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Food has a far-reaching impact on our well-being, extending beyond our physical health to our emotional state. Certain foods can trigger nostalgic memories and provide soul-fulfilling warmth and comfort. Unfortunately, many of these foods are often loaded with sodium, refined sugars, unhealthy fats, and animal products that cause harm to our health, leaving us feeling anything but comforted. So, is it possible to enjoy the same flavors and textures you know and love, while also supporting your physical and emotional health? In this article we’ll explore why that answer is, “Yes!” Plus, you’ll get seven plant-based comfort meal recipes that will wrap you in warmth and love!

Online recipes are often designed for families or groups of four or more people. But what about couples or singles who don’t want to cook large quantities of food or scale ingredient amounts for every meal? In this article, we provide seven delicious and nutrient-dense meals designed for couples, along with tips for grocery shopping and scaling recipes for two people.

If you want to make a healthy, hearty, and hot plant-based dish from scratch in less than 30 minutes, one of your best options is to cook some lentils. Whether you’re a gourmet cook circumnavigating the world in your kitchen, or a back-to-basics master throwing together a classic lentil soup, these tiny pulses can add body and taste to your cooking. Plus, eating more lentils is a great way to contribute to slowing climate change. If you’re looking for ideas or recipes to get more lentils into your life, read on!

We hear about superfoods all the time — amazing, exotic berries harvested from over 17,000 feet up in the Himalayas, or rare roots found only on Tuesdays three days before a full moon. I’m exaggerating, of course, but the functional food industry loves to sell us extremely expensive products that they claim contain health-promoting powers that don’t exist in “ordinary” foods. It turns out, though, that many of the inexpensive, readily available foods right under our noses are unappreciated “superfoods” in their own right.

Nutritional yeast, aka “nooch,” has gone from weird hippie health supplement to culinary darling in recent years. Some vegans and plant-based eaters view it as an essential condiment, without which life itself would be too bland to contemplate. Others are still getting to know this amazing ingredient. Regardless of your current state of nooch savviness, here are some nutritional yeast recipes and ideas to help you make the most of this healthy, flavorful food.

For decades, some health influencers have waged what’s practically amounted to a PR campaign against soy products. Because soy contains phytoestrogens, which are structurally very similar to the estrogen produced by the human body, these influencers argue that soy is a dangerous food that can cause cancer and other diseases by upsetting our natural hormonal balance. Recent research, however, increasingly shows that phytoestrogens may actually be good for you. So what’s the truth about phytoestrogens? What foods, in addition to soy, contain them? And should you include or avoid them in a balanced, healthy diet?

Have you ever wondered what you could do with food scraps instead of tossing them in the garbage? While the latter can be automatic for many of us, reducing food waste is easy — and even small steps toward repurposing food scraps can be instrumental for helping your health and the environment.

Switching from a standard modern diet to a plant-based diet can be great for your health, your pocketbook, and the planet. Yet, with any dietary path, there are pitfalls. The good news is, it’s easy to identify and avoid the most common plant-based food mistakes, so you can take joy in eating an optimally healthy diet that also helps build the world you want.

When some people think of fresh veggies, they picture summer gardens full of tomatoes, zucchini, and cucumbers. Summer and fall are definitely good times in the garden, the farmers market, and the grocery store, but the fun keeps going when the thermometer drops, as many winter vegetables provide their own special flavor, energy, and nutrition. In this article, we’ll look at why you might want to add more winter veggies to your year, and show you how to go about storing and preparing them.

Nitrates and nitrites are in some of the healthiest and unhealthiest foods around. So what’s the deal? Are nitrates bad? Should we avoid nitrates and nitrites whenever possible? Does the source matter? This article summarizes what you need to know to get the good out of these compounds while avoiding the bad.

Are you interested in eating more plant-based foods, but can’t imagine giving up your family’s special holiday meat meal? Don’t despair; it turns out that pretty much every cuisine can be enjoyed, sometimes with a bit of modification, by those who choose to eliminate animal products from their diets. This article shares some of the easiest, fanciest, and most delicious traditional recipes from around the world, with all of them suitable for even the strictest vegan. And meat-loving friends probably won’t complain either!

There’s a new molecule of interest in the ongoing investigation into what causes heart disease and other chronic conditions: TMAO. But where does TMAO come from? Why is it bad for your heart? And how can you minimize it in your body? Find out how TMAO affects your health and whether you may need to make changes to your diet.