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Get started with 100 Days of Flow in the Kitchen

Get started with 100 Days of Flow in the Kitchen

Subscribe to my premium newsletter 100 Days of Flow in the Kitchen and spend just one minute each day learning about plant-based cooking and nutrition. It doesn't get easier than that! Each of the 100 short daily email messages will nudge you into the direction of:...

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Learn Veganic Gardening with Meg Kelly (podcast)

Learn Veganic Gardening with Meg Kelly (podcast)

Veganic gardening is an approach to growing plants organically without animal inputs. In other words: plant-based gardening! If you already have a garden, listen in to learn from Meg Kelly how to transition to a kinder and safer approach. If you don't already grow...

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Vegan meal plan template: Load up on Spring greens!

Vegan meal plan template: Load up on Spring greens!

The arrival of Spring is celebrated with an explosion of green vegetables at farmers' markets. Maybe you have munched on big leaves of cold-resistant kale and collard greens all winter to accompany your root vegetable stews. Now is the time to switch to the fresh,...

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How to save money on healthy vegan food

How to save money on healthy vegan food

Rising food costs are a concern for most households these days. How to save money on healthy vegan food? I propose a strategy that goes deeper than perusing flyers. Warning: mindset shifts ahead. Ask where your (food) money going How much of your money are you...

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Workshop: Plant-based Nutrition Hacks

Workshop: Plant-based Nutrition Hacks

Plants have all the nutrients we need to sustain good health and prevent disease. How can we make the most of what they have to offer without spending our whole days in the kitchen? How can plant-based eaters increase their odds of getting all the iron, calcium,...

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Homemade vegan pizza (workshop)

Homemade vegan pizza (workshop)

Making vegan pizza is much easier than you think and, just like everything else, it gets easier as you practice. It's definitely not something you need to outsource to the pizza guy across the street! In this 60-minute workshop, I will take the mystery out of pizza...

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Wean yourself off meal kits with meal plans

Wean yourself off meal kits with meal plans

Meal kits take the entire mental load and most of the physical load off cooking a meal: you choose your meal from a restricted menu of options, and all the ingredients and directions come to you in a neatly packaged boxed, pre-portioned and ready to be turned into...

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From stovetop to Instant Pot and back (workshop)

From stovetop to Instant Pot and back (workshop)

How to convert a recipe from stovetop to Instant Pot... from Instant Pot to stovetop? It will become easy for you once you understand how your electric pressure cooker works. In this 60-minute workshop, I: Quickly explain how electric pressure cookers such as the...

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20+ things you can do to find joy in cooking

20+ things you can do to find joy in cooking

How is it possible to find joy in cooking? So many people hate preparing meals! If you find yourself in charge of cooking, you may dread it as a chore or even resent it because you feel taken for granted as the default cook. Maybe you think that you have more...

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Why you hate cooking (and what you can do about it)

Why you hate cooking (and what you can do about it)

When I ask people what stops them from cooking more healthy meals from scratch at home, I often hear some version of the following: "I hate cooking!" "Cooking feels like a waste of my time." "I'm sick of making dinner." "Why is it always me who's expected to know...

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6 big reasons to be grateful (not resentful) when cooking

6 big reasons to be grateful (not resentful) when cooking

Many of us, myself included, can occasionally feel resentful when it comes time to prepare dinner. "Why me (again)?" "Didn't I just feed you?" "Cooking takes too long!" "I'm sick of cleaning up after meals." "Oh! Ungrateful hordes of hungry picky little monsters." I'm...

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Should I supplement B12? (No affiliate links.)

Should I supplement B12? (No affiliate links.)

Should I supplement B12? My answer is straightforward: yes. This is probably true regardless of one's dietary choices, but even more so if vegan or even just a part-time plant-based eater (flexitarian). This article is required reading for all Vegan Meal Plans...

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Why quit coffee? 10 years into a personal experiment

Why quit coffee? 10 years into a personal experiment

In April 2011, I quit drinking coffee. This was an unexpected move for me because I loved coffee. Back in the mid-1990s, I had a blog and many posts were about the art and pleasure of coffee making and drinking. My espresso machine was my most beloved appliance. I...

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How to make vegan soup (with my rustic bean soup recipe)

How to make vegan soup (with my rustic bean soup recipe)

Soup is part of the solution to every problem worth solving in the world: hunger, of course, but also sickness, loneliness, anxiety, conflict, income inequality, fiber and vitamin deficiencies, and animal agriculture (among others). And the best thing about it is that...

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Vegan camping food for a family car camping adventure

Vegan camping food for a family car camping adventure

Our children are now 8 and 5. It took my husband and I this long to build up the courage to attempt sleeping in a tent in their company. For our first long-weekend adventure, we picked a nearby destination - Golden Ears Provincial Park - and Labor Day weekend, hoping...

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Vegan overnight oats batch prep: make them your way!

Vegan overnight oats batch prep: make them your way!

Morning is my favorite time of the day, when everything still seems possible. It's the time when I review my daily planner, write a couple of pages in my journal, and spend 10 minutes reading.  It's also when I (normally) have to shepherd my kids to school. Getting...

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Vegan pantry cooking recipes with tips from the pros

Vegan pantry cooking recipes with tips from the pros

Need inspiration to keep on cooking from what you have in the pantry? Eight vegan bloggers shared their best vegan pantry cooking tips to make use of plant-based ingredients, along with their favorite pantry cooking recipes. Just pick one, follow substitution suggestions as needed, and make it happen!

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My vegan meal planning routine

My vegan meal planning routine

If something matters to me, I know the only way to make sure it happens is to make it part of a routine. And there are few things in my life more important right now than feeding my loved ones home-cooked whole foods, plant-based meals. So I need to have a solid vegan...

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How to cook everything faster: learn basic knife skills

How to cook everything faster: learn basic knife skills

Many times, even before I started cooking dinner, I have thrown the towel and ordered pizza from across the street. The mere thought of chopping a pile of veggies felt like an overwhelming feat. No more! Learning basic knife skills made a world of difference in my...

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Change how you cook to make dishes faster

Change how you cook to make dishes faster

Has your life gone to the dishes? Try changing how you cook to make cleanup go faster. Eating three home-cooked meals per day consisting of plant-based whole foods will do wonders for your health. It will probably also improve your family's life as you say "yes!" to...

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Vegan meal plan template: Fall edition

Vegan meal plan template: Fall edition

What if you could tick a few boxes, fill a few blanks, and bam! there's your meal plan for the week. That's what this vegan meal plan template is all about. This version features seasonal Fall produce and heart-warming food for when the rainier days roll in. (Not Fall...

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17 fun food things to do with kids this summer

17 fun food things to do with kids this summer

Summer bring a welcome change of pace after the frenzy of year-end shows, school field trips and, for some of the older kids, exams. Whether your kids are 3, 13, or 23, I bet there are at least a few of the activities below you haven't done yet. Why not put a few on...

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The easiest way to cook quinoa

The easiest way to cook quinoa

Before we dive into the easiest way to cook quinoa, let's talk about the nagging question that any ethical foodie has at the back of their mind: should we eat quinoa or not? Quinoa made its big debut on the foodie scene about 10 years ago, earning kudos from Oprah and...

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Vegan meal plan template: Summer edition

Vegan meal plan template: Summer edition

Eat plants. Decide less. Prep ahead. Those three principles will help you breeze through summer, spending less time in the kitchen and more time enjoying outdoor play. Maybe you'll even get to relax with your loved ones! You can use this clever vegan meal plan...

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How to prevent a pantry moth infestation

How to prevent a pantry moth infestation

A few years ago, I started seeing tiny little gray moths on the walls of my apartment. It was September and getting cool outside, so I thought maybe they were seeking shelter. No big deal, I am a pacifist, right? After a few weeks, the kitchen was overrun by moths. I...

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An ode to She who decides what’s for dinner

An ode to She who decides what’s for dinner

If you are reading this, chances are: you are a woman. Ninety seven percent of my readers are. Today is International Women's Day, and I wanted to take a moment to acknowledge and celebrate the role of women in making a most important decision every single day:...

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Seven ingredients for successful vegan meal prep sessions

Seven ingredients for successful vegan meal prep sessions

Meal planning and weekend meal prep sessions are the top two systems that can save you time in the kitchen. They'll also save your sanity! For anyone who wishes to eat more home-cooked meals and less processed food and take-out, vegan meal prep is a game changer. For...

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How to make vegan soup taste great? Try these 7 tips!

How to make vegan soup taste great? Try these 7 tips!

Soup is such a beautiful thing. It is warm, filling, comforting, and can be quite inexpensive to make. It can catch all the leftover veggies in your produce drawer before it's too late. Best of all, it can be delicious and nutritious too. But how to make vegan soup...

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What to do when you crave cheese?

What to do when you crave cheese?

One only needs to participate in any online forum for vegan beginners for about an hour to see THE question come up: “What is the best vegan cheese?” (Often followed with: “I tried XYZ brand and hated it.”) Here is my answer. The 30-day Cheese Detox Dairy cheese is...

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Got carrots? Here are some vegan recipe ideas.

Got carrots? Here are some vegan recipe ideas.

Ask anyone to draw a vegetable and chances are they'll draw a carrot. North Americans consume many fewer carrots (under 10 pounds per year) than potatoes (almost 50 pounds per year, most of that as French fries, and including 5 pounds of potato chips). But, aside from...

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Vegan pesto to use all those greens

Vegan pesto to use all those greens

Spring brings an explosion of greens that can make even the most veg-friendly cook get a little dizzy. Here is the content of my CSA box last week. This week's was very similar, although consisting of some different varieties, with the addition of four cute little...

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Meal planning around picky eaters in 7 loving steps

Meal planning around picky eaters in 7 loving steps

"I have never had a single concern about my child's eating" said no parent, ever. There are worries at all stages of life, from infancy ("is she getting enough milk?") to teenage ("too much junk food!"), with many years in-between spent bemoaning picky eating habits....

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Vegan Bolognese Sauce: Every Mom’s Bolo

Vegan Bolognese Sauce: Every Mom’s Bolo

Growing up, my favorite dinner was always spaghetti. Actually, it was my mom's version of spaghetti bolognese, but to me it was just spaghetti. I could not even imagine that spaghetti noodles could be served with any other sauce than my mom's. It was red, it was rich,...

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How to do a vegan pantry challenge

How to do a vegan pantry challenge

The goal of a vegan pantry challenge is not to find out how many days or weeks your family can last on a year-old bottle of ketchup and a bag of pearl barley. It's a learning experience. If you invest a little bit of time upfront, and commit to cooking mindfully, you...

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Vegan meal plan template: Winter produce edition

Vegan meal plan template: Winter produce edition

Do you need a vegan meal plan template that will inspire you to cook with seasonal winter produce? Help yourself! If we only shopped at supermarkets, we'd never know there is such a thing as seasons. But, unless you live in California, a trip to the farmers' market -...

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Vegan parm nuts: it tops it all!

Vegan parm nuts: it tops it all!

It's such a simple thing, but this little topping can take a pasta meal from plain to fabulous. It adds a little crunch thanks to the nuts and depth of taste thanks to the nutritional yeast and, if using, olives. You can also use it on casseroles, salads, or anywhere...

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Vegan meal plan template: do it 2 weeks at a time

Vegan meal plan template: do it 2 weeks at a time

Make a bunch of decisions today and just execute for the next two weeks: that's what this 14-day vegan meal plan template can guide you through. This meal plan template is a little different from the previous versions, and perhaps will work best for cooks with an...

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