Fresh Start
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WellnessSee articleWhat I Learned During Forks Over Knives’ 21-Day Challenge
When a new hobby or lifestyle shift starts to feel the least bit good, I pick up the pace. The day I managed 15,000 steps, according to my Fitbit, I knew it’d be a cinch to take 15,000 steps every day for the rest of my life. Until a week later when I rocketed to […] -
WellnessSee articlePlant-Based Diaries Week 3: Stewing, Simmering, Savoring
I’m not much for measuring spoons in savory cooking. When the saucepan is warm to my touch, I upend the bottle of olive oil and count One, two as the green liquid squiggles across the pan’s surface. So many evenings I make the same movement. One, two. I’m not going to increase my dish load […] -
WellnessSee articlePlant-Based Diaries Week 3: Prep Talk
When following a recipe for dinner, it’s one thing to forget an ingredient at the store. Shallots can, up to a point, be replaced by onions, while substituting plain old water is the punishment you deserve for failing to check broth off your grocery list. But it’s quite another offense to overlook the time commitment […] -
WellnessSee articlePlant-Based Diaries Week 2: Put a Lid On It
After letting a few too many cabbage heads die in the crisper, I’m coming around to the beauty of canned goods. Cylindrical, cheap, hefty with promise, ready to go in just a few minutes … I’ve worried in the past that I’m failing some sort of foodie test if my can opener does half the […] -
WellnessSee articlePlant-Based Diaries Week 2: Building a Better Lunch
I tend to behave horribly at lunch. When noon rolls around, I ask my poor, work-ravaged, sedentary body, “Now what do you really want to eat today? What would make you happy?” Fast-forward an hour later, weighed down by fries and the juicy burger I regretted even as I was bolting it down, and it […] -
WellnessSee articlePlant-Based Diaries Week 1: Look, Ma—No Oil!
I’ll eat breakfast foods at any time of day but rarely manage to before 10 a.m. I’m not the type to sleep in—if I leave home with my hair wet, I dry out to look like Mozart’s rumpled sister—but often I use those valuable pre-work hours to soak in the tub, take my time with […] -
WellnessSee articlePlant-Based Diaries Week 1: Adventures in Breakfast Prep
Editor’s Note: This month is the second annual Forks Over Knives Fresh Start Challenge, our free 21-day program for adopting a plant-based diet one meal at a time. Food writer Lucie Monk Carter is taking the challenge, and we’ve asked her to document her experiences with whole-food, plant-based cooking and eating in this series. My […]