4 lessons from a healthy vegan meal planning pro

Brigitte Gemme started planning healthy vegan meals in her Vegan Family Kitchen in 2017. She shares her multi-year journey in healthy vegan meal planning for her family and hundreds of others. She offers practical advice on successful meal planning, including the importance of batch cooking, how to use staple ingredients in versatile ways, and cooking mindfully to learn the patterns. She emphasize that while diversity is great, keeping to familiar forms and recipes makes cooking less complicated and more enjoyable. Interestingly, Brigitte remarks that summer cooking tends to be more involved due to the abundance of fresh produce.
To learn more about the Vegan Meal Plans (there are both family and mini versions available), visit: veganfamilykitchen.com.
00:02 Introduction to Vegan Meal Planning
00:33 The Journey of Creating Vegan Meal Plans
01:13 The Evolution of the Meal Plans
02:03 The Importance of Feedback and Continuous Improvement
02:28 The Final Product: A Comprehensive Vegan Meal Plan
03:10 Four Key Lessons from Vegan Meal Planning
03:22 The Role of Diversity and Standard Recipes in Meal Planning
06:31 The Importance of Paying Attention and Learning While Cooking
08:03 The Differences Between Summer and Winter Cooking
09:57 Final Thoughts and Advice on Vegan Meal Planning
10:14 Invitation to Join the Vegan Family Kitchen Community
10:54 Cooking is love in action

[@tammyjoma]

Brigitte, I've downloaded several of your printables and appreciate it! Thank you!

[@veganfamilykitchen]

Thanks Tammy! I hope they are helpful.

[@tammyjoma]

@@veganfamilykitchen Thanks, Brigitte, I'm sure they will be! Thank you for sharing such good info.

[@madisonsnellings8501]

I can’t imagine the amount of hard work that goes into a project like this.

[@cgarcia7455]

I found you from your stint on AJ's show, you are wonderful, Thanks for your tips and ideas, you are a calm, reasonable and delightful assistance to this way of eating. Kudos from Albuquerque, NM. 😍

[@veganfamilykitchen]

Thank you for the kind words, and for cooking PLANTS! 💚

[@charlynblack]

Brigitte I am SO imprssed with your commitment to this project and to us all! You are a star!!!❤

[@veganfamilykitchen]

Thank you Charlyn you are very kind 🥦💚

[@eacummings6804]

I like the idea of just having 3-4 standards to base a host of meals from. So true about diversity; I return to the same, slightly modified as oil-free, Isa Moskowitz recipes all the time (over the course of 17 years of knowing her work). I am definitely more of a winter cook; I am drawn to the cold weather and wanting to be active in a warm room with many aromas when everything's dead outside! Thank you so much for your commitment to making eating at home a healthy (physically and mentally), economically sound habit!

[@seeksustainablejapan]

I absolotely love all of these great tips and look forward to talking with you about them on my Seek-Sustainable-Japan talkshow-podcast today on my channel! It was wonderful to meet you in person in Hiroshima this year!

[@deepstorydesign]

What a great resource for your community! I wonder... maybe you'll one day publish this as a cookbook too?...

[@mpennington27]

Just purchased your pdf. I'm so grateful to have a searchable file. I've been a lifetime member since 2021.

[@veganfamilykitchen]

It's on its way!

[@HeartfulFluency]

Saving the world and inspiring the rest of us to follow suit. Proud of you. 😍 PS: I set up my new YT channel today! (Another frog!) I might even become a proper UA-camr one of these days and upload a video - poco a poco!

[@glennafrey1055]

Beautiful video and great information!

[@veganfamilykitchen]

Thanks for dropping by!

[@aleydalauria5094]

2 years ago I went vegan it was a die or change my eating habits. As I became healthy again,went back to eating meat not as much as before but my problem is slowly coming back. I wish to embrace veganism for good but don't know how to stay in it. My fear is not to be able to learn meal nutrition

[@veganfamilykitchen]

Thank you for dropping by. I'm glad you started to feel better and would be happy to help you figure out how how to make this sustainable for you in the long run. The nutrition itself really isn't hard to figure out but some of the habits can be more challenging to implement. Feel free to email me at hello (at) veganfamilykitchen (dot) com for a free 15-min consult and I can orient you to some resources.