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Carleigh Bodrug
OccupationCookbook author and blogger
Alma materUniversity of Western Ontario
SubjectVegan/plant-based cookbooks
Notable worksPlantYou cookbooks
Website
plantyou.com

Carleigh Bodrug is a Canadian vegan/plant-based author, known for her PlantYou cookbooks and advocacy of waste minimisation.

Early life

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Bodrug grew up on a farm in Ontario, Canada.[1] She was a journalism major at University of Western Ontario,[2] where she also served as a student health reporter for the campus news channel.[3] Bodrug started her PlantYou food blog after her father was diagnosed with colon cancer.[4][2]

Career

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Bodrug's first job was at a radio station.[2] She also created her PlantYou Instagram account in 2016 to document plant-based cooking, eventually becoming a full-time food blogger.[2] She published her first cookbook PlantYou: 140+ Ridiculously Easy, Amazingly Delicious Plant-Based Oil-Free Recipes in 2022,[2] and a follow-up cookbook in 2024.[5] This second cookbook, PlantYou: Scrappy Cooking focuses on plant-based low-waste recipes, and includes a lemon peel pasta recipe. Bodrug has stated that one of the largest reasons she went plant-based is because of the environmental implications of animal agriculture.[6]

Bodrug's Instagram video of her turning discarded orange peels into candy obtained 1 million views.[7]

Cookbooks

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PlantYou: 140+ Ridiculously Easy, Amazingly Delicious Plant-Based Oil-Free Recipes (2022) won first place in the 2023 IVFF awards,[8] and was shortlisted for the 2023 Taste Canada Awards Health or Special Diet Cookbooks.[9][4] In addition, Woman's Day named it the “Best New Vegetarian Cookbook of 2022,”[10] Runner's World included it in its list of the "6 Best Vegan Cookbooks to Get More Plants in Your Diet" in 2022,[11] Food & Wine named it one of "the 20 Best Vegan Cookbooks for Every Type of Meal" in 2024.[12]

In 2024, columnist Avery Yale Kamila lists her next cookbook, PlantYou: Scrappy Cooking (2024) among "The year’s best vegan cookbooks" in the Portland Press Herald,[13] Chowhound lists it as one of the "15 Best Vegetarian Cookbooks Of 2024,"[14] VegNews lists it as both one of the "Top 100 Vegan Cookbooks of All Time,"[5] and as one of "The Best Vegan Cookbooks of 2024."[15]

Bibliography

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  • PlantYou: Scrappy Cooking: 140+ Plant-Based Zero-Waste Recipes That Are Good for You, Your Wallet, and the Planet. Hachette Book Group, 2024. ISBN 978-0306832420.
  • PlantYou: 140+ Ridiculously Easy, Amazingly Delicious Plant-Based Oil-Free Recipes. Hachette Book Group, 2022. ISBN 978-0306923043 (with an introduction by Dr. Will Bulsiewicz).

References

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  1. ^ "Interview: Carleigh Bodrug". Online Farmer’s Market. 24 June 2020. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e Casemore, Jamie (March 18, 2024). "Ontario woman shares her secrets to 'recession recipes' and 'under $2' meals". National Post. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  3. ^ "Western University, Hospitality News: Western's Farmer's Market". University of Western Ontario. October 11, 2012. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
  4. ^ a b Ramsay, Janis (June 18, 2023). "'No one is more shocked than my parents': Barrie's 'PlantYou' cookbook author nominated for Taste Canada award". simcoe.com (Metroland). Retrieved July 19, 2024.
  5. ^ a b Pointing, Charlotte (January 16, 2024). "The Top 100 Vegan Cookbooks of All Time". VegNews. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  6. ^ "Beyond the Book: Carleigh Bodrug's 'PlantYou: Scrappy Cooking'". Publisher's Weekly. 2024. Archived from the original on July 18, 2024.
  7. ^ La Corte, Michael (2024). "To waste less food, become a scrappier cook". Salon. Archived from the original on July 14, 2024.
  8. ^ "International Vegan Film Festival Cookbook Contest". The International Vegan Film Festival. 2023.
  9. ^ "2023 Taste Canada Awards Shortlist". Taste Canada Awards. 2023. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  10. ^ Dubin, Alesandra (2022-11-13). "9 Vegetarian Cookbooks That Make Eating Healthy Delicious". Woman's Day. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
  11. ^ Hondorp, Gabrielle (2022-11-07). "The 6 Best Vegan Cookbooks to Get More Plants in Your Diet". Runner's World. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  12. ^ Makhijani, Pooja (2024-08-22). "The 20 Best Vegan Cookbooks for Every Type of Meal". Food & Wine. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
  13. ^ "The year's best vegan cookbooks". Press Herald. 2024-12-05. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
  14. ^ Prints, Ksenia (2024-12-25). "15 Best Vegetarian Cookbooks Of 2024". Chowhound. Retrieved 2024-12-25.
  15. ^ Pointing, Charlotte (November 26, 2024). "The Best Vegan Cookbooks of 2024". VegNews. Retrieved November 28, 2024.
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