Vanessa is passionate about creating delicious and healthy recipes to enjoy with her family and friends. From a Croatian background, Vanessa grew up in a household where her mother taught her how to cook traditional food using techniques passed on through the generations. With a great love for nature and wildlife Vanessa also enjoys growing her own organic vegetables and experimenting with healthy ingredients and tastes. A cook, wildlife illustrator, artist, educator in art and design, wife, proud mother and grandmother, Vanessa appreciates that life can be busy and challenging. Over the years she learnt to cook "on the go" with a creative edge. While it can be less time-consuming to eat out or pick up fast food on the run, these foods are often high in calories and low in nutrients and in time, may increase your chances of developing chronic diseases. To prevent health issues, it is extremely important to follow and maintain a healthy diet. With this in mind, Vanessa has put together some quick and easy nutrient plant-based recipes to help encourage and guide you to healthy eating habits.