Lucca’s Plant Based Cooking Adventure
In this 6 week course, you will get to try a variety of plant-based meals that are easy to make and inexpensive. We will post weekly cooking tutorial videos every Thursday starting on July 14, 2022 that you can follow along with at home. We hope that you will enjoy the adventure!
As we learn more about how to live on a healthy planet, we are learning that we need to reduce the amount of animal-derived protein we consume. Swapping one or two meals a week with plant-based protein is a great way to reduce your personal carbon emissions. There are many cultures around the world that, out of necessity, have created delicious meals without meat. Lucca Vigia, Lisa Carriere, Mary Ann Hodge, and I (Omar Abdelraheem) hope you enjoy them and share them with your friends!
Blog Pages
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Why Design a Program Like This?
There’s a lot of “whys” for things, and you’re probably asking, why plant-based and why are community programs like this beneficial?
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Our Cooking Classes
Learn more about the recipes Chef Lucca creates every week, find the YouTube links to the cooking tutorials we film, and updates on what goes on during out cooking classes at Indwell.
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A Virtual Tour of Our Events!
A cooking program wouldn’t be exciting without a few events to “spice” things up! (Pun totally intentional!) Learn more about the fun community events we have planned!
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Behind the Scenes
“How do you put our program together?”, you might ask. Well there’s a lot of thought and logistics that go into it! Let’s highlight some BTS moments we captured in the process of conducting our program!
Meet the Project Team!
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Omar Abdelraheem
DIGITAL MARKETING SPECIALIST
I am a fourth year student at Western University who loves to cycle and has a passion for singing! I joined Climate Action London, Indwell, and First St. Andrews to produce this plant-based cooking program for the tenants at Indwell Woodfield Gate Apartments as this program speaks to my desire to advocate for food insecurity, climate action, and support of the local economy! Although I do eat animal-derived products, a major part of my diet comes from plant-based foods and as such, I value plant-based meals for their nutrition and ability to reduce my carbon footprint! (BLOG AUTHOR)
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Lucca Vigia Mauro
CHEF
Extroverted cook on the way to becoming a chef. New to the industry they have worked for a year in a fast paced environment kitchen and graduated at a cook program at NBCC. Their area of most interest and focus is plant-based cooking with latin roots. This politically engaged cook aims to support the community with his cooking and food related skills.
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Lisa Carriere
PROJECT COORDINATOR
Loving the great food and leadership Lucca and Omar have for this program!
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Mary Ann Hodge
CLIMATE ACTION LONDON CO-FOUNDER
Mary Ann is a member of Climate Action London and believes a Just Transition requires actions that do more than just reduce carbon emissions- they also need to make life better for all. I am thrilled with this opportunity to experience new recipes that are healthy, inexpensive and delicious while building relationship with the Indwell community (and being climate-friendly too!) I hope you will follow this journey with us every week through the blog and incorporate one more plant-based meal in your week. When not in the kitchen, you can find Mary Ann tending one of many native plant pollinator gardens in the city.
Bon Appetit!
