Carleigh Bodrug

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Carleigh Bodrug
OccupationCookbook author and blogger
Alma mater University of Western Ontario
Subject Vegan/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.

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Early life

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

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 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]

Honors and awards

PlantYou: 140+ Ridiculously Easy, Amazingly Delicious Plant-Based Oil-Free Recipes 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 PlantYou the “Best New Vegetarian Cookbook of 2022,” [10] Runner's World included PlantYou as one 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] Also in 2024, VegNews listed PlantYou: Scrappy Cooking as one of the "Top 100 Vegan Cookbooks of All Time," [5] and one of "The Best Vegan Cookbooks of 2024." [13]

Books

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References

  1. ↑ "Interview: Carleigh Bodrug". Online Farmer’s Market. 24 June 2020. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 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. 1 2 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. 1 2 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. ↑ Pointing, Charlotte (November 26, 2024). "The Best Vegan Cookbooks of 2024". VegNews . Retrieved November 28, 2024.


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