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 | September 24, 2020 | blog, family, guest appearances, health, meal planning, meal prep, nutrition, picky eaters, strategies, 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 | 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 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 | October 22, 2018 | blog, nutrition, 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 | May 3, 2018 | blog, nutrition, strategies
There are bloggers out there who boast about using only a few ingredients in each recipe, and that’s great… but if I try their recipes I always end up adding ingredients to kick up the nutritional value. Taste and convenience really important for me, of...
by Brigitte | July 6, 2017 | blog, nutrition
Ask anyone to draw a vegetable and chances are they’ll draw a carrot. North Americans consume many fewer carrots (under 10 pounds per year) than potatoes (almost 50 pounds per year, most of that as French fries, and including 5 pounds of potato chips). But,...
