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Weight management on a plant-based diet
Plant-based diets are associated with lower body weight in population studies, and the mechanism is worth understanding because it works in both directions.
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Plates that actually fill you up.
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Dinner formulas that work every time
Recipes are for learning. Formulas are for cooking on a Wednesday with whatever is in the fridge.
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Snacks that are not just carbohydrate
Snacking is where a great deal of plant-based intake happens and where the protein disappears entirely.
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The cost question: eating well on a small budget
Plant-based eating can be the cheapest way to eat or one of the most expensive, depending entirely on what you buy.
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Batch cooking without eating the same thing five times
The problem with cooking once and eating five times is the eating five times. There are ways round it.
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Lunch you will actually take to work
Packed lunch fails because it is either too ambitious or too dull, and both failures end at the sandwich shop.
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The alternatives aisle: what is worth buying
Meat and dairy alternatives have improved enormously and vary enormously, and reading the label tells you more than the marketing does.
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Soups and stews that carry a week
A pot of something is the most efficient cooking there is, and the difference between a good one and a watery one is a small number of techniques.
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Breakfast that is not just carbohydrate
Breakfast is the meal where protein disappears entirely, which is why people are hungry by eleven.
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Dressings and sauces: the components that make a meal
A bowl of grains, beans and vegetables is dull without a sauce and excellent with one. Learn four and you will never eat a boring plate.
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What a week of meals actually looks like
Meal planning fails when it is too ambitious. A workable week uses a small number of components, cooked once, recombined.
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Building a plate that actually fills you up
The commonest complaint about plant-based meals is being hungry two hours later. It is nearly always a structural problem with the plate rather than a problem with plants.