Continue for: Sarlaccs through the ages, how our mental health is ruined by the foods we willingly throw down our gullets (plus how diet is associated with ADHD, Alzheimer’s, Autism, Parkinson’s, and Bipolar Disorder) and a full day of Plant-Based Whole-Food Family Feasting: the only diet proven to reverse the #1 cause of death in America (heart disease), the diet that improves mental health, the only diet that will help fight back against environmental collapse, and the cheapest diet of them all.

Continue for: our basic polenta recipe, some pages from last night’s reading about how the food you eat affects your hormones (there’s a whole paragraph on endometriosis and PCOS, and I’ve added some links), and a full day of Plant-Based Whole-Food Feasting and a family living-by-example on how to be kind to the earth and kind to your body.

Continue for: our super easy Lentil Loaf recipe (plus added info on the nutritional bounds lentils have over cow carcass, budget comparisons, and environmental imperatives), how an animal-product-dense diet leads to Diabetes and how Diabetes increases cancer risk, and a full day of Plant-Based Whole-Food family feasting and thriving via Lifestyle Medicine pillars.

Continue for: how to meal-prep a whole bunch of sweet potatoes to fuel you through a week, a full day of Plant-Based Whole-Food Family feasting, and a family living by example so we can show our son how to nutritionally thrive while leaving the kindest footprint on this earth.

Continue for: how we make Plant-Based Whole-Food Pesto, pages from gastroenterologist Dr. Will Bulsiewicz’s book describing how our immune system is affected by what we eat (<—another world-renowned/award-winning doctor who promotes PBWFs), and a full day of PBWF Family feasting.

Continue for: Black Lives Matter Syracuse Rally, Sunday Song Day (Longwave, “Street Spirit (Fade Out)”, “The Perfect Space”), why you should also get ye a friend like Justin, and two full days of a family thriving/living as kindly as possible through the healthiest diet for humans, the best diet for environmental sustainability, and the cheapest diet of them all (Plant-Based Whole-Foods).

Continue for: a berry bread recipe that is 100% plant-based whole-food (<—the healthiest diet for humans, and the only globally sustainable diet), more pediatric plant-based nutrition info from doctors (including a backstory on how Q had failure-to-thrive BECAUSE of the Standard American Diet, yet is now a robust machine via PBWFs)

Continue for: Crystal, excerpts from Dr Dean Ornish’s book imploring you to switch to Plant-Based Whole-Foods for the sake of your health and the earth, pages from “We Are The Weather” reminding us that our choices impact us all, the artful prowess of a Pre-K kiddo, and another full day of Plant-Based Whole-Food Family Feasting.

If you’re looking for a healthy, cheap, super-easy, delicious option to throw into your plant-based whole-food lineup, continue for: our balsamic tomato recipe; plus continued current-events & racial discussions with a Pre-K Cub, and a family leading-by-example and thriving via Lifestyle Medicine pillars & Plant-Based Whole-Foods (earth-kind, body-kind, and cheapest of all the diets.)

Continue for: why we discuss racism with our pre-k cub, why this has been a dry (alcohol-free) house for several months now (despite all the stress and drama surrounding these times, and even when we used to be nightly drinkers), and a family living/eating as kindly as possible in a broken world/system.

Continue for: Dr Milton Mills and why pushing cow breastmilk as a dietary guideline is institutionalized racism, and a family thriving with plant-based whole-foods (best diet for the planet, best diet for your body, and the cheapest diet of them all).

Continue for: Sunday Song Day (Billie Holiday, “We Americans”, “Rainbowland”) and a hiatus catch-up with a family amplifying kindness/healing, living by Lifestyle Medicine guidelines, and thriving via plant-based whole foods.

Continue for: a Pre-K kiddo building Lego squids and drawing shai-hulud on his schoolwork, “Fiber Fueled” by Dr Will Bulsiewicz, the ever inspiring Dr Michael Klaper (a 72 year old PBWF doctor whose current mission is educating/illuminating medical students about the importance of nutrition & how food affects us all), a family leading by Lifestyle Medicine and Plant-Based Whole-Food example, and a full day of PBWF family feasting.

Continue on for: inspiring souls who became their best/strongest/healthiest selves after switching to plant-based whole foods, nutritional links/resources (*all from doctors*) about pediatric plant-based nutrition, and a full day of PBWF family feasting.

Continue reading for: the leading doctors of our county that have proven how to reverse/prevent cardiovascular disease (<—-AGAIN #1 cause of death in America); the doctor who figured out how to reverse and prevent Type 2 diabetes; doctors who have shown how to reverse autoimmune disorders and even reverse lymphomas; data-driven doctors who are quite clear that plant-based whole-foods are the best diet for robust health and the ONLY DIET clinically proven to reverse/prevent cardiovascular disease; the “Plant-Based Diets: A Physician’s Guide” From the National Institutes of Health; a family thriving on plant-based whole foods and a whole day of PBWH family feasting.

Continue on for: plant-based family feasting through a day, and Sunday Song Day write-ups featuring Tom Petty, Nick Cave, and Lord Huron.

Who here thinks you need the breastmilk of a cow to give you calcium? I sure did; and I loved cheese and ice cream so much I ate my weight in them several times over.

There are a feast of plant-based calcium sources that are as kind as they are healthy (cashews are one of those sources); and here are the simple directions to make a cashew cream.

If you’re used to filling your day munching on junkfood, and you’re compelled to to start on a healthier path, start by swapping out your go-to inflammatory baked-good with a healthier option.

These brownies and bursting with fiber, protein, vitamins, minerals, and they taste like a fudgy oreo.

Continue for: a section illuminating the connection of statins to diabetes (and how animal products cause both diabetes and cardiovascular disease), and a full day of this family living by example and consuming the only diet (Plant-Based Whole-Foods) clinically proven to prevent and reverse Diabetes and Heart Disease.

Continue on for:

• why I changed from a Standard American Hobbit to a Plant-Based Whole-Food Hobbit. :-)

• why you need to avoid animal products for the sake of your health (your kin’s) and the environment

• how to start moving forward

• resources to help you out

• examples of plant-based whole-food family feasting through a day