A Beginner's Guide to Vegetarian Cooking
Have you always wanted to cut meat out of your diet, but it was too hard? This 5-day course will give you the advice you need to cook your own vegetarian dishes so you can avoid meat, get the nutrients you need, and enjoy every meal along the way.
Featuring Amy Chow , Registered Dietitian
Format
Daily lessons delivered straight to your inbox, completely mobile-friendly
Duration
5 days
Time
5 minutes per lesson
What you will learn
- How to get the nutrients you need easily and cheaply with a vegetarian diet
- The fundamental flavors within food and how to use them in vegetarian cooking
- How to get the protein you need from meat substitutes
- Tips on spicing vegetarian foods to make them more flavorful
- How to meal prep like a pro
Why should you take this course?
- You've been wanting to try out vegetarianism, but haven't quite had the right information or inspiration. Vegetarianism can sound intimidating, but with the right information anyone can cook tasty vegetarian cuisine. This course not only makes eating vegetarian easy, it makes it satisfying and delicious, too!
- You're interested in eating vegetarian, but are worried you won't be able to get the nutrients you need. People often imagine that it will be hard to transition from eating meat because of losing protein and nutrient sources, but with the help of a professional dietitian, we will show you many ways to get the nutrients you need.
- You want information on how to cook smarter, cook cheaper, and cook better. Everyone could use some great cooking tips, and we deliver! You'll get great inspiration for cheap meal prep, spicing tips, and healthy cooking.
Course Overview
5 Lessons
Getting the Nutrients You Need
In the first lesson, we address common concerns about nutritious vegetarian cooking, as well as the recommended daily intake of nutrients and how you can meet them through vegetarian eating.
Preparing Protein & Meat Substitutes
In this lesson, we'll cover how to cook key vegetarian protein staples, from plant-based sources to meat substitutes.
Cooking Carbs
This lesson includes cooking methods for basic grains, and then you'll learn about some interesting grain sources you might not have heard of before!
Spicing up Your Recipes
In this lesson, you'll go over the fundamentals of culinary flavor and then talk about how to fix common seasoning concerns with vegetarian cooking. Your dishes are about to be chock full of flavor.
Planning Meals
You made it! Now, meal prep time! You'll learn how to plan meals for more efficient, budget-friendly cooking.
Meet the Expert
Amy Chow
Registered Dietitian
Amy Chow is a Registered Dietitian and the Founder of Chow Down Nutrition, a family and child nutrition consulting service in British Columbia (BC), Canada. With over ten years of experience, Amy has a special interest in pediatric nutrition, food allergy management, and eating disorder recovery. Amy holds a Bachelor’s degree in Nutritional Sciences from McGill University. She gained her clinical experiences at residential and outpatient eating disorder treatment programs as well as for BC Children’s Hospital before starting her own business. She has been featured on Find BC Dietitians, Dietitians of Canada, Food Allergy Canada, Recovery Care Collective, Parentology, Save on Foods, National Eating Disorder Information Centre (NEDIC), and Joytv.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is this going to be mostly recipes?
The focus of this course is on technique and nutrition. We do include some recipes, but most of the time we'll offer guidance on technique that will apply to any recipe involving the ingredient in question.
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What are others saying?
Lucie
I have been thinking about going vegetarian, and this has really given me some confidence to try it. All the information on cooking, meal planning and everything else was really helpful. Great information, as always!
Zita
It was really fun to know that I can still explore a lot of different kinds of food even while being a vegetarian. Just because you're a vegetarian doesn't mean that you only eat vegetables, and it was so fun to learn about hwo to spice up recipes!
Marlon
I'm glad I took this course. This has been the nudge I needed to try out vegetarian eating.
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