Veganuary is Coming and I wanted to let you know we will be celebrating and hosting a cook-along in January.
Up until last year, I never thought much about Veganuary since I already eat plant-based year-round. Upon further reflection, however, it’s a great way to introduce plant-based eating.
What is Veganuary? Veganuary is an organization that encourages people to try vegan for January and beyond. Their website has a ton of information and recipes galore.
If the idea of eating plant-based for a whole month sounds hard, here’s a reframe:
Don’t think of it as what you are giving up. Rather, think of it as what you are gaining:
🌿 A whole new repertoire of foods to try,
🌿 Recipes to learn to cook,
🌿 An exploration into how living a healthy plant-based lifestyle can do wonders for your health,
🌿 Feeling empowered that you are contributing to healing, not harming, the earth via food you consume.
🌿 And of course, the ability to sleep at night knowing you didn’t harm an animal for your food.
There’s more, but that’s a good place to start.
Plus, it’s only one month and if at the end you decide it’s not for you, then you can go back to eating whatever animal products you were eating before.
BUT, you might also decide that it’s not as hard as you thought. Or, you might see some improvements in your health and want to stick with team plant-based. Or you might learn about the atrocities of the animal food industry and decide you no longer wish to participate. Or, or, or…
Yes, there is a lot of wacky information out there about what is healthy. And yes, there is a lot of misinformation about the animal agriculture industry (such as how we are lead to believe that it’s humane).
Yet, I hear over and over from people who are now 100% plant-based or vegan that their biggest regret is that they didn’t do it sooner. I’m one of those people.
2024 can be the year you learn to cook and eat more plant-based. Or, at least January 2024 can be if you participate in our Veganuary celebration with us.
We will be hosting a “cook-along” this Veganuary. Kind of an informal cooking class- super relaxed, fun and helpful.
For more information about the cook-along, click here.