by Brigitte | May 1, 2024 | blog, strategies, vegan journey
Do you have a craving for knowledge, wisdom, and different viewpoints? These books about veganism (that aren’t cookbooks!) will: help you broaden your perspective, arm you with facts and arguments, but also emotional support as you continue on your journey...
by Brigitte | June 14, 2023 | blog, health, podcast, subscriber spotlight, vegan journey
Why not try something different, pay attention to the results, and take it from there? This Vegan Family Kitchen Podcast episode’s guest, Helen C. Giles, is a colleague, cooking friend, and meal plan subscriber. Her story will encourage you to embrace...
by Brigitte | June 6, 2023 | blog, podcast, vegan journey
Get inspired to cook more healthy vegan Italian food with Antonia Ricciardi, a private chef based in Cambridge UK. Antonia trained in physics and worked in the publishing industry, but her roots in the family restaurant in Southern Italy stayed strong. In our podcast...
by Brigitte | May 4, 2023 | blog, nutrition, podcast, vegan journey
In this episode of the Vegan Family Kitchen podcast, I sit down with Dr. Jules Cormier, a family physician, plant-based nutrition advocate, and ninja sports athlete who shares his inspiring story of transformation, healing, and performance. In his 20s, Dr. Cormier...
by Brigitte | April 26, 2023 | blog, podcast, strategies, vegan journey
Most people believe that they’d cook better if they had a bigger kitchen… but is that so? Kathy Davis, who runs the Eat More Plants Academy and published three cookbooks, lives in a RV and her story challenges conventional views. It’s all about...
by Brigitte | February 15, 2023 | blog, mindfulness, podcast, vegan journey
“When we uncover who we are, and we are willing to show up as that person, a lot of barriers just fall away.” Those are the wise and inspiring words of my guest, Kimberly Winters. Kimberly is the host of the Did You Bring the Hummus? podcast, where she...
by Brigitte | January 5, 2023 | blog, health, podcast, vegan journey
Charlyn Black trained as a family doctor more than forty years ago, but most of her career has been as a scholar dedicated to understanding the social determinants of health for over three decades. She is now a Professor at the UBC School of Population and Public...
by Brigitte | September 12, 2022 | blog, health, podcast, vegan journey, zero-waste
Babita Shresta thought she had landed on another planet when she first visited a grocery store in Minnesota. Coming from rural Nepal, where as a child she learned to cook fresh vegetables and simmer lentils alongside her grandfather, she had never seen packaged...
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 | November 12, 2021 | blog, podcast, vegan journey
Marian went from omnivore to vegetarian to humane-meat-eating-flexitarian to, eventually, whole food plant-based eater and vegan activist. She is a voiceover artist who started the Plant-based Briefing as a way to further spread the love of plant-based and vegan...
by Brigitte | June 16, 2021 | blog, family, health, podcast, strategies, vegan journey, vegan parents in the kitchen
Dreena Burton has published six vegan cookbooks and raised three children in 20 years. That elevates her to superhero status to me. Her recipes take nutrition, appeal, and ease into consideration all at the same time, and she keeps on showing up to inspire us with...
by Brigitte | June 1, 2021 | blog, family, podcast, strategies, vegan journey, vegan parents in the kitchen
When one spouse – often the wife – is going vegan but the other one isn’t there yet, what happens? I have told my own transition story from meat lover to ethical vegan and plant-based eating advocate a few times, including along with some tips for...
by Brigitte | May 13, 2021 | blog, essentials, family, health, nutrition, pregnancy, strategies, vegan journey, vegan parents in the kitchen
Should I supplement B12? My answer is straightforward: yes. This is probably true regardless of one’s dietary choices, but even more so if vegan or even just a part-time plant-based eater (flexitarian). This article is required reading for all Vegan Meal Plans...
by Brigitte | March 1, 2021 | blog, family, podcast, strategies, vegan journey, vegan parents in the kitchen
Like so many other vegans, the only regret I have about veganism is not embracing it earlier. Going vegan in my mid-20s would have been so much easier. Back then, I was living with roommates and mostly cooking for myself. I even ate a lot of accidentally vegan food,...
by Brigitte | February 22, 2021 | blog, family, health, strategies, vegan journey, vegan parents in the kitchen
What if committing yourself to doing some vegan meal prep on the weekend, using only whole foods plant-based ingredients, could mean something as profound as healing yourself from a disease that’s been dogging you for over 20 years? That’s what happened to...
