Hello and welcome to Simply Celine! My name is Celine. I am the recipe developer, writer, and photographer behind this blog. Food has always been a huge part of my life. From as early as I can remember, I was always in the kitchen with my mom putting something together with whatever we could find in the fridge. It would be my favorite part of the day. As an avid watcher of the Food Network at the time, I had this dream of one day being a Food Network star. My family would indulge my obsession by pretending like I was hosting my own tv show. They would be my audience and I would explain everything that my mom and I were doing and what our plan for the outcome would be. Those are the memories that are clearest for me about growing up, being in the kitchen with my mom and enjoying every aspect of the process of deciding what to make, how we were going to make it, actually making it, and then serving it to the rest of the family, sitting down together and sharing the meal together. Although my obsession with Food Network may have dwindled, my passion for food has never gone away, in fact, it has gotten stronger.
This lifelong love of food has inspired me to create this blog! My main vision for this blog is to be a space where people can find easy and simple plant-based recipes. I hope to reach out to the everyday cook, such as people who think they may not have time to cook, or who would like to cook more but just don’t know how. My hope is that I can show you all that nutritious, plant-based cooking does not need to be super expensive, it can be really delicious, cheap, and maybe even fun!