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 | 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 | 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 | May 13, 2020 | blog, how-to, recipe
Whip up a comforting healthy and vegan pasta dish with pantry ingredients and leftover produce. Read this today to be prepared to make it tomorrow with what you have at home!
by Brigitte | April 24, 2020 | blog, recipe
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...
by Brigitte | November 1, 2019 | blog, how-to, recipe, strategies
So you now own an Instant Pot and you’d like to use it more, but your favorite recipes are written for the stove-top? Are you scared to wreck your dinner when using your new appliance? Worry not! In this post, I will explain in detail how to convert a recipe...
by Brigitte | October 10, 2019 | zero-waste, blog, essentials, recipe, strategies
Is cast-iron cooking a good choice for vegans? After all, the much-touted capacity of cast-iron to sear steaks is moot for plant-based eaters. Compassionate cooks may even be repelled by the meat-centric marketing campaigns for this heavy kitchen gear. Yet, I recently...
by Brigitte | June 4, 2019 | vegan parents in the kitchen, blog, family, meal prep, picky eaters, recipe, strategies
Do your little ones love to “help” in the kitchen? It can be hard to involve your kids in cooking at the end of a stressful day when all you want is to get dinner on the table as quickly as possible. Yet, teaching kids kitchen lessons is an investment that will yield...
by Brigitte | April 24, 2019 | blog, essentials, how-to, meal prep, recipe
Some changes of habits yield big health benefits. Switching from white to brown rice is one of those. (In case you aren’t already convinced, I recommend watching Dr. Greger’s video on the topic.) It’s really a pity (and a public health catastrophe)...
by Brigitte | April 18, 2019 | blog, how-to, meal planning, meal prep, recipe, roundup, strategies
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...
by Brigitte | October 22, 2018 | blog, nutrition, picky eaters, recipe, strategies
Do you eat enough green and cruciferous vegetables on a daily basis? Chances are, you don’t. Even eating vegetables in general is challenge for most: less than 10% of Americans consume the recommended 2 to 3 cups daily. Within a few percentage points, these...
by Brigitte | July 26, 2018 | blog, family, nutrition, picky eaters, recipe
“Mommy, I want a snack!” How many times a day do you hear that in the summer? Those five words can be the gateway to so many perils. Processed food with dubious ingredients and scary color additives. Empty calories that will fill your children’s...
by Brigitte | June 21, 2018 | blog, how-to, recipe
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...
