This Friday, the Veggie Quest team launched the Healthy Carb Challenge. If you want to feel better by ditching white sugar and flour in favor of whole carbs, you're invited to join us! Click here to be added to the Facebook Group. You'll get inspiration, meal and snack ideas, and a shoulder to cry … [Read more...]
Plant-Based Diet How-Tos and Resources
Everything you need to make following a plant-based diet deliciously easy - and fun! Whether you're curious about how I eat 2 pounds of vegetables a day, or just want to know how to peel a jicama, you're in the right place.
Could You Eat Healthy & Vegan for $3.80 a Day? I Did, and Here’s What Happened…
As promised, for 1 week I spent less than $4.13 per person, per day on food for an internship assignment. In fact, I ended up spending just $3.80 per day. (*Throws out shoulder patting self on back*) And I have to say, it went great! Until it didn't. Here's how the week went down... Monday … [Read more...]
7 Mind-Blowing Desserts with Hidden Veggies: As Seen on Good Morning Washington!
Welcome, Good Morning Washington viewers and Veggie Quest readers! If you like chocolate, you’re going to love today’s post. Because it’s all about chocolate desserts that are practically healthy. Okay, healthy-ish. ;-) Because they’re made out of vegetables. Yep, vegetables, like sweet … [Read more...]
VNutrition Guest Post: Top 5 Healthy Foods for Fall
This week, I'm delighted to introduce you to Mary Ellen, one of my favorite plant-based bloggers. A woman after my own heart, she shares quick and healthy vegan recipes on her blog, VNutrition. What's more, I'm pretty sure she loves tasty food and nerding out about evidence-based nutrition just as … [Read more...]
6 Fast and Healthy Ways to Use Pumpkin
I may be the only person who feels this way, but fall? Meh. While everyone else is swooning over the crisp air and colorful leaves, I'm getting more crotchety with each minute of daylight we lose. Luckily, there's one thing that redeems the season for me: pumpkin! I mean, what other … [Read more...]
16 Iron Rich Vegetables
Quick, which has more iron: the tomato sauce or the meatballs? … [Read more...]
3 Low-Fat, Gluten-Free & Vegan Burgers You Can Buy (Under 200 Calories!)
Summer's too short to make your own veggie burgers. Of course, if you want to spend time in the kitchen when you could be lounging by the pool, sprucing up your garden, or relaxing on the porch with a glass of sangria and a good friend, be my guest. But as I see it, we only get a few blissful … [Read more...]
14 Calcium Rich Vegetables
"But where do you get your calcium?" If you're dairy free, I'm sure you've heard this question. Whether from friends, family, or a stranger in the checkout line, it's usually spoken in a scandalized tone by someone who's clearly agog that you don't drink milk. … [Read more...]
Microplane Prize Pack Giveaway and Review
I think the first place I ever used a Microplane was in 7th grade wood shop. You see, in middle school, I was one of those tomboy-ish girls who thought Home Ec was lame. (Joke's on me, huh?) So I enrolled in shop class instead. I think my crowning achievement was making a wooden piggy bank in the … [Read more...]
15 Chia Pudding Recipes You Need to Try (Vegan)
First, an update on last week's anti-inflammatory green juice post: My poor inflamed feet are better! Not 100% better, but I-can-walk-a-mile better, which is a huge improvement. Needless to say, I'm psyched! So, what did it? I started eating less---and healthier---by turning off the TV. As … [Read more...]