Sabrina is the writer behind the healthy living blog RhodeyGirl Tests, where she shares her passion for food & family through her healthy recipes, creative menus, and fun with her son Raffi. She and her husband Trig love to explore their city of Philadelphia, her home state of RI, and all the places they visit, baby in tow. When she is not working on mastering the 7 minute nap or obsessively vacuuming her fancy new rug, you will find Sabrina planning her next dinner party. Find her personal blog at www.rhodeygirltests.com or send her a tweet @rhodeygirltests.
Kristie Finnan is a Registered Dietitian/Licensed Nutritionist and published children's author. She is the Mom of 3 and Food Snob with a passion for Nutrition Education, Organic and Local Foods, Helping kids and families Eat Healthy and Marketing and Social Media. Kristie is the Creative Director/Editor for www.DivaDietitian.com and www.KidsLoveFood.com and Founder of www.DoylestownNutrition.com. Kristie is also an adjunct Professor at Bucks County Community College teaching Nutrition and a Nutrition Counselor in Private Practice.
Lynn Chen is an actress (www.lynnchen.com) living in Los Angeles. She writes about her daily diet over at The Actor's Diet www.theactorsdiet.com and body image at Thick Dumpling Skin www.thickdumplingskin.com. Lynn is currently an Ambassador for The National Eating Disorders Association.
Julie Fagan is the blogger behind Peanut Butter Fingers, a lighthearted blog that follows Julie's life as she strives to exercise regularly, eat (mostly) healthy and enjoy life in Ocala, Florida with her husband and their crazy dog. Peanut Butter Fingers is updated multiple times a day with sweaty workouts, simple, healthy recipes and random anecdotes from Julie's life as a freelance writer and blogger. Julie's work and her blog have been featured in national magazines, including SHAPE, Fitness, Glamour, Women's Day and Women's Health and she is currently studying to obtain her personal training certification.
Lori Popkewitz Alper is the founder and editor-in-chief of Groovy Green Livin, a site dedicated to sharing simple green living tips and current information on sustainable living. Lori uses Groovy Green Livin as a platform to create awareness, dialog and debate surrounding advocacy for healthy environments without harmful chemicals.
A contributing writer for multiple blogs and websites, Lori speaks, writes and advises on a variety of issues related to creating a greener lifestyle. Lori is a green living educator, social media consultant, freelancer, blogger and recovering attorney. She lives in the Greater Boston area with her three sons, chocolate lab and groovy husband.
In her free time Lori can be found practicing yoga, pitching a baseball, running, cycling, skiing, reading, cooking, or eating Stonyfield Vanilla Fudge Swirl...
Anne is the writer behind the food and fitness blog fANNEtastic food, which she uses as a way to motivate others to lead happier, healthier lives through nutrition and exercise, whether encouraging them to try healthy twists on a traditional recipe, to go running for the first time, or to embrace yoga. Anne spent the past 2 years at UNC-Chapel Hill working on a Masters of Public Health in Nutrition and is now living in Washington D.C., finishing her dietetic internships to become a Registered Dietitian. Stop by her blog for delicious healthy recipes, running training plans, health tips, and lots of fun. You can also follow her on Twitter @fANNEtasticfood, or on Facebook.
A Texan turned Seattleite, Christie Ellis is a wife, mother of two, and author of the food blog, Pepper Lynn. She confesses to having spent the first few years of her marriage stressing about flawless entertaining and impressing others with her complicated cooking, but her world turned upside down when she became a mom in 2010. Without the time or energy to fret over perfect meals, she discovered that fresh food is delicious all on its own. She now focuses on using high quality ingredients to create simple, nourishing meals for those she loves, sharing her recipes, photography, and writing with over 30,000 monthly readers.
Gina Matsoukas is the author of the site Running to the Kitchen, a healthy recipe, fitness and photography blog. Inspired by her love for food from a young age, a recent weight loss and revamped outlook on health, her goal is to inspire people to eat well with-out sacrificing flavor and to make healthy food enjoyable and approachable.
I am a Mom and wife first, then blogger for fieldsofcake.com, amateur photographer, cake decorator, really bad accountant, taxi driver, counselor, chef, maid, butler, and moderator. I develop recipes, make them come to fruition, photograph them and share them on my blog. I am good at what I do and LOVE my life.
Denise Sawyer is a "Georgia peach," born and raised. She is a part time public school educator who left full time work to be home with her two littles (ages 1 and 3) and describes blogging at WholesomeMommy as her "nigh-shift job." She has been blogging since 2008 in hopes to encourage other moms to live wholesome. What is wholesome? Denise believes everyone has to find their own balance but she is on a mission to feed her family of four more whole foods, as many organic foods as she can afford, to use less chemicals in her home, and to squeeze in a few more minutes for snuggles.
People sometimes feel that eating well - especially organic ingredients - can be expensive and out of their reach. Denise hopes to show her readers that cooking from scratch can help you eat better AND save money. She's on a mission to teach other young moms...
Cassie Laemmli is the blogger, recipe developer and photographer behind the blog Bake Your Day. She lives in the heart of Kansas City with her husband Paul. Cassie is a self-proclaimed brown sugar junkie, sprinkle addict, cookie dough-lover and kitchen-dweller who creates fun and crowd-pleasing desserts but balances them with quick and healthy meals. Connect with Bake Your Day on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.
Barb is a mom of 5 kids who spends her days dealing with the adventurous chaos of 4 boys and one princess. Living in the suburbs of Philly, she loves being minutes away from the city, and just steps away from her 12-bed organic vegetable garden.
Before staying home to homeschool her oldest son, Barb spent ten years working in fundraising for various nonprofits in Philadelphia. Along the way, she learned desktop publishing and web design on a shoestring budget to go along with her writing and photography skills, making blogging and social media a natural next step.
Between loads of laundry and supervising her too-smart-for-his-own-good 4 year old, Barb runs, cooks, volunteers at school for her other children, reads, and cooks some more. She writes about her life at A Life in Balance and shares her love for local food and cooking at...
A love of food, pure and simple, is the motivation behind Spice's Bites.
Whether it's through sharing recipes, restaurant reviews, travel re-caps, or random musings, Spice's Bites is how blogger Farihah Ali (aka Spiceaholic) shares the different and delicious ways that food impacts her life.
Farihah lives in Atlanta, GA with her husband (aka Mr. Spice) and Chloe, their crazy cat.
From busy corporate gal to even busier mother of four with one special needs child, Toni early on realized the importance of family mealtime. With a passion for cooking and a desire to save time while maintaining balance in her life, she created a way of cooking through detailed planning and organization called The Organized Cook. "I originally wrote my unique meal plans in an effort to save time due to my new demands as a new mom of twins, one who was born blind. I began sharing my meal plans with friends and family who immediately noted how much money they were saving by using them and urged me to put them in a book. Now, with a blog, book and e-product, I find joy in sharing new and creative ways for other busy moms to save time and money while making healthy, delicious family dinners."
Toni shares her enthusiasm through helping today'...
Amie Valpone, HHC, AADP, Editor-in-Chief of TheHealthyApple.comis a Manhattan based Culinary Nutritionist, Personal Chef, Professional Recipe Developer and Food Writer specializing in simple Gluten-Free and Dairy-Free 'Clean' recipes for the home cook. Visit Amie on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.
I'm a Boston native going to school in Providence, Rhode Island who loves to cook and eat health(and sometimes not-so-healthy) food. My food is usually easy and flavorful gluten-free and vegetarian dishes that any at-home chef can make. Besides cooking, I love taking photos and staying active outdoors.
Alex Iwashyna went from a philosophy degree to an medical degree to a stay-at-home mom and writer. She spends most of her writing time on LateEnough.com, a humor blog, except when it’s serious, about her husband fighting zombies, awkward attempts at friendship and dancing like everyone is watching. She also has a soft spot for cultural norms that are abnormal, common sense politics and rude Southern people who offend her Yankee sensibilities. She parents a 6-year-old boy, a 3-year-old girl, 4 cats and 1 puppy who are all Southern but not rude. Yet.
Christine Pittman is the recipe developer, writer and photographer at Cook the Story, where it's all about the story (except when it's about the food!). She's a Canadian stay-at-home mom who has somehow found herself living in Florida. Her recipes are simple, fresh and from scratch while her writing is simple, fresh and from her funny bone. You don't want to miss any of her real food, real writing or flavorful pictures so be sure to follow her on her blog, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterestand Google+!
Trina O'Boyle, founder of the O'Boy! Organic and Social Media Editor of Happy Family Organics has been passionate about healthy foods and eco - friendly living for over 20 years. Trina strives to be a good role model to her 2 boys by cooking and eating healthy food, while still allowing for the splurges of childhood. It's important for Trina to teach her children "where food comes from" so she has created a backyard garden that they can work together on as a family. Stonyfield has been a staple in their house for ages, way before children. A favorite flavor of all her boys (including her husband) BaNilla Low-Fat. They say it tastes like ice cream! One of my favorites is the yogurt squeezers, we always have them in our freezer. They are perfect for the beach in the summer and to keep lunches cold...
As a busy working mom, Stephanie struggled to find time to cook healthy meals for her family or to fit in exercise at the end of a long day. Near the end of 2010, she decided to commit to a healthy lifestyle and signed up for her first half marathon. After blogging about her family for 3 years, Stephanie launched Food and Fitness 4 Real in 2011 as a way to help others who were struggling with their healthy living journey. Now she blogs about finding time for exercise, tips for staying motivated during long distance training, advice on "clean" eating and creates healthy recipes that the entire family can enjoy.
My name is Brandi and I dream up, cook up, eat up, and clean up over at BranAppetit! I was born in Portsmouth, VA and lived in Chesapeake, VA until I got married in 2004. I now live in the mountains of southwest Virginia with my husband, dog, and two cats. The majority of posts on my blog are recipes, and I like to keep a good balance between healthy and tasty meals and homemade desserts and other treats. I love using fresh, local, and seasonal foods and try to find ways to get others to buy fresh and local when possible or to grow their own. When I'm not in the kitchen, I love reading, hiking, and watching college football from August - January.
Liz Della Croce is the creator and author of The Lemon Bowl, a healthy food blog. Since 2010, Liz has been sharing delicious recipes that just so happen to be healthy. By using real ingredients with an emphasis on seasonality, Liz has built a growing audience of loyal readers who crave real food for their families. Liz has appeared live on the TODAY Show and tapes regular cooking segments for her local NBC affiliate station. Her recipes have been featured on several websites including The Cooking Channel, BabyQ and Foodista. Liz graduated from Boston University with a degree in Hospitality Administration and a minor in Marketing Management. As a new mother, Liz loves spending time chasing around her little guy...
Emily Roach is the founder and writer behind Random Recycling, a healthy food and green lifestyle blog. The blog shares family recipes, gardening stories and the latest in eco-friendly products. She is mom to two beautiful toddlers who inspire her to live sustainably. She is also the co-manager of the community blog, Parent Talk Matters, for her Boston-area moms organization. In her spare time, she helped launch a farmers market in her town and works closely with the community to build its presence. Emily believes healthy eating is the best preventative medicine, starting with a yummy breakfast of homemade granola and yogurt.
Amelia Winslow is a nutritionist, foodie, and new mom who believes healthy eating should be fun and easy, not stressful or overwhelming. That's why she started Eating Made Easy, a site that answers food questions, de-bunks nutrition myths, and offers practical tips to make eating at home easier. Next time you feel confused about what you should be eating or buying, head to Eating Made Easy to get Amelia's trusted, science-based advice.
Hi my name is April and I'm a food and photography blogger! I've always been a fan of cooking but my passion really took off after a trip to Paris where my camera eye caught the beauty in food. I started the blog Food n' Focus as a way to share these passions. I love to try new dishes and photograph them and I'm also big into lightening up dishes to make them healthier.
Nicki, founder of Little Island Studios, is extremely passionate about family fun, creating new recipes and designing play spaces for kids! She is the mother of a teen, tween and toddler. Her work can be found at Circle of Moms, SocialMoms, Green Child - about parenting, healthy life styles and having fun as a mom. Nicki is also launching Middle Moms, early summer of 2013. Nicki is a huge fan of the Stonyfield Organic Greek yogurt, for it's health benefits and versatility in creating delicious and easy new recipes! Follow her on Pinterest, Twitter and Facebook to join in the fun.
I'm a mom of 3 teens girls, 1 husband and 3 cats. I love trying and creating new recipes. I'm on a healthier life style journey for myself and slowing converting my family. Love exercising, watching movies, blogging, reading and crafting. Check out my blog at SusieQTpies Cafe
Marnely Rodriguez-Murray is the author of the food blog Cooking with Books. A graduate of The Culinary Institute of America, she has worked as an Overnight Bread Baker in Colorado, a Chocolate Maker in Virginia and currently as a pastry chef on the island of Martha's Vineyard, just to name a few. She currently resides on Martha's Vineyard with her chef-husband, where they are both on an endless search for new flavors, culinary trends and gastronomic inspiration.
Micaela Preston, founder of the Mindful Momma blog and author of the book Practically Green: Your Guide to EcoFriendly Decision-Making, has been writing about green & healthy living since 2006. She strives to be a good role model to her 2 boys by cooking and eating healthy food, while still allowing for the splurges of childhood. The Stonyfield flavor that’s almost always in her fridge? BaNilla Low-Fat – her boys think it’s the bomb! Voted one of Babble’s Top 50 Food Bloggers in 2010.
You can follow Micaela at Mindful Momma and on Facebook andTwitter.
Chung-Ah is a New York native who transplanted herself to sunny Southern California a decade ago for school and hasn’t left. She shares her love of cooking with her readers on her food blog, Damn Delicious, which is filled with unique, homemade recipes with step-by-step photos, helping facilitate recreations of quick and easy, simple recipes that are transformed into sophisticated and elegant meals.