Megan Gilmore

Megan Gilmore is the creator of Detoxinista, a healthy recipe website she started in 2009. Healthy eating didn’t come naturally to her, so she’s made it her mission to make eating well easier for everyone by sharing unique recipes and meal prep ideas.

  • 3x Best-Selling Cookbook Author with Penguin Random House: Everyday Detox (2015), No Excuses Detox (2017), and The Fresh & Healthy Instant Pot Cookbook (2018).
  • 10+ years of recipe development, focusing on gluten-free, special dietary needs, and adding veggies into everyday meals
  • Kansas City–based after living in Los Angeles for nearly a decade
  • Cooking Show Host on YouTube for 10+ years with over 100,000 subscribers (plus a combined 600K+ on Instagram and Facebook)
  • Certified Nutritionist Consultant through NHI College
Megan Gilmore leaning on her white countertop.

TV Appearances

  • Hallmark Channel. Megan has been a guest twice on the daytime show Home & Family.
  • Pickler & Ben. Megan shows the hosts how to cook two dishes at once in the Instant Pot with a live studio audience.
  • The 700 Club. As a featured guest, Megan discusses how to make zucchini boats and streamline digestion.
  • KTLA. Megan shared 5 healthy recipes from her second cookbook on this live news show in Los Angeles.
  • Good Morning America shared Megan’s healthy pumpkin bars as a nutritionist-approved treat.
  • Clean Eating Magazine interviewed Megan as one of their favorite food bloggers.
  • Forbes shared her recipe for sunflower seed butter in an article about post-workout snacks.
  • BuzzFeed shares Megan’s recipe for coconut whipped cream as an alternative to Cool Whip.
  • Oprah includes a recipe from Megan’s second cookbook, No Excuses Detox, for a delicious low-carb breakfast.
  • The Guardian printed her Almond Butter Pancakes in their “10 Best Breakfasts” article.
  • Huff Post includes Megan’s vegan cauliflower pizza crust recipe in a collection of cauliflower recipes.
megan gilmore featured in a magazine with her first cookbook.

Fun Facts about Megan

  • Working in a restaurant changed her life. Megan’s family relied on drive-thru windows when she was a kid, so she learned most of what she knows from working in a restaurant for 5 years. The chefs taught her how to make salad dressings and curry sauces from scratch while she worked as a barista, waitress, and eventually restaurant manager.
  • Her husband didn’t eat animal products when they met. This coincided with the time when she was learning how to cook, so she suddenly had to do it without meat, dairy, or honey. Megan loves a good challenge, and this is why you’ll find so many dairy-free and vegan options on this website, even though she doesn’t follow a vegan diet herself.
  • She loves exact measurements. One of Megan’s pet peeves is when a recipe instructs you to “salt to taste” without providing a suggested starting point. Most home cooks tend to under-salt food, so her recipes will always give a suggested measurement so you don’t wind up with a bland meal.
  • She prefers gluten-free baking. Megan briefly followed an elimination diet while breastfeeding, which included eliminating gluten. While she no longer has to eat 100% gluten-free, many people in her life do, so she made it her mission to create gluten-free recipes that taste just as delicious as the traditional versions. (Like these GF Cinnamon Rolls.)
  • She seeks out donuts while traveling. Megan and her husband have strong opinions when it comes to donuts. The best one in New York? Daily Provisions. In Kansas City? Fluffy Fresh. In Los Angeles? Blinkies donuts. (Worth a drive to the valley.)
closeup of beet salad with goat cheese.

Popular Recipes

  • Healthy Pumpkin Bars. These flourless bars took the internet by storm! They were the first recipe Megan was asked to make on The Hallmark Channel, and they were later featured on Good Morning America.
  • Date Brownies. This recipe is 100% fruit-sweetened, but tastes like the two-bite brownies you’d buy from the store. (Seriously.)
  • Healthy Burgers. This recipe was an “ah-ha” moment for Megan. She realized she could make healthy burgers more affordable, with extra fiber, and you can’t tell just by tasting them!
  • Chai Latte. Megan was a barista in college and figured out a way to make a homemade chai latte without the boxed concentrate or refined sugar.
  • Healthy Spaghetti. With a picky family to feed, Megan figured out a few ways to upgrade spaghetti night, without anyone noticing.
  • Baked Turkey Meatballs. These are magical because you don’t need breadcrumbs as a binder. The flavor is out of this world!
  • Healthy Hot Chocolate. Kristen Bell recommended Megan’s recipe a few years ago and made it go viral with millions of pageviews.
closeup of hot chocolate in a blue mug.