Plant-Powered Food for Thought

Good afternoon, pals! Hope you enjoyed our protein-packed stir fry. I adore the world of stir-frys with this diet. You can pack it with flavor, loads of veggies, and, yes, lots of protein. Do experiment with stir frys! They are almost always, as my friend Kenzie would say, a “banger”. Today, we have a Light Southwestern Salad, also packed with protein and nutrients. But first , I have a hot take for you all this afternoon: I enjoy my culture. For one, I’m a midwesterner, and it is real that midwesterners are unusually kind. We make small talk with strangers, smile when we pass somebody, wave to the car that let us go first at a four-way stop, and generally assume the best of people. I also love my American roots of high ambition and drive to succeed. My Type A personality is meant for a culture like the U.S. I love my independence to move away from home and pursue my goals, and the freedom to individualize my life. But, there are things I have a strong distaste f...

Welcome back friends :) Hope you enjoyed the stroganoff as much as I did! It is simple, and something you can add your own flare to in the future! Today, we’ll jump into some Eastern Asian flavors with a High Protein Tofu Stir-Fry. As for my friends reading who may still be on the fence about this diet change, or struggling to maintain it, I wanted to dedicate this post to reassure some of your potential concerns. One obvious ones being protein. This word comes up nine out ten times when someone finds out you don’t eat meat. I have had nutritionless diets in the past (ya know, pop tart for breakfast, lunchable at lunch, pizza rolls for dinner), and no one cared. But if you’ve surrendered animal products, you know what I’m saying when suddenly everyone around you becomes a nutritionist. But I have no room to judge. This was something I did everytime I met a vegan or vegetarian. “Where do you get your protein?” I would ask,  assuming that all they ate was c...