Food Resources
Cookbooks
All of the cookbooks and online recipes listed below are plant-based meaning they contain no dairy, eggs, or animal products. However, not all of them are oil-free so make sure to double-check the ingredient list before making a recipe. For tips on adapting a recipe to be oil-free, click here.
Blissful Basil by Ashley Melillo
The China Study All-Star Collection by LeAnne Campbell
The China Study Cookbook by LeAnne Campbell
The China Study Family Cookbook by Del Sroufe
The China Study Quick & Easy Cookbook by Del Sroufe
Everyday Happy Herbivore by Lindsay Nixon
Forks Over Knives: The Cookbook by Del Sroufe
Forks Over Knives Family by Matthew Lederman, MD and Alona Pulde, MD
The Happy Herbivore by Lindsay Nixon
Happy Herbivore Holidays & Gatherings by Lindsay Nixon
Happy Herbivore Light & Lean by Lindsay Nixon
Kristen’s Healthy Kitchen Recipes by Kristen Stoll
McDougalls’ All-You-Can-Eat Cookbook by John McDougall, MD
The McDougall Quick & Easy Cookbook by Dr. John McDougall, MD
Oh She Glows Every Day by Angela Liddon
Plant-Powered Families by Dreena Burton
The Plantpower Way by Rich Roll
The PlantPure Kitchen by Kim Campbell
The PlantPure Nation Cookbook by Kim Campbell
Plant-Strong by Rip Esselstyn
The Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease Cookbook by Ann Crile Esselstyn and Jane Esselstyn
Vegan Under Pressure by Jill Nussinow
RECIPES FROM PAST COMMUNITY MEALS
Online BLOGS & Recipes
Big list of oil-free salad dressings — Volume I & Volume II
Blissful Basil blog — Recipes
Dr. Esselstyn — Recipes
Dr. McDougall — Recipes
Engine 2 Diet — Recipes
Fat Free Vegan — Recipes
Forks Over Knives — Recipes
(also check out the phone app)
Happy Herbivore blog — Recipes
Oh She Glows blog — Recipes
(also check out the phone app)
Plant Powered Kitchen blog — Recipes
PlantPure Nation — Recipes
Plantz St. blog — Recipes
Roadmap to Making Homemade Oil-free Salad Dressings
Grocery Shopping
If you would like to attend a guided grocery store tour, visit our Events page or call 1-800-856-4916.
Eat Plant-Based — Beginner's Guide to Plant-Based Grocery Shopping
Healthy City — "Packaged Foods" - A Picture Book of Minimally Processed Foods
Veg Kitchen — How to Read a Nutrition Label
Jeff Novick’s — Fast Food 3: Shopping School
JL Goes Vegan — Reading Labels to Avoid Animal Products
Meal Planning
Forks Over Knives — Meal Planner (paid weekly meal plans)
Lighter — Meal Plans (free and paid versions available)
Happy Herbivore — Meal Mentor (paid weekly meal plans)
Mary McDougall — Planning Meals Free Online
Don’t feel like cooking or need something quick? PlantPure Nation has a line of frozen meals that are whole-food, plant-based. They also have kitchen starters that include spices and pantry staples—just add is fresh produce. Go to PlantPure Nation Shop
Online Cooking Courses
Forks Over Knives — Online Cooking Course
Culinary Rx — Online Cooking Course
Food Is Medicine attendees can enroll in Culinary Rx, a self-paced, online cooking course focused on plant-based nutrition for only $49.99 (that's $50 off the original price!). Click here to view the class syllabus. If you wish to enroll, follow these steps:
1. Go to www.rouxbe.com/culinary-rx/ and click "Enroll Now".
2. Create your account, either by filling in the fields or click on "Sign up with Facebook".
3. On the checkout page, enter the code: MIDLAND and then complete the checkout. When you click on the card number field, you will see the price change.
Restaurants & Eating Out
Dining Out When You Must — Lecture by Mary McDougall
Coming Soon! — Guide to Eating Plant-Based in Midland, TX