Plant-based recipes for a deliciously healthy life
Hey babes, Growing up, my mom made so many one-pot meals. Chili mac, Mexican casserole, chicken spaghetti, chicken and dumplings, enchiladas, tater tot casserole, cheeseburger pie, chicken pot pie, and many more. My mom is an AMAZING cook, and that wonderful lady knew how to stretch a dollar until it screamed. I take a lot […]
Hola bebes! Now, I’m sure I’ve shown my hands a dozen or more times in my previous posts, but I love spicy flavors, and being Mexico adjacent, my heart belongs to the song of the many regional chile peppers and the dishes they inspire. For that reason, I recently became transfixed by pozole. Now, full […]
Hey babes, If it isn’t obvious by now, I tend to lean on other cultures for my recipes. This is because of one simple fact: the US/European culture tends to not be particularly vegan-friendly, whereas Asian, Latin, Middle-Eastern, and African countries tend to incorporate it more often. Obviously this is not the case 100% of […]
Hey babes! So, this is a bit of an honest but hopefully relatable confession: there are plenty of nights I fix a different meal for my picky kids than myself. I know, no one should be a short order cook, blah blah blah. But, sorry, sometimes my kids just want some veggie dogs or pasta, […]
Hey babes, So, if your kids are like mine, they sometimes prefer the delicious, scientifically-calibrated choices from chain restaurants over yours. If I can ever get my kids to say “wow, that tastes like (insert restaurant here),” I count that as a win. One of the places my children love the most (thanks, coparent) is […]
Hey babes! Please don’t have hurt feelings when I tell you this, but I’ve been holding out on you. I’ve been cooking this recipe for months and months. It’s quite possibly one of my favorites. If you can’t guess by the title or the splashy photos, I’ll spoil it here: spicy cauliflower bites, and even […]
Hey babes, So, in case you find this surprising, let me fill you in on a secret about some portions of Texas, particularly mine: it gets cold as the lowest ring of Hell in the winter. Get that famous Texas wind whipping 5 degree temperatures across the plains, and we’re all wrapped in Carharts and […]
Hey babes! So, here’s a dirty little secret: my parents didn’t teach me how to cook. And don’t think that’s a discredit to my parents, because it’s certainly not. They taught me cleaning, hunting, auto-repair, carpentry, roofing, plumbing, first aid, sewing, and countless other skills I use every day (okay, maybe not the hunting). But […]
Hey babes, Growing up in a blue-collar family, we very rarely had meatballs. My mom worked her tail off raising us, refinishing the house, babysitting, gardening, bookkeeping, saving the day against supervillains, and more, so you can bet she was not going to waste precious time hand rolling meatballs, and she wasn’t going to waste […]
Hey babes, If you’re like most of the western world, you probably grew up with a set of staple dishes rotating across your dinner table. For those of us from blue collar families with stay-at-home moms, that usually meant simple, hardy dishes. Being from the southwest, that meant lots of Tex-Mex, beans, cornbread, and chilis, […]
Hi babes, I'm Monica, the girl behind the curtain of Whole Food Plant Babe. My deep love of food and flavor couldn't be deterred by health concerns, so I sought to make WFPB recipes even tastier than their meat and dairy predecessors so I could have a long, happy, sexy, healthy life.