Mar 9, 2021
Molly interviews Peggy Brusseau about her new book, "The Contented Vegan".
You can order "The Contented Vegan" on Amazon
The Contented Vegan is a guide to the fastest-growing lifestyle of the 21st century. Its author, Peggy Brusseau, has written, co-written or collaborated on some 24 other books, many of them major bestsellers.
Peggy was born in the mid-west state of Minnesota. As one of nine children, she was raised to be self-sufficient and skilled in as many ways as possible: in a household of that size, everyone had to help out and make themselves useful.
She claims there was no hardship in that experience; rather, it has made her adaptable. She has applied herself to many jobs and roles over the years, all of them eventually inspiring creative expression of some sort. Peggy writes and cooks every day.
While running a small-holding she quickly realized that she could no longer participate in animal husbandry and adopted a vegetarian diet. Very soon she moved on to a fully plant-based way of eating.
‘I have been through every pre-vegan style of eating and thinking,’ Peggy says, ‘and have faced most of the hurdles to achieving a healthy, plant-based diet. I know my onions.