Lessons Learned

Is this my last bundle?

What is it?

I’ve been participating in Vegan Health Bundles for the last four years. They occur once a year, usually in February or March. For 9-10 days a huge bundle of ebooks, courses, conference recordings, coupons, videos and other products are made available for a very low price. I submit ebooks and videos such as my Plant Based Japanese ebook, 12 Days of Plant Based Cookies, or Chef Julia 21 Day Challenge Meal Plan, to name a few. This year I contributed Whole Wheat Sourdough Bread class with videos and recipes and Whole Wheat Sourdough Pizza class with a video and recipe.

my seed whole wheat sourdough bread

What I learned

I almost didn’t participate in this year’s Vegan Health Bundle. First of all, I was going to be out of town for four days of it. The organizers, Chef AJ and Melissa Maris told me that was OK, I could record videos and post while I was away from home. Second, I didn’t think my Whole Wheat Sourdough Bread and Whole Wheat Sourdough Pizza classes would be that popular. A lot of whole food plant based people don’t eat much flour or bread products.

I love sourdough bread made from organic freshly milled whole wheat flours fermented with starter. The starter is made from wild yeast and lactic acid bacteria, cultivated right in your own environment. The natural leavening and fermentation creates a bread that is digestible, has a lower glycemic impact, supports gut health and has increase nutrient availability due to long fermentation. It supports gut health and blood sugar control. I know making it is therapeutic for me. I love the entire process and the slowness of it. It’s calming. I love giving a loaf of bread to a friend. It was a surprise to me when so many bundle contributors and customers were talking about my classes!

I was pleased to learn from many people who have purchased the bundle that they liked my classes a lot. Chef AJ told me so many contributors to the bundle said that my sourdough classes were their favorite bundle item. And there are so many contributions I’ve found by sifting through the 70+ ebooks, etc. I printed out a few ebooks, that’s how much I liked them: Amanda Sick’s Wanna Date and Tim Kaufman’s Plant Based Comfort Food and Tofu Mastery and Cyd Notter’s Sweet Relief! I certainly don’t need any more recipes. My house is covered in my own recipes, so if I’m collecting them then they are special.

Comments about my classes

Cyd Notter:

“If you’ve been on the fence about signing up for the 2026 Vegan Health Bundle this just might be the nudge you’ve been waiting for! Chef Julia’s comprehensive class on Sourdough Breads and Pizzas is definitely one of my favorite things in the bundle.

I had the recent pleasure of interviewing Chef Julia, who graciously demonstrated one of her pizza recipes and provided several tips on how to make your own sourdough “starter.”

Chef Julia has spent years developing the materials in this class! She provides step-by-step instruction in both video AND recipe print outs. In addition to Sourdough Crust, her pizza recipes include Cashew cheese, Italian Sausage Crumbles, Romesco Sauce, Pepperoni, and more.

Plus her bread recipes include Carrot Cake Sourdough, Chocolate Sourdough, and her favorite: Seeded Sourdough Bread. Many other recipes are provided along with the videos, as well. Chef Julia’s class alone is valued at $149.

Honestly, I would have purchased the bundle just to get Chef Julia’s class (and still saved $100 because the bundle is only $49).”

From Chef Val Wilson:

“Just out of the oven, Whole Wheat Sourdough Bread! My house smells delicous! I have to wait at least an hour before I can cut it. AUGG! I can not wait!

I created this sourdough loaf from Chef Julia Dunaway recipe in The 2026 Vegan Health Bundle. Whole Wheat Sourdough Cooking Class. The only way you are going to know how to make whole wheat sourdough bread is to get the Bundle. My bread is not as perfect as Chef Julia’s and I forgot to score it before I baked it, however I know it is going to be delicous! Making sourdough bread takes practice. Her video will help you get started! Make sure to get the Bundle!”

Madonna Kibbat Sawyer

“I want to say that I bought the sourdough pizza class when you had the class and I have made pizza many times over--even have frozen whole baked pizzas and reheated in the air fryer--great recipes!!

Don’t doubt yourself!

A lesson I learned from this year is I’m capable of doing harder things, like working on something day and night, even away from home. Also, I doubted myself and the value of my contribution. I was wrong. What I’m doing is valued by others. Do I want to do this again next year? I’m questioning it. There is a lot involved. I did find myself thinking about another course to teach, but I may do that in my usual business and leave it at that.

my whole wheat sourdough pizza, made live on the Chef AJ show on YouTube today “Vegan Whole Wheat Sourdough Pizza”

This bundle goes on until 11:59 PST today, February 22, 2026, so if you are so inclined, here’s the link: https://transactions.sendowl.com/stores/15779/226910