FAQ Friday (on a Thursday)
Jennifer asked, "I'm healing from an injury. Which Meal Mentor recipes do you consider to be antioxidant powerhouses?"
#1 The GREAT part of eating whole food plant-based is any meal will be LOADED with antioxidants!
#2 Any Meal Mentor recipe that isn't pasta/noodles will be perfect for healing 💯
The more "whole" food the better.
EASIEST OPTION: The detox plan from January (or previous years) would be perfect here.
Below are the 5 things I didn't love (for this week's Minimalist Monday task)
Admittedly, when I assigned this weekly task my brain thought about clothes/the closet. 👚 👗
HOWEVER I did a massive clothes purge recently and didn't even have a single pair of socks to prune...
SO I headed to the kitchen and found these items that truthfully, I never use.
THE TRUTH: I have other spatulas I like better, I've aged out of camping (re: the …
If you’ve ever stood in the kitchen on a Monday night thinking,
“I want pizza… but I also want something warm, filling, and easy,”
this week’s Make It Monday recipe is for you:
Meet: Pizza Chili 🍕🥣
Exactly what it sounds like—and somehow even better than you’re imagining.
This delicious, one-pot meal brings together classic chili comfort with unmistakable pizza flavors. It’s hearty, saucy, satisfying, and built around simple, familiar ingredients—including kidney beans for staying power and plant-powered protein.
It's …
This week’s Make It Tonight recipe is one of those why-don’t-I-make-this-every-week meals:
It's PERFECT for days when decision fatigue is real and hunger is louder than motivation.
🌱 Queso'd Quinoa
Creamy, cozy, and endlessly customizable—these bowls are packed with beans, corn, fluffy quinoa, and a near-instant homemade vegan queso that tastes indulgent but is totally weeknight-appropriate.
Why you’ll love this:
✔️ Ready in under 10 minutes (15 if you need to cook your quinoa)
✔️ pantry + freezer friendly
✔️ …
For accountability, below is my picture proof I completed last week's Minimalist Monday task :)
I didn't just create the year-long series, I'm participating along with you!
Week 1 : Clean out one junk drawer
What happened: some items went back to their original home (e.g. the remote, hairbands, sunglasses, store credit, and dreidel), some items were tasks I finally completed (e.g. inserting the new batteries into my food scale), some items were tossed (e.g. pens that do not work), …