Ep. 320: Easy Plant-Based Meal Prep with Rip and Carrie
PLANTSTRONG Podcast
Rip Esselstyn
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 25 September 2025
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Think plant-based cooking takes too much time? Rip Esselstyn and producer Carrie Barrett are here to prove otherwise. In this energizing mini-episode, the duo dismantles one of the biggest myths around a whole food, plant-based lifestyle—that it’s complicated and time-consuming.
With a mix of personal stories and practical strategies, Rip and Carrie show how to make plant-based meals fast, fun, and family-friendly. From the “bowl build” method to frozen food shortcuts, they reveal how simple tweaks can transform cooking into an easy, joyful part of your day.
What You’ll Learn:
- Why plant-based cooking can actually be faster than traditional cooking once you get over the initial hump.
- How frozen fruits, veggies, and grains can slash prep time without sacrificing taste or nutrition.
- The “build a bowl” approach—customizable, colorful, and stress-free.
- Simple ways to batch cook with tools like the Instant Pot for easy weekday meals.
- How to reimagine familiar favorites like pizza and tacos into plant-strong staples.
Discover how to spend less time in the kitchen—and more time enjoying vibrant, plant-strong meals.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Ray Besselston, and you're listening to the Plant Strong podcast. |
| 0:05.1 | If you think that plant-based cooking means hours in the kitchen, I want you to think again. |
| 0:12.0 | In this mini episode, my producer, Carrie and I bust the, it's too time-consuming myth, |
| 0:20.5 | and we share some simple, realistic ways to help you make healthy meals in minutes. |
| 0:26.3 | We'll have some of these tips right after these words from Plant Strong. |
| 0:32.3 | This November, I want to invite you to join us for six restorative days in Black Mountain, North Carolina. |
| 0:40.4 | You're going to be surrounded by the beauty of the Blue Ridge Mountains. |
| 0:44.5 | You'll be nourished by whole Plant Strong meals, and you will be supported by a community that truly gets it. |
| 0:53.0 | And at the Plant Strong retreat, we're going to be moving our bodies, |
| 0:57.5 | we're going to calm and center our minds, and we're going to rediscover what it means to feel |
| 1:03.6 | alive and aligned. We're going to have all kinds of expert speakers. We're going to engage in deep conversations. |
| 1:13.5 | We're going to find time to breathe. |
| 1:16.4 | But this is your chance to come home to yourself. |
| 1:21.9 | If you're a physician, a physician assistant, nurse or nurse practitioner, |
| 1:27.1 | you will earn continuing education credit |
| 1:29.9 | as part of the registration fee. I want you to know that space is limited and this experience, |
| 1:36.3 | it always fills up, but visit liveplansstrong.com to join us in November, and I hope to see you on the mountain. |
| 1:47.1 | I think that one of the biggest reasons that people tend to shy away from a whole food |
| 1:52.1 | plant-based lifestyle is because they're convinced that it is going to eat up all their time. |
| 1:59.9 | And, you know, I kind of get it because if you're coming from the standard American |
| 2:06.2 | and ultra-processed food diet, the idea of having to prep vegetables cooking from scratch |
| 2:12.2 | and learning all kinds of new recipes, it can feel daunting. |
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