Mother's Need Love, Too: A No-Cook Broccoli Recipe [Video]

Before we decide that the only way to fill up is to pile meat and potatoes on the plate, let’s make sure we understand how to make the most of the filling potential of veggies.

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What Are You Thankful For?

If you’ve been looking for inspo on gratitude journal prompts, read this.

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Balancing Thanksgiving Sugar Quality

The 8 recipes in our Share & Savor course can be mixed and matched in so many ways to build a well-balanced Holiday meals

Eating Plant Fat: A Slippery Balance

Plant fats are rich in unsaturated fatty acids. Strike the right nutrient balance with plant-based salad dressing

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Vitamin D and Acute Respiratory Infections

With national COVID-19 surges and the onset of flu season, it’s more important than ever to learn how to protect yourself. As your only host defense, your immune system is incredibly important. Its cells, antibodies and protein signals (cytokines) are our best shot at preventing viral infections and limiting complications if we are infected. It turns out that vitamin D is one of the chemicals our immune system needs to strengthen itself. This is an especially important topic for Black Americans because brown skin has a harder time converting the sun into vitamin D.

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Strengthening Your Immune System- Not Scientifically Possible?

With national COVID-19 surges and the onset of flu season, there are a bunch of complicated terms floating around online like active immunity and passive immunity (also known as innate and adaptive immunity). Then there are all the immune-booster claims that are simply not scientifically possible.

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4 Components of a Well-Balanced Thanksgiving Meal and Leftovers

The 8 recipes in our Share & Savor course can be mixed and matched in so many ways to build a well-balanced meals from the leftovers of your healthy thanksgiving recipes.

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8 Easy Recipes: Make-Ahead Thanksgiving Sides

In our Share & Savor Course, you’ll learn 8 amazingly nutritious plant-based recipes that double as easy thanksgiving recipes and make-ahead sides just in time for the big day

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How Your Glass Baking Dish Can Help You Avoid Pillsbury TransFats This Holiday [Recipe]

Artificial trans-fats (partially hydrogenated oils) are found in some of our most delicious comfort foods including pillsbury crescent rolls (and likely other dinner rolls)! Grab your glass baking dish and make your own with this recipe.