Slash Your Grocery Bill with Carleigh Bodrug’s Plant-Based Kitchen Hacks
Made To Thrive
Kris Carr
5 • 702 Ratings
🗓️ 19 June 2024
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
When I was diagnosed with cancer nearly two decades ago, I turned to a plant-based diet to take some control of my health, and I haven't looked back. In this episode, I chat with the incredible Carleigh Bodrug, a New York Times bestselling author and a huge plant-based and food waste reduction social media creator. Carleigh is known for her "Plant You" platform, which empowers her audience to get creative and cook meals using ingredients they already have at home!
In our conversation, Carleigh highlights her nonjudgmental approach to promoting sustainability in the kitchen. She shares her practical tips for reusing food scraps, explains the benefits of having a diverse range of plants in your diet, and shares her advice for building a strong online following. We also touch on Carleigh's latest book, "Scrappy Cooking," and why she wants you to have a healthy body that will help you live life to the fullest.
WE DISCUSS:
- (5:06) What initially inspired Carleigh to go plant-based
- (13:46) The reality of food waste and why it matters
- (18:27) How Carleigh’s recipes utilize leftover ingredients and encourage you to be creative with the scraps
- (25:51) Clever ways to reuse scraps like coffee grounds, chickpea water, onion skins, banana peels & more!
- (34:55) Tips for eating a diverse range of fruits and vegetable
- (41:50) Advice for building your social media platform and making an impact online
- (48:27) Navigating criticism and negative reviews as a creator
- (52:56) The intersection of holistic wellness and living with grief
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| 0:00.0 | 30 to 40% of the entire U.S. food supply ends up in landfills. And when you hear this, you're like, |
| 0:06.8 | okay, okay, okay, but food decomposes. It's fine. Unfortunately, when food stacks up in landfills, |
| 0:14.1 | it's mixed with plastic and all sorts of other things, and it's not exposed to oxygen. So when it |
| 0:18.8 | decomposes, it emits a really powerful greenhouse gas called |
| 0:22.6 | methane. And to put this into perspective, Chris, the food waste actually emits more emissions |
| 0:29.3 | than the entire airline industry. Welcome to Made to Thrive. I'm your host, New York Times best |
| 0:37.4 | selling author Chris Carr. And it's my mission to help you feel better, live bolder, and create a more meaningful life. |
| 0:44.3 | Let's get started, my friend. |
| 0:50.3 | All right, so, if you've ever opened the fridge after a hectic day, only to find a graveyard of wilted this and weird that that you have no idea what to do with, well, this interview is for you. |
| 1:07.6 | Gone are the days of wondering what the heck is for dinner, my friends. So in this episode, |
| 1:14.2 | we're going to get super scrappy. We're going to save money, save the planet, and we are going to |
| 1:20.2 | feel darn good doing it. I am so excited about this guest. She is taking the world by storm, |
| 1:27.1 | and today she's here to help you. |
| 1:30.3 | So Carly Bodrug is a New York Times bestselling cookbook author and one of the largest |
| 1:35.8 | plant-based social media creators in the world under the platform at Plant You. Over the past |
| 1:42.8 | eight years, she's inspired millions to integrate more |
| 1:45.9 | vegetables into their diet with her non-judgmental approach to plant-based eating, garnering |
| 1:51.8 | a social audience of over 10 million people. Carly's scrappy cooking series is sparking a global |
| 1:59.1 | conversation about how to reduce food waste in our homes |
| 2:03.2 | and save money while we're doing it. She's here today to talk about her latest cookbook, |
| 2:09.0 | Scrappy Cooking, 140 plus plant-based, zero-waste recipes that are good for you, your wallet, |
| 2:16.5 | and the planet. Carly, oh my gosh, welcome to |
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