Meat Substitute – Vegan Muscle and Fitness

Mushrooms: The Overlooked Superfood for Muscle Growth and Longevity

Mushrooms have been high on the nutrition trends list for a while now. I remember prior to 2015 it seemed like mushrooms were some kind of empty calorie topping you…

Bodybuilding Breakfast Contest Prep

Plant-based Nutrition – BarBend Interview!

Want to know the nuts and bolts of how vegan strength athletes eat?? Nick over at BarBend was a pleasure to speak with about plant-based nutrition and did a phenomenal…

Disease Prevention Fitness Gluten-Free

Soy Won’t Kill You

Or give you cancer, or turn you into a woman (guys), or cause deficiencies, etc etc. Following up on last month’s meme (you gotta see it!) with this one. Unless…

Health Meat Substitute Nutrition

Where Does Protein Come From?

Hey y'all! Guess where protein comes from? I shot this off-the-cuff lecture about it, so have a look if you're curious! It's actually kind of embarrassing because I filmed this…

Bodybuilding Contest Prep Fat Loss

Crispy Tofu “Cutlets” – No Oil Needed!

by Forest Crosbie Today I want to share with you one of my favorite recipes for preparing tofu, which is a staple that I eat almost every day - especially…

Lunch Main Dish Meat Substitute

Oil-Free Chipotle Sofritas Bowl Recipe

Well. it's not really a recipe - rather a guide, because it's so simple. And fortunately, someone else did most of the work to uncover the mystery of the Chipotle…

Bodybuilding Health Meat Substitute

Should We Eat Soy Products? by Max Seabrook

As a vegan physique athlete I get asked a lot about the soy products in my diet. It’s high in protein, moderate amount of fat and low in carbs. So…

Lunch Main Dish Meat Substitute

Lentil Taco Filling

An easy alternative to faux ground beef and TVP, lentils (especially French lentils) make a great taco filling! I like to use this recipe for double-decker tacos, spreading mashed…

Breakfast Dessert Main Dish

Holiday Recipes

Another Thanksgiving...another chance to try out a bunch of delicious holiday recipes! This was our menu: Squash, Corn, and Quinoa Chowder (see Greens & Grains on the Deep Blue Sea)…

Dessert Main Dish Meat Substitute

Plant-Based Potluck (brownies were involved)

Today was our first Plant-Based Potluck! I made Lentil loaf Mashed cauliflower/millet (stand-in for mashed potatoes!) Creamy golden gravy Kale with walnut sauce Green goddess dressing Raw chocolate walnut brownies…

Main Dish Meat Substitute Recipe

All-Purpose Tofu and Tofu How-To

This is one of my go-to protein sources for all sorts of recipes: Slice it into slabs, add spices, and use as a tofu "steak" side or in a sandwich.…

Main Dish Meat Substitute Recipe

Vegan Italian Sausage – Marcella

Yet another (modified) recipe from my favorite vegan brunch cookbook: Italian sausage. Yes, there's all kinds of commercial vegan sausage out there and it's delicious, but they do tend to…

Lunch Main Dish Meat Substitute

Thai Green Curry Dish – Marcella

This is really good. You can find green curry paste in the "Asian" or "International" section of the grocery store...I used some from Whole Foods. The shiitake was actually home…

Lunch Main Dish Meat Substitute

Easy muscle-building meals – Marcella

Here's some of our versions of the bodybuilding-style meal that, in the meat-eating world of Flex and Muscle & Fitness and so on, is the ubiquitous chicken, brown rice, and…

Meat Substitute Recipe

Hail Seitan – ultra low carb and low fat, high protein meat alternative

First off let me just say that the nutrition stats for seitan, like TVP, are great for anyone trying to get lots of protein with no fat and low sodium.…

Main Dish Meat Substitute Nutrition

Fun Food Facts and a Chili Recipe

Derek's birthday put some posting on hold (what an attention hog!) but here's some catchup stuff: Lunch was leftovers with a *special* salad with hearts of palm and also edamame.…

Main Dish Meat Substitute Recipe

Southern Comfort Food

For lunch we had yesterday's leftovers - surprisingly, 1 can of beans, 2 bell peppers, 1/2 onion makes enough filling for 3 people for 2 days of wraps, especially if…

Lunch Main Dish Meat Substitute

A Rest Day, with Much Feasting on Fruits

Lunch: 1/2 a whole wheat pita stuffed with spinach and lamb's lettuce, shredded carrot, and 2 pieces of tofurkey lunchmeat. I usually add some avocado slices, but we'd just had…