These Crispy Lentils are so simple it feels like cheating. You bake some lentils until they get crispy, adding crunchy, whole-food protein to any meal you want. That’s it. Adding them to a salad is an obvious choice, but let your imagination go wild… A wrap. Granola. Trail mix. Avocado toast. Oatmeal. Add some liquid smoke…
Tofu Scramble
We touched on this a few weeks ago, but it’s worth repeating. In our experience, the most sustainable transition from an animal-heavy to a plant-heavy diet is taken one step at a time. My transition happened slowly over many years. It was back and forth, up and down. It wasn’t easy. If I’ve written a word…
Is a plant-based diet too extreme?
Our goal for 2016 is to achieve more balance in our lives. Balance, to us, is all about maintaining an even keel – equal parts work and rest, input and output, doing and thinking, science and art – to support steady, continual growth and progress. Who knows what 2016 will bring, but it feels like…
Beetball Subs
Here’s a little remix on my Valentines Day Beet Balls. This time, I thought I would hack one of my childhood fast food favorites, the Subway Meatball Marinara. Except we’ll hold off on the mystery meat. These babies are amazing. Although it’s not Valentines Day, perhaps you could still make your lady fall in love…
Keystone Habits
A few months ago we talked about how to turn a plant-based diet into a habit. We all have bad habits. It seems like we have little self-control as they unfold – they just happen. As it turns out, the same neurological processes that create bad habits can also make good ones unfold just as effortlessly. But not…
How To Turn A Plant-Based Diet Into Habit
Shifting to a plant-based diet is not an easy task. News flash: our culture isn’t exactly set up to help you out. The temptation, convenience, and pressure to return to your old eating habits are lurking around every corner. I’ve certainly struggled with this, and there is one thing, above all else, that helps me turn a…
5 Reasons Why Men Should Eat a Plant-Based Diet
Dudes, lets talk. Meat eating is central to the idea of manliness in our culture. You could even say that meat is male, or at least that the metaphoric link between the two is undeniable. Meat supposedly gives us all the things we associate with manliness – strength, dominance, control, vitality, and respect from our…
Vegan Horseshoe Sandwich
Our hometown, Springfield, IL, is well-known as the land of Abraham Lincoln. We grew up proud to have “walked where Lincoln walked”. Believe it or not, we also grew up proud of the second-most-famous piece of Springfield culture – the horseshoe sandwich. This concoction has been featured on Man vs. Food, written about in the Wall Street…
Fall PROBARs
By the time this post hits your eyes, I’ll be hiking my way to a Colorado summit or crawling around Fort Collins’ selection of world-class breweries. Maybe both. Either way, this seasonal version of my favorite bars will be in tow- in quantities large enough to share. Print Fall PROBARs Author: James Recipe type: Snack Prep time: …
Three-Bean Veggie Chili
Look… we like to take classic cuisine and make it vegan and easy, okay? When we take the precious steak out of a Philly Cheesesteak, we’re not trying to offend anyone, we just love our arteries as much as our taste buds. Before the traditionalist chili crowd gets their britches in a bunch, chile con carne translates…