Cook Real Food: How to Make Simple Plant-Based Meals (Udemy.com)
Learn how to cook whole plant foods to make quick, easy, and healthy vegan meals for practical everyday eating.
Created by: Evita Ochel
Produced in 2021
What you will learn
- How to set up a kitchen with the right tools and appliances for healthy eating.
- Which foods to stock regularly for healthy and wholesome plant-based meals.
- How to cook whole plant foods in a quick, easy, healthy, and minimally destructive way.
- How to work with starchy and non-starchy vegetables, grains, legumes, mushrooms, fruits, nuts and seeds, and herbs and spices.
- How to make simple, delicious, quick, and easy plant-based meals for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
- How to use meal templates for practical everyday meal preparation.
- How to make wholesome sauces to complement plant-based meals.
- How to make delicious, quick, and easy snacks and treats using whole plant foods.
Quality Score
Overall Score : 96 / 100
Course Description
Cook Real Food takes you on a journey of self-empowerment to build your confidence, comfort, and creativity to work with whole plant foods in your kitchen.
You will learn how to:
Feed yourself in a way that is easy, doable, economical, and sustainable. Feed yourself in a way that nourishes and heals your body from the inside out. Feed yourself in a quick way, where the average meal takes 15 minutes.
Work with common, fresh, whole plant food ingredients that you can get from your local grocery store.
Cook various starchy and non-starchy vegetables, grains, legumes, and mushrooms.
Incorporate fruits, nuts, seeds, herbs, and spices into meals in easy and healthy ways.
Create simple, yet delicious and satisfying, meals and treats. Approach plant-based, vegan cooking in a positive way based on mindfulness and gratitude.
Cook Real Food is a practical course with a holistic foundation. The course features 12 sections that provide over 60 lessons, along with practice activities in the form of worksheets and quizzes, and a course assignment to help you apply what you learned. All lessons include either summary sheets, worksheets, or recipes that you can download and print for quick reference and use. You will benefit from over 6 hours of content and a set of skills for life.
You will gain skills to know how to:
Obtain, select, and store whole plant foods.
Set up and stock your kitchen for healthy plant-based cooking and eating.
Cook foods in the least nutritionally-destructive manner.
Not rely on any animal foods, oils, or high-heat cooking methods.
Adapt your plant-based meals for special needs like gluten-free and nut-free diets.
Flavor your plant-based meals in satisfying ways.
Fix problem plant-based meals and avoid food waste.
Cook Real Food is not a fad-diet or a trendy recipe course but a way of living.
Your teacher, Evita Ochel, brings you over 10 years of research and personal experience in the field of plant-based nutrition and nearly 20 years in the field of optimal health, and will teach you how to use the power of your food with everyday wholesome, plant-based meals. Instead of focusing on recipes, which can be limiting in many ways, you will be guided with meal templates to create an infinite number of meal and flavor combinations, no matter what your personal limitations may be.
Be sure to look through the course curriculum to know what the specific lesson topics are, and watch the free video lectures to best know if this is the right course for your current needs.
Who this course is for:
Beginner students who do not know how to cook or work with whole plant foods or make meals with them.
Intermediate students who would like to gain more skills and knowledge in order to make quick, easy, and simple plant-based meals.
Expert students who would like to gain more tips and ideas in order to optimize their use of whole plant foods and meals with them.
Instructor Details
- 4.8 Rating
182 Reviews
Evita Ochel
Evita Ochel is a consciousness expansion teacher who helps people optimize their wellbeing on all levels of the body, mind, and spirit. She is an expert in the areas of holistic health, optimal nutrition, sustainable living, personal evolution, metaphysics, and spirituality. She is a public speaker, web TV host, and writer who has authored hundreds of articles and several books, including "Healing & Prevention Through Nutrition." Evita is also the founder of the Healthytarian Lifestyle, based on fresh thinking, smart eating and mindful living.
Evita holds an Honors Bachelor of Science degree in the areas of Biology and Psychology, a Bachelor of Education degree specializing in Science, and is a certified Holistic Nutritionist and Yoga and Meditation teacher. Her work includes teaching, writing and researching all areas of holistic wellness. Her health-oriented teaching focuses on whole-food, plant-based nutrition, elimination of toxins, and the mind-body connection for optimal health and longevity. Her spirit-oriented teaching focuses on consciousness expansion and heart-centered living for optimal joy and inner peace. She lives by being the change she wishes to see, and helps others rise to their highest potential on every level of their being.
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