We’re Kathryn & Bryan!

Interested in working with us? Send an email to tastythriftytimely@gmail.com

Hello and welcome to Tasty, Thrifty, Timely! We created our YouTube channel and food blog to share our simple vegan recipes with you. Whether you follow a plant based diet, want to include more plant foods in your meals, or are cooking for a vegan/dairy-free eater; we want you to know that you can make:

Tasty Food,
That Can Save You Money,
And Won’t Take Hours To Prepare.

Why Tasty, Thrifty, Timely?

We, like many others, believed that eating a more plant based diet would not taste good, would be more expensive, and would require more time in the grocery store and kitchen.

But before we started eating a plant exclusive diet; we often found ourselves bored with our meals, resorting to eating out when we wanted something different, and going to the grocery store every few days to get ingredients for specific recipes.

When we started altering our diets however, we discovered that the opposite was true in each of those three areas of concern! We now find ourselves excited by the food we make, saving money in many instances, and saving time in the kitchen and grocery store.

TASTY – super delicious and mouth watering!
THRIFTY – cost effective and saving you money!
TIMELY – efficient and giving you more time for you!

Cooking The Tasty, Thrifty, Timely Way

Our pantry tips page is a great place to start. Simple changes to the food we have have in our pantry, our fridge, and our freezer; has made cooking tasty, thrifty, timely meals a breeze. Watch our pantry video to see me walk you through it all!

Browse through the blog or watch our recipe videos to see what catches your eye! Feel free to reach out to me by leaving comments on the recipes with any questions you have along the way. Getting your feedback is so meaningful to us and we hope you have as much fun as we do cooking the Tasty, Thrifty, Timely way!

Bryan and Kathryn standing in their kitchen with tofu scramble, fruit, guacamole and coffee mugs sitting in front of them on a table.

Our Recipe Costs

We live on Vancouver Island, Canada and our recipes are priced according to where we shop for our groceries.

You will notice that I give you our recipe cost in our blog posts, videos, and recipe cards. However, this is just meant to give you an idea of our cost compared to a version of the recipe which includes animal products (i.e my tofu quiche vs. a traditional quiche). Or, our cost compared to store-bought versions of the recipe (i.e. my homemade granola vs. a store-bought granola).

The cost of our recipes will vary depending on where you are located, what foods are in season, and how food prices change over time.

We use CookKeepBook’s free recipe/food cost calculator to keep track of our spending and compare ingredient costs! Our cost breakdowns can serve as a guide for approximate savings.

We have no affiliation with CookKeepBook. It’s a free, easy to use cost calculator that makes inputting ingredients, adding them to recipes, and calculating the total recipe cost a breeze! If you would like to keep track of how much our recipes will cost for you, head over to CookKeepBook.com.

Popular Recipes

We have the best place for you to get started! Watch our Top 10 Vegan Recipes video on our YouTube channel! These are our most well loved recipes chosen by our followers!

Here are some more great choices broken down by category!

And something for your pups! My 3 Ingredient Dog Treats!

Finally, I love making vegan versions of the Portuguese food I grew up eating! Take a look at all my vegan Portuguese recipes here. And make sure to visit our shop and get a copy of my ebook “Da Terra” with 25 Vegan Portuguese Recipes!