Posts by Molly Patrick
Love Note To Yourself + Spiced Red Lentil Soup
It usually takes something monumental and heartbreaking to turn our world upside down and bitch slap us before we reach the point where we’re finally ready for big, massive change. “Change happens when the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of change.”
Read MoreTofu Will Never Pass as a Hard Boiled Egg + Curry Roasted Cauliflower
And there might also be cake. Unadulterated chocolate cake. Cake that’s full of butter, sugar, eggs and white flour. The kind of cake that gave Julia Child wet dreams at least once in her life. The kind of deliciousness that no Whole-Food Plant-Based cake could ever live up to. You might get close with a vegan version, but a Whole-Food Plant-Based version? Not a fucking chance.
Read MoreDeep Down, You Know + Vegan Walnut Parm
In order to help other people with their shit, we have to have our shit together first. It’s as easy and predictable as that. And here’s the reality of the situation. If you aren’t operating at your best, you will never be able to give your best to the ones you love – no matter how hard you try.
Read MoreDieting is a Bitch of a Cycle Not Unlike Abusive Relationships + Plant Based Rich Dessert Bites
Diets aren’t shit because they’re a pain in the ass, they suck to be on, and they don’t work. You might lose some weight in the beginning, but every dieter knows that when the diet is over, the weight comes back and then more weight magically appears. And then getting rid of that weight is even harder than it was in the first place.
Read MoreTrust Me, You Have Time + Whole-Food Plant-Based Black Bean Soup
Here’s the thing – your body doesn’t care if you don’t have time to cook or eat healthy food. IT GIVES EXACTLY ZERO SHITS. It won’t magically start thriving on processed convenience foods just because you didn’t get your shit together to batch cook. It won’t give you a free pass. It won’t turn cheese pizza into kale or potato chips into hummus as soon as they hit your system. That’s not how it works. And I could have told you that when I was naked, drunk and tripping on mushrooms in a drum circle next to some hot springs.
Read MoreList of Whole-Food Plant-Based Ingredients + Roasted Kabocha Squash
Here’s the thing. It’s important that you don’t get obsessed with perfection. Perfection doesn’t exist and obsession isn’t healthy – whether it’s with donuts or kale. So don’t make your life miserable by trying to be perfect – do the best you can. And to help you, here’s a list of the ingredients that are considered Whole-Food Plant-Based and the ingredients that are not.
Read MoreI Have No Interest In Cleansing Your Energy + Turmeric Vanilla Latté
My stance on the word “superfood” is that it’s bullshit. There is no one miracle ingredient or food that will cure everything from cancer to low self-esteem (though people who sell coconut oil would like you to think otherwise). It’s the combination of lots of different whole plant foods that keep the body happy and healthy.
Read MoreFlaxseeds: What You Need to Know + Chickpea Crab Cakes
Flaxseeds have been eaten by hippies for a long time. And when I say hippies, I mean my parents. I have very clear memories of flaxseeds from my childhood. They were always stored in a reused plastic bread bag next to the molasses and the carob powder (fucking carob – what a mean trick).
Read MoreAll About Seaweed + Seaweed Packed Tofu Poke Recipe
There are a few important plant foods that even the plantiest of eaters tend to forget about. These foods aren’t more miraculous than other plant foods, these are just the ones that most people skim over and don’t eat on a regular basis but should, because of their unique nutritional profiles.
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