Plant-Powered People Podcast 72. Integrating Plant-based Living into Cultural Traditions
Jun 8, 2022
48:23
How can you veganize your culture’s dishes that traditionally contain many animal products? It can sometimes be a challenge to maintain the flavors, but there is a way! Alexa Soto specializes in bringing her Mexican culture to the world through plant-based food, and she’s here to give us her best tips on cooking plant-based versions of our culture’s favorite dishes!
Show Notes:
- Mexican culture & mexican food
- How to enjoy & love your culture without sacrificing your plant-based lifestyle
- Dealing with pushback from family about being vegan
- Vegan swaps for items that are culturally significant
- Veganizing Mexican, American, and Jewish dishes
- How to tie your cultural identity into your plant-based food
- Tips for those trying to veganize their culture’s family recipes
- Plant-based, wholefood swaps for animal products in our culture’s dishes
- Learning to enjoy the flavors & textures of vegan ingredients
- Resources for vegan cultural dishes
- Tips for ordering a vegan dish at a traditional cultural restaurant
- Thank you to our sponsors, Maxine’s Heavenly and Natreve
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