Shane Martin - A Mississippi Dude turned Plant-Based Blogger

I’m excited to introduce you to a PLANTSTRONG brother, Shane Martin.
A southern boy through-and-through, Shane was a football-loving kid who was born and raised in Mississippi, with temporary stints as a traveling musician in Nashville, Georgia, and Alabama.
Life’s demands and raising five children superseded his health over the years and he found himself overweight, desperately out of shape, and miserable. He knew he needed to make changes, but just wasn’t ready. Doctors gave him plenty of warnings, but most went ignored.
All of that changed when he watched Forks over Knives and read my book, The Engine 2 Diet. Shane went “cold kale,” picked up the plants, and transformed both his life and career. Today, he is helping others with his story and lots of great recipes.
As he says, “I’m just your average, ordinary guy who makes plant-based cooking casual, easy, and delicious."
Well, this “ordinary guy” has done some extraordinary things, so let’s serve up some inspiration with Shane Martin.

[@chircosarah8087]

Shane and Simple is where my journey began, he is incredibly great developer of recipes!

[@suzyn9119]

Shane... when you told rip he saved your life.... i got chills all over.... you are so moving... yummy food.

[@theresaboudreau2206]

I love Shane's recipes! I'd wish he'd have a KZbin channel and put out a cookbook!

[@richarda.brooks1220]

Another Mississippi WFPBOF practitioner! Hello from Brandon / Reservoir Shane. We’re now following your site. Awesome episode Rip! Say hello to your Dad for me!

[@lynecarter7430]

Omg, i absolutely loved this podcast. Shane is so humble and genuine.❤️thank you so much. I already went to his website and subscribed.

[@butterflylove2642]

LOVED THIS ONE!! Been following both you Shane, (and Rip), for years!! Shane, your cornbread recipe was what snagged me years back! Delicious!! Didn’t know you were a Mississippi native. (Deep South Mississippi girl here.) More power and prayers to you! Mississippi needs to be re-educated about food…and the plethora of food deserts for countless needy people are heartbreaking.🙏🌱🕊👋

[@deirdrejohnson6317]

Shane’s carrot dogs are AH. MAZE. ING.!!! Great podcast, thanks guys!!!

[@MariMari-ny6si]

What a great interview. Shanes recipes made me so hungry for more plant-based food! 😊

[@sparkleinco2035]

loving the recipes on his site. Easy is the key. I do not do recipes with many steps of ingredients . these are so easy.

[@cyd_notter]

I've been a fan of Shane's website since he emerged on the scene! And a big fan of Rip for many years too....so thank you both for all you do to change lives!

[@jco3917]

Shane is my favorite vegan cooking blog. His recipes are delicious and simple!

[@suzannereeves7768]

Shane, I’ve made so many of your recipes that you are my go-to when I need to figure out what to make for the family! Please keep sharing your recipes… they’re great!

[@jksampley5872]

I have been making Shane's recipes since I don't know when but pretty much in my early days with being wfpb and his recipes are my go-to all the time! How refreshing to hear him speak and share about his life story and journey and I look forward to more recipes and to more of your podcasts!

[@Melhut65]

That was so beautiful, especially toward the end. Loved this so much.

[@kingorbit]

came here after finding Shane's blog today after searching for fresh tomato no oil recipes. I am going to make his tomato cucumber salad later today. I have just started exploring his website and I am impressed.

[@paulineholshouser748]

Great podcast Shane! I love so many of your recipes. My favorite part… You do keep it simple

[@karendeeble121]

Great interview. Tell Shane to do KZbin

[@janelewisauthor]

One of Plant Strong's best podcasts! I follow Shane and love his recipes; it was a delight to hear him and Rip talk plant based food.

[@tanyal7122]

Awesome interview!! I LOVE Shane's site. His cornbread is insane♥️

[@karen-glennrichardson295]

Hands down, Shane's recipes are some of the very best out there, and he belongs up with the "big dogs" in the WFPB world. I'm very glad to see you here with Rip!

[@User107D]

Dear Rip, I really want you to make podcast with vegan bodybuilder and talk more about the plant strong diet implementation into bodybuilding. I am plant strong myself for the past 4 years and I feel so much better but bodybuilding always was my hobbie and I can't see many proffesional IFBB pros going vegan so the topic would be awesome because many guys are trying to build muscles (including myself) but nobody want to be unhealthy in long run... Thank you for your work, Cheers from UK!

[@bradgantt1818]

You might check out Rip's interview with Robert Cheeke and Matt Frazier (kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKutaJ53rJmVnqs) about their book, 'The Plant Based Athlete'. There's a good amount of info. in the book on vegan bodybuilding.

[@User107D]

@@bradgantt1818 thanks, will do!

[@pennydroogsma1948]

Just discovered his blog a few days ago. Printed some recipes to try. Loved hearing his story!

[@jackieparrish7088]

Shane is awesome ❤️‍🔥 I love so many of his recipes I have made! They are truly simple and delicious. Being a fellow Mississippian I can relate to his plant based sausage patties and biscuits and gravy! Thanks for the great podcast!

[@meseekingyah3041]

Great interview!! I enjoy Shane's blog and his laid back, friendliness. He tends to use quite a bit of maple syrup in a lot of recipes, but you can cut back or even eliminate it, (like in some savory dishes), most times. Really enjoyed getting to know him better here. Thanks so much, Rip!

[@lezzymcgill7662]

Oh how I love my kale oh yeah ❤ ❤ ❤

[@judithcarter3471]

This was an over the top interview……thankyou!!!

[@chircosarah8087]

Shane and simple... Chickpea curry dish is my favorite!!!!

[@tonyaquinn7822]

What a great interview! I love this guy, and I am heading to his website now to check it out!

[@cindy7702]

Love this.. thank you

[@lavondahawkins]

Such a great interview!

[@TamaTrotti]

This was a great one!! I am def. checking out those recipes. That Cashew queso sounds amazing!!

[@lindapeterson464]

Outstanding podcast. Thanks for information and great recipes

[@laurastephenson2516]

For the Indian dishes. You can get fat free coconut milk in the baking section at Sprout's, perhaps Kroger. It gives the food a more authentic flavor without the fat

[@janellsueltz5693]

We love Shane's Instant Pot Potato Soup, Spicy Veggie Sausage Patties, Sausage Gravy and biscuits and many more. Thank you Shane.

[@ambernagy1957]

I’ve been making Shane’s instant pot potato soup for a year or so! It’s so so SO good. My non vegan husband and family requests it!

[@sparkleinco2035]

Cooling potatoes creates resistant starch which is good on the microbiome. I do it.

[@LisadeKramer]

I love my soy curls.

[@trishmarck7798]

For curries I just will add about 2 oz of coconut milk and top up the rest with almond milk. And with a curry feeding 4-6 people the fat content is very dilute and you will still have the flavour

[@cantstoplion]

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[@jgrysiak6566]

Don't have an Insta-pot either. Had a pressure cooker years ago, liked it, but it broke!

[@roseannbarbato3483]

Great video! What is the title of Shane's most recent cookbook? Thank you!

[@lorij9649]

OMG, I bought organic BBQ sauce from Trader Joe's and loved ever bit of it splashed onto my steamed veges!! And then realized somehow the sugar content. I shopped again at TJ's and then Whole Foods, and all were added sugar up to 16grams. I bought organic instead with no sugar. dam

[@jgrysiak6566]

Where did u get no salt BBQ sauce? Did they add more salt to compensate for lost sugar?

[@ehendriks3328]

No instapot?!