Hey there, what's cooking?

What a ride we're on at the moment.

I admit that I've had a hard time focusing on creating new videos and articles over the last few weeks. My cooking hasn't been particularly inspired, either. Anxiety and overwhelm aren't great companions in the kitchen.

Still, we have to eat.

And even just cooking something small can empower and nourish us.

So let's head to the kitchen together.

Close our eyes and take three deep breaths.

Connect with all the other beings and forces that work together to bring ingredients to our kitchen so we can turn them into a wholesome meal.

Find gratitude.

Take another breath.

Now open our eyes. Play power songs, put on an apron, do whatever we need to find our joy and then... make soup!

Cooking for one? Break the sad cycle.

Cooking for one is challenging. Spending 30 minutes or even an hour preparing food and five minutes eating is just disheartening: all this for that!!

Living alone comes with nutritional risks: less motivation to cook ➡️ fewer nutritious meals with lots of vegetables ➡️ less energy ➡️ greater risk of depression ➡️ less motivation to cook (monotonous meals, take-out, etc.)... and it goes on... and it doesn't end well. 😞 ☠️😞

Don't despair! It's possible to jumpstart a virtuous cycle, too: get started by cooking some simple building blocks ➡️ eat an abundance of colorful vegetables, beans, etc. ➡️ get the energy to go our, exercise, get together with people ➡️ come home hungry and turn those building blocks into more simple yummy meals ➡️ keep it going! 🎉 🎉🎉

👉 Are you currently stuck in the negative chain? I'd like to invite you to break the cycle and try something different.

APRIL & MAY
Special edition of Plan, Prep, and Relax
(a.k.a. Plant-Based Batch Cooking for Busy Beginners) ​
for people who cook for one

This is what you'll get for your time:

• Practicing batch cooking healthy vegan building blocks, from super simple sessions to just-a-little-more-complex ones.
• Learning to improvise simple dishes from building blocks.
• A community of peers who also cook for one, to share your experience and strategies, learning from each other.
• Perhaps the opportunity to buddy-up and find a friend to cook with (virtually) on a regular basis, if that's something you'd like to try.

Note that this will be a "lite" version of my course, over a month (instead of three), and at a reduced price.

🙋‍♀️ Sounds interesting? Visit this page and type in your email to get on the waitlist! I'll send more information to those on the waitlist in about 10 days.

❓ Got questions or suggestions? Hit reply and share away!

And in the meantime, keep on cooking,

Brigitte

p.s. Here's the family plan's menu for the coming two weeks. Did you know that both types of meal plans - the family and mini ones - are included in the Vegan Meal Plans subscription? (Canadian🍁pricing now available.)