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The Engine 2 Team is dedicated to helping you become plant-strong! Each of us are on the plant-strong journey right along side of you!

Family Friday: Kim’s Family!

Today we hear about living plant-strong from Kim who has 2 teenage boys!

E2:Tell us about your family. How many kids do you have? What are their ages?

My family is made up of myself (40 years old), and my two boys, ages 19 and 13.

E2: When did you make the decision that a plant-strong diet

Simple Go-To Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

It seems that the biggest issue people run into when changing their food habits is time. But with a little planning, you can get your meals done in just a few minutes. One of the best things you can do for yourself is to find a few staple meals that you enjoy. For instance, every

Variety vs. Simplicity: Why Simple Might Be The Key To Success

Do people succeed more when there is more variety? Or does simplicity lead to more success?
With all of the recipes out there, meal options, meal plans and more, you’d think we would have this plant-strong thing down. However, it turns out what we might need more of is less. Less complication, less variety. It might

Family Friday: Judi’s family

Each Friday we feature a plant-strong family! This week we hear from Judi and how her 4 kids got plant-strong!
E2: Tell us about your family. How many kids do you have? What are their ages?
Right now we have 4 kids at home. Two boys ages 8 years and 11 years, and two girls ages 13, and

“When I let folks know that I was skipping the meat, many folks bemoaned the loss of my BBQ. I had to ask them, ‘what would you miss more, my brisket, or ME if I died of a heart attack in the next few years?”

(Marck from the blog “Sick, Crazy Carnivore)

In the ‘60’s, the unhealthy, counter culture message was ‘tune in, turn on, drop out.’ Today, the unhealthy, mainstream message, though unspoken, is a loud and clear ‘gets fat, take meds, die young anyway.’ You see it all around you, right? How many of us are overweight and taking

Plant-Strong to Plant-Wrong: How to Ruin a Perfectly Healthy Meal (PLUS a Giveaway!)

(Don’t do this to your healthy potato!)
You’ve probably joked about people who order a big mac with a diet coke, what’s the point exactly?
But, we see your pinterest boards, and we see folks making a plant-strong meal, completely plant-wrong by adding junk food to an otherwise healthy dish!
Some examples:
A big salad. Healthy, right? Until

Easier Done Than Said: How Susan Gave Up Milk!

(Susan with Rip)
We asked you what you had the hardest time letting go of in your plant-strong journey, and BOY did you respond! We got a few 100 responses from people letting go of everything from coffee to steak!
We hope that you enjoy this series. We will be posting answers over the next several months,

Engine 2 Parenting Series: Happy Mother’s Day!

We are featuring a new series on the E2 blog all about parenting. We have lots of plant-strong parents raising plant-strong kids.
Being that this Sunday is Mother’s Day we wanted to highlight one of the wonderful Mom’s in our community, Loni from Whole Food Mommies .
My name is Loni, I am happily married to the

Easier Said Than Done: How Susan Gave Up Dairy.

First, we have a lot of winners to announce! We have had 5 giveaways in the past week, and today we are announcing all of them!
The Plant-Strong Poetry winners: (Our judges could not pick so we had to pick random winners, the judges all said that everyone deserved a copy of Kitchen Rescue, sadly we