I WILL: Give Plants a Chance

A plant-based diet is more than green leafy vegetables!

And it can be quite the flexible nutrition plan. You choose the structure of your meal planning and food choices: flexitarian, pescatarian, vegetarian, or vegan. Choosing a plant-based diet does not require exclusion of meat or dairy, it offers an appropriate balance in food choices to support a healthy lifestyle. A diet rich in plant-based foods — fruits, vegetables, who grains, nuts, seeds, and beans — has been shown to reduce the risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, and diabetes.

Start Small: Enjoy one meal each week as a vegetarian. Leave the meat, poultry, fish, and seafood for another day.

Finish Remarkable: Make plant-based eating the star of the show! Limit your meat intake to one small serving each day. Turn a Portobello into a flavorful “steak” or combine broccoli rabe with wild rice for nutritious plant-based alternatives.

How can we help? Basecamp offers resources to support your wellness around this topic! Here’s what’s available…

• Learn from our free monthly nutrition education, In the Kitchen, and experience a lunchtime conversation with a registered dietitian sharing the need-to-know details on a variety of nutritional topics. Then join our friends at the Community Teaching Kitchen for an entertaining cooking demonstration. We connect all these opportunities via our monthly nutritionally focused email to include highlights of the education shared, the recipe from the cooking demo, and a first peek at a bonus recipe from Jamie’s kitchen.

• Access our collection of heart-healthy recipes. You can narrow your search to ingredients, dietary style, etc. A quick keyword search for vegetarian, or plant-based will provide a great list of meals already built to be plant focused or that can be easily modified to skip the meat, poultry, fish, or seafood.