Posts by Molly Patrick
Difference Between a Vegan Diet and a Whole-Food Plant-Based Diet
The difference between a Vegan diet and a Whole-Food Plant-Based diet (WFPB or Plant Based for short) is that a WFPB diet does not include processed food in any form, including oil and sugar. If you follow a vegan diet you can have Oreos, if you follow a plant-based diet you can’t.
Read More9 Common Things I’ve Heard Throughout My Meatless Life That Are Too Good Not To Share + Miso Soup With Burdock, Daikon and Mushrooms
I’ve never eaten meat in my entire life. My mom and dad raised me vegetarian and it stuck. I’ve always thought of meat the same way that I think about cocaine or acid; if I’ve gone this long without it, I’m probably good. Over three decades without meat and over half of a decade without dairy has been awesome.
Read MoreMake Sweet, Passionate Love to Your Life
It breaks my heart that so many people are in a funk and don’t know what to do about it. I’m bummed by the number of people who are just getting by, when life is meant to be made passionate love to. I’m disappointed by how little power people think they have over their health and well-being.
Read MoreWhy I Give Exactly Zero Fucks About What People Think About my Language + La Farinata
I have some super dirty laundry that’s begging to be aired out. This is like a week of backpacking in Moab type of laundry. The stank is pretty ripe. I want to share an interaction that I had with one of my (ex) readers after he received my email last Saturday.
Read MoreWhat I Did When I Found Out My Dad Was in the ER + Plant Based 3-Ingredient Black Bean Burgers
I hung up the phone last week and had to smile. Congestive heart failure was the news that prompted my telephone to ring at 5:30am on December 6th 2013.
My mom’s voice sounded shaky and drained, like she was just one wrong look away from her poker face shattering and her fear announcing itself, making a visible appearance.
Read MoreMy Interview with Julieanna Hever about A Whole-Food Plant-Based Diet
Back in the day, vegan food was considered weird hippie shit that was similar to rabbit food. Eating vegetarian was a little less taboo, but still in the “not cool” category by society as a whole. Things started to shift a few years ago with vegan celebs popping up like pimples the day before prom. Today, veganism is accepted as a “cool” way to eat.
Read MoreBeing Flashed at an Old Folks Home + Whole-Food Plant-Based Sweet & Savory Sun Dried Tomato Burgers
She sashayed down the hall in her long tattered fur coat. It used to be white, but now it was the color of a mechanic’s hands after a long day’s work. All the others were eating, but not her. She had other plans.
Read MoreDeconstructing the Hippie Kitchen Smell + Cauliflower Carrot Soup
Have you ever walked into a hippie’s kitchen and thought to yourself: “There it is…there’s that damn smell again. And isn’t it the same smell that I whiffed while I was at that food co-op the other day, picking up my Chia Seeds? Yes, I think it is that smell! What the crap is that smell?”
Read MoreThings That Bug Me + Carrot Cashew Paté That Bursts with Flavor
The recipe that I’m sharing with you today is stuff that wet dreams are made of. It’s simple, healthy and exploding with flavor (because again, vegan food shouldn’t be bland. Unless you’re a monk and you can’t have garlic and onions, and then it’s okay).
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