My name is Maddie, and I am a Food Engineer and Recipe Developer.
I am a food engineer and recipe developer. Which is exactly what you think it is: I dedicate my time to developing delicious recipes that are worth repeating.
The kitchen has always been my escape. Cooking has always been a joyful experience for me (even when my recipes don’t go as planned!).
My education was inspired by the peace that cooking gives me. Four and half years of late nights, studying until I went cross-eyed, infinite cups of coffee, and somehow managing to pass all of my classes, I emerged with a Bachelor of Bioproducts & Biosystems Engineering with an emphasis in Food Engineering and a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition.
I know what you’re thinking – what the hell is Food Engineering?
Food Engineering taught be about how food behaves in processing (don’t be afraid of that word, chopping veggies is considered processing!), what ingredients will do to the end result of a recipe, and why they are needed. Food engineering helped me understand all of the weird science and chemistry that is the basis for everything we do in the kitchen. Nutrition helped me understand what this all means for us – human beings! What do these ingredients do to our bodies, metabolically? How are they metabolized, and why do we need them? I believe this combination gives me a unique perspective on cooking and nutrition.
In my years since graduating, I dove into the world as a recipe developer. My kitchen has become my lab. My kitchen is where I experiment and put this science to work.
So what’s my food philosophy?
My food philosophy is simple. I don’t follow a diet, and I don’t have a zero tolerance policy for anything. I eat nourishing, whole foods most of the time, but I will also eat whatever the hell I want – which sometimes means indulging in a rich and decadent chocolate mousse, homemade pasta, or ice cream. Mostly, I eat healthy food because I enjoy it, and because I know how it makes me feel. But I also operate without food rules, restrictions, or judgement. So, when you search through my recipes, that’s mostly what you will find. Nourishing recipes that showcase whole food ingredients, usually seasonal, and local when I can. But you will also find pure treasures – a recipe whose only purpose is to bring your tastebuds to life without any apologies for how many calories it contains, how many trendy diet rules it’s breaking, or any of that nonsense.
You won’t find a library of all grain free, sugar free, gluten free, or whatever the restrictive trend of moment is because that’s not me. But you will find something delicious.
So this site is my outlet for all of my food experiments in the kitchen.
…so that means I am relying on YOU for your honest feedback on my creations! Welcome to my world.
