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Free classes on healthy, thrifty cooking!
Grocery prices too high? Inflation got you down? Watch my free Zoom classes on cooking while broke, wasting less food, getting organized in the kitchen, and why plant-based cooking is best for you and the planet.
How Much Protein is Enough?
You can get all the protein you need from plants. Most people get more protein than they need, leading to health problems and higher grocery costs.
Wasting Food is a Bigger Deal if You Eat Animals
How can cooks reduce climate change? We can have the most impact by focusing on the types of food that are wasted the most and that produce the most greenhouse gases.

My husband said “I’ll save money and lose weight–what’s not to like?” You will even do significantly fewer dishes!
Melanie S.
I would have given ANYTHING to have had your book in my kitchen when I was raising 2 kids on crappy pay and spurious child support.
Leslie H.
I think, above all, what I have learned from you is that people CAN eat well on a budget, eating fresh veggies and fruits and resourceful ways to get in the protein we need. Also, I appreciate your keeping us informed on GMOs and legislation to battle this and the use of pesticides. We are what we eat, after all!
song writer and musician Bett Padgett