Introducing LeafSide WFPB Meal Packs!

Once upon a time I wrote a blog post about Dr. Greger’s Daily Dozen recommendations. Many months later I received a phone call from a brand new company, LeafSide, that is developing shelf-stable meal packs that make it easy to meet Dr. Greger’s nutritional recommendations. This excited me primarily for two reasons.

(All LeafSide links on this page are affiliate links. If you place an order through one of these links, you’ll generate a little bonus for me which helps keep me happily supplied with LeafSide meals. This costs you nothing extra.)

1. In my teaching and advocating for a whole food, plant-based (WFPB) diet, the complaints that I most hear are: it’s too hard – it’s too much work – there’s too much shopping – there’s too much chopping – the recipes are so complicated – Carla-won’t-you-just-come-over-and-make-the-food-for-me-so-that-I-can-eat-this-way? LeafSide SOLVES those hurdles!

2. Sometimes (well, often!) I don’t feel like assembling a meal. I’m busy. I’m impatient. I don’t like spending much time in the kitchen. But I know how important a healthful diet is for wellness so I often end up eating very simple whole food, plant-based dishes or monomeals. LeafSide SOLVES my hurdles!

LeafSide meals are the ONLY truly convenient, 100% whole-food plant-based meals with complete nutrition. What does “truly convenient” mean?

It means very little work! LeafSide removes over 90% of the work of healthy eating: no planning, shopping, washing, cutting, measuring, cooking, or cleaning.

It means that it fits your life! LeafSide meal packs are shelf-stable (ie: no fridge needed), last for months, and easily goes places with you: pantry, office, hotel, camping, gym, school, etc. Consume where and when you like and there’s no throwing out stale food!

It means no compromises! When you’re pressed for time (or when traveling) you can reject the status quo of unhealthy fast food, because LeafSide finally delivers healthy convenience. In particular, stir-bowls are ideal for traveling because they require just hot water and a container.

Well, what does “complete nutrition” mean?

Real meals! Each LeafSide pack is a 500 to 750 calorie meal, designed by professional chefs to taste great and to keep you full for up to 5 hours.

Real food! LeafSide uses only plant-based whole foods. The meal packs are currently over 90% organic with each ingredient carefully screened for quality. (LeafSide is in the process of having 100% of the ingredients be USDA organic.) They use no fillers or artificial ingredients. You can see the real food and you can pronounce everything on the ingredients list. And they have no added oil or sugar! Added salt in the savory meals (savory stir-bowls and soups) is a healthful minimal combination of sea salt and miso powder and soon LeafSide will offer a zero salt option. And they are B12 fortified! Can it get any better?

Actually, yes! Real nutrition science! Based on leading nutrition science from Dr. Greger’s global bestselling book How Not to Die and website NutritionFacts.org you can pair any LeafSide savory and any LeafSide sweet meal in a single day to complete all 18 servings of the 10 recommended Daily Dozen foods! In just 2 meals a day you’ll eat the best of nutrition knowledge.

What about variety?

LeafSide offers 4 meal types: sweet smoothies, savory soups, sweet stir bowls, and savory stir bowls. Remember one sweet and one savory meets Dr. Greger’s Daily Dozen recommendations! Of course you’re not limited to just 2 LeafSide meals a day.

Right now there are 16 different meal packs: 4 soups, 6 smoothies and 6 stir-bowls. You could enjoy two meal packs per day for a week and never repeat a meal!

Let me show you more in this video:

Now that LeafSide is a regular part of my life (for reals…see my online Food Diary), I ordered the 32oz. cup for my NutriBullet blender. It’s perfect! I can drink the smoothie straight from the cup after blending. It seriously couldn’t be any easier. Quick prep and quick clean up while getting ultimate nutrition – that’s my kind of LeafSide lifestyle!

Will these perfectly convenient, ultimate nutrition packs break bank?

No way! Stir-bowls are $8.99, smoothies are $7.99, and soups are $6.99. LeafSide is using a subscription model to help you stay easily supplied with quick nutritious food. They recommend for your first box a sample of each 16 LeafSide meals but you don’t have to order one of each. As long as you order 12 meals (FREE SHIPPING!) each month of any combination, your subscription will remain active. You can rearrange your meal combinations each month and you can pause, edit, or cancel your subscription at any time.

Show me where you’re going to find quick-and-easy-to-prepare hearty, filling meal packs that contain 20-30 highly recommended whole plant foods for just $8.00 (average) each. Wait! I’ll show you! It’s LeafSide. They are now accepting new beta customers and you can sign up here.

(All LeafSide links on this page are affiliate links. If you place an order through one of these links, you’ll generate a little bonus for me which helps keep me happily supplied with LeafSide meals. This costs you nothing extra.)