If you have been following along with our kids series, you have seen the amazing artwork of Carson, one of our fabulous plant-strong teens. Today is her 16th birthday and we wanted to wish her an wonderful plant-strong day!
We are so encouraged by all of the teens who come to us and who are doing

Last week Jeff Novick, MS, RD and Dr. Esselstyn wrote an article about finding a Doctor. It is one of the most common questions we get asked at Engine 2.
My husband and I have been on the road for almost 4 years now. We’ve lived in a lot of different cities between 1 and 3

We are really loving hearing about your kids getting plant-strong!
Kathy wrote to us:
“My two sons had been resisting for a long time. They are 5&7.  I kept giving in and letting them have fast-food and other favorites like fruit juice and cold cuts and ice-cream. I started with week 1 and did the challenges and

(don’t buy into the buzz word trap!)
First the winner from our giveaway on Monday! Fawn! She wrote “I get that comment a lot. “You don’t get to eat anything fun anymore”. I promptly invite them to eat with me or I make them something. I have yet to have anyone turn me down. My enthusiasm

You live 4 hours to the closest Whole Foods. The nearest grocery store is 45 minutes, and is not that great. What do you do?
My husband and I have been traveling for 3 1/2 years, full time. We have had no official home base. We have lived in large cities like San Francisco and we’ve

This week we are introducing you to one of our star E2-ers, Ami. Ami has had great success on Engine 2 and has a passion for being plant-strong. She loves writing about how being plant-strong is an adventure.
Let’s hear what Ami has to say when people say “The food is boring.”

An athlete friend of mine

Hard to believe we are already in week 4 of our Summer Kids Series! How are your kids doing?
Plant Strong Kids™ Week 4
And to catch up:
Week 3
Week 2
Week 1
Many thanks to Lindsay Nixon for the recipes this week!

*Natala here*
When my husband and I went plant-strong you would have thought, given our terrible health and suffering, everyone would have been 100% supportive of any healthy change we made.
Instead we got a lot of back lash from friends, family, mean comments, and tons of questions. Funny, when you are eating  S.A.D. no one questions

Our “Great Salad Challenge” is still underway on facebook! A few days ago we saw this GREAT idea by E2-er Karen, and we asked her to write about it.

A few months ago, we visited a Whole Foods & loaded up on garden fresh goodness from the salad bar.  My husband & I both remarked at how