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In the beginning of my journey to eat a WFPB diet, I worried about how to get flavor without meat.  My favorite soups were chicken noodle, beef stew and chili made with hamburger and pinto beans cooked in ham hocks.  I couldn’t imagine how I would get the same savory flavors and of course the […]

Last night we had friends who eat the Standard American Diet over for dinner.  It used to stress me out when we had company who didn’t share our diet choices.  Now we are confident with standbys that are so tasty, no one ever asks, ‘Where’s the beef?’  Instead, we get asked for our recipes which

It’s New Year’s Day, so I started the day putting a pot of black-eyed pea soup on the stove.  It is believed that this tradition dates back to our country’s Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863.  As folklore has it, the freed slaves ate black-eyed peas to celebrate their freedom.  Supposedly, because that was all

In recent years we have said good bye to many friends who suffered and died way too young from diseases that might have been prevented or at least slowed down by changes in lifestyle.  It prompted us to make a big shift this year to our own lifestyle. The most obvious change has been embracing