Carleigh Bodrug
Canadian writer
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Carleigh Bodrug is a Canadian plant-based/vegan author who is known for her PlantYou cookbooks and advocacy of waste minimisation.
Carleigh Bodrug | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | University of Western Ontario |
| Occupations | Cookbook author and blogger |
| Writing career | |
| Subject | Plant-based/Vegan cookbooks |
| Notable work | PlantYou cookbooks |
| Website | plantyou |
Early life and education
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 PlantYou: 140+ Ridiculously Easy, Amazingly Delicious Plant-Based Oil-Free Recipes 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]
Cookbooks
PlantYou: 140+ Ridiculously Easy, Amazingly Delicious Plant-Based Oil-Free Recipes (2022) 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 it the "Best New Vegetarian Cookbook of 2022,"[10] Runner's World included it in its list 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]
In 2024, columnist Avery Yale Kamila lists her next cookbook, PlantYou: Scrappy Cooking (2024) among "The year's best vegan cookbooks" in the Portland Press Herald,[13] Chowhound lists it as one of the "15 Best Vegetarian Cookbooks Of 2024,"[14] VegNews lists it as both one of the "Top 100 Vegan Cookbooks of All Time,"[5] and as one of "The Best Vegan Cookbooks of 2024."[15]
Bibliography
- PlantYou: Scrappy Cooking: 140+ Plant-Based Zero-Waste Recipes That Are Good for You, Your Wallet, and the Planet. Hachette Book Group, 2024. ISBN 978-0306832420.
- PlantYou: 140+ Ridiculously Easy, Amazingly Delicious Plant-Based Oil-Free Recipes. Hachette Book Group, 2022. ISBN 978-0306923043 (with an introduction by Dr. Will Bulsiewicz).
