Ep158. Is vegan meat healthy? With The Vegan Butcher

06/22/23 • 37 min

The Simply Vegan podcast is your weekly dose of plant-based food, news and topical chat with Vegan Food & Living's Holly Johnson and Molly Pickering.

This week, we're exploring what it means to be a 'healthy' vegan. Is vegan meat ruining our diets? Or does it actually offer health benefits? And who better to join in the conversation than The Vegan Butcher AKA Zacchary Bird!

Zacchary joins us from Australia to discuss his view of what it means to be 'healthy', how he deals with online trolls who can't cope with seeing vegans turn vegetables into 'meat' and his take on the so-called vegan bubble bursting. He also shares his love of travel and discovering new street food, and tells us about his new book, The Vegan Baker.

NEWS! NEWS! NEWS! We have launched a new weekly show called Something For The Weekend – a short and sweet episode packed with cooking inspiration for your weekend meals. Tune in every Friday morning for this extra, bonus episode of your favourite plant-based podcast.

Notes from today's episode:

• Follow Zacchary Bird at https://www.instagram.com/zaccharybird/

• Zacchary's new book, The Vegan Baker, can be purchased at https://amzn.to/43HqyL1

• Order The Vegan Butcher now at https://amzn.to/44dPolK

• Become a patron at patreon.com/simplyvegan and access exclusive episodes, video content, live chats and free downloads!

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The Simply Vegan podcast is your weekly dose of plant-based food, news and topical chat with Vegan Food & Living's Holly Johnson and Molly Pickering.

Notes from today's episode:

• Follow Zacchary Bird at https://www.instagram.com/zaccharybird/

• Zacchary's new book, The Vegan Baker, can be purchased at https://amzn.to/43HqyL1

• Order The Vegan Butcher now at https://amzn.to/44dPolK

• Become a patron at patreon.com/simplyvegan and access exclusive episodes, video content, live chats and free downloads!

• Tag us in your social posts, @veganfoodandliving and @simplyveganpodcast

• Share this episode with a friend

• Try an issue of Vegan Food and Living magazine for just 99p at veganfoodandliving.com/podcast

Vegan Food & Living may earn commission from the links on this page, but we only ever share brands that we love and trust.

Get bonus content on Patreon

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Ep157. SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND! Festival and camping food hacks

Something For The Weekend is your new weekly BONUS Simply Vegan episode – a short, sweet 15 minute episode live every Friday to inspire you with plant-based cooking ideas for the weekend ahead.

We start by sharing our tips for what vegan, plant-based food to take to a festival – things that are light to carry, cheap to buy and don't require any refrigeration or heating!

Then we delve into camping, where you might have the luxury of being able to park next to your tent and maybe even a cool box and a gas stove. As a long-time camping lover, Holly is bursting with hacks for your next weekend sleeping under the stars.

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Ep159. SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND! Plant-based picnic tips

Something For The Weekend is your new weekly BONUS Simply Vegan episode – a short, sweet 15 minute episode live every Friday to inspire you with plant-based cooking ideas for the weekend ahead.

It's National Picnic Week and the sun is shining here in the UK so we're sharing our plant-based picnic tips for your next al fresco outing. Find out how to create easy, fresh and nutritious dishes and avoid a beige buffet of pastry and boring sandwiches.

And as we're all eco-conscious these days, Molly discusses how to have a low-impact picnic by reducing food waste and plastic use.

• Become a patron at patreon.com/simplyvegan and access exclusive episodes, video content, live chats and free downloads

• Tag us in your social posts, @veganfoodandliving and @simplyveganpodcast

• Share this episode with a friend

• Try an issue of Vegan Food and Living magazine for just 99p at veganfoodandliving.com/podcast

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