by Brigitte | November 18, 2022 | blog, grocery shopping, meal planning, strategies
Rising food costs are a concern for most households these days. How to save money on healthy vegan food? I propose a strategy that goes deeper than perusing flyers. Warning: mindset shifts ahead. Ask where your (food) money going How much of your money are you...
by Brigitte | August 25, 2022 | blog, meal planning, meal prep, program, strategies
If you feel that you could use some encouragement, support, and accountability to continue (or start!) cooking and eating healthy vegan food, this program is for you. Here’s what’s involved in this 3-month group program: Vegan Meal Plan subscription...
by Brigitte | April 11, 2022 | blog, family, health, podcast, strategies, vegan parents in the kitchen
How do you get into shape after having kids without spending hours in the gym? Amy Kakebeeke is the queen of squeezing short yet effective workouts in-between the many commitments of her busy life as a working mom. Get ready to be inspired to hop off the couch and...
by Brigitte | April 7, 2022 | blog, family, picky eaters, podcast, strategies, vegan parents in the kitchen
I often get asked for dinner ideas for picky eaters or “good vegan food for kids.” I disagree that there is any kind of specifically kid-friendly plant-based food, because every family has its own food history and different styles of cooking and foods will...
by Brigitte | March 31, 2022 | blog, meal planning, meal prep, program, strategies
What is a batch cooking club? A batch cooking club is a group of people who get together for the purpose of cooking up a bunch of dishes. If they are lucky enough to get together in person, they can each take home a container filled with a bit of every dish. If they...
by Brigitte | March 10, 2022 | blog, grocery shopping, podcast, strategies, zero-waste
Anne-Marie Bonneau has been living plastic-free since 2011 and you’ll find her story and tips inspiring and empowering. In this episode, we discuss what motivated her and her daughters to say goodbye to plastic and reduce their food and packaging waste and...
by Brigitte | February 2, 2022 | blog, essentials, how-to, strategies
The most important kitchen tool for vegan and plant-based cooks isn’t an Instant Pot, a slow cooker, or even a high-power blender. It’s a knife. If you are going to eat more plants, and especially vegetables, chances are you will be chopping more...
by Brigitte | January 28, 2022 | blog, essentials, podcast, strategies
Many people bought a slow cooker only to leave it to gather dust on top of their fridge. That’s really too bad because using a slow cooker for plant-based cooking is a great way to decouple cooking from eating: throw in the ingredients in the morning, switch it...
by Brigitte | January 20, 2022 | blog, meal planning, podcast, strategies
Meal kits take the entire mental load and most of the physical load off cooking a meal: you choose your meal from a restricted menu of options, and all the ingredients and directions come to you in a neatly packaged boxed, pre-portioned and ready to be turned into...
by Brigitte | January 12, 2022 | blog, grocery shopping, podcast, strategies
For the past 10 years, I have been an on and off subscriber of veggie boxes via a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) scheme or another. Yet again this winter, I ask myself: should I sign up for a CSA box this year? Are CSA boxes worth it? The answer isn’t...
by Brigitte | January 10, 2022 | blog, how-to, program, strategies
How to convert a recipe from stovetop to Instant Pot… from Instant Pot to stovetop? It will become easy for you once you understand how your electric pressure cooker works. In this 60-minute workshop, I: Quickly explain how electric pressure cookers such as the...
by Brigitte | January 4, 2022 | blog, family, podcast, strategies
About a third of American and Canadian households have a dog, and the numbers have grown since the beginning of the pandemic. My own household does not include tail-wagging friends, but I know dogs are part of the family for many. So what do they all eat? Can dogs be...
by Brigitte | December 9, 2021 | blog, health, strategies
The best way to nurture your own health and that of the planet is to eat a healthy plant-based vegan diet consisting mostly of home-cooked foods. If you are just getting started with this healthy vegan plant-based lifestyle, it can be overwhelming. There is so much to...
by Brigitte | December 8, 2021 | blog, podcast, strategies, subscriber spotlight, vegan journey
What do health and wealth have in common, other than 5 letter? Alison Setton and I, in this conversation, conclude that both health and wealth require some effort to build and maintain, but it’s totally worth it: both reward investors with the fruit of compound...
by Brigitte | December 3, 2021 | blog, preparedness, strategies
Plant-based and vegan people need to start thinking about food preparedness. With climate change, extreme weather events are bound to increase in frequency and severity, and those events impact the food that is available to us. That is not a prediction, but a fact we...
