Hello! I’m Robin

plant based VEGAN FOODIE + BLOGGER, recipe creator, Peloton riding, WEIGHTLIFTER

Welcome to my blog.  I’m the plant based vegan & sometimes gluten free foodie/blogger, recipe creator, world traveler, Peloton riding/weightlifting that’s an former ultra marathoner behind Knead to Cook.  I believe food should fuel your life and your passions.  I’m a former carnivore transitioned to vegan for over nine years now.  I believe food should be simple and approachable.

I have had the pleasure to be a contributor to Lucy Activewear Lucy Let’s Go blog – creating exclusive recipes and sharing my favorite workout wear.  I am a contributor to VegaOne and Honest Cooking.  I work with several companies to create recipes for their products including Maille U.S., Colavita and Bob’s Redmill to name a few.

“I firmly believe food is healing and medicinal.”

I’m married to my biggest supporter for over 25 years. We are the parents to two daughters. One lives in Italy and is in grad school. One is local and in the workforce. Both are avid travelers and explorers. And they are both plant based vegans.

My food journey has been an evolution since I started my blog about 12 years ago.  I started to change the way I was eating and migrated over to being a vegetarian.  It wasn’t for any grand reason other than I sat down to dinner and couldn’t put a piece of meat in my mouth. From that point forward it was like a switch was turned off and I never looked back. That was over 9 years ago. 

 I believe food should fuel your life and your passions.”

Then the power of food really impacted my daughter. My oldest was battling cystic acne for about 4 years. It was suggested to remove gluten and dairy from her diet after many harsh topicals and prescriptions failed to work.  Within 10 months her face is clear and acne free.  I also removed gluten from my diet to support her and I’ve felt wonderful.

You will notice a migration of recipes on my blog from full on carnivores/dairy filled to vegan/gluten free.  I wanted to provide some history on the journey and my migration to make more sense of the recipe compilation.  My hope is that everyone can incorporate some vegan/vegetarian dishes into their family’s diet.  Food is medicine.

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60 Comments

  1. Great website! !! Looking forward to follow the features of the day and learn more creative ways to eating healthy!

  2. Robin- Great Site! Congrats! Now I will have easy access to all your YUMMY recipes without saying…, “I need that recipe from you!” Your Beef Stew is on my menu for tonight!

  3. Hi Robin,

    This is great! Congratulations! Last night I cooked marinara and meatballs (from the recipes you gave me a few years ago) for our family and some friends and it was as delicious as ever! 🙂

  4. Hi Robin!

    So happy to be following your blog! I am so glad you found me (the spoon girl) so I could discover your super wonderful blog! Good luck! If you get out to AZ look me up…we have MUCH in common!

    Carrie

    1. Carrie, We’ll be out there at some point. My husband is an alum at the U of A and likes to back from time to time. I’ve been posting a link to you page every time I use your silverware. I LOVE it!!! Will be emailing you soon 🙂 oxoxox

  5. I’m looking for a recipe for zucchini apple muffins I saw yours for zucchini banana can I use apple instead od the banana I need your help !!

    Thanks
    Robert from Hyde Park New York Home of the CIA , FDR Home and the Vanderbuilts

    1. I totally think you can! Remove the banana and I would core, peel and then grate the apple and add it to the batter. I think it would be perfect. Let me know!

  6. I was just given your recipe for pumpkin oatmeal and decided to check out your blog. Your recipes are amazing! Thanks for sharing and I look forward to more recipes!

    1. Wendy, That’s great! Thanks so much for the super sweet comment. Let me know what you think of it. We’ve been eating it all week and love it. Robin

  7. I do not yet blog, but love to cook and eat but especially collecting recipes and cook books over 10000 in 50 + years of collecting. Those meatballs really are easy and look delicious Good luck and by the way neither you or your best friend look old enough to be married let alone 15 years wow

  8. Hi Robin. Once you told me the name of your blog, i just had to check it out. I love word play, and the name of your blog is sooo clever. Just looking at the first page, I can tell I will love some of the delicious recipes and cannot wait to try them!

    1. Joan!!! Yay! So glad you popped by. Check out some of the goodies and I promise I’ll bring you some things to taste test for me 🙂 Robin oxoxo

  9. Hey Robin, Just looking at the brownie recipe and saw that you use Wilber’s chocolate. Are you in central PA or is there another Wilber’s chocolate co?

  10. So I’m looking through your blog and I am noticing, most of your pics have accessories from Pier 1 if I’m not mistaken? 😉 I’m a total geek admitting this, but I work there and I can’t help but see how wonderfully the napkins you choose go with your pictures!

    1. Some pieces are from there. Anthropologie, Sur la Table, Crate and Barrel, WS, Potter Barn… where I find something that I like, I pick it up 🙂 Thanks for popping by and visiting. oxoxo

  11. Just found your page- Dumpster Diva sent me over! LOVE it! Got to try the chili today! I always have the cornbread ( minus the corn in mine) My kind of friend- eat healthy – cooks- runs. Have a leased day.

  12. Robin,
    I found your blog via a Facebook post… my boyfriend works for Chobani and I follow their FB page, where they featured your pumpkin smoothie. I’m a graphic designer, and I just wanted to tell you that I LOVE your blog heading design! Who created it for you? Are you on Pinterest, too?
    Kim

  13. I noticed this was a WordPress blog, but am frustrated that I can’t find a follow button! This is such a beautiful blog. Thanks for all the effort you put into it.

    1. Margot, I’m having my website under construction as we speak by an awesome company. That option will be available in less than a month. Thank you!! oxox

  14. Hi, just started reading your blog and loving it. I live in Lancaster Co near Cherry Hill and love picking the cherries for sour cherry pie. Looking forward to trying your recipes. Ty.

  15. Robin,

    Enjoyed your race posts. Have you ever considered or have done a triathlon? Let me know if interested, I’ve started building a Lancaster Co Tri Team.

  16. Hey Robin,

    Just stumbled upon your blog today and am very stoked to look through it, after reading your ‘about me’ page. Your green cacao recovery shake looks delish (the recipe that brought me to your site). My husband is a runner, running over 100 km a month, yes we live in Canada. I am a 10K runner and haven’t gone past that yet but would love to soon. I hope my husband and I can be like you and your husband in our future years! You rock on changing your diet to fit your lifestyle.

    Check out my blog if you have time.

    Mandy Dugas from http://www.MandysHealthyLife.com

  17. Hey there are using WordPress for your blog platform?

    I’m new to the blog wold but I’m trying to get started and set up my own. Do you require any codfing knowledge to makee your own blog?
    Any help would be greatly appreciated!