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Plant-Powered and Plant-Based Cooking

Hi there! Welcome to Plant-Powered Cooking, a site where I showcase delicious, easy, vegan recipes that are whole-food, plant-based.

I’m passionate about good food that’s healthy and not too complicated. If you think that eating healthy is boring or restrictive, then have a look around and let me prove you wrong!

This post may contain affiliate links and nutrition advice. Please refer to our disclaimer and disclosure policy here.

Welcome & What You Will Find Here

This site contains a variety of resources to help you start or enhance your plant-powered journey. You will find information about how (and why) to start a plant-based diet and how to stock your plant-based pantry. You’ll also find a collection of delicious recipes that anyone and everyone can enjoy.

The recipes you’ll find on this site are whole-food, plant-based (WFPB). They are all dairy-free, meat-free, vegetarian, and vegan. Most recipes will not contain processed foods, refined sugar, or oil of any kind. They will also be designed for health!

I created this website to help you improve your health through the power of plants. With that goal in mind, I provide links to various scientific studies and nutrition resources alongside each recipe, so that you can learn more and take your health into your own hands.

To learn more about this site and me, visit our About page.

What is a whole-food, plant-based (WFPB) diet?

It’s a diet powered by plants! A WFPB diet focuses on fruits, vegetables, beans, and whole grains. It’s a diet low in fat that seeks to eliminate animal products, processed foods, and oils.

I eat this way (and urge you to do the same) because of the overwhelming evidence that meat, dairy, and oil have deleterious effects on personal health and cause harm to animals and the environment. If you are struggling with a chronic health condition, your weight, or even your mental health, chances are that a WFPB diet can help.

To learn much more about a whole-food, plant-based diet and how to get started, please see my How To Start a Plant-Based Diet guide.

Whole-Food, Plant-Based Resources to Explore

There are so many resources to explore if you’re interested in a whole-food, plant-based diet. To start, you may want to watch some documentaries, such as Forks over Knives or The Game Changers. You could also explore plant-based podcasts, such as The Exam Room or Nutrition Facts with Dr. Greger. There are so many choices out there!

My favorite way to learn, though, is through books. I’ve listed some of my favorite plant-based books below as a starting point.

If you only choose one of these books, let it be How Not to Die. This book, frankly, changed my life. In the aftermath of a very scary diagnosis and all that meant for me and my family, it was both solace and road map. Most importantly, it was a resource that helped me feel empowered instead of helpless. (I talk more about my WFPB journey and provide more information about How Not to Die on our About page.)

Three WFPB Steps You Can Try Today

Hopefully, the idea of plant-based eating has intrigued you! If you’re not ready to go whole-food, plant-based immediately, that’s okay. You can start taking small steps today to help make your meals more plant-iful. Here’s how:

  • Incorporate more fruits and vegetables.
    • Have at least one fruit or vegetable with every meal for a week.
    • During week two, try to increase to two types of fruits or vegetables at each meal.
    • Keep building from there!
  • Reduce processed foods and meat.
    • Instead of reaching for a bag of chips or a sleeve of cookies, snack on fruit, vegetables, or air-popped popcorn instead.
    • Commit to making lunch or dinner meatless.
  • Integrate a few plant-based recipes into your weekly eating plan.
    • These recipes will give you ideas for how to replace the meat in your diet with plant-based protein.
      • This will help you make the plant-based transition in a sustainable and balanced way, without going hungry. It will also help you realize that plant-based food is delicious!
    • Take a look at these recipes for inspiration.

After incorporating more plant-based foods for a few weeks, step back, and ask yourself how you feel. You might find that you want to keep going on this new, plant-based eating plan after all!

Final Thoughts

I want everyone to feel welcome at Plant-Powered Cooking! Whether you already eat whole-food, plant-based, are interested in trying it out, or simply found this site by accident :), I’m very glad that you’re here and that you’ve read this far!

Thank you so much for stopping by and learning more about Plant-Powered Cooking. I hope that you’ve found something that resonated with you and you’re inspired to explore plant-based eating and this site further!

If you are, I recommend the following post to get you started: How To Start a Plant-Based Diet. I also recommend trying out some of our recipes, which are designed to be delicious, easy, and beginner-friendly!

How to Stay in Touch

I am always planning what to make next, sending my friends and family a new recipe they simply “have to try”, or raving to my coworkers about my latest food obsession.

If you want to hear about (and see) what I’m cooking, then please have a look around, subscribe to the Plant-Powered Cooking newsletter, and come back for another visit soon! Please also feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you may have.

I’m thrilled that you’re here and can’t wait to welcome you into the Plant-Powered Cooking community!

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About the Plant-Powered Cook

Hi, I'm Kayla!
I'm the recipe and content creator here at Plant-Powered Cooking. A little about me: I love to eat, love to cook, and love to learn. A lifelong foodie, I started my whole-food, plant-based vegan journey in 2017. After experiencing a steep learning curve myself, I now share what I’ve learned about plant-based cooking and nutrition here at Plant-Powered Cooking! 🌿
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