My name is Julie Miguel and I am a freelance recipe developer, food stylist and food blogger with a passion for inspired and healthy recipes as well as beautiful food styling and food photography.  Through this blog you will see my recipes that I have developed.  My mission is to empower home cooks to create wholesome recipes from scratch.  Being a working mother is hard so my way of making life easier is to create these easy, healthy and budget friendly recipes and share them with you all!

Here is a little bit of background info about me should you wonder how I began my food journey.  My interest in cooking began at a very young age.  I would sit up on the counter next to my mother and watch her cook and ask many questions.  I loved learning about cooking and food.  After the tragic passing of my mother when I was just a teenager, I took on the responsibility of cooking for my entire family. Now, cooking is more than a proud inheritance – it’s my life!  I am not a trained chef, however, I am home cook with a ton of real life experience.  I am also a proud mother to two of the coolest and hungriest little men and we call Toronto our home.

I placed 7^th (lucky number 7?) on the inaugural season (2014) of CTV’s MasterChef Canada.  Since then, I started this blog, made numerous appearances on my favourite show The Marilyn Denis Show, taught culinary classes in Toronto and Vaughan and attended many foodie events as a guest chef and celebrity home cook!