Fancy Plants Boot Camp is a fun four week group course of my greatest hits
designed to increase confidence and skills cooking plant-based foods.
“I have been inspired to cook more at home, to experiment with new ingredients and recipes, and to enjoy every moment of it!”
Demonstration, a little hands-on learning, a bit of lecture and a lot of eating delicious food sets up participants to seamlessly integrate more plants into your diet for all the meals and years to come. Omnivores, vegetarians, vegans welcome! This experience is for anyone who wants to up their game in the kitchen and make sustainable dietary improvements.
I’ve been teaching students of all ages, skill levels, and dietary preferences to cook with seasonal plants and whole foods since 1999, long before it became mainstream. I’ve taught at dozens of non-profits, workplaces, schools and hospitals and teach in-home classes.
I make meal planning and healthful food prep doable and joyful, with freshness, flavor, color, vibrancy, and nourishment.
Learn to:
Combine flavors + ingredients to create vibrant dishes that satiate
Elevate plant proteins
Boost meals with herbs, spices + crunch
Integrate new ingredients into your diet
Present food beautifully
Leave with:
Straightforward recipes and countless variations on those recipes, ie - recipes that encourage you to ditch the recipe
Practical tips to save money + reduce food waste
upgrade your pantry
make use of your freezer
use the whole ingredient
utilize leftovers
cook + eat with the seasons
New skills
Come up with your own delicious dishes, considering seasonality, flavor, color, texture, shape, access to ingredients + more
knife skills
tricks of the trade to increase efficiency and have meals at your fingertips at all times, ready to go
Meal planning guidelines
Inspiration
Create:
Seasonal main dishes, soups + salads
Sauces, dressings + condiments
Sweets + snacks
*Boot Camp is free of animal products, gluten, refined sugar + soy.
As evidence mounts regarding the impact of eating animals and animal products on human health, animal welfare, and the environment, more people are looking to increase their plant consumption. Amidst the conflicting definitions of what constitutes a nutritious diet, all diets recommend eating more vegetables and plants. I stay out of the food fight of which diet is best. Instead, I emphasize seasonal whole foods that nature provides and show you how to bring out the best in these ingredients. I demonstrate that you can transform and enhance your diet without sacrificing flavor, time, money or fun.
“Lauren’s practical and entirely non-intimidating course taught me real foundations on how to prepare satisfying dishes and to adjust them in ways that keep it interesting. I left feeling inspired to try new things and more significantly empowered about how to go about it. A remarkably small investment in time for what I got out of it.”
“Her cooking style embodies an ‘anything-goes-spirit’ that makes creating in the kitchen so very approachable. At the end I felt more easeful around my relationship with cooking. And full, inspired and equipped to go home and cook.”
“The class was very interactive and it was clear that the range of students, from newbies in the kitchen to seasoned home cooks, were all engaged and learning a lot. ”
“She teaches you how to combine and layer ingredients and leaves you with a detailed list of things to keep in your pantry, meal planning ideas and plenty of recipes that are more like templates that you can play around with. ”