/>Plant-Based Recipes and Meal Plans:
- American College of Lifestyle Medicine: A guide to why and how to shift mostly or completely to a whole-food plant based diet
- ACLM-Eating-on-a-Budget.pdf
- American College of Lifestyle Medicine 7-day plant-based meal plans and recipes on a budget
- Plant based grocery list from the American College of Lifestyle Medicine
- Dr. Renae Thomas Great website including food group swapping, easy recipes and pricing of items for patients on a budget.
- Dr. Fuhrman's Recipes
- Recipes are free but there are additional benefits with paying membership of $7.95/month
- NutrionFact.org's Recipes
- Plant Based on a Budget (Meal plans & shopping lists for low-cost food) - Also have an instagram and a book
- 21 Day Vegan Kickstart (21-Day Vegan Kickstart Diet with meal plans)
- Full Plate Living (Meal plans & recipes to feel full and lose weight)- Free
- This is a free program designed to help you shift to a higher fiber plant based diet in order to optimize health, lose weight and improve blood sugar and cholesterol. You receive recipes and can engage in a meal planning and weight loss course all free.
- Forks over Knives Recipes (Meal plans, recipes, cooking course and articles)
- Beginners Guide to a Whole-Food, Plant-Based Diet
- 1-Week Vegan Meal Plan: How to Eat Plant-Based on a Budget for $3 a Meal
- T.Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies Recipes
- Dr. McDougall's Health Center Recipes
- Plant Strong's Meal Planner
- Helpful website to change diet and learn plant-based cooking, but involves a fee of $1.90/week when you sign up for a year.
- Helps you with personalized plant-based recipes with printable shopping lists and menus, groceries delivered in available areas, and on-call help from friendly expert
- The Big Swich (free)
- A website that teaches you how to cook using only plant-based items taking into account your starting point, entry skills, and preferences
- Swich The Pod (blog from Big Swich)
- Best Sources of Calcium and Iron in a Plant-Based Diet
- An article with lists of food providing calcium, iron, and more for plant-based diets to ensure a healthy and balance diet
- Oh She Glows
- A website of plant-based recipes that are both healthy and delicious
- Food For Life (Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine)
- "Food for Life is an award-winning nutrition education and cooking class program that provides an innovative approach to diet-related chronic diseases"
- You can search for classes in your area at this link: Search for classes
- Also as an app: link here
- 21-Day Plant-Based Plan for a Lighter, Happier YOU! (dailyom.com)
- This resource is not free, it costs 19.55 and you can keep all lessons for life
- Jumpstart Program- Rochester Lifestyle Medicine Institute
- 15-day program to learn to cook and eat plant-based, whole-food, very low-fat meals.
- Includes cooking demos, meal plans, and support to improve health markers like weight, cholesterol, and blood sugar.
- Loma Linda Plant-Based Eating and Recipes
- Loma Linda University Health has developed resources to advance the use of whole-food, plant-based nutrition for chronic disease treatment and prevention.
- The Patient Handbook for Restorative Diet Recipes is designed to help patients treat chronic diseases through dietary changes. It offers recipes, practical tips for overcoming barriers like cost and time constraints, guidance on reading food labels and meal planning, and meal planners and grocery lists to help patients get started.
Culinary courses to deepen your plant-based cooking
