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What do you eat when you're on a plant-based diet?

7/29/2014

It's a question I get asked all the time. I should just keep this list on me and hand it to people when they ask me. There are a lot of misconceptions about eating a mainly plant-based diet. It is thought to be too difficult, too boring, you don't get enough protein. It's simply not true. I will admit, there are days I'm a flexitarian but it's usually where I'll eat some dairy-based food and it's usually when I'm away from home where I don't have my staples to work with. But overall, lots of beans, veggies, creamy sauces made with cashews. I will also admit to eating foods that are probably vegan but not healthy (no...make that DEFINITELY not healthy). But that's only a fraction (and a small one at that) of the time.

If the text is too small, press and hold Ctrl and press the plus sign on your keyboard to make it larger (the computer tutor in me is very difficult to harness sometimes).

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My truth on plant-based diet

4/25/2014

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Just to be clear, I will never try to force my opinions or understanding of the scientific literature regarding a whole food, plant-based diet on anyone. Instead, I will always share my truth.

I became vegan primarily for health reasons (almost 2 years ago as my cholesterol levels were creeping up - it's since gone down 40 points). After seeing several documentaries during my year-long study at Institute for Integrative Nutrition, I realized that my food choices had a much larger impact on both animal welfare and the health of the planet. As a result, I began to really care about those issues.

I am always careful not to be too enthusiastic about being on a plant-based diet around others; people naturally feel challenged (or do they feel judged?) by any choice that's different from theirs, simply because it raises questions that they may be unwilling to consider at this point in their lives. Each time I recommended watching documentaries like "Peaceable Kingdom" (which truly touched my heart), "Food Inc.," Earthlings," or any film that educates us where our food comes from, the typical response is "I don't want to watch something like that. I enjoy eating meat." I leave the conversation there and move on to the next. People need to be ready to change their lives by changing their diets. It was the same with me.

However, looking at the "long view," I love where vegan-ism is today. I love that I can go into almost any restaurant and get a delicious plant-based meal and that I don't have to spend an hour explaining it. We've come a long way. But there is still further to go. One Day At A Time.

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Plant-Based Lifestyle

2/23/2014

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According to Melissa Costello of Karma Chow (http://karmachow.com/), plant based eating is coming more into the mainstream, and often another term for vegan-ism, but it doesn’t mean your vegan. It’s just that you are eating more foods that are less processed, so you are eating things that grow in the ground or on a tree — things that are more natural. It’s about eating fewer animal products and more natural foods like vegetables, beans, whole grains, nuts, seeds and fruits.

This describes my choice of food lifestyle best. I won't say I'm always 100% plant based, but I strive to get as close to 100% as often as I can! Still, I'm feeling better than I've ever felt in my life. And I have learned about so many new and different foods and recipes. It's always a great adventure for me.

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A Vegan in Szombathely, Hungary

10/2/2013

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After a week trying to find vegan options for meals, I decided to look on the Internet to see where I can find some vegan food in the town where my parents live, Szombathely, Hungary. To my delighted surprise, I found a restaurant that offers raw food. One of the more tasty Hungarian dishes is something called lecso (pronounced lecho). It's mainly made up of onions, peppers, tomatoes and sausage. Here at The Restaurant of Life (Az Elet Etterme), there is a raw version of it this dish that is so tasty even my very non-vegetarian/vegan, meat-loving mother enjoyed it. Of course, she joked it would taste really great with some rantott hus (breaded veal or chicken).

There were tasty cabbage rolls along with some Indian tandoori veggies with a little zing to it. It was just perfect. I can't even remember what it all was, all I know is that I enjoyed it immensely! I loved it so much that we came back the next night with my cousin and had some cappuccino with soy and a pear cake which was out of this world!

Not that many people get to Hungary, let alone Szombathely, but The Restaurant of Life is only the second vegan/raw restaurant opened in the entire country. Tonight, Alexandra, co-owner with Peter, told us that people are calling from other larger cities in the country looking for advice on opening a restaurant like this one in their own communities. So, the movement is growing!

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What do you eat when you're on a plant-based diet?

My truth on plant-based diet

Plant-Based Lifestyle

A Vegan in Szombathely, Hungary

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