One of the best things you can do to extend your healthspan (time spent not just alive, but healthy) is to increase produce. About 2/3 of our plate at any given meal consists of vegetables or fruit, but I didn’t…
Author: Marcella
Supersized Vegan Olive Oil Tahini Chocolate Chip Cookies
Healthier than the butter-sugar-and-white flour variety, but still definitely a special treat rather than health food đ. They are the everlasting gobstoppers of cookies, according to our 8 year old, because every bite tastes like a different delicious food: cookie,…
Plant-based workouts in the time of corona, March 22nd
Our gym, Root Force Personal Training, is closed due to COVID-19. We actually shut down ahead of stay at home orders, because we have common sense and older clients. Derek has been posting some short workout videos from our *empty*…
Air donuts (low sugar low fat recipe)
I call them “air” donuts since they are cake-like and a vehicle for toppings so they satisfy that donut craving…but with no fat or sugar. The key ingredients? Club soda and erythritol sweetener. Erythritol is a zero-calorie sugar alcohol based…
Portable Oatmeal: Easy Plant-Based Breakfast for Busy Days
We’ve been eating oatmeal for breakfast for over a decade, and we’re not bored yet! Not only are there a bunch of options to choose from for the grain itself (quick oats, rolled oats, thick rolled oats, steel cut, oat…
Another Plant-Based Bodybuilder is Born
Plant-based bodybuilder –> Plant-based figure competitor, to be exact! Kalie’s experience: She went vegan, reduced her protein intake, and ate a moderately high carbohydrate diet and still kept her strength, muscle mass and lost fat She mentioned that compared to…
Plant-Based Groceries Made Cheap and Easy
Welcome to the details behind my earlier post:Â How We Saved 7000 Annually on Our Plant-Based Grocery Bill! In that post, I talked about the year we spent tracking our plant-based groceries and how we’ve figured out which stores and strategies…
How We Saved $7000 Annually on Our Plant Based Grocery Bill
We eat a whole foods plant-based diet and, not only that, we eat a LOT. With pro vegan bodybuilder Derek consuming about 4000 calories a day, and two vegan kids that have invisible supplementary stomachs, it is a challenge to…
Vegan Berlin
Berlin has long ranked as an Ăźber vegan-friendly city, so when we the stars aligned to give us an overlapping school and university spring break plus cheap air fare to Europe from WOW air, we went for a week! The…
Vegan Pizza with Aquafaba Cashew Cheese Sauce
I’ve been on a vegan pizza rampage lately – today I even made vegan stromboli stuffed with spinach and homemade cashew cheese! Not only was it delicious but it also got 1/2 pound of spinach into each of our children.…
3 Meal Services That Make Plant-Based Cooking, Shopping, and Eating Easier Than Ever
First, I’m not compensated or commissioned in any way for sharing these plant-based menus options with you (I wish). These are just great, convenient ways to overcome hang-ups about transitioning to plant-based cooking or even just to get started eating…
Plant-Based Breakfasts for Vegan Bodybuilders (and Everyone Else)
…or anyone who wants to eat simple whole foods that build and maintain a lean physique! The skyrocketing popularity of vegan foods (yay) means that there are more and more great, fancy, and mind-blowing vegan recipes out there for fabulous…
Marcella’s Latest Research Published in the European Journal of Applied Physiology
We’re always experimenting on our own bodies here at VM&F, trying to find the best strategies for achieving fit, functional bodies on a whole foods plant-based diet. I’ve been lucky enough to pursue this fascination with fat loss and muscle gain…
Vegan Low Fat and Sugar Cinnamon Rolls as Good as the Original
What’s the secret to sugar free vegan cinnamon rolls that taste AS GOOD as our old sugar-laden favorites of yore? Erythritol! You can learn more about this sugar alcohol that has zero calories, doesn’t ferment in your gut like some other sugar…
Healthy, Happy Hips
Ever wonder why your lower back gets tweaked during squats, or why you can’t seem to get low enough? Big compound lifts (and the functional movements of daily life) need strong support from your hips and glutes or your lower…
Plantbuilt 2017: Results and Plans for the Future
We’ve just returned from meeting up with the Plantbuilt team of vegan athletes! There are so many great recaps of the event (32 medals, world record broken, one pro card earned and multiple first placings) all over the internet right…
Bikini Competition Prep As a Vegan Mom – Eight Weeks Out, Can I Make It?
It seems so long ago since I posted about training for my second pregnancy like any athlete trains for an event. I guess because it was – our daughter is 17 months old now as we’re getting to compete with…
From 12 Protein Shakes a Day to Whole Plant Foods – Think He Lost Muscle?
We know it can be scary to move away from protein supplements to whole foods, and to eat more carbohydrates when one’s goal is to gain muscle…well, that’s practically against they gym rat religion! A recent graduate of our group…
Vegan Sweet Potato Shepherd’s Pie
Winter is coming, and aren’t we all entitled to comfort food without the unhelpful added fats and sugars? Here is my take on Shepherd’s Pie, chock-full of protein from beans and healthy starch from sweet potatoes! This recipe is…
Oil-Free Plant-Based Summer Squash and Corn Chowder
Summer Squash and Corn Chowder Who says you can’t have a chowder in summertime?! The key to creating a summer soup that packs a punch of flavor, as well as that familiar comfort we experience in winter is…