Why we switched to plant-based whole-foods, how it made us healthier, and how it can save the planet.

“People never change!” is a phrase I hear far too often and it sets my brain to flame. Each of us have in us the capacity to grow and become better than our past selves. The only thing stopping you from doing so is yourself. 

 My diet from birth through 2005 was your typical American nonsense: refined carbohydrates, dairy, and meat. Salsa, ketchup, spaghetti sauce, any-form-of-potato, and the carrots from my mom’s pot roast were there extent of my vegetable consumption, anything green was balked at.

Quick-Pickled Red Cabbage Recipe

As a perpetual over-thinker, I volleyed hard on what would be the first recipe I would post. There’s a cornucopia of roasted root vegetables, vegetarian sausages, all sorts of soups, a decadent dairy-free chocolate custard, and a slew of staples all in the hopper, but the omnipresent favorite/healthiest/zero-waste side would be this simple Quick-Pickled Red Cabbage. It accompanies almost every meal and our fridge is rarely without it.

It's Time For Us To Make Some Changes

I’ve spent the last two years unraveling a lifetime of convenience. I operate a family of three with as little carbon-footprint as possible, I changed my entire relationship to food (former meat lover, turned vegetarian), and I am every day learning new ways to cut out even more waste. The time has come for me to soapbox a little of what we’re doing in the hope that you might try it too.