5 Easy Ways to Celebrate National Vegetarian Awareness Month

5 Plant-Based Nutrition Tips from Sharon Palmer

Make veggies the star of your kitchen!

1. Put plants at the center of the plate. The typical American menu starts with the animal foods, and adds a few plants as an afterthought. You might have a big steak, a pile of mashed potatoes and a little scoop of green peas. But we should be eating the opposite way. We should have a small amount of animal protein, and three-fourths of the plate filled with whole plant foods — whole grains, vegetables, greens, fruits, nuts, seeds, legumes.