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For the past few weeks, I’ve been following along as my cousin, Shamiika via JustMiik’s Journey, shares about her transition to veganism. I have no desire to transition, but I found her journey to be so very interesting. At the same time, another person I follow, Tia via Tia V Fitness, recommended two plant-based cookbooks, one of which I purchased right away. Lastly, I watched the film, What the Health. I ended up hating the film, so I refuse to link to it here, because I felt the information, although some of it good was poorly presented and the studies/facts that were shared were done so without context. The only thing it did do was make me want to do my own research about meat and plant-based diets. So, I guess it was good for something.
- It took me two hours to make this meal. Two. One to prep. One to bake the lasagna.
- Prepare what you can in advance or cook this thing over the weekend.
- To make this recipe, you had to use two other recipes in the book; the House Marinara recipe and the Tofu Ricotta recipe. The lasagna recipe itself included basil pesto and the mushroom spinach filling that had to be made. All of this prep work makes the making of this recipe feel like a never-ending process. But, it ends up being worth it and will last a family of four (lunch/dinner) for three days.
- I was so nervous about the tofu. I’ve never had, used, made tofu before. But, it turned out so very well. So don’t sweat it, the writers of this book know how to make things flavorful and delicious.
- I added cheese to the very top of our dish (but nowhere else), b/c again, I’m no vegan or vegetarian. I think the dish would have been great without it. But, I love me some cheese and couldn’t help myself (I didn’t go heavy on it though).
P.S. I literally just purchased another plant-based book that Tia recommended called, 28-Day Plant-Powered Health Reboot: Reset Your Body, Lose Weight, Gain Energy, & Feel Great by Jessica Jones and Wendy Lopez. I’ve been listening to their Food Heaven podcast too, thanks to Shamiika’s reco as well.
So, what are your thoughts?! Have you been thinking about your eating habits lately? If so, what are you doing, reading, watching to make a change for the better?
Live Fully,
This looks delicious!! Seriously delicious. I'm sure it did take a super long time to make. I've been wondering about that documentary (nervous to watch it, though.) I do love the idea of more veggies-less meat!
oh my gosh! this looks so yummy! We're trying to incorporate more meatless mondays into our family meals! two hours with three days worth of food seems totally worth it!
I am also slowly moving towards being less of meat lover to vegetable lover. Thanks for these recipes and the photographs are so tempting!
YUM!! I'm a Vegetarian and people always thing that there is nothing to eat besides meat whenever you tell them you're meatless! There is a while world outside of meats!
I've been trying to eat less meat and add in more plant based meals. This looks so delicious!
When I moved to the USA from Germany I was SHOCKED by the amount of meat consumed here!
We've had meat maybe twice a week. That's it.
I personally don't eat a lot of meat. I can go through weeks without it! So I LOVE your suggested cook books. I will definitely give this lasagna a try.
Thanks for sharing <3
Yum this looks amazing! I have read a lot about plant based diets recently and LOVE that cookbook name haha! I'm definitely going to look into it.