Spicy and garlicky skillet bean pasta for those busy weeknights
It's got mild spice, but add chilli oil or flakes if you like it hot! 🌶️
u/Dimwiddle — 3 days ago
r/WholeFoodsPlantBased
Anyone here lose weight without counting calories?
How did you do it? What was your approach?
I'm re- starting my weight loss today and wanted to know if others have been successful without counting calories, as I really don't wanna do that.
My hope is to focus on calorie density and do a more Eat to Live style approach, with lots of beans, fruits, and veggies.
u/plantyplant559 — 4 days ago
Packable dinner/snack suggestions for evening students?
Hi all! I looking for suggestions or recipes for dinners/snacks that are: packable/can be eaten cold, not distracting, and are as whole foods based as possible.
For some context, I am starting an evening law school program while working full time. Work starts at about 8am and ends at about 5-5:30. I commute to directly school (about half an hour), and am in class from about 6-10pm. I have access to a typical office kitchen at work (fridge, freezer, microwave, sink), and have some storage space for dry goods in my office. Our instructors are fine with us eating during classes, but it’s generally expected that we don’t eat anything distracting (not loud or very fragrant), and of course, I should be able to take notes, so preferably not complicated.
Does anyone have suggestions for meals or snacks that could work in this context? Also happy to read any advice for maintaining healthy eating with this kind of schedule- thanks in advance!
u/chrysanthemum44 — 5 days ago
My attempt at a food tracking app for the wfpb community (and beyond!)
Hello fellow wfbp enthusiasts,
I am working on nooch.app, a website/web app that celebrates eating a wide diversity of whole plant foods.
The core concept I have developed is as such:
- simply track the foods you eat eg. blueberries, oatmeal, flaxseeds, sweet potato, ...
- I want this to be really effort-less. simply type in the food or scroll through the 500+ item library of plant foods. no measurement unit, just the food.
- complete different challenges to keep you motivated eating as many plants as possible
- eat at least 1 item of each category: grains, legumes, nuts and seeds, vegetables, fruits
- eat wfpb (super)foods every day (eg. blueberries, walnuts, flaxseeds, nutritional yeast, ...)
- eat 30 different plants a week
- eat the rainbow: eat 5 plants in red, orange, yellow, green and purple in a week
I will be releasing the first version of nooch on September 1st. (Feel free to join the waitlist 😉)
Now my question is: where should I go from here? what would you like to use (and maybe even pay 3€ / 3￡ / 3$-ish for a monthly subscription with all the fun features?
A) a gamified way to learn intuitively which food is high in certain nutrients. after 1 year of nooch usage and someone asks “What do I have to eat to get enough magnesium?”, you could shout back immediately: 1/4 cup of pumpkin seeds, 1 cup of kidney beans and 6 stalks of kale etc. to reach my daily RDI
B) support for IBS, low FODMAP diet, gluten free, … a "stomach ache" button that helps find out which foods trigger your symptoms
C) What do you struggle with eating plant-based that this little food tracking app could make you life easier and plant-based eating more fun?
u/Fresh_Aerie_4529 — 6 days ago
Esselstyn diet with ½ oz. nuts
For people with established heart disease following an Esselstyn-style no-oil WFPB diet: has anyone tried adding ~15 g (½ oz) of nuts daily while tracking LDL/ApoB and/or other cardiovascular markers? I'm especially interested in actual experiences and before/after lab results.
u/anaari11 — 7 days ago
▲ 389 r/WholeFoodsPlantBased
I wish restaurants would serve more vegetables in their dishes
It is so difficult to eat out and eat mostly plant based. Restaurants are all so unhealthy bc everyone loves meat or refined carbs. Even if you go to a vegetarian or vegan restaurant the meals are 90% refined carbs or some vegetable oil fried thing with like 2-3 pieces of vegetables. When I go to restaurants and ask for a side of plain steamed vegetables I’m also often refused, at least at Chinese places. Which is ridiculous. I just want a meal with a decent amount of vegetables. I know there are veg stir fry options at Thai and Chinese places but they are absolutely covered in oil. Also yes I know I can just make it at home which I do but that’s not always reasonable bc I go out a lot for social activities. Just ranting bc I actually like eating mostly veggies and wished the rest of society did too
u/grapesodamilk — 14 days ago
Pesto ravioli with tofu mozzarella
I developed a this using my tofu kappa caragennan mozzarella and fresh basil cream sauce. It was absolutely amazing!
u/Zealousideal-Bat-555 — 12 days ago
Have you found cheaper than these?
Best Grocery Prices
- Soy milk — Mariano’s / Amazon (same price as Amazon, ~$0.08/fl oz)
- Distilled water — Costco ($2.50/gallon)
- Tempeh — Trader Joe’s ($2.49 / 8oz)
- Ezekiel Bread- Trader Joe's
Seeds / Nuts
- Pumpkin seeds — Costco ($7.57/lb)
- Chia seeds — Amazon ($4/lb)
- Hemp seeds — Costco ($7/lb)
- Ground flax — Amazon ($4.32/lb)
- Pine nuts — Costco ($21.16/lb)
- Walnuts — Costco ($5.50/lb)
- Almonds — Costco ($4.76/lb)
- Pistachios — Dill Pickle Co-op ($6.28/lb)
- Cashews — Costco ($7.47/lb)
Grains / Legumes
- Lentils — Amazon ($1.28/lb)
- Brown rice — Costco ($0.67/lb)
- Quinoa — Costco ($2.35/lb)
Other
- Nutritional yeast — Eco Flamingo ($12.32/lb)
u/Different_Fix_3629 — 14 days ago
Cheapest place to buy bulk groats?
Where is the cheapest place you've found online to buy bulk groats?
Thanks!
u/Different_Fix_3629 — 14 days ago