Why Know thy Food exists…

I believe ANYONE can learn to cook and LOVE vegan food. Real Food. That means you won’t notice that you’re eating dairy-free, meat-free, gluten-free, refined sugar-free, allergy-friendly food. You’re just going to learn to make delicious food.

I believe that cooking is a creative process and that you don’t need to be a chef to use your creativity. Having a deeper understanding of how cooking works will bring out your creativity and have you moving far beyond recipes.

A few skills, techniques and tools can totally transform your cooking, your health and the world!

Yup. this is me as a wee one playing with lentils and beans. Who knew I would be doing this many years later.

I’ve loved cooking and playing with food for as long as I can remember. I’ve always been what I like to call a creative cook. I think all of us have one inside of us!

And even though I was vegetarian for almost 20 years, I wasn’t always healthy. I was a little overweight as a teenager, and as a young adult I suffered from candida, a weakened digestive system from traveling (and lots of street food!) and irritable bowel syndrome. My studies in nutrition began when I decided to heal myself without drugs.

Fast forward until five years ago.

I was wandering around a vegan festival where I met some of the people that would change my life forever. They sent me a few videos that taught me about the horrors of the dairy and egg industry. It was then that I had my ‘Aha’ moment. (Maybe you’ve had one of those too!)

Once I became a passionate vegan, I decided to combine my years of teaching and cooking experience to help some people become healthy cooks, and to help transform others into happy thriving vegans!

I’ve been managing environmental projects, teaching composting and languages (among other things) over the past 20 years.  I have a background in Environmental Studies and Spanish though it’s really not that far off from what I do now.

I love to teach. And I love the planet and to discover its languages, cultures and foods. And I’ve always had a passion for health and food. And I believe animals deserve love and not to be eaten.

From all of this love, came Know thy Food.

But Enough About Me…

Tell me about you! I know you’re here because you could use a little help learning about healthy vegan cooking, or navigating the vegan lifestyle.

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