by Brigitte | September 15, 2023 | blog, podcast
How to stay connected with our culinary heritage without sacrificing health? Let’s talk about it with Karla Salinari, a.k.a. The Latina Health Coach and author of the recently published cookbook Abuela’s Plant-Based Kitchen: Vegan Cuisine Inspired by Latin...
by Brigitte | September 8, 2023 | blog, meal planning, meal prep, program, strategies
Wednesday dinners do not have to be stressful to prepare. When you are drained after a long day, you do not need to rely on take-out or ready-made processed meals. Wholesome, tasty, and healthy meals are possible even when you don’t have the time or energy to...
by Brigitte | June 21, 2023 | blog, 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...
by Brigitte | June 14, 2023 | blog, health, podcast, subscriber spotlight, vegan journey
Why not try something different, pay attention to the results, and take it from there? This Vegan Family Kitchen Podcast episode’s guest, Helen C. Giles, is a colleague, cooking friend, and meal plan subscriber. Her story will encourage you to embrace...
by Brigitte | June 6, 2023 | blog, podcast, vegan journey
Get inspired to cook more healthy vegan Italian food with Antonia Ricciardi, a private chef based in Cambridge UK. Antonia trained in physics and worked in the publishing industry, but her roots in the family restaurant in Southern Italy stayed strong. In our podcast...
by Brigitte | May 16, 2023 | blog, meal prep, podcast
How to deal with having to go down to the air raid shelter in the midst of cooking dinner? Is there even something that’s good to eat when you are under threat of bombing? And how can we make cooking and eating a more meaningful experience, even under a...
by Brigitte | May 4, 2023 | blog, nutrition, podcast, vegan journey
In this episode of the Vegan Family Kitchen podcast, I sit down with Dr. Jules Cormier, a family physician, plant-based nutrition advocate, and ninja sports athlete who shares his inspiring story of transformation, healing, and performance. In his 20s, Dr. Cormier...
by Brigitte | May 1, 2023 | blog, how-to, meal planning, meal prep, nutrition, program
You already know the health benefits of whole plant foods in reducing the risk of conditions like diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. The challenge lies in incorporating nutritious plant-based meals into your family’s busy life, without relying so much on...
by Brigitte | April 26, 2023 | blog, podcast, strategies, vegan journey
Most people believe that they’d cook better if they had a bigger kitchen… but is that so? Kathy Davis, who runs the Eat More Plants Academy and published three cookbooks, lives in a RV and her story challenges conventional views. It’s all about...
by Brigitte | April 19, 2023 | blog, health, nutrition, podcast
Nic Bathurst, a dietitian and nutritionist, and mom of four kids, thought of herself as a healthy and fit person with good habits. Then, at age 48 she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She underwent a mastectomy and started digging into the literature about breast...
by Brigitte | April 17, 2023 | blog
This is a post from 2019 that I am republishing to mark Earth Day 2023. I started my vegan journey for environmental reasons. Being “eco-friendly” was part of my identity: I walked and biked everywhere, recycled religiously, and signed petitions against...
by Brigitte | April 12, 2023 | blog, health, nutrition, pregnancy
Protein for vegans and those who eat a predominantly plant-based diet: should we be worried or is this all overblown? Those are questions I have been asking myself since starting to cook mostly plant-based food in 2013 and going vegan in 2015. The question is all the...
by Brigitte | March 30, 2023 | blog, mindfulness, podcast
The food we eat isn’t neutral: every bite has the potential to nourish and heal us, or harm us. So says Leah Cooper, my friend from Australia who teaches yoga and whole food cooking in the macrobiotic tradition. In our conversation, we talk about: Why the...
by Brigitte | March 9, 2023 | blog, printable, template
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...
by Brigitte | February 15, 2023 | blog, mindfulness, podcast, vegan journey
“When we uncover who we are, and we are willing to show up as that person, a lot of barriers just fall away.” Those are the wise and inspiring words of my guest, Kimberly Winters. Kimberly is the host of the Did You Bring the Hummus? podcast, where she...
