2023 Kitchen Kick Off: January 1st Healthy Vegan Batch Cooking Club session (free registration!)
All I want to start 2023 is to cook with YOU! Yes, YOU. Join me and kick off 2023 the right way: IN THE KITCHEN! We’ll be having a healthy vegan batch cooking club session together, starting with a small ritual to welcome the new year and followed with some...
Prepared and healthy vegan in the New Year: Join the Batch Cooking Club for 3 months
Could you use some encouragement, support, and accountability to continue (or start!) cooking and eating healthy vegan food in the New Year? This program is for you. Here’s what’s involved in this 3-month group program: Cooking club membership with virtual...
Plan and prep throughout the fall: Join the Plant-based Cooking Club for 3 months
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...
Cooking dry beans from scratch: the complete guide for whole foods plant-based home cooks
Everyone, vegan or not, should eat at least a cup of cooked beans every day. And what’s the best way to stock your pantry with wholesome beans? In my opinion, nothing beats cooking dry beans from scratch. In this post I will: explain why I consider it better to...
Why you need to join the Plant-based Batch Cooking Club
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...
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...
15 reasons why you NEED to do a vegan meal prep challenge
The challenge is running LIVE from January 28th to February 7th. Sign up now! 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...
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...
Vegan pantry staples: 75 plant-based ingredients to stock to cook healthy dinners every night
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...
One week of real-life plant-based dinners (mostly) following this week’s Vegan Family Meal Plan
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...
