Love Real Food

Kathryne Taylor is the personality behind the hugely popular blog Cookie + Kate, named after her crumb-catching dog Cookie. In six years, the vegetarian and all-natural food blog has grown from a hobby to a full-time project, and now garners over two million visits per month. Kathryne researches, develops, cooks, photographs, and writes every recipe on the blog. Originally from Oklahoma, she now lives in Kansas City.

Learn to eat well with more than 100 approachable and delicious meatless recipes designed for everyone vegetarians, vegans, and meat-eaters alike with substitutions to make meals special diet friendly (gluten-free, dairy-free, and egg-free) whenever possible. 

The path to a healthy body and happy belly is paved with real food fresh, wholesome, sustainable food and it doesn t need to be so difficult. No one knows this more than Kathryne Taylor of America s most popular vegetarian food blog, Cookie + Kate.

With brand-new, creative recipes, Taylor inspires you to step into the kitchen and cook wholesome plant-based meals, again and again. She ll change your mind about kale and quinoa, and show you how to make the best granola you ve ever tasted. You ll find make-your-own instant oatmeal mix and fluffy, naturally sweetened, whole-grain blueberry muffins; hearty green salads and warming soups; pineapple pico de gallo; healthier homemade pizzas; and even a few favorites from the blog. Of course, Love Real Food wouldn t be complete without plenty of stories starring Taylor s veggie-obsessed, rescue dog sous-chef, Cookie! Taylor celebrates whole foods by encouraging you not just to eat this, but to eat like this. Take it from her readers: you ll love how you feel.