How to save money on healthy vegan food
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...
A plastic-free and zero-waste cooking and living journey – Interview with the Zero-Waste Chef: Anne-Marie Bonneau
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...
Healthy vegan grocery list printable (a PDF you can download)
What’s on my healthy vegan grocery list printable? Eating a (mostly) whole foods plant based diet means that I am cooking from a set of vegan pantry staples. It’s amazing how many different, delicious, and nutritious meals one can cook from this set of...
Are CSA boxes worth it? Read this before you subscribe.
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...
Your meal planning priorities: what matters most? what can you let go of?
Drawing parallels between meal planning and project management can help us make decisions about what to cook. In the kitchen as on any construction site, scope, time, and cost have to be kept in constant balance if you want to serve your loved ones really good food....
10 vegetables I never fail to put on my vegan grocery list
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.
“One week at the cottage”: a simple one-week vegan meal plan
If you’re the person in charge of cooking in your household, does a week long trip at a countryside cottage really count as vacation? Yes, sitting by the lake reading a book while kids frolic at the edge of the water without breaking into fights sounds...
Vegan shopping and pantry cooking in a pandemic: Brigitte’s tips on the radio show “Animal Voices”
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...
11 tips for vegan families to eat better on vacation (video)
Just like many other vegans with families, I prefer renting a cabin or condo when going on vacation. That way, I have a full kitchen to prepare our meals instead of depending on dubious (and expensive!) restaurant fare. In this video filmed on premises in Hawaii, I...
