About Me
Hi!
My name is Kelly and I am a fourteen year old high school student here in Los Angeles, CA. I am a vegetarian, a wannabe vegan, a self proclaimed health-nut, a foodographer in training, and a hopeful chef. Did you get all that?
When I was a younger kid, I never felt comfortable in my skin. I was always made fun of for my weight, and was susually the social outcast of the group. So one day, I decided I was going to lose wight.
And I sure did. I lost 42 lbs. in three months going from 5’3” 159 lbs. to 5’4″ 117 lbs. But isn’t that fast?
Yeah, it’s too fast. I completely deprived myself during my weight loss, counting every calorie and doing what I could to work it off. It was a vicious cycle.
So when I reached my goal weight, I stumbled upon the food blogosphere, I realized there were people out there with stories just like mine who now lived happily with food. WHAT???
It was a revelation.
So I started blogging immediately. At first, I started on Blogger and had one reader, maybe two. Maybe.
I found my love of food during my deprivation, actually. I loved cooking, and once I got into my food blogger’s mentality, I began to cook wonderful food and loving every minute of it.
Now that I’ve been at this a while, I’bve found my niche in the kitchen. I really enjoy making crumptious, healthy delites that are vegan, gluten free, grain free, sugar free, low calorie, low carb, and really, really fun to eat.
If you made it this far, bless you. I hope you stick around!
Enjoy!
-Kelly M.
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This is such a great website! So glad I stumbled upon it today. I absolutely love your humour. I’m 15, and I think it’s great to see young people like me being so inspirational (and making such awesome food). Keep up the great work! …while you’re at being super rad, I think I’m going to stuff my face with one of those cookie dough blizzards of yours. And I’m even going to *get away with it* for once :’)
I so appreciate your kindness, Tobyn! Us teen foodies need to stick together, and I’m really glad you found me. Here’s to sticking together!
YOU ARE INCREDIBLE. This is by far the most amazing healthy eating/recipe blogs I have yet to come across on the internet and you’re FOURTEEN YEARS OLD?!?! Girl, you are truly going to be incredibly famous somehow, someday. Keep up the amazing work and I’ll keep my eyes glued to the computer screen awaiting more of your fantastic recipes.
Hi Kelly,
I came across your site when looking for a Sunday brunch idea. You are amazing! What a gifted, talented, conscious, bright person you are…and 14 (or maybe 15 by now)? Wow! As a naturopath and holistic psychotherapist who deals with thyroid, autoimmune (and Hashimoto’s), weight loss, anxiety and depression daily with my patients, and as a clinician who often recommends patients go dairy, grain, soy and sugar free, and as a person who eats that way myself and is always creating recipes for myself and for my clients/patients….I so appreciate what you are doing and what you have created here!
(As a former junior high school teacher, I must agree with the other teacher who commented on how bright and talented you are)! You actually remind me of myself at your age.
My practice is in Valencia and my email address is Elena@DrElena.com so stay in touch with me. Maybe we could even work on a project together. Now, I am going to try those coconut flour pancakes with some fresh blueberries in them and my own “adjustments” (I rarely follow a recipe exactly…guess it’s that creative part of me)!
Keep up the great work you are doing, Kelly. And I would have given you an A+++ on this if you were my student back when I was teaching!
In health,
Dr. Elena
What a surprise to find you are so young yet so talented! I can’t wait to try some of your recipes. Keep it up….
Thank you so much for your kindness, Kelly! You are so very appreciated (especially after reading a needlessly rude comment from someone else).
P.S. You have a great name.
I just want to say that I was in your shoes 10 years ago and I’m so happy to see that you’ve come to grasps with this yo-yo relationship with food that so many people haven’t been able to and I still struggle with sometimes. When my friend on facebook shared your coconut flour pancake recipe and I read your blog I thought I was reading a post by someone around our age, and if she shared your post and she said it was delicious then I know that I can’t WAIT to try a bunch of your recipes
Keep up the great work and don’t ever stop experimenting and believing in yourself. <3 much love from the midwest!
Same age!
crept, your a food genius, and for me, microwaving popcorn is cooking. Haha 
How cool are you? I’m impressed and thrilled to find you, my young friend.
You’re more inspirational than many 30 year olds I know.
I do believe you will go far, Grasshopper!!
Why thank you, Mrs. Holsby!
I think you are an amazing entrepreneur!
The brownies tastes excellent but a little sweet so I will half the Xylitol next time.
Thank you so much, Rautie! Perhaps I would start be using 3/4 of the xylitol? Maybe erythritol? Tasting the batter doesn’t hurt.
Okay, frankly, I absolutely cannot believe that you are fourteen. You write so incredibly well, and I am obsessed with all of your recipes! It’s so hard to find a blog that fits perfectly in sync with my own eating and cooking motives, and I adore your site, really. Keep it up girl.
Brooke, you absolutely made my day. I am so glad you found me! Thank you so much!
Hey Kelly! Congrats on your dramatic weight loss! (Sorry, I am really late to this site) I am so happy for you because you have now adopted SUCH a great healthy diet! I am just wondering, how much do you weigh now? (if you don’t mind saying) I am just curious, because super fast weight losses are really hard to maintain, but you somehow managed to do it! Congratulations!
Hi Jessica! Sorry for the delay, and thank you so much for your kindness. You are absolutely right: fast weight losses are difficult to maintain. Honestly, I don’t know how much I weigh now. I go to an RD about once a month who weighs me and moderates any changes, but doesn’t give me a number. It’s best for my sanity. I have put on a few pounds from my lowest weight of 117, but that is really healthy for me (I was too thin). Thanks again!
Thanks for adding up the calories to all your recipes, it’s super helpful.
I spend so much time out of the day counting calories, especially when creating new recipes, so this saves me a lot of time.
And I love the diversity of your recipes, I get a lot of inspiration, and I was first brought to your site because of your almond butter recipe, but I’ll def be coming back for more ideas!
Counting cals is really new for me, I’m only a week in, and the results have been great. I just really hope I keep up with it, and I think your recipes will really help me through this. So Thank You!
Thank you so very much for your kindness, Kelli!
I’m glad my calorie counts have helped. I don’t want to go all commando on you, but please just make sure you’re eating enough. Caloric restriction can be effective for a little while, but then your body starts to think your starving. I’m sure you’re being smart about it, but just make sure to be careful.
Hi Kelly,
I love the your website! You are such an impressive 14 year old. I am vegan and my boyfriend is basically paleo. You have a lot of recipes that both of us can enjoy; what a great resource. I am going to try the baked mozzarella sticks (vegan) when I get a chance (with almond meal). I’ll let you know how it goes.
Thank you very much JayTee! I am so glad I could help.
Dear Kelly, Wow, what an impressive website and outstanding recipes! We’ll be making your vegan tomato soup tomorrow here in New Mexico!
As a health educator (masters of public health) and consultant, your mission and interests are not only impressive, but so relevant. We are one of the richest nations in the world with the poorest levels of health!
As my college son would say regarding your successes and ambitions… ‘go girl’. He is a vegan, top class team diver and also a possible chef. He also was impressed with your recipes and he thinks they will work in his small fraternity kitchen!
Thanks again for ‘dinner’ tomorrow and please keep up your important work…educating others regarding the various aspects of health…one delicious blog entry and meal at a time! – SR
Sheryl, thank you so much. I am currently in deep French final preparation mode, and your comment put a huge smile on my face. (Not that I’m ever on the computer during study time. I’m on a ten minute break!) Thank you for your kindess, and I hope you enjoy the soup! I’ll be there with you in spirit.
P.S. Please thank your son for me, and tell him congrats! It sounds like he’s a hard worker, has a lot going for him.
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