5 Easy Ways to Celebrate National Vegetarian Awareness Month

5 Plant-Based Nutrition Tips from Sharon Palmer

Borrow plant-based ideas from other cultures — like this Moroccan quinoa dish!

2. Gain inspiration from ethnic cuisine. Most traditional diets around the world are plant-based. Animal foods were considered precious, so people used local plant staples — rice, quinoa, wheat, greens, beans, lentils, tubers — as the cornerstone of their diet. These diets are linked with lower risk of chronic disease, compared to our modern industrialized diet, which is heavy in meat and refined foods. If you want to really enjoy a delicious plant-based diet, just look at how they do it in India (lentil curries with vegetables and basmati rice) or Asia (stir-fried vegetables with tofu).