Vegan chef since 2006 and vegan since 2002, way before vegan was cool. My mission is to show that a plant-based diet and vegan lifestyle can be delicious & easy, and will bring more energy and joy into your life, all while helping the planet and the animals.

Before the pandemic, my business included healthy cooking classes, lectures and cooking demos, private instruction in people’s homes, consulting and corporate team building, personalised fitness programs and personal training, and public and private yoga classes. I also led wellness retreats worldwide.

Now I live in Portugal, where I continue to make delicious vegan food and travel around Europe dancing west coast swing (new hobby unlocked at 45 years old! It’s never too late to start something new). You can still work with me for fitness coaching anywhere in the world! I hope to start leading retreats again soon.

I’ve parted ways with my previous brand, The Blissful Chef. I’m not the same blissful person I used to be, to be honest. I’ve gotten older and wiser (and more radical!). That will happen in your 40s, after perimenopause hits and you get diagnosed with AuDHD, I suppose. I’ve created a new life in Portugal and want to share this beautiful country with others.

This website is my blog, a place I ramble and share what is on my mind. I’ve got so much to say. I’ll also keep writing travel blogs and fill in the gaps for places I visited in the last few years but never wrote about. My website got hacked two times in the last five years, so excuse me while I continue updating photographs and making sure things work around here.