by Brigitte | January 6, 2021 | blog, essentials, grocery shopping, meal planning, nutrition, pantry cooking, strategies
When you have these vegetables in the fridge, plus a few vegan pantry staples, you can improvise a delicious and nutritious meal in minutes. Read about my vegan grocery list picks and get recipe inspiration to use them.
by Brigitte | December 23, 2020 | blog
2020 sucked. But millions of amazing humans kept on showing up, day after day, to make our world a better place. Show your gratitude. Here’s mine.
by Brigitte | December 16, 2020 | blog, meal prep, strategies
You know it: vegan meal prep is what you have to do to enjoy delicious and nutritious plant-based meals made mostly with whole foods on a day-to-day basis. In principle, it sounds like a fantastic idea: plan meals Friday night, get groceries Saturday, and spend Sunday...
by Brigitte | December 11, 2020 | blog, how-to, meal prep, pantry cooking, recipe
Just because you went vegan doesn’t mean you shouldn’t eat pizza ever again. In fact, your pizza universe is just about to explode with so many new flavors to discover! Check out this easy and lazy process for the best vegan pizza.
by Brigitte | December 2, 2020 | blog, how-to, meal prep, pantry cooking, recipe
Fresh produce year round is not a bounty I take for granted. Maybe it’s showing my age but, growing up, a “salad” in the winter meant a few chunks of iceberg lettuce with, maybe, slices of cucumber and halved cherry tomatoes. Today’s global...
by Brigitte | November 26, 2020 | blog, how-to, pantry cooking, 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...
by Brigitte | November 18, 2020 | blog, essentials, meal planning, meal prep, pantry cooking, strategies
What if you could cook improvise practically any dinner, with just pantry ingredients and some fresh produce? It’s absolutely possible with a well-stocked selection of vegan pantry staples. I compiled the list of the most frequently used ingredients that go into...
by Brigitte | October 9, 2020 | blog, how-to, pantry cooking, recipe
We all need a quick Friday night vegan dish idea in our back pocket. The kind we’ll pull out when our day has been flipped upside down due to unpleasant surprises (leaky toilet, web site break down, tantrum over lost toy…). The kind of recipe that, once we...
by Brigitte | October 1, 2020 | blog, family, meal planning, meal prep, strategies, vegan parents in the kitchen
What does my family eat for dinner? I thought I would share a pretty-typical week of vegan family dinners at our table. As usual, I followed the Vegan Family Meal Plan. I made a big effort to snap some quick pictures before starting to eat. I hope that new and...
by Brigitte | September 24, 2020 | blog, family, guest appearances, meal planning, meal prep, picky eaters, strategies, Uncategorized, vegan parents in the kitchen
Dr. Yami is a busy plant-based pediatrician but she still finds the way to eat mostly home-cooked meals throughout the week. Read more about her simple meal planning, weekend prep, and cooking routines, plus her best tips for parents with picky eaters.
by Brigitte | September 10, 2020 | blog, family, meal prep, strategies
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...
by Brigitte | September 4, 2020 | blog, strategies, zero-waste
It is peak harvest time and we can’t possibly eat all the magnificent produce that is picked at the moment. You may be asking yourself: “Should I buy a dehydrator? I could make so many awesome vegan snacks!” You are right. But there are also some...
by Brigitte | August 24, 2020 | blog, recipe
Do you think that making risotto means watchfully standing by the stove and stirring for an hour, adding hot broth every few minutes? Who’s got time for that?! Here is how to make vegan risotto in the oven. Perfect for lazy bums and busy moms! I challenge you to...
by Brigitte | June 18, 2020 | blog, meal planning, meal prep, printable, strategies, Uncategorized
It’s unfortunate, but it’s true: cooking up a whole foods plant-based diet does take more time and effort than if we were content with processed foods. Of course, we could make do with rice, beans, and greens every night… but let’s just say...
by Brigitte | June 8, 2020 | blog
Dear reader, I want to start this message by acknowledging the pain and emotions of my friends, readers, and co-humans who identify as Black, Indigenous, and people of color. And I want to also say that I see those who, like me, are confronted with their own whiteness...
