It's now easier than ever to create a delicious plant-based meal! Our new recipe app offers healthy options for breakfast, lunch, and dinner -- straight from our community members' kitchens to yours. Search by ingredient to plan around what you have on hand, or browse by category to peruse Mains, Desserts, Breakfasts, and more. You'll find plenty of plant powered inspiration for every meal! 

Created by our culinary educators and community members, each recipe features whole plant foods without oil and with minimal added sweeteners and salt. We're extending tremendous thanks to Jim Spellos, PPMNY Network Technology Advisor, and Hilary Agin, PPMNY Recipe Curator, for bringing this app to life! 

Do you create recipes you'd like to share with our community? Help us grow this new resource by submitting your recipes through the app! 
 

For tips on adding the recipe app to your phone, click here. 

 PLANT WISDOM

Renowned nutrition scientist and author Dr. T. Colin Campbell recently released The Future of Nutrition: An Insider's Look at the Science, Why We Keep Getting It Wrong, and How to Start Getting It Right, which explores the history of cancer research, our societal obsession with animal protein, the limitations of scientific findings, and recommendations for the future. After more than a half-century in the field, Dr. Campbell continues to bring provocative ideas to the table, challenging common knowledge and deftly explaining why whole food, plant-based nutrition is not already a mainstream lifestyle.

"...[A] local disease is one that attacks a particular part of the body and has a specific cause, and therefore can be dealt with precisely. Particularly, specificity, and precision are the key words here. Early proponents of the local theory of cancer believed that cancer was caused by isolated and identifiable agents such as wounds, bactera, parasites, and viruses. (Today, cancer researchers who focus on single gene mutations or single environmental toxins are reflecting these same principles.) The corollary of that belief was that cancer could be locally (and simply) treated. In the earliest days of this debate, "local" treatment meant surgery. It's easy to understand how this theory became popular. Surgeons occupy positions of prestige and power, and the simplicity of the theory appeals to our rational minds... On the other hand, the constitutional theory of cancer proposes that the disease has deeper origins, likely involving the complex pathways of metabolism that characterize nutrition's function." (pg. 50)

 VIRTUAL EVENTS IN THE WEEK AHEAD!

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Food as Medicine Roundtable for Health Care Professionals:
The Future of Health Care with Dr. Scott Stoll  
Tuesday, February 2, 7:00 - 8:30 PM
For clinicians and health care professionals only.
Suggested minimum donation: $25 - register here

Health care professionals are invited to a special evening of virtual networking and peer-to-peer learning with special guest, Scott Stoll, MD, from the Plantrician Project. Dr. Stoll will share insights on the growing field of plant-based medicine and how local practitioners can make a difference through their own practices and institutions.
 

Get Started with Whole Food, Plant-Based Nutrition
Wednesday, February 3, 7:00 - 8:30 PM
FREE - register here

Join others new to whole food, plant-based nutrition to hear the evidence behind the health benefits, get starter recipes, learn tips for stocking your pantry, and ask questions! Led by PPMNY's Nutrition Educator Gail Mayer, MS, RD, CDN, and Chef Brandy Cochrane, this session will give you a foundation of knowledge and practical next steps to get started on your path to a plant-based lifestyle. 
 

Plant Powered Book Club: The Pleasure Trap
Wednesday, February 24, 7:00 - 8:00 PM
FREE - register here

Mark your calendar for our February book club discussion of The Pleasure Trap: Mastering the Hidden Force That Undermines Health 7 Happiness by Drs. Douglas J. Lisle, PhD, and Alan Goldhamer, DC. Learn unique insights into the factors that make us susceptible to dietary and lifestyle excesses, then discover how we can develop proactive strategies, including a whole food, plant-based lifestyle, for better health. 

Save the Date!

Sunday, February 7, 5:00 - 6:15 PM: Baking with Chef Carole 

Monday, February 8, 6:30 - 7:30 PM: Virtual Potluck + Recipe Swap 

Wednesdays, February 10 & 17, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM:
Prevent & Reverse Heart Disease conference with the Esselstyn Family Foundation
co-presented with the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan

Monday, February 15, 3:00 - 3:45 PM: Family Fitness & Food Workshop 

Tuesday, February 23, 7:00 - 8:00 PM: Nutrition Support Circle

 

 HEALTH EMPOWERMENT FOR BLACK COMMUNITY LEADERS
 

Power your health, defy chronic disease, learn how to reduce or eliminate your medications, and get ready to live your best life when you enroll in the 21-Day Plant Powered Jumpstart -- a health empowerment program specially-offered this winter to Brooklyn's Black community leaders. Sponsored by the Office of the Brooklyn Borough President, VegFund, and A Well-Fed World.

Virtual kickoff event: Thursday, February 18, 6:30 PM

 PPMNY NEWS

Honoring Dr. King by Galvanizing Black Health with Nutrition

On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, national nutrition leaders Neal Barnard, MD, and Columbus Batiste, MD, shared their research and vast experience addressing the health disparities among Black communities and how whole food, plant-based nutrition offers a path to healing -- and racial justice. Attendees also enjoyed a culinary demonstration, inspired by a traditional soul food recipe, with Chef Brandy Cochrane. To learn about plant-based nutrition's role in overcoming diabetes and heart disease, watch this insightful program on our YouTube channel. 
 

Overnight Oats by PPMNY Mentor Magda Slawecka	Edamame Fettuccine with Portobello Mushrooms by PPMNY Mentor Kimberly Ramirez

Making a Difference with Our Local Health Care Workers

We just wrapped up our 14-Day Plant Powered Jumpstart for Health Care Workers, guiding 30 members of our local health care community in learning about the healing power of food as medicine and how to embrace a plant-based lifestyle. Participants took part in six engaging virtual sessions, got support from a stellar team of more than a dozen volunteer mentors, and learned new skills for their own health and for their clinical practice. Special thanks to all our collaborators, sponsors, and the passionate volunteers who made this experience possible!
 

"I was blown away by the Plant Powered Metro New York Jumpstart program. I was unsure what I signed up for at first, but feel so lucky I had this opportunity. The material covered was high-level and extremely thorough, rolled out in a well-designed sequence. The leaders and mentors were unbelievably knowledgeable and supportive; the lectures had the right blend of didactics and small-group participation; the peer support was priceless; the resources provided were extensive; the cooking demonstrations were exciting. I can't even believe the generosity of the one-on-one mentors who held our hands as we all worked to make the whole food, plant-based lifestyle our own. They not only helped us transition our personal eating pattern, but also planted a seed within us to pay it forward. Bravo!"

Northwell Journalist Explores Plant-Based Nutrition

"...I found it incredibly helpful (and easy) to create some of the more central components that go into most dishes, like vegetable stock. As I chopped, I tossed all my veggie scraps into a container on my counter. Once I had a few cups' worth stored up, I just dropped the contents into a slow cooker with water, put it on low, and voila! Twelve hours later I had vegetable stock with no salt or additives."

In December, Meghan Holmgren, Managing Editor at The Well by Northwell Health, took on a 14-day challenge with PPMNY to eat a whole food, plant-based diet, with the support of PPMNY Board Member and mentor, Wendy Sax. Read Meghan's story on how meal-prepping helped her stay on track and the mental and physical benefits she experienced. And, yes, it's important to ease into eating more beans!
 

  LOCAL FOOD POLICY NEWS

Mayoral Food Forum 2021: Town Hall on the Future of Food in New York City
Tuesday, February 9, 9:30 - 11:30 AM EST 
Presented by several of the City's leading food systems, anti-hunger, and food justice organizations

Get to know the mayoral candidates' food priorities and lend your voice to the discussion which will address topics like hunger, public nutrition programs, school food, and more. Submit your question related to food, poverty, and hunger by Monday, February 1st. 

FREE - Register here

Plant Powered Metro New York empowers people to find better health and overcome chronic disease through whole food, plant-based nutrition. We offer evidence-based education, resources, and support to create community and inspire change throughout the New York metropolitan area.

Our mailing address: Plant Powered Metro New York, PO Box 20771, New York NY 10025

Questions? Email us at info@ppmny.org.

www.plantpoweredmetrony.org