Monk fruit! This plant-based ingredient offers a way to enjoy sweet treats without the added calories from sugar. Monk fruit, also known as luo han guo in China and Thailand, where it is native, is a fruit which is harvested and eaten whole, juiced, boiled and …
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For much of your life, you’ve probably been led to believe that there are only two ways to take in vitamin C: eat an orange or swallow a pill from a bottle found in the vitamin aisle at the pharmacy. While both might be effective in boosting levels of vitamin C, we need to keep …
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I love the cool weather combination of grapefruit and avocado in this beautiful, seasonal, colorful and healthy salad. This Grapefruit and Avocado Salad with Lemon Cumin Vinaigrette is so simple—just throw some salad greens in a bowl, arrange with sliced grapefruit and avocado, sprinkle on some crunchy sunflower seeds, and drizzle with a zesty lemon …
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A juice cleanse offers one of the most natural and efficient ways to flush toxins and harmful materials out of the body. The health benefits from doing a juice cleanse on a regular basis can’t be beat. That being so, depriving the body of solid food for any length of time makes it that much …
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Both the vegan and Mediterranean diet are healthful eating patterns that have received a great deal of interest in the nutrition world—a new study explores which diet has better health results. What diet is best for you—a vegan diet, with its landslide of studies showing health and environmental benefits, or a Mediterranean diet, which has …
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God designed food to nourish your body and protect it from illness and disease. Fruits, vegetables, and other plant foods are loaded with disease-fighting phytochemicals and antioxidants, which enhance your body’s natural ability to restore health, fight disease, and live longer. If you have or are at risk of diabetes, the Biblically-based Hallelujah Diet can …
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If you’re new to the plant-based lifestyle, you might not have heard about the classic staple, cashew cream. This simple concoction can work wonders in the kitchen. It makes a nice neutral base to replace cheese, cream, sour cream, and more in recipes like casseroles, pizzas, pasta dishes, tacos, sandwiches, wraps and sauces. Plus, it …
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With each passing year, medical research uncovers increasing evidence that supports the health benefits of a plant-based diet. As nutrient-dense foods, plants provide the level of nutrition the body needs to maintain continued health and lower the risk of developing disease. Ongoing research shows the nutritional benefits of plant-based eating greatly reduce the risks associated …
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Make an amazing, healthy, plant-based blondie-style bar with an entire can of chickpeas (even the liquid in aquafaba is used to replace eggs), along with peanut butter (the main source of fat in these gooey bars), maple syrup (the sweetener), flour, peanuts, and dark chocolate. These vegan Peanut Butter Chocolate Chickpea Bars honor one of …
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