Alissa is the creator, recipe developer, and photographer behind the blog. She created this site to share some of her favorite vegan recipes, and over the last ten years, she's shared over one thousand of them here. While in the blog she mainly focuses on dinner recipes, she also offers a few courses related to breakfast, lunch, dinner, desserts, sides, and appetizers.
Asissa is a self-trained cook who transitioned from a career in intellectual property law to becoming a full-time food blogger. Cooking is a passion of hers. She's loved cooking for as long as she can remember. Her love of cooking is a big part of what first influenced her to give up meat at a young age. She was already not really on board with the idea of eating animals. She enjoyed baking and cooking veggies, but when she tried learning to cook meat, and eventually found she couldn't force herself to eat it anymore. That was back when she was just thirteen years old.
Her focus on recipe development started when she met her husband, back in 2011. He was interested in transitioning to a plant-based diet and was full of requests.
When she published her first recipe post she thought this site would be nothing more than a hobby. But once things got rolling, she became hooked, and the site grew and grew. She'd like to say it happened like magic, but in reality, it was a ton of work.
She learned a lot about photography, cooking, and recipe development along the way. Eventually, she was able to turn the blog into a full-time business. She retired from the law, and here she is, publishing recipes on the internet for a living and loving it.
Her recipes are 100% vegan, and she develops them with taste in mind! Some are healthy, while some are pretty indulgent. A few are gluten-free, and a few qualify as whole food plant-based while most don't.