I grew up in a small town in western Canada. My mom milled fresh whole wheat flour for our bread, and my dad took great pride in the vastness of his woodpiles and the precision with which he plowed the snow from the long driveway that led to our beautiful home nestled in the forest. We had our own potato patch and clucking chickens ran amok. My mom took great care in what she fed her family, and our food often came from regional farms and neighboring gardens; the white sugar my sister and I finally badgered her into buying as teens was stored in a yellow 1960s Tupperware canister labelled “white death”.

My mom is an excellent cook, and my sister and I spent countless hours of our childhood in the kitchen alongside her, learning and making a nuisance of ourselves. It’s no surprise that we both grew up with a passion for cooking and an affinity for healthy eating.

A number of years ago, I stumbled upon the keto diet and became quite enthralled. However, I soon found that after having spent a number of years following an increasingly reducetarian diet, my food choices had starkly reversed course. Then, I ran across a Facebook group focusing on vegan keto, and that’s where the story of this book begins.

This website and my books, passion projects, combine my love of cooking and my knack for rising above unique creative challenges with my interests in nutritious foods and reducing the impact human food choices have on the planet and all those who inhabit it. I hope my book finds you well, that the pages within it bring you joy, and that the recipes leave you nourished.