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Submitted by Kim Campbell, director of culinary education. Learning how to “plantify” a recipe is a fun challenge. Sometimes you simply can’t make a replacement, but most of the time, I am pleasantly surprised. I have learned a few tricks over the years and received advice from the pros. Here are just a few tips: Oils and Butters: We use absolutely no oils in our house. That is not to say we don’t consume oil in the plant foods we consume. We just don’t eat refined oils. That means olive, sesame, coconut, and canola oils as well. Oil is oil, and I believe they are all unhealthy. We can get all the fats our body needs through eating a whole-food,...
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The white potato’s healthier, often orange second cousin, the sweet potato has really gotten popular in the last few years, and for good reason. It’s a versatile tuber, great for pies, fries, and just about anything in between. It’s also easy to grow and store, inexpensive, and easy to find in most grocery stores. Sweet potatoes originated in Central or South America, and are generally grown in tropical to temperate regions with adequate rainfall. Sweet potatoes don’t much like cooler temperatures, and excess moisture or drought can cause crop failure. They are fairly common in the southern U.S. and are sometimes called “yams,” though they’re quite different from a real yam. Generally resistant to common garden pests, sweet potatoes have...
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Lots of people, even experienced gardeners, think growing tomatoes requires a lot of space and a bunch of (sometimes quite tall) tomato cages or stakes. After all, some indeterminate varieties—those that continue producing fruit until frost—can get to 12 feet or more. Even determinate, or “bush” tomatoes, which tend to produce most of their fruit all at once, can grow to four or five feet high. But even if you’re an apartment-dweller, or you don’t have a large yard, don’t worry. There are dwarf tomato varieties that do just fine in containers, some as small as five gallons. The goal for dwarf tomato breeders like Craig LeHoullier (the NC Tomatoman), whose website is a one-stop-shop for everything tomato-related, and Patrina Nuske Small...
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Submitted by Kim Campbell, director of culinary education. Learning how to “plantify” a recipe is a fun challenge. Sometimes you simply can’t make a replacement, but most of the time, I am pleasantly surprised. I have learned a few tricks over the years and received advice from the pros. Here are just a few tips: Photo courtesy of Pixabay. Eggs: Eggs are used in recipes to emulsify, bind, leaven, and give structure. I find the egg replacer you choose is a personal preference. I tend to use flax meal and chia seeds the most since they do not impart a strong flavor to any recipe. Here are a few suggestions for egg replacement: One Egg = 1 Tbsp flax meal +...
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Submitted by Kim Campbell, director of culinary education. Cookies and granola bars (for school lunches or snacks). These are great to freeze. Photo courtesy of Pixabay. Muesli (for breakfast) Photo courtesy of Pixabay. Scrambled tofu burritos for freezing. These are perfect for on-the-go breakfasts. Mason jar oatmeal. You can make a week’s worth of breakfasts by building several jars at the same time. Grab and go! Photo by Kim Campbell. Buy beans from the bulk bins since they are cheaper and healthier. You can cook the beans ahead, then freeze them. One can of beans equals 1 ½ cups of cooked beans, so I recommend you store in small bags, with 1 ½ cups in each bag. Photo courtesy of Pixabay. Hummus is...
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Submitted by Nelson Campbell, president/CEO of PlantPure Nation I am happy to announce that we have signed a groundbreaking agreement with Lee Memorial Health System, the largest public health system in the state of Florida. Working with Lee Memorial Health System in Ft. Myers, we will develop and validate food-as-medicine models that dramatically improve care and improve financial performance. Modern healthcare is based upon the “pharmaceutical paradigm.” This is a school of thought that says disease can be cured through technological interventions, mostly in the form of single chemical agents created in a lab and manufactured in a factory. The pharmaceutical industry has benefited from this approach, often earning monopolistic profit margins of 20 percent or more. But the same has...
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Submitted by Kim Campbell, director of culinary education. Kitchen organization is key to successful meal planning and preparation. Teaching my children how to cook, writing a cookbook, and traveling to cooking demos has completely changed how I shop, prep, and cook. Efficiency is essential to sticking with a healthy whole-food, plant-based lifestyle. Here are some helpful tips for staying on task: Photo courtesy of Amy Bissinger. 1. Clean out your refrigerator every weekend. Discard food that is outdated and organize your refrigerator space, making room for new produce and food items for the next grocery trip. There’s nothing worse than arriving home with bags of groceries and no place to put things. You always want to be able to see...
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Pears are especially popular right around the holidays, and you’ll often find them wrapped in gold foil, nestled in lovely gift boxes. But you don’t have to save these tasty fruits for special occasions. There are about 3,000 varieties of pears, some grown for human consumption and others as flowering trees. Pears are generally cultivated by grafting onto pear or quince rootstock, the latter producing a smaller tree that is desirable for those whose growing area is limited. Pears can be consumed fresh, cooked, canned (preserved), dried, and as juice. Certain pear varieties are only suitable for cooking; these are quite hard and dry and won’t soften unless they have been cooked for several hours. When choosing pears, avoid those...
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