![]() I resent people who judge others around the way they eat. My full-time job is working at Good Plus Foundation and I see parents who barely get by, who work two or three jobs to keep the lights on at home. They’ve been very surprised by all of the things they’ve eaten from the book that are vegan that they didn’t think were! In my house I just model the behavior I hope my kids adapt, and if they don’t that’s okay, but I certainly try. So I’m never aggressive about the choices and options they have, because I do not want them to feel resentful. ![]() I know with my kids that if I am dogmatic about anything, they ignore me or hide food in their closet. The kids were worried during the pandemic that they were going to be trapped in a house with only nuts and seeds-which is their tagline for how I eat. Neither of us are 100 percent vegan and I think that ability to not feel that we’re about to fail at something keeps us more aligned with it. He really couldn’t imagine that he would ever feel satiated or satisfied with just vegetables and grains and beans or tofu. I had to reimag- ine what mealtime looked like for myself and then ultimately, when Jerry joined me in this, for both of us. ![]() I tried it and it was pretty undeniable that I felt better. I had had some health issues that I did some research around and discovered cutting down on dairy and meat might help with the symptoms. My grandmother (my best friend in the world) was a really elegant cook and I learned how to throw a nice dinner party from her. That got me comfortable in the kitchen from an early age. She needed someone to help get dinner on the table so when she walked in she could finish it off and we could all eat together every night. My mom worked full time when I was growing up and wouldn’t get home until just around dinnertime. I always tell people I learned to cook on post-it notes my mother would leave behind when she went to work. Read on for more about how she began cooking, the inspiration behind the work she does-and some Seinfeld family holiday traditions. (There’s no giving up comfort favorites like mac ‘n cheese here.) “That’s what I do in all of my books: I try to make crowd pleasers or family favorites that are healthier or easier to make or, in this case, vegan,” says Seinfeld. The more than 120 easy recipes, made with accessible and affordable ingredients, are so delicious and filling that-we promise you-you won’t miss the meat and dairy. And lucky for us, she poured everything she learned into this surprisingly do-able new book. “We can shame people into it or we can invite them onto our gentler more welcoming path,” she says.Īfter experiencing some health issues, Seinfeld explored cutting dairy and meat from her diet-and she felt better, so, as she says, she kept going. But her new book does show how easy it can be to “lean in” to a mostly plant-based lifestyle and how doing so might just change your life. And Seinfeld does not want to shame or judge you for digging into an occasional steak. A self- taught foodie and mom to three kids with comedy legend Jerry Seinfeld, she is not a committed vegan. For bonus points, taste each raw ingredient before you add it to the smoothie.įor some real-life inspiration, here's one mom's take on how she stopped hiding veggies and started cooking with her son instead.We all know the benefits of eating more plant-based meals- and Seinfeld knows we probably can’t do it all the time. ![]() A great example of this tactic is smoothies- it's fun for kids to add ingredients, and they can get instant feedback that spinach does not make something gross.
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