For the past 10 days, we have been doing something called a “Mary’s Mini.” Long story short – we’ve been eating a ton of our favorite thing – POTATOES! One of the first preparation methods Brian tested out was mashed potatoes and they have been a favorite of mine throughout this challenge. Continue reading
If you watched our last video, you know that we have been doing a “Mary’s Mini” diet for the past few days. We have been filming short vlogs each day and taking photos of everything we eat! Today’s blog (and video) will cover days 1 through 5 of our Mary’s Mini Journey. Continue reading
The past couple of weeks have been really busy for us, and we have gotten out of our normal routine. Don’t worry – we are still going strong on our whole food, plant-based diet – but we haven’t been able to meal prep as much and plan every meal out like we usually do. Life got in the way. We wanted a way to get back on track and we’ve been wanting to try a “Mary’s Mini” for a while, so we decided now would be a great time! Continue reading
Brian LOVES going to movies, and his favorite part used to be getting a nice, giant tub of popcorn. Unfortunately, movie theater popcorn is full of oil, butter, salt and who knows what else, so it is off limits for us on our whole food, plant-based diet. It can be tricky to make oil-free popcorn taste delicious, but Brian has been experimenting with different methods and seasoning mixes over the past year, so we thought we’d share his findings! Continue reading
Before we switched to a whole food, plant-based lifestyle, we loved making stuffed peppers! After we made the switch, this was one of the first recipes I wanted to adapt. We have made these several times over the past year, and we finally perfected and filmed our recipe! One of my favorite things about this recipe is that you can easily change it up with different veggies, spices, etc. Continue reading
If you aren’t familiar with Prime Day, it is a two-day event every year with a bunch of great deals! New deals are being added all the time. I find that it can be really stressful, so I thought I’d put together a few tips for finding the best deals! Continue reading
When we bought a Vitamix last year, I was really excited to try making my own nut butters at home. Fast forward several months later, and we STILL had not tried it out, so we decided to do it! We usually buy raw, unsalted almonds, so I was hoping to just dump the entire 16oz bag into my Vitamix and blend! However… I started looking up recipes online, and I realized it wasn’t quite THAT simple if you are wanting to use raw almonds. Continue reading
In the final video celebrating the start of our whole food, plant-based lifestyle back in June 2018, we decided to do a… BAKED POTATO THROWDOWN! Since we kicked this new lifestyle off with two weeks of nothing but plain potatoes (inspired by Penn Jillette’s book Presto!), we wanted to go back and test out a variety of plain potatoes to see how they stack up. We are gluttons for punishment! Continue reading
When we started out this journey back in June 2018 with two weeks of potatoes, I never imagined I’d be here writing this one year later. I thought we had a semi-decent shot at changing our lives, but let’s be honest… we’ve failed PLENTY of times in the past, so I wasn’t super confident. It is hard to believe we’ve been at this for a year now! We decided to put together a video to talk about our one year weigh-in and also discuss some of the non-scale victories that have come along with our weight loss. Continue reading
We have been getting a TON of questions, so we decided to start a series of Q&A videos to answer some of them! Since we are still celebrating the one year anniversary of the two weeks of potatoes that kicked off our new lifestyle back in June 2018, this week we are talking all about POTATOES!
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