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If you’re reading this blog, you might want to know a bit more about the person behind the articles and recipes!

I’m Kelsey, a registered dietitian nutritionist living in rural Michigan. I spend my days working as a geriatric dietitian, wrangling two toddlers, and experimenting in the kitchen whipping up new recipes and herbal concoctions.

I’ve been a registered dietitian, credentialed by the Commission on Dietetics Registration since 2016. I’ve worked in many different areas of nutrition from clinical work in the hospital to community geriatric nutrition to consulting with brands on the nutritional values of their products.

Personally, I have been on a journey of leaning into the earth and our own land for the nourishment of myself and my family. Taking a look at my own personal ethics as well as the research behind what a “healthy” diet can look like, I’ve begun to explore a different way of planning our meals and sourcing our food.

For me, in this stage of life, I am working on incorporating more plant focused eating and choosing meat and animal products that are sustainably and ethically obtained.

What is Plant Focused eating?

Plant focused eating is not vegan, vegetarian, Whole Foods Plant Based, gluten free, or any other diet, although for some it might end up falling into one of these categories. Plant focused eating is the act of making plants the main focus of your meal planning.

Plant focused eating can still include meat and animal products, but helps you to eat less of it and need less of a valuable resource that is expensive in many ways to produce.

If you put cheese on your tofu bowl, use honey in your granola, or enjoy a Friday night fish dinner, you’re not breaking rules. Anything is allowed as long as it aligns with your ethics and needs, but plants take the main stage.

Plant focused eating may align with your ethics to avoid meat or to avoid animal products. It could align with your dietary restriction or health goals. It could help you to save money by using less meat in your meals. It does make an impact on this world we all call home, significantly decreasing your own carbon footprint.

Where herbs fit in

Herbs and Graciously Nourished is a newfound love affair! Of course, using culinary herbs will bring any recipe to a new level, but it’s so much more than that!

There is such a rich history in herbal use to treat ailments, improve health and wellbeing, and to protect ourselves from disease before modern medicine was a thing. In fact, many medicines are based on active compounds found in traditional herbs!

Learning how each herb can help us to live a better, healthier, cleaner, more beautiful life is such a blessing. I love sharing what I learn and the recipes, DIY projects and concoctions that can easily bring herbs into your home to help you feel better, live better, and have fun with plants!

Mother Earth and our responsibilities?

When we consider that we all share one home, and that home is undergoing massive amounts of damage on a daily basis, it’s important that we consider how our own patterns are impacting the health of the earth.

How and what we eat can have a significant impact on our carbon footprint, increasing or decreasing pollution and the use of important resources. In addition to how we eat, every other decision we make in our lives can have an impact as well.

Making simple and practical swaps can add up to big differences, especially if we can share what we use and love with others who will also make changes.

To make instead of buy, you’ll find a ton of DIY home, personal, beauty, food, and remedies to help you buy less and make more. For things that we just don’t want to or can’t make (because, let’s be real, life get’s busy!) you’ll find sustainable options to purchase here as well.

Thank’s for reading, for participating and learning, and for trying recipes and projects from Graciously Nourished, where science and nature come together in our kitchen, homes, and lives!

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I'm Kelsey- Registered Dietitian, plant lover (eating, drinking, growing, and looking at) and enthusiast for everything homemade. Stick around for delicious homemade, and budget friendly plant focused recipes, sustainable low waste inspiration, and more!

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I am NOT about diets.. or restricting foods and f I am NOT about diets.. or restricting foods  and food groups.. but I do feel a sense of social responsibility to talk about this.  One reason plant based eating is an incredible way to eat is because of the numerous health benefits that come from eating more plant food and less animal products.  (This is often what I talk about as a dietitian!)  But it’s also ecologically and humanly responsible. With so much hunger in the world today and the cost of quality food only rising... we HAVE to acknowledge the impact our food choices have on the world.  Start small- try one meal, one day.. whatever.. to cut down on meat consumption.  I’m starting a “meatless Monday mania” each week- here’s what you have to do:
Go meatless for a meal and share it in a post or your stories and tag @graciouslynourished . I’ll share all of your meatless meals in my stories on Monday and you can use this to find new and exciting ways to include more meals featuring plant protein!  What do you think?? Are you joining me for meatless Monday mania??  #nutritiontips #sustainablefood #eatyourveggies #factsnotfear #vegannutrition #plantbasedfamily #eatwellbewell #eatbetternotless #frugalmom #nourished #eatlessmeat #healthnotdiets #veganfacts #vegetarianfamily #sustainableeating #plantbased #budgetfriendly #plantbasednutrition #fighthunger #nourishyourbody #meatlessmonday #savetheplanet
Plants... amiright 😏 If you think eating more Plants... amiright 😏  If you think eating more plants WONT benefit YOU.. I’m here to tell you... that’s simply not true! From the DAY you eat them to months or years later- your body reaps the benefits of the nutrients you absorb from eating fruits, veggies, beans, lentils, nuts, seeds... and from NOT absorbing some of the more undesirable alternatives.  What side effects have YOU experienced from eating more plants? And what are you hoping to gain from plant focused eating?😄  #nutritiontips #sustainablefood #eatyourveggies #factsnotfear #vegannutrition #plantbasedfamily #debtfreecommunity #eatwellbewell #eatbetternotless #frugalmom #nourished #healthnotdiets #veganfacts #vegetarianfamily #plantbasedonabudget #plantbased #smartcooking #budgetfriendly #plantbasednutrition #nourishyourbody
Put these ingredients on your grocery list for the Put these ingredients on your grocery list for the weekend and whip up a batch of vegan lemon poppy seed muffins!  Even if you’re not vegan... make these- you won’t regret it 😘  Get the full recipe at ⁠⁠ https://graciouslynourished.com/vegan-lemon-poppy-seed-muffins/  #vegetarian #vegan #veganbaking #plantbasedbaking #plantbasedmeals #eatforlife #quickandeasyfoods #eatmoreplants #flexitarian #healthyanddelicious #plantbasedmeal #plantbasedmom #plantfocused #feedfeed #sidedish #huffposttaste #healthyeating #foodblogger #todayfood #realfood #familymeals #familymealprep #budgetmeals #vegetariancooking #vegetarianmealprep #plantbasednutrition #goingvegan #plantbaseddiet
You need 1000mg of calcium a day to help keep your You need 1000mg of calcium a day to help keep your bones and teeth in tip top shape...⁠
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Can you do that without eating dairy???⁠
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YES! You absolutely can! ⁠
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While milk has a 300mg of calcium (and vitamin D, which helps in the absorption of calcium), it’s FAR from the only way you can make sure your bones stay strong and healthy. ⁠(plus- some research has found that too much dairy may lead to bone DEmineralization) 
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Each of these foods are excellent sources of calcium, as well as several other plant foods!  💜💜If  plant based eating is of interest to you- I’d LOVE to hear how I can better serve you! Head to the link in the bio- fill out the survey and leave your email at the bottom- you’ll be entered to win a $25 Amazon GC just for telling me what I can do better for you😍⁠  #nutritiontips #sustainablefood #bonehealth #eatyourveggies #factsnotfear #vegannutrition #plantbasedfamily #debtfreecommunity #eatwellbewell #eatbetternotless #frugalmom #nourished #healthnotdiets #veganfacts #vegetarianfamily #plantbasedonabudget #plantbased #smartcooking #budgetfriendly #plantbasednutrition #nourishyourbody
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