You might remember how watching the film Forks Over Knives inspired me to eliminate all non-plant foods from my diet. One of the people I became acquainted with in the film was Rip Esselstyn.
Rip was a member of the Austin Fire Department where he introduced his passion for a whole-food, plant-based diet to Austin’s Engine 2 Firehouse in order to rescue a firefighting brother’s health. To document his success he wrote the national bestselling book, The Engine 2 Diet, which shows the irrefutable connection between a plant-based diet and good health.
Now he’s following up that book with My Beef with Meat: The Healthiest Argument for Eating a Plant-Strong Diet
About My Beef with Meat
My Beef with Meat explains to plant eaters and meat eaters alike why a whole food, plant-strong diet is great on so many levels, hence the subtitle: The Healthiest Argument for Eating a Plant-Strong Diet”. The primary driving force behind the book was to delve deeper into the major myths that keep surfacing about eating plants, such as: “You won’t get enough protein”, “You won’t get enough calcium”, “Eating plants is too expensive”, “Real men (and women) eat meat”, “Olive oil is heart-healthy”, and “Moderation in everything.”
I don’t know about you but I’ve said many of those things in the past. But what I was doing wasn’t working. I was on the cusp of diabetes, taking a statin for high cholesterol and triglycerides and being treated for hypertension.
And it wasn’t from too much red meat. My husband will share that I preferred fish and poultry over beef the past few years. I was ready to shake it up and fight for my health.
A My Beef with Meat Recipe
My Beef with Meat not only proves the Engine 2 way of eating can optimize health and ultimately save lives, but it also includes more than 145 delicious recipes to help readers reach that goal.
I love cookies and wanted to share that you can eat a plant-based diet and still have dessert! Enjoy Rips recipe and find more recipes at the Engine 2 Diet along with some of the most inspiring stories I’ve read.
Banana Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies
Ingredients:
3 ripe bananas, mashed
1 tablespoon vanilla
¾ cup natural chunky peanut butter
3 tablespoons maple syrup
2 cups old fashioned oats
½ cup whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt (optional)
½ cup non-dairy chocolate chips or raisins
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Prepare a cookie sheet with parchment paper
3. Mix bananas, vanilla, peanut butter and maple syrup into a creamy consistency in a large bowl
4. In another bowl, combine oats, flour, baking powder and salt
5. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir until they are well combined -the batter
should be slightly sticky
6. Fold in the chocolate chips or raisins
7. Place rounded, heaping tablespoon-sized balls of the batter onto an ungreased baking sheet
8. Bake for 15-18 minutes
9. Gobble these up while they are still warm
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I agree with you, this is probably the healthiest eating style ever! Personally, I am trying to make everything in the healthiest possible way and eating as much salad as I can, usually just adding some vegetables and pouring some olive oil or my new discovery, a little bit of a special tomato wine which goes perfectly with the taste, although you wouldn´t believe. Enjoy! 🙂
I want to eat more vegetarian meals too. I’ll put this book on my reading list. We usually eat a few vegetarian meals/week, but more would be even better.