CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?! My blog is finally ready and revealed! 🙂 It is totally me, my style and my favorite colors…red and orange.
As of October 2013, I have begun a new concept for my blog and I’m THRILLED about it. The Healthy Flavor, for me, has been a wonderful expression of my passion with vegan cooking, baking and sharing some delicious food with all of you. Click on my About page for the full scoop of who I am and how I transitioned that blog to this one.
My readers have been such an integral role in igniting my passion for creating dishes that are healthy, unique and most of all, delicious. Through operating The Healthy Flavor, one thing stood out to me about what appealed to most readers….you want simple, no fuss recipes. I started doing some blog searching and found that my most popular and repeatedly made recipes were 8 ingredients or less (not necessarily including salt or water).
Therefore, that became my new concept and dedication to my readers! In today’s world, most people are going to gravitate towards easy recipes that don’t take forever or require 10-20 ingredients. I personally am attracted to recipes that I see and know will be easy. I took a little poll among people and everybody said what attracted them most to actually make a recipe was that it needed to be simple and not too many ingredients.
Since, I have so many readers that make plenty of my recipes, I have transitioned all of them onto this blog for your convenience. So, not every recipe on this blog is 8 ingredients, but many are. Any NEW recipe will be though, not necessarily including salt or water. Basically we all have salt and water in our homes. All of my new recipes will only require you to technically purchase 8 ingredients, although several of them are so basic you will probably already have those as well. But, basically that is the idea behind the new concept.
Please notice the new recipe index! Also, the 2 new menu bars, Kid-Friendly and Allergies! These are all for your convenience. It has taken me forever to get this done, but it’s so worth it. The Kid-Friendly category/menu will be recipes all free from oil, gluten and nuts! The allergy page will list different categories based on allergies such as somebody who needs a gluten-free recipe or a nut-free recipe, or even wants a no-bake recipe.
So, let me know what you think of it all and PLEASE click on over to the right of this page and enter your email and click the subscribe button! Make sure to confirm your subscription in the email you receive and if you don’t receive it, check your spam in case. Let me know if you have any problems with anything on the site.
Please know too, I am still finalizing a couple of details and adding all of my recipes to the recipe index, so they are not all on there yet. However, the site is basically done otherwise and I wanted to get it revealed once and for all.
I have lots of exciting things to come….as in almost 20 new recipes to share with you. Here’s a couple of teasers…..
Gluten-free double chocolate muffins…..
Tomato Risotto……
And the best freaking chocolate cake you’ve ever had, as stated by my family members….there really are no words for this cake…..I’ll leave you with the title, Triple Chocolate Almond Cake. Oh yeah, this is a gluten-free, vegan cake but it is so rich and decadent, you will freak out!!
Also, the VERY NEXT POST on here will be a contest giveaway, so make sure you are subscribed. You must be a follower of this blog to enter!
Congratulations on the new website. Your hardwork and efforts have paid off.. The site looks beautiful.
Thank you so much! That is so sweet!
brandi, your new site is SOOOO beautiful! I love the simplicity of the design and all of your photos are gorgeous, as usual! I can’t wait to see all your new recipes. Congrats!
You are so sweet Melanie! Thank you so much! I am very happy with it! 🙂
Nice layout, orange and red are nice colors, too! The tomato risotto looks mouthwatering including the chocolate cake!
Thank you very much Rika! I can’t wait to post those recipes…I have lots and lots of new ones coming in the next several weeks!
Your blog looks wonderful, Brandi. Easy to see that you’ve put an awful lot of work into this site. Congratulations!
YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH JOHN! LOTS OF WORK, BUT I’M EXCITED ABOUT IT 🙂
I LOVE this so much!! OHH my goodness. That cake….OMGG!
THANKS BRITTANY! YES, SERIOUSLY WE ALL DIED OVER THE CAKE…MY MOM’S EYES WERE ROLLING IN THE BACK OF HER HEAD…FOR REAL!
Brandi, LOVE the new blog!!!! Congrats!
THANKS ALICE!
The new site is wonderful! So clean and fresh looking. Also glad you brought over your recipe collection as I haven’t finished going through them all and enjoying them 😉
Keep up the great work
cheers
cindy
i APPRECIATE THAT CINDY! yES, i DIDN’T WANT TO KEEP OUT ALL THE GOOD RECIPES THAT SEVERAL HAVE ENJOYED FOR THE PAST YEAR! THANK YOU SO MUCH 😉
Brandi, congratulations!!!! Your new blog is amazing!! I cant wait to try some of your Recipes. Simple is very appealing to me, i love what You’ve done here!! Great job on all of your hard work, you should be super proud!!!
tHANK YOU SO MUCH BRIENNA!! I REALLY APPRECIATE IT!
Brandi, your new site (and recipes) look incredible! Great job.
PS I hope you and the vegan 8 are planning on joining the Virtual Vegan Potluck!
tHANK YOU VERY MUCH ANNIE! I, POSSIBLY, MAY BE ABLE TO…BUT NOT SURE SINCE I HAVE 2 EVENTS TO PLAN FOR OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS…I DON’T WANT TO OVERSTRESS. WE WILL SEE! 🙂
Brandi, this looks incredible. Huge congratulations! I can appreciate how much time and effort this must have taken you. Really looking forward to having a good look through all your recipes when I can snaffle some ‘me time’.
Thank you very much Saskia! Yes, soooo much time and I wanted to pull my hair out many times, but thankfully I didn’t. 🙂
OH AND i GOT YOUR MESSAGE AND REPLIED TO IT…HOPE IT WENT THROUGH! tHANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING ME KNOW!! 🙂
My dear Friend Brandi…..you are some kind of amazing! I can’t wait to try some of your recipes! I love your new blog!!!
AWW THANKS KAREN! i THINK YOU ARE BIASED BEING MY FRIEND SINCE YOU’VE SAMPLED SOME OF MY GOODIES! tHANKS GIRL!
Brandi your blog looks amazing!!
Brandi your Blog looks Outstanding! Luv your yummy healthy recipes!
THANK YOU TIFFANY! i NOW SEE YOUR COMMENTS…THEY HAD GONE TO SPAM AT FIRST!
Um Brandi you are a GODDESS!! I LOVE the look of your new site–so simple and colorful and gorgeous!! And the new premise of your site is brilliant–it reminds me a lot of minimalist Baker, in the best way! Can’t wait to see more of your fabulous posts–you’ve been missed in the blogging world!
Awww thank you so much Erika! You are a sweetheart! That’s a huge compliment! I’m super excited about it!
I’m so excited for all of your new posts. Thank you sooooo much
Thank you Lauren!
Brandi, I love your new space! the blog looks incredible. Congratulations on all your hard work paying off. seriously, i love this concept. it’s brilliant. you’re absolutely right – as much as i admire and drool over insane, over the top, difficult recipes, i only ever make the simple ones. i’m so happy your new blog is up and running and you know i’m going to be a devoted fan.
AWW THANK YOU nANCY, YOU ALREADY MADE MY DAY!! i REALLY THINK THIS NEW CONCEPT WILL REALLY HELP PEOPLE WHO WANT AND NEED MEALS THAT WON’T REQUIRE 10 TRIPS TO THE STORE AND IT STILL BE INSANELY DELISH. i WAS REALIZING i DIDN’T EVEN WANT TO MAKE SOME OF MY OLDER RECIPES B/C THEY WERE TOO LONG, LOL! tHANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT 🙂