What Is One Part Plant?
What is One Part Plant?
OPP is an eating philosophy and mission; it means at least one meal a day is made up of real, whole, plant-based foods. One. OPP is not some crazy diet with a list of forbidden foods you can never eat again, and it doesn’t require you to join a culty food tribe with a million rules. OPP is about making plants the star of the show for one meal a day. Breakfast, lunch, or dinner—you pick. Once a day you’ll create, pick up, or order in (no shame in that) a plant-based meal.
What does whole foods plant-based mean?
Foods that are minimally processed or not processed at all—veggies, fruits, nuts, seeds, grains, and legumes. Plant-based means that these foods come from the ground and the trees and are not derived from animals (although many plant-based eaters consume honey).
Now, it doesn’t mean you have to have a plain bowl of brown rice with steamed broccoli on top (the worst) – it can mean making a fat-ass Sweet Potato Burger with Some Fries or a big bowl of gooshy Pasta. It means doing your own thing in your kitchen. It means not feeling like it has to be all or nothing and doing what’s best for you.
If you’re up for it, start today. If you’re an “I’ll start tomorrow” type of person, start tomorrow. Just start. And if you’re loving it and feeling good, please share! Tag your dishes on social with #onepartplant (check out what other people are posting for inspiration) or just send me a tele-plantic message.
Love you,
Jessica + The OPP Team
And if need help getting started,
here are some of my favorite recipes:
Creamy Mushroom Lasagna
Pomegranate, Kale, Quinoa Salad
Lentil-A-Roni
Grilled Nut Butter + Pomegranate Sandwich
Easy Tahini Granola
some of my favorite cookbooks:
One Part Plant
Clean Start
Clean Food
Naturally Nourished
and websites:
The First Mess
YumUniverse (awesome meal plans!)
My New Roots
Minimalist Baker
Oh, Ladycakes (for desserts)
9 Comments
Joanna
March 2, 2017Hi Jessica,
I love your one part plant philosophy. I also love the idea of starting small and eating plant for one meal. So my question is what do we do for the other meals? Eat like we normally do?. I could see myself eating a nice plant meal and then eating crappy when it’s “convenient “.
What do you suggest for the other meals?
Thx. I wish you well and great health.
Joanna
[Found you from Brooke Mcalarys podcast http://www.slowyourhome.com
Jessica
March 8, 2017Joanna,
Hi! Thanks so much for leaving this note. Such a good question. Ideally, you could build up to eating all whole food meals (all parts plant!) But that’s hard for some people…so I say start with one meal a day. If you already know yourself and know you feel crappy after certain meals – maybe you start with two a day and then that can lead to three. The key is to eat what makes you feel good and not put so much pressure on yourself to be perfect. I hope that helps! And hope to see you more around here.
Jemma
March 25, 2017Is the ided behind one part plant the same as being vegan?
I’m intrigued by the approach, however I was unsure as to if you ate meat, fish or poultry?
Also, great recipes! They look amazing.
Jessica
March 26, 2017Hey Jemma!
I do not use the word “vegan”, because I do use honey. But yes, having one plant-based meal a day excludes animal products. When I changed my diet I ditched meat and dairy and it just made me feel much better. I know that this isn’t for everyone…so I encourage people to start with one plant-based meal a day. Hope that helps!
Jennifer Morales
June 16, 2017Hi Jessica, I love everything you have to say. It’s very inspiring but I tend to lose motivation rather quickly not to mention, I rather starve than make myself a sandwich, I’ve always had horrible eating habits but now I have a nine month baby who is depending on me to make all the right decisions for her well being nd I want her to start eating the right now so she doesn’t struggle the way I am. so I will do whatever it takes to adopt this lifestyle so I want to immerse myself since she is starting solids. So I was thinking of getting the same certificate you got to teach me the way to live this lifestyle in a short period of time. What do you think?
Jessica
June 17, 2017Wow, you are an inspiring mom. I think the certification is a good idea – but I would actually suggest going the free (less expensive route) of documentaries. Most of the all the information I learned, outside of the very medical and technical information (that I don’t think would serve your purposes and didn’t really serve mine) is out there in documentary forms already! Actually the Dr who created the plant-based program has one. For your Plant-based School Ciriculum, I would watch: Forks Over Knives and Hungry For Change to start. Second semester would be Cowspiracy and Food Choices. Third semester choose another two that you think look good – there are so many on Netflix and Amazon Prime.
I have heard so many people say that some of these documentaries changed their entire life. Mine included. These are the way I got started. I bet they could get you on the right path too. I know you can do it – not just for your daughter, but for you too. Love Jessica
Vanessa
July 25, 2017Hi Jessica,
How did you start your diet change? As an endo and adeno sufferer I’m over hormone and surgical treatments. Did you begin with a total elimination diet? Links to more info would be great!
Jessica
July 25, 2017I went pretty much cold turkey, but allowed myself to have dairy, gluten, and sugar every once and awhile until it no longer made me feel good. In terms of links, I do talk about in the endo page (links there) and also cover the WHOLE thing in my book, One Part Plant. You can buy it on Amazon, B+N, and is carried at most libraries. Hope this helps!
Nicole
November 28, 2017Hi Jessica,
I have had much success following the wholefoods ethos re reduction of pelvic pain. However, as my pelvic pain reduced (to the point that I was able to play with my kids ‘normally’) my digestive issues became troublesome. Did you have gut issues when you switched over to a plant based diet? If so, how did you manage this?
I particularly seemed to struggle with lentils and pulses. I’m now working with a nutritional therapist who has put me on the paleo diet (she has endo too). My gut is happy but my pelvic pain is back. It’s obviously about finding a balance but at the moment I don’t know what that is!