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Cooking dry beans from scratch: the complete guide for whole foods plant-based home cooks

Cooking dry beans from scratch: the complete guide for whole foods plant-based home cooks

by Brigitte | June 1, 2022 | blog, how-to, meal prep, pantry cooking, recipe, zero-waste

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...
Workshop: Plant-based Nutrition Hacks

Workshop: Plant-based Nutrition Hacks

by Brigitte | April 28, 2022 | blog, health, how-to, nutrition, pantry cooking, program

Plants have all the nutrients we need to sustain good health and prevent disease. How can we make the most of what they have to offer without spending our whole days in the kitchen? How can plant-based eaters increase their odds of getting all the iron, calcium,...
Homemade vegan pizza (workshop)

Homemade vegan pizza (workshop)

by Brigitte | February 10, 2022 | blog, how-to, pantry cooking, program, recipe

Making vegan pizza is much easier than you think and, just like everything else, it gets easier as you practice. It’s definitely not something you need to outsource to the pizza guy across the street! In this 60-minute workshop, I will take the mystery out of...
UPDATED: How to make super healthy vegan blender waffles with only whole foods (also gluten-free and zero-waste)

UPDATED: How to make super healthy vegan blender waffles with only whole foods (also gluten-free and zero-waste)

by Brigitte | October 8, 2021 | blog, how-to, nutrition, pantry cooking, recipe

When you have a power blender (Vitamix, Blendtec, or similar), there’s no need to use packaged ingredients like plant milks and ground flax seeds. You can make these super healthy vegan blender waffles using just whole pantry ingredients and no oil. The start of...
Two plant-based pantry organization hacks to make whole foods cooking easier

Two plant-based pantry organization hacks to make whole foods cooking easier

by Brigitte | September 17, 2021 | blog, essentials, pantry cooking, strategies, zero-waste

Having the right plant-based staples in your pantry is important, but how you organize them makes a big difference in whether you’ll actually use them, and how fast you can prepare really good food that uses them. Setting aside a half-day or two to improve your...
10 vegetables I never fail to put on my vegan grocery list

10 vegetables I never fail to put on my vegan grocery list

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.

How to make vegan pizza – it’s easier than you think!

How to make vegan pizza – it’s easier than you think!

by Brigitte | December 11, 2020 | blog, how-to, meal prep, pantry cooking, recipe

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!)

How to make satisfying vegan salads (with my warming curried couscous salad recipe!)

by Brigitte | December 2, 2020 | blog, how-to, meal prep, pantry cooking, 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...
How to make vegan soup (with my rustic bean soup recipe)

How to make vegan soup (with my rustic bean soup recipe)

by Brigitte | November 26, 2020 | blog, how-to, pantry cooking, recipe

Soup is part of the solution to every problem worth solving in the world: hunger, of course, but also sickness, loneliness, anxiety, conflict, income inequality, fiber and vitamin deficiencies, and animal agriculture (among others). And the best thing about it is that...
Vegan pantry staples: 75 plant-based ingredients to stock to cook healthy dinners every night

Vegan pantry staples: 75 plant-based ingredients to stock to cook healthy dinners every night

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...
Quick Friday Night Vegan Dish: Coco-peanut Noodles (or how to hack a quick vegan dinner)

Quick Friday Night Vegan Dish: Coco-peanut Noodles (or how to hack a quick vegan dinner)

by Brigitte | October 9, 2020 | blog, how-to, pantry cooking, recipe

We all need a quick Friday night vegan dish idea in our back pocket. The kind we’ll pull out when our day has been flipped upside down due to unpleasant surprises (leaky toilet, web site break down, tantrum over lost toy…). The kind of recipe that, once we...
Minimum viable meal prep: basic plant-based batch cooking you should do every week (even when you are too busy)

Minimum viable meal prep: basic plant-based batch cooking you should do every week (even when you are too busy)

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...
How to improvise a balanced vegan meal from pantry ingredients (even when you are too exhausted to cook)

How to improvise a balanced vegan meal from pantry ingredients (even when you are too exhausted to cook)

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...
Vegan pantry cooking recipes with tips from the pros

Vegan pantry cooking recipes with tips from the pros

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!

Vegan shopping and pantry cooking in a pandemic: Brigitte’s tips on the radio show “Animal Voices”

Vegan shopping and pantry cooking in a pandemic: Brigitte’s tips on the radio show “Animal Voices”

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...
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