About

Whether you’re new to healthy living and want some tips to get started… or you’re just looking for quick and healthy recipes, you’ve come to the right place.

Megan Gilmore in her kitchen near flowers.

Hi, I’m Megan Gilmore. I’m a certified nutritionist consultant (CNC) and 3x best-selling cookbook author. I love sharing healthy recipes that don’t require complicated ingredients.

I started this website for a few reasons:

  1. When I started dating my husband 20 years ago, he didn’t eat animal products. Since I love to cook, I suddenly had to learn to do it without meat, dairy, eggs, or honey. Some of our favorite recipes are vegetarian and dairy-free, so even though my husband no longer follows a vegan diet, we still share lots of vegan-friendly fare here.
  2. I don’t have any formal chef training, but I worked in a restaurant with a scratch kitchen for 5 years. Before that experience, I never knew salad dressing could taste so good. I knew I had to share what I had learned there!
  3. I have the brain of a baker, which means I prefer to follow recipes that provide exact measurements (even down to the salt) and specify a precise cooking time. Many chefs will tell you to “salt to taste” or “cook until done, ” which isn’t very helpful. My goal is to help you achieve better results in the kitchen by being more specific.

I also have a type-A personality, which means I won’t share a recipe until I’ve tested it multiple times in my kitchen. (Sometimes, this means I procrastinate and won’t share a recipe for months—sorry about that!)

Many questions arise while testing a recipe, so I won’t post something new until I have answers. For example, what happens if you roast potatoes at 350ºF instead of 425ºF? I tested that (along with a few other oven temperatures) when writing my oven-roasted potatoes recipe, so I’m confident you’ll receive the best directions possible.

Most recipes you’ll find here are naturally gluten-free, and several dairy-free options are also available. We have friends and family members who have special dietary needs, so I test substitutions whenever possible.

My Approach to Detox

The body has everything it needs to detox, including organs like the skin, liver, and kidneys.

So, you won’t find any drastic detox fads over here.

That’s because I used to struggle with binge eating, after too many attempts at following strict “clean eating” protocols. It took me nearly a decade to develop a better relationship with food, and my goal is to help others avoid the struggles I went through.

Now I don’t adhere to any super-strict rules or guidelines when it comes to eating. I think it’s far more beneficial to feed yourself well consistently, rather than attempting a short-term diet plan. In my experience, restriction leads to yo-yo dieting, and that’s a difficult cycle to break.

Instead, I like to share easy and delicious recipes made with whole-food ingredients to help support your body’s natural detoxification process. By eating more nutrient-rich foods and less processed ones, you’ll naturally support your body without doing anything drastic.

I’ve published 3 cookbooks with Penguin Random House, and have been lucky enough to go on press tours to promote them.

(All three became best-sellers on Amazon– with my Instant Pot cookbook shooting to #8 of ALL books on Amazon and becoming a Publishers Weekly best seller when it was released in 2018.)

Megan on the set of Home and Family

Watch me on these TV segments:

  • Pickler & Ben. I show the hosts how to make a vegetarian Shepherd’s pie in the Instant Pot, plus a quick dessert.
  • Hallmark’s Home & Family. This was my very first TV interview! I show the hosts how to make my grain-free pumpkin bars. (I returned for another visit, making Cauliflower Baked Ziti from my second cookbook.)
  • The 700 Club. In this segment, we make stuffed zucchini boats and discuss food combining for streamlined digestion.
  • KTLA. This segment shares a handful of recipes from my second cookbook, No Excuses Detox.
  • Kansas City Live. Watch me make a few recipes from one of my 5-day resets.
megan gilmore posing with Kellie Pickler and Ben Aaron.

You can listen to me on the following Podcasts:

I’ve also been featured on Forbes, BuzzFeed, Oprah.com, Greatist, The Guardian, Huff Post, Clean Eating Magazine, and more.

megan gilmore getting ready for a book signing at rainy day books.

Education & Certifications

After getting my bachelor’s degree, I later trained at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition to become a certified health coach and learn more about nutrition.

I also studied clinical nutrition at the Natural Healing Institute, becoming a Certified Nutritionist Consultant (CNC), and trained with Clinical Nutritionist and Detox Expert, Natalia Rose in Intelligent Detox Counseling.

With that being said, I think I’ve learned even more by testing recipes every single day and hearing from readers like you! I’m so glad to have you here in our community.