11 tips for beginners to replace eggs with more nutritious whole foods alternatives (with suggested recipes)
Replace eggs? What do you mean?! My egg-loving self from 10 years ago would not believe I would ever willingly stop eating eggs. To me, eggs were the perfect food: such a convenient package of carbohydrates, protein, and fat. I would batch prep a dozen hard-boiled...
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...
Two-week healthy plant-based meal plan for singles and couples (free printable)
Do you find it hard to get motivated to cook proper dinners because it’s “just” for you? I totally get it. I say “just” because that’s the way we often talk, like: “oh, it’s just me.” But, really, that is wrong:...
UPDATED: How to make super healthy vegan blender waffles with only whole foods (also gluten-free and zero-waste)
When you have a power blender (Vitamix, Blendtec, or similar), there’s no need to use packaged ingredients like plant milks and ground flax seeds. You can make these super healthy vegan blender waffles using just whole pantry ingredients and no oil. The start of...
How to start batch cooking (with 20 vegan batch cooking recipes!)
Batch cooking changes lives… it really does! In fact, vegan batch cooking probably also SAVES lives. Why? Because when you’ve got a meal all ready to eat in the fridge or freezer, you’re much less likely to eat unhealthy processed or delivery food...
How to cook brown rice: the simplest, healthiest and easiest way to cook brown rice (lots of it!)
Learning how to cook brown rice the easiest, simplest, and healthiest way can bring big health benefits. (In case you aren’t already convinced, I recommend watching Dr. Greger’s video on the topic.) If what’s stopping you from eating more brown rice...
Quick vegan meal prep: one hour, 5 building blocks to enjoy great meals all week
Think you’re too busy to eat healthy home cooked vegan meals? Think again! This 1-hour cooking demo from the Virtual VegFest shows a quick vegan meal prep plan you can accomplish in just one hour. Thanks for Helene of Virtual VegFest for hosting this fun event!...
What I eat in a day as a vegan – Real honest food report from a plant-based mom
What I eat in a day as a vegan is mostly whole-foods, usually healthy, always plant-based food. In this post, I share what I ate on a typical weekday (Friday May 7th, 2021), and what guides those choices. I will mention what the rest of my family eats in passing, but...
How to make tofu scramble… your way! (Basic tofu scramble recipe)
Why make tofu scramble instead of scrambled eggs? I used to think of eggs as the perfect food… but that was until I really explored the wonderful world of tofu. Tofu, in its different textures, can mimic many different egg preparations, with an advantageous...
How to make vegan pizza – it’s easier than you think!
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.
How to make satisfying vegan salads (with my warming curried couscous salad 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...
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...
Quick Friday Night Vegan Dish: Coco-peanut Noodles (or how to hack a quick vegan dinner)
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...
How to make vegan risotto in the oven: method, recipe, and variations
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...
