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 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 | 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 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 | 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 | May 25, 2020 | blog, family, nutrition, picky eaters, strategies
Is transitioning to a plant-based diet causing power struggles with your children? Have you faced backlash from your little ones when trying to feed them more vegan food? I hear you! Even without the added challenge of swapping dairy for lentils and chicken for tofu,...
by Brigitte | May 22, 2020 | blog, printable, strategies, template
I know what you want: a ready-made meal plan, and to some help so that you can organize a prep session on the weekend. I can’t go and babysit your kids while you cook, but I can at least help you out with a meal plan. This sample, free vegan meal plan taken from...
by Brigitte | May 21, 2020 | blog, meal prep, nutrition, pantry cooking, strategies
Eating a steady diet of unprocessed, home-cooked plant-based meals takes more time than dishing out processed foods from a box. (Duh!) It doesn’t have to take a prohibitive amount of time: 4 to 7 hours of cooking per week should yield very enjoyable meals. If...
by Brigitte | May 7, 2020 | blog, pantry cooking, strategies
It’s 6:34 p.m. and you just got home. You are hungry. Maybe you had planned something based on a new recipe, but you do not feel the energy to follow through. You don’t have a prepared meal ready to reheat and gobble up. The temptation to pick up the phone...
by Brigitte | April 17, 2020 | blog, pantry cooking, roundup, strategies
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!
by Brigitte | April 9, 2020 | blog, grocery shopping, guest appearances, meal planning, pantry cooking, strategies
Local vegan radio show Animal Voices invited me to speak about grocery shopping and pantry cooking during the weird and uncertain times of this coronavirus pandemic. What plant-based ingredients should we always have on hand in the pantry? How do we use what we have...
by Brigitte | February 21, 2020 | meal planning, blog, family, meal prep, strategies
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...
