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What is a “whole foods” diet?

What is a “whole foods” diet?

Whole foods throughout the whole day! When I first started eating a plant-based diet, I heard the term “whole foods” a lot, and that a whole foods diet is very health-promoting. But I felt a little ...

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Dried Herbs and Spices

Dried Herbs and Spices

"Once you get a spice in your home, you have it forever. Women never throw out spices. The Egyptians were buried with their spices. I know which one I'm taking with me when I go." --Erma ...

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The Two Mistakes That Led Me to Better Health

The Two Mistakes That Led Me to Better Health

Have you ever felt like you made a really big mistake only to realize later that it was in fact the jumping off point to something better? I recently read a LinkedIn article by Deepak Chopra MD, ...

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Are You an Environmentally Aware Eater?

Are You an Environmentally Aware Eater?

If you eat a plant-based/vegan diet, you are most likely a very environmentally aware eater: You are aware that raising animals for food takes a much greater toll on our natural environment than ...

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Favorite Holiday Recipes

Favorite Holiday Recipes

The dishes linked below are my favorites for the holidays. Some are traditional and others are not, but they are all appropriate for a holiday feast. If you are new to healthy holiday cooking and want ...

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8 Tips for Easier Plant-based Meals

8 Tips for Easier Plant-based Meals

We humans are wired to follow the path of least resistance, which is especially apparent when it comes to feeding ourselves: We want it now and we want it easy. While eating the standard American ...

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How I Grew into a Plant-Based Chef

How I Grew into a Plant-Based Chef

In 2006, having resigned from a stressful position in publishing, I found myself sitting across from a career coach I found in one of those free New Age magazines. Halfway through our first session he ...

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Cooking without Oil

Cooking without Oil

The thought of cooking without oil can be a little mind-bending if you haven’t done it. The mere suggestion to chuck the oil from the kitchen (and the body) usually elicits the responses, “What do you ...

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Welcome to Straight Up Food! I’m Cathy Fisher, a chef and teacher whose passion is creating recipes without animal foods, salt, oil or sugar, and very few processed foods. Eating a whole-foods diet dramatically improves the health and well-being of humans, animals, and the environment—there are no downsides, only benefits! For more information about this blog and my work, click here. Thank you!

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Ginger Heart Cookies by Straight Up Food

Ginger Heart Cookies

Jambalaya Stew by Straight Up Food

Jambalaya Stew

No-bake Pumpkin Cream Pie

No-Bake Pumpkin Cream Pie

Asian Vegetable Noodle Soup

Asian Vegetable Noodle Soup

Cauliflower-Soup

Cauliflower Soup

Apricot-cardamom Oatmeal Cookies

Apricot-cardamom Oatmeal Cookies

Baba Ghanoush

Baba Ghanoush

Summer Slaw

Summer Slaw

Rice Salad with Asparagus & Shiitake Mushrooms

Vegetable Quiche

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Ginger Heart Cookies by Straight Up Food
Jambalaya Stew by Straight Up Food
No-bake Pumpkin Cream Pie
Asian Vegetable Noodle Soup
Cauliflower-Soup
Apricot-cardamom Oatmeal Cookies

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