Videos of Colleen Patrick-Goudreau from CompassionateCook.com offering thoughts, advice and inspiration on all things vegan.
The 30-Day Vegan Challenge
24 Jun 2011
The 30-Day Vegan Challenge
In this 2-minute video, Colleen Patrick-Goudreau talks about her newest book, The 30-Day Vegan Challenge: The Ultimate Guide to Eating Cleaner, Getting Leaner, and Living Compassionately, coming out on August 23rd![...]
The 30-Day Vegan Challenge
In this 2-minute video, Colleen Patrick-Goudreau talks about her newest book, The 30-Day Vegan Challenge: The Ultimate Guide to Eating Cleaner, Getting Leaner, and Living Compassionately, coming out on August 23rd![...less]
Black Olive Bruschetta with Cashew Cream
This is a beautiful and delicious appetizer. The contrast between the white cashew cream and black olives is striking, and the combination of the chewy pine nuts and creamy cashew puree is just fantastic. [...]
Black Olive Bruschetta with Cashew Cream
This is a beautiful and delicious appetizer. The contrast between the white cashew cream and black olives is striking, and the combination of the chewy pine nuts and creamy cashew puree is just fantastic. Enjoy![...less]
Using the Proper Knife
Many people are afraid of using large 8- or 9-inch knives lest they cut themselves, but these knives actually give you more control than small paring knives. Because in a vegan kitchen, you're not deveining, cleaving, [...]
Using the Proper Knife
Many people are afraid of using large 8- or 9-inch knives lest they cut themselves, but these knives actually give you more control than small paring knives. Because in a vegan kitchen, you're not deveining, cleaving, or deboning anyone, all you need is one good knife (okay - and a serrated knife for bread). These and other tips abound on this helpful video that also shows the proper way to chop an onion while keeping it vegetarian (by not adding bits of your finger to the mix!). Enjoy![...less]
Using the Proper Cutting Board
Plastic? Glass? Wood? Bamboo? What's the best cutting board to use, and how to you extend its life? Check out this helpful video by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, The Compassionate Cook, on the best material, size, [...]
Using the Proper Cutting Board
Plastic? Glass? Wood? Bamboo? What's the best cutting board to use, and how to you extend its life? Check out this helpful video by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, The Compassionate Cook, on the best material, size, and maintenance for your cutting board.[...less]
Tempeh Bacon Cooking Demonstration
Tempeh is unfamiliar to many, especially in the United States, but not for long. In this informative demonstration, Colleen Patrick-Goudreau talks about what tempeh is, reveals her secret for preparing it, [...]
Tempeh Bacon Cooking Demonstration
Tempeh is unfamiliar to many, especially in the United States, but not for long. In this informative demonstration, Colleen Patrick-Goudreau talks about what tempeh is, reveals her secret for preparing it, and shows us how to make a delicious tempeh bacon that is full of and familiar saltiness, smokiness, and flavor but devoid of saturated fat, dietary cholesterol, and animal suffering. It's a win-win![...less]
Oprah's Vegan Episode - Viewing Party in San Francisco
2 Feb 2011
Oprah's Vegan Episode - Viewing Party in San Francisco
Oprah and 378 members of her staff went vegan for a week, and San Francisco Bay Area vegans gathered to celebrate this historic episode. Harvey's Restaurant was the perfect locale [...]
Oprah's Vegan Episode - Viewing Party in San Francisco
Oprah and 378 members of her staff went vegan for a week, and San Francisco Bay Area vegans gathered to celebrate this historic episode. Harvey's Restaurant was the perfect locale since they're a shining example of a non-vegan restaurant devoted to adding vegan options to their menu. All you have to do is ask![...less]
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau - Vegan Educator - in a Nutshell
26 Jun 2010
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau - Vegan Educator - in a Nutshell
This is an updated version; a hi-res version is on the way, so please excuse the graininess in this one for now. This should encapsulate in 2 minutes what Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, author, [...]
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau - Vegan Educator - in a Nutshell
This is an updated version; a hi-res version is on the way, so please excuse the graininess in this one for now. This should encapsulate in 2 minutes what Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, author, educator, and founder of Compassionate Cooks does to inspire and empower people to live healthfully, compassionately, and sustainably.[...less]
Vegan Gardening
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau of Compassionate Cooks (www.compassionatecooks.com) explains how compost is the best amendment to any soil - not animal waste.[...]
Vegan Gardening
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau of Compassionate Cooks (www.compassionatecooks.com) explains how compost is the best amendment to any soil - not animal waste.[...less]
Becoming Awake
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau of Compassionate Cooks (www.compassionatecooks.com) recounts her own personal experience of having grown up eating meat, dairy, and eggs and becoming desensitized to the suffering of animals - only to [...]
Becoming Awake
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau of Compassionate Cooks (www.compassionatecooks.com) recounts her own personal experience of having grown up eating meat, dairy, and eggs and becoming desensitized to the suffering of animals - only to become reawakened as an adult.[...less]
Becoming Empowered and Making a Difference
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau of Compassionate Cooks www.compassionatecooks.com talks about the empowerment of making informed food choices and about the fact that it's not that we CAN make a difference; [...]
Becoming Empowered and Making a Difference
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau of Compassionate Cooks www.compassionatecooks.com talks about the empowerment of making informed food choices and about the fact that it's not that we CAN make a difference; it's that we DO make a difference with every choice we make. We only get to decide whether we want to make a negative diffedrence or a positive difference.[...less]
Growing Food for People
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau of Compassionate Cooks (www.compassionatecooks.com) explains why people are going hungry when we have everything we need to feed them.[...]
Growing Food for People
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau of Compassionate Cooks (www.compassionatecooks.com) explains why people are going hungry when we have everything we need to feed them.[...less]
Who Are Slaughterhouse Workers?
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau of Compassionate Cooks (www.compassionatecooks.com) explains the importance of not demonizing slaughterhouse workers (they're not evil but rather desensitized humans) and reminds [...]
Who Are Slaughterhouse Workers?
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau of Compassionate Cooks (www.compassionatecooks.com) explains the importance of not demonizing slaughterhouse workers (they're not evil but rather desensitized humans) and reminds us that we're complicit in the violence if we buy meat, dairy, and eggs.[...less]
Connecting with the Animals
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau of Compassionate Cooks (www.compassionatecooks.com) talks about the transformations that occur in the animals rescued from slaughter and given lifelong protection and sanctuary.[...]
Connecting with the Animals
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau of Compassionate Cooks (www.compassionatecooks.com) talks about the transformations that occur in the animals rescued from slaughter and given lifelong protection and sanctuary.[...less]
Domesticating Animals: From Reverence to Ownership
15 Nov 2009
Domesticating Animals: From Reverence to Ownership
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau of Compassionate Cooks (www.compassionatecooks.com) talks about how the agricultural revolution 10,000 years ago changed our relationship to the natural world, to animals, [...]
Domesticating Animals: From Reverence to Ownership
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau of Compassionate Cooks (www.compassionatecooks.com) talks about how the agricultural revolution 10,000 years ago changed our relationship to the natural world, to animals, and to each other, particularly in relation to war.[...less]
A Return to Compassion
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau of Compassionate Cooks (www.compassionatecooks.com) discusses the process of desensitizing innately compassionate children - and the hope of returning to that compassion once again.[...]
A Return to Compassion
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau of Compassionate Cooks (www.compassionatecooks.com) discusses the process of desensitizing innately compassionate children - and the hope of returning to that compassion once again.[...less]
Inherent Violence
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau of Compassionate Cooks (www.compassionatecooks.com) discusses the violence inherent in a system that is built on killing living beings day in and day out.[...]
Inherent Violence
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau of Compassionate Cooks (www.compassionatecooks.com) discusses the violence inherent in a system that is built on killing living beings day in and day out.[...less]
Foodborne Illnesses
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau of Compassionate Cooks (www.compassionatecooks.com) explains that foodborne illnesses, which humans are at risk of contracting, are animal-borne - not plant-based. (Listen to the Lethal Gifts of [...]
Foodborne Illnesses
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau of Compassionate Cooks (www.compassionatecooks.com) explains that foodborne illnesses, which humans are at risk of contracting, are animal-borne - not plant-based. (Listen to the Lethal Gifts of Livestock episode at www.vegetarianfoodforthought.com for a more comprehensive discussion.)[...less]
Maternal Instincts
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau of Compassionate Cooks (www.compassionatecooks.com) talks about the primal instincts all mammals have for their young and the effects of commodifying animals and people.[...]
Maternal Instincts
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau of Compassionate Cooks (www.compassionatecooks.com) talks about the primal instincts all mammals have for their young and the effects of commodifying animals and people.[...less]
Female Exploitation
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau of Compassionate Cooks explains the inherent exploitation of the female reproductive system in the dairy and egg industries.[...]
Female Exploitation
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau of Compassionate Cooks explains the inherent exploitation of the female reproductive system in the dairy and egg industries.[...less]
Simon Pieman A Life
Simon Pieman: November 15, 1993 - August 5, 2009
If you met him, you most certainly know the abundance of energy, life, and light this little being brought into this world, and it was with dignity, grace, and beauty that [...]
Simon Pieman A Life
Simon Pieman: November 15, 1993 - August 5, 2009
If you met him, you most certainly know the abundance of energy, life, and light this little being brought into this world, and it was with dignity, grace, and beauty that he left it.
He is sorely missed and fiercely loved.[...less]
Vegan Baking Demystified
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, author of the award-winning cookbook, The Joyful Vegan: Compassionate Cooks' Traditional Treats and Sinful Sweets, demystifies what "vegan baking" really is.[...]
Vegan Baking Demystified
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, author of the award-winning cookbook, The Joyful Vegan: Compassionate Cooks' Traditional Treats and Sinful Sweets, demystifies what "vegan baking" really is.[...less]
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau Demonstrates Garlic and Greens Soup - Vegan, of course
3 Oct 2008
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau Demonstrates Garlic and Greens Soup - Vegan, of course
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau of Compassionate Cooks (www.compassionatecooks.com) demonstrates a delicious and nutritious Garlic and Greens Soup![...]
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau Demonstrates Garlic and Greens Soup - Vegan, of course
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau of Compassionate Cooks (www.compassionatecooks.com) demonstrates a delicious and nutritious Garlic and Greens Soup![...less]
Vegan BBQ with Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, author of The Vegan Table and The Jo...
27 Mar 2008
Vegan BBQ with Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, author of The Vegan Table and The Joy of Vegan Baking
This is a segment from the Food Network's BBQ with Bobby Flay when the filmed our vegan BBQ a few years ago.[...]
Vegan BBQ with Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, author of The Vegan Table and The Joy of Vegan Baking
This is a segment from the Food Network's BBQ with Bobby Flay when the filmed our vegan BBQ a few years ago.[...less]
Two Cats and a Squirrel I
One of our squirrels in the back yard who loves to take peanuts and sometimes eat them, sometimes bury them. Simon and Schuster are interested when the squirrel moves in squirrel ways, but otherwise, they know the [...]
Two Cats and a Squirrel I
One of our squirrels in the back yard who loves to take peanuts and sometimes eat them, sometimes bury them. Simon and Schuster are interested when the squirrel moves in squirrel ways, but otherwise, they know the squirrels are part of our family. :)[...less]
Chocolate Chip Cookies Cooking Demonstration
This is an excerpt from 'Vegetarian Cooking with Compassionate Cooks' www.compassionatecooks.com, a really fun and informative DVD about cooking healthful, delicious vegetarian meals! The [...]
Chocolate Chip Cookies Cooking Demonstration
This is an excerpt from 'Vegetarian Cooking with Compassionate Cooks' www.compassionatecooks.com, a really fun and informative DVD about cooking healthful, delicious vegetarian meals! The hosts have a lot of fun together and present the information in an upbeat, entertaining style.[...less]
Happy Mother's Day 2 everyone who protects, loves, guides, nurtures & heals others, human or non-human, genetically linked or heart-sprung. 5 days 15 hrs ago
People who breed, sell, & kill animals for public consumption r not altruists. They're biz people whose commodities are living beings. 7 days 6 hrs ago
Finished with The Patrick Melrose , by Edward St. Aubyn: Done! I can't imagine what it would have been like to have... http://t.co/wfsseyNg7 days 8 hrs ago
SF Bay Area: please join me for this very important documentary about a horrific practice and an AMAZING organization. http://t.co/nO5BcJEh8 days 11 hrs ago
Hope to see you in Wisconsin in June! Coming soon: the Mad City #Vegan Fest! http://t.co/BFDoeLZR8 days 13 hrs ago
When someone says "I'm vegan," some responses can throw the #vegan for a loop. Here are some suggestions for replying. http://t.co/RTni9eoS8 days 14 hrs ago
On page 573 of 680 of The Patrick Melrose Novels, by Edward St. Aubyn http://t.co/vDmY6rhc8 days 15 hrs ago
When someone says "I'm vegan," some responses can throw the #vegan for a loop. Here are some suggestions for replying. http://t.co/1qf0wHH99 days 13 hrs ago
@TamaraLackey Thanks so much, Tamara! :) XO 9 days 14 hrs ago
"If each man had to personally experience the death of the animals he ate, a vegetarian diet would be far more common." John Oswald, b. 1755 9 days 14 hrs ago
On page 512 of 680 of The Patrick Melrose Novels, by Edward St. Aubyn http://t.co/YqU1uvca9 days 15 hrs ago
In June, I'll be in Madison, WI for the Mad City #Vegan Fest, then NYC for SEED, then PA for Summerfest, then CO for the Colorado Veg Fest! 10 days 9 hrs ago
When someone says "I'm vegan," some responses can throw the #vegan for a loop. Here are some suggestions for replying. http://t.co/sZdRzwO010 days 12 hrs ago
Details for my talk @TheSeedExp in NYC: Lecture on Sat, 6/16 at 1:00 pm; Booksigning and mingling on Sun, 6/17 11:00 am. Tix available! 10 days 14 hrs ago
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