Join me in the Batch Cooking Club to learn how to be successful on a plant based diet. Stephanie Dreyer is the creator of the Batch Cooking Club. She is on a mission to get more families to eat healthier and to get them back into the kitchen. She wants…
Dr. Rizwan Bukhari and Maya Acosta of the organization Plant Based DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) do a 2020 Recap video. *Watch what life was like pre-COVID *Dr. Riz talks about how COVID-19 has overwhelmed the health system and his hospital. *They talk about they were able to move content online to…
Palmer Mackie is in the Department of Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine. He founded and is the Director of Eskenazi Health’s Integrative Pain Program. This multi-disciplinary program includes a 5-week Pain School where patients are exposed to and practice such modalities as relaxation response, WFPBD, graduated exercise, Tai…
Dr. Riz is back in the kitchen. This time he makes vegan blueberry crisp, a recipe found in The Alzheimer's Solution book by Team Sherzai. This delicious recipe is full of antioxidants with five cups of blueberries...what more can you ask for? About The Alzheimer's Solution: "While every chronic disease…
Dr. John McDougall has been one of our heroes and the inspiration for so much of what we do. We had the opportunity to meet him in person and interview him in November 2019. That specific interview had the highest listening time on our podcast platforms and was the most…
Meet Lora Greenberg who is a plant based physician assistant with over 23 years of experience and resides just outside of Dallas, TX. She is also the CEO of Feeling Fabulous which is a coaching program designed to offer support for individuals looking to adopt a plant-based lifestyle. She is…
Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to attend the Barnard Medical Center's Kickstart Intensive program. I am not only a member of PCRM but a huge fan. This was a smoothie they served one morning and I loved it. This is also a great way to sneak green leafy…
Meet Dr. Jessica Pearce from Dallas, Texas. She is an OBGYN as well as a podcaster. We will talk talk about how she works closely with her patients in getting them to optimal health if they want to some day become parents. We touch on breast cancer, concerns about consuming…
Marina Yanay-Triner is back with us again. If you missed my first interview with Marina, you can visit episode #83 to hear her story of how she became a plant-based health coach. This time we talk about the year 2020 and the tools that allowed us to shift our focus…
Meet Marina Yanay-Triner, a wellness coach and founder of Soul in the Raw. I interviewed her in January of this year as I wanted her to share with our listeners tips on moving towards a healthier plant-based lifestyle for 2020. At that time she was working one on one with…
Welcome back to another episode of the Plant Based DFW Podcast. Today we have Danielle D’Souza who is a yoga and meditation teacher based out of Oakville, Ontario Canada which next to Toronto. She specializes in gentle and restorative yoga. In this episode, we learn about her background in improv…
Dr. Riz was on the Chef AJ show in November. He will talk about his work as a vascular surgeon and answer questions about his specialty. Rizwan H. Bukhari, M.D., F.A.C.S., grew up in Dallas, Texas, before attending Johns Hopkins University, followed by medical school at UT Southwestern Medical School.…
Welcome to another video. This time Maya makes a recipe from the Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine's A Vegan Thanksgiving Guide. This was the first time we made it. We decided to omit peas since neither one of us likes them. You can make the shepherd's pie with white potatoes…
I'm back in the kitchen! I have not made cornbread in years mainly because I do not eat bread often. Also, I had concerns about sugar and oil in the bread. But since I found a recipe in the Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine's Vegan Thanksgiving Guide, I went ahead…
Like many people, we are staying home for the holidays! But this will not discourage us. As a matter of fact, we are spending more time in the kitchen trying out recipes and creating new holiday favorites. In this video, we finally try out a famous stuffing that the Essesltyn…
Meet Dr. Ann Kartini Nyugen-Chung, a plant-based dentist in Northern California. She works for the Redding Rancheria Health System. In this episode, Dr. Ann shares with us her own personal health challenges prior to going plant-based. She was able to reverse most of her health concerns. We talk about her…
The first time I tasted this stew was in DC at the Barnard Medical Center's Kickstart Intensive program. I was fortunate to taste it and know that I like it. We returned to Dallas and my mother and I made it at home. That's when I discovered that Dr. Riz…
Today we prepare this delicious vegan apple crips. This is dairy-free! Recipe by: Chef Julia Dunaway This is a comforting dish that the entire family will love. The natural sweetness from the apples and the crunchy nuts cooked together with the oats create a dessert feel, however I’ve enjoyed this…
Today I make a delicious butternut squash autumn stew. I feel like this is great for the fall/winter and offers that extra comfort that we enjoy during the holidays. I followed the recipe and then added more cayenne, cumin, garlic powder, soy sauce and tomato paste to enhance the flavors.…
We had the opportunity to speak with Canadian couple Sheanne & Dan Moskaluk of Indian Rock Vegans who were featured in the documentary Eating You Alive. Sheanne has a wonderful weight loss journey story. At one point was weighing close to 300 pounds and then she discovered a video by…
Today I make Ann Esselstyn's Mommy's Mushroom Gravy 2.0 for the first time. This is an oil-free recipe! You can really have fun with this recipe by playing around with various mushrooms to see how the flavors would out. I followed this recipe, but I wonder what the gravy would…
Today I make Ann Esselstyn's Garlic Mashed Potatoes for the first time. This is a dairy-free and free of oils/butters recipe! INGREDIENTS: *6 yukon potatoes *1-2 minced garlic *1/2 cup almond unsweetened milk *6 TBSP nutritional yeast *1 TSP crushed rosemary *Black pepper to taste More Thanksgiving recipes can be…
Dr. Jane Torrie is a chiropractor and owner of Oasis Chiropractic & Wellness Center here in Dallas, TX. In this episode we talk about her work offering spinal and chiropractic adjustments to return the spine to a natural state of health and to reduce pain, muscle spasms and nerve irritation…
Welcome to our kitchen where we will show you some of our favorite Thanksgiving favorites. In today's video, we prepare a healthy pumpkin spice smoothie. INGREDIENTS: *One 15 ounce can pumpkin puree *2 cups of plant milk *2 cups of ice *2 TBSP maple syrup *1 TBSP vanilla extract *1…