The 3 Week Plant Powered Kickstart has been designed to be as easy as possible for you to kickstart a plant-based lifestyle.

You get three full weeks of meal plans with recipe instructions that have been intentionally designed to provide a balance of macronutrients, complete shopping list to make gathering groceries a breeze, a weekly meal prep plan that tells you exactly what to cook and prep and what day to reduce total time cooking, hydration and supplement recommendations, and more.

Everything is done for you so you just have to shop, cook, and eat each day. 

I recommend spending about 1-1.5 hours in the week before you start the kickstart to familiarize yourself with program, watch the video tutorials in the online portal, review the meal plans, and get organized.

Then each week you’ll spend about 1 hour shopping for ingredients, and about 1.5 hours prepping ingredients for the week (I suggest doing this on the Sunday before you start). Then each day you’ll spend about 30-40 minutes cooking.

Because I’ve done the work of creating the exact meal plans and recipes, you simply have to review the plan and follow the prep and cook plan each week. It’s not a heavy lift, and by week two you’ll understand how the meal plans work so you’ll get faster at cooking and prepping food.

All recipes are exclusive to the program and cannot be found anywhere else. There may be recipes with similar ingredients shared in the past on my food blog, but the public recipe portions are general and are not calculated for the exact macronutrients that support women in the program.

I intentionally planned these meals to include only recipes that you can find at most general grocery stores. Depending on your location, you may need to order some ingredients online and there one or two optional ingredients in the plan that I suggest buying on Amazon (they’re only flavor enhancers so they can be removed).

In my testing of the plan, I only shopped at Safeway and was able to find all ingredients except the optional flavorings I mentioned above, which I ordered on Amazon and was able to get delivered via one day shipping.

In my extensive testing of this program, I tracked my weekly food purchases and found that the total for each week’s groceries came out to about $80*. I spent a bit more the first week because there were ingredients I needed to buy once that then I used in the week’s after. Please keep in mind that I live in a medium-high cost of living area (California). *The last time I tracked these amounts was October 2024 and I plan to update this section each time I repeat the kickstart.

The 3 Week Plant Powered Kickstart is a self-paced program and you can email me any time to ask customer service questions, but it does not include support via regular coaching calls, events, etc. This is how I keep the program at the affordable price point to be able to allow as many people to try the program, and to keep it a program you have lifetime access to without continued payment.

However, there is the Facebook community group that allows you to connect with other women who are also in the kickstart program and to support one another, form accountability groups, and more.

If you’d like continued support to make my approach to plant powered living a lifestyle for the longterm, I do offer my Plant Powered Pathway Membership to any woman who’s gone through the kickstart and wants continued monthly meal plans, coaching calls, and more. If you’re interested in this, you’ll learn more once you sign up for the kickstart.

Absolutely! I’m going to be honest…I kind of hate Facebook, but they do offer the group community option and I know that most people do use it, so it’s where I’ve chosen to host the community (for now).

But you do not have to join the community, it is completely optional and I provide it for you so you can connect with other women walking the plant path with you. I’ve found that doing things together helps me to see success, and I want to provide this space for you as well.

Absolutely! This is a lifestyle program and not a restrictive diet, so I’ve intentionally left blank spaces on the meal plan for you each week for exactly this reason. Whether its date night, holidays, work dinners, or any other event, you can still follow the kickstart and live your life.

This is not a low- or no-fat program and some oils are used in small portions. I know that many whole foods plant-based diet proponents vilify fats, but I’ve found that significantly reducing fats from my diet meant I was not as satisfied with my meals with both the taste and I never felt sated. This meant that I then overcompensated with carbohydrates like pastas and breads. Instead, I prioritize fats from whole foods (nuts, seeds, nut butters, avocados, olives, etc.) as much as possible and use oils sparingly for cooking or in sauces. You can optionally eliminate them, which I do share how to do inside the program portal.

No, this is NOT a low carbohydrate program and I do not promote a low carbohydrate approach to plant-based eating (that would be VERY difficult to do). Instead, when I develop recipes I prioritize plant-based protein first, fats from whole foods, and then complex carbohydrate sources from whole foods like vegetable and whole grains, instead of unrefined bread products like pastas, tortillas, etc. I’m not against carbs – actually, I love them! – I just make sure to first plate my proteins and whole food fat sources, then I use vegetables and whole grains to fill in the gaps of a meal.

This is a gluten free program and it is suitable for people with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity. I wanted to create a program that reduces bloat and inflammation and gluten-containing ingredients do tend to increase digestive issues in many women. If you also don’t have an issue with gluten, I suggest you still follow the program for three weeks because you may see that after three weeks off gluten that you do feel lighter, less bloated, and experience easier digestion. I’ve found this to be the case for myself (though I do still eat gluten from time to time).

The 3 Week Plant Powered Kickstart is specifically designed to be tailored to your personalized nutrition needs and I teach you how to customized the meals and snacks to meet your individual needs and goals. Having said that, the main three meals of the day add up to about 1500 calories and the snacks are about 150-200 calories each. So the range is between 1500-1900 calories, as written. The meals and snacks are designed to have about 30% protein so that is between 115-140 grams of protein per day. HOWEVER, I want to stress how individual this is and that this program is NOT intended to be a calorie restricted plan (though weight loss often occurs naturally). You can add or subtract snacks as needed, but for these three weeks I want you to focus less on numbers and more on how you feel, which I share with you in the program. You can eat more or less than the program suggests…but if you feel 1500 calories is too high, I would question why you believe you need to eat calories that low and whether that has worked out long term for you before (I’m guessing it didn’t if you’re here, so why not try supporting your body instead of restricting?)..

The meal plan ingredients can definitely be adjusted, especially if you’d like to substitute ingredients like vegetables, nuts/seeds, etc. The main source of protein for the meals – usually tempeh, tofu, beans, lentils, edamame, etc. – can be interchanged with other sources, but I do not suggest removing them completely. If you hate tofu, you can substitute it with tempeh, beans, etc. However, if you hate tofu, tempeh, beans, and most plant-based sources of protein…you’re not going to get the nutrition you need during these three weeks.

Um, YES. I would NEVER create a program where you can’t drink coffee. However, I suggest drinking coffee black (without sugar) and adding a small amount of plant-based milk like soy milk if you need something creamy. I don’t recommend having a frilly “mocha-frappa-caramel-whipped-iced-thinga-majig” every day on the program (in fact, I wouldn’t suggest them at all). These are usually very high in added sugars or sugar substitutes, contain cream, and are likely to cause bloat. You can/should have one here or there if you love them, but save them for a blank space day or just cut them completely during these three weeks.

I don’t suggest it. Take these three weeks to really kickstart this lifestyle, which means cutting out things like soda (even diet sodas) and other beverages that contain sugar or sugar alternatives. Try sparkling water instead.

Absolutely, and I provide a weekly meal prep plan for you to make cooking easier throughout the week. I’ve also made sure that each weeknight’s dinner is enough to double up for lunch leftovers the next day, which means you never had to prepare a separate lunch on the weekdays.