When you think of pasta dishes, what comes to mind? A heaping plate of spaghetti and meatballs? A gooey steaming lasagna in a casserole dish? Stir-fried lo mein from a Chinese restaurant? Pasta can be delicious and fun, but can it also be part of a healthy diet? In this article, you’ll discover a wide variety of pastas from around the world, and get introduced to seven plant-based pasta and noodle recipes that are sure to delight your taste buds while supporting your health.

Conversations around weight usually revolve around losing extra pounds, but that isn’t the story for everyone. Many people actually struggle with the opposite — feeling underweight and wanting to gain pounds to achieve an optimal weight. Here’s how to gain weight in a healthy way, on a plant-based diet.

Squash: it’s a racquet game, an unfortunate fate for a bug, and one of nature’s most varied, delicious, and generous foods. If you’ve ever successfully grown squash in your garden, you probably know the meaning of the word “abundance.” But even if you’re a squash lover, there are likely dozens of varieties you’ve never tried. Let’s take a closer look at the health benefits of this versatile, beautiful, and incredibly healthy food.

One of the most common misconceptions about a plant-based diet is that it’s expensive. This article will show you that it doesn’t have to be. With a little planning and prep, and the right strategy, you can enjoy eating a fabulously nourishing, whole foods, plant-based diet without spending an arm and a leg (and without needing to eat any animal's arms or legs, either!).

Condiments are quick, easy, and inexpensive foods that can turn an ordinary dish into a party for your taste buds. But the most common store-bought condiments contain lots of ingredients you’re probably better off without. Are there healthy condiments out there? And if so, how can you find them, make them, and use them?

Both summer and winter squash are among the easiest foods to grow — and both produce prolifically. Here are some of our tips for growing squash.

Beef burgers, veggie burgers, and now… lab-grown meat? You may have heard rumblings that cultured meat — made from animal stem cells — may become a mainstream consumer option soon. Is it true? And if so, is it a good thing? What is lab-grown meat? And should we be preparing for it to change the food system as we know it?

In this video interview, New Jersey Senator, Cory Booker, sits down with John Robbins for a look at the powerful impact our food choices and food policies have on our health and world. Senator Booker gives his candid take on how our food system got so broken and what we can do as individuals, and as a society, to work toward an end to factory farms, food deserts, climate change, hunger, and extreme poverty. Despite the enormity of the problems we’re all faced with today, this interview will fill you with hope and empower you to take action for a healthier, more equitable, and more compassionate world.

Far less talked about than some of the other vitamins and minerals, magnesium is a critical nutrient that we need to optimize our health and function at our best. Here are some of the most important magnesium health benefits, the best sources to include in your diet, as well as a few potential risks.

Want some healthy plant-based meals that require little prep time and offer big taste and nutrition? You’re in the right place! In this article, you’ll find some of the most delicious reasons to eat more plants, plus plant-based dinner recipes that even beginners can whip up with ease.