Well, hello there!
I'm Natalia, - a home chef, food photographer, nutrition enthusiast, former competitive fencer, and recipe developer. I live in Prague with my husband Jakub and our pet Thor (it's Roomba, but I am pretty sure it counts!).
I love cooking! Because of some health issues, I started to learn more about nutrition and became more thoughtful about what I was eating. I am passionate about sharing uncomplicated delicious recipes made from whole food or minimally processed ingredients.
I wouldn't want to label myself but I am cutting down on red meat, processed meat, and fatty dairy products.
My Story
I always loved cooking. We are quite a big family of 5 and, somehow, cooking together, we always managed to find our place in the "team" and that team worked like a clock. My love for cooking and trying new recipes comes from my mother who shared this passion with me.
My relationships with food were not always that easy. After retiring from being an active athlete and starting a 9-5 corporate job, I managed to gain quite a bit of extra weight. For a few years, I was constantly on and off some diet. Trust me, I tried a lot of those 🙂 I believe my metabolism was not in the right place.
Finally, I learned that to lose weight, I should eat. That's correct, I had to feed my body enough so it wouldn't shut the metabolism down while remaining in a calorie deficit.
That is when I started to educate myself more and more about nutrition in order to maintain a healthy diet (with a few guilty pleasures included for the soul). It was groundbreaking for me, as I am able to maintain this way of eating, probably, forever and I have lost my extra weight in a healthy and sustainable way.
My favorite things are:
- Ramen (yum!)
- Pasta
- Thai noodles (is it me or can you also see a pattern here?)
- My camera and my 50mm lens
- Arctic Monkeys
- Thunderstorms
Food photography
I also developed a love for food photography along the process and learned how to make regular meals appear as nice as they taste.
All of the food images you see on the website are mine.
If you're interested in working with me, you can send me an email at [email protected].