“Pumpkin isn’t just for pie! 🎃 Try stirring plain pumpkin purée into pasta sauce. Add spinach and white beans. Dinner, one meal at a time. 💚” Going plant-based can start with one cozy meal. Have you tried pumpkin in a savory dish? 💚 Type YES or No below

Collard greens or cabbage?

I’m planning something useful for our paid LDL: Plant-Based Edition membership, and I’d love your input! Which ONE would make you most interested in joining -or staying in -the paid membership? Choose one weekly food goal and get encouragement, check-ins, and help when you feel stuck. Vote for your favorite! What would you want help with first? Let’s make plant-based living easier, one meal at a time. 💚

The majority of you voted for the second video—thank you so much for your feedback! I’ll be using that one. 💚 Yesterday, I meal-prepped for the week, except for the quinoa, which I’ll make today. I also stopped by my local farmers market and picked up some fresh okra. I turned it into three different dishes: baked okra, fried okra, and okra gumbo—three meals from one vegetable! I also picked up an eggplant and made eggplant Parmesan. Then I baked sweet potatoes, prepared a fresh salad, and roasted onions, peppers, carrots, and mushrooms. Then I pulled out my juicer and made some apple juice, carrot-apple with ginger juice, and Kale, spinach, and apple juice. I drank a lot yesterday, and then put those in the freezer. For dessert, I made Key lime ice cream with a Raspberry sauce. I got my alfalfa seeds in yesterday, started soaking them, and my microgreens won't arrive until Wed. Take a look at my clover; I've been sprouting them for a couple of days. They are almost ready. If you are interested in learning how to sprout, let me know in the comments. Do you plan your meals ahead for the week, or do you usually wing it each night? Let me know in the comments! Don't forget to post your community today with links. I hope to see you tomorrow for Coffee with Marilyn and, if you’re a Premium member, on Tuesday for our cooking class. 💚

My friend told me about this, just beware. Symptoms are diarrhea, which can last for days, and in some cases even a couple of weeks, along with fatigue, stomach cramps, nausea, and dehydration. Just be aware. Cases of diarrhea continue to climb. Thank you @Jenny Rader-Bakos for providing links from the PBS NewHour and UC Davis Health. 📺 PBS NewsHour: What we know about the Cyclospora outbreak linked to produce https://www.ideastream.org/shows/pbs-newshour/clip/outbreak-1783971387 📺 UC Davis Health: Cyclospora explained by a physician https://health.ucdavis.edu/internal-medicine/news/headlines/cyclospora-the-tiny-parasite-behind-explosive-diarrhea-cases/2026/07