About Me

Hey, thanks for stopping by! I’m Nicole, better known as Nikki Vegan. I’m a recipe developer, content creator, and cookbook author with a passion for home cooking and helping people find practical ways to eat more plants, more often.

I’m here to help you eat better in your REAL life – the one you actually live…not the “ideal life” where you have unlimited time to prepare all of your meals and can do so with the very fanciest of ingredients.

I use ordinary, everyday ingredients like oats, bananas, broccoli, sweet potatoes, chickpeas, and almonds, and want to stress that a healthy vegan diet doesn’t have to be made up of pricey superfood powders or other luxury ingredients. It’s just about eating more plants and finding new ways to make them taste good!

My hope is that sharing recipes on my blog will help you get excited about what’s on your plate, and help remind you that even something as simple as sitting down to a great meal can help us see that “there’s something good in every day.”

Eating well punctuates my day with little moments of happiness and I’m excited to help you create those moments of bliss in your life too.

My Story

I’m first generation American, and was raised by my Norwegian Mom and Grandma in southern Florida. I started cooking when I was four years old. Back then my specialty was scrambled eggs and I would offer to make them for anyone who stepped foot inside our house!

By the age of twelve I had an extensive cookbook collection and I have vivid memories of Saturday mornings spent curled up and cozy, reading recipes from far away places like Italy or Greece in my well-loved, annotated, dogeared cookbooks. I still have many of them today.

But my love of cooking – simple, everyday cooking – really came from helping my Grandma in the kitchen. She taught me not to waste anything, to make the most of what you have, and to keep things simple; lessons that would extend far beyond the countless meals we created together.