****UPDATE****
Hello friends. Rise Shine Cook and I (Ashley) are on hiatus right now. I’m busy picking up toys and using my fringe minutes to make plant-based eating doable and delicious for my young family. I miss you all and hope the recipes here will inspire, satisfy, and nourish you and your loved ones.
Sincerely,
Ashley
Hi, I’m Ashley!
I love to make healthy taste delicious. I think about food all day, every day. I’d call myself a health foodie.
I specialize in plant-based, anti-inflammatory, oil-free, and mostly gluten-free recipes. My perspective on health is a unique mish mash of western healthcare (I spent over 10 years as a pharmacist), alternative medicine (I’m a registered holistic nutritionist), and personal experience (I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at 23).
When I turned 30, I dropped everything and attended culinary school in NYC — because it dawned on me that food (and sharing its connection to health) was my calling. I’ve written two cookbooks (Plant-Based Delicious and The Plant-Based Cookbook — a bestseller!).
Somewhere along the way, I fell in love with food photography and now try to capture my creations whenever I can.
Right now, I’m in a busy, beautiful, time-strapped chapter of life — raising two young boys while still trying to eat well myself. That’s what inspired my new series: Crumbs.
Crumbs
Crumbs is a biweekly newsletter series created with parents in mind — because that’s the stage I’m in — but you definitely don’t need kids to enjoy it.
If you’ve ever felt crunched for time, tired of your usual meal, or like dinner is always a little too last-minute… this is for you.
It’s where I share real-life, doable strategies for feeding yourself in the middle of everything — smart, satisfying, plant-based recipes and flexible solutions for adults who are multitasking, running on cold coffee and dry toast, and still hungry. Because your plate deserves more than leftovers
Rise Shine Cook is still going strong
Rise Shine Cook remains the heart of this newsletter — Crumbs is a connected series within it, offering a more personal, grounded take on how to eat well when life is full.
As a subscriber, you’ll get both.
Why subscribe to Rise Shine Cook?
This space is here to inspire and empower you to eat healthier, feel better, and cook from home.
If you want more from your diet, if you’re looking for guidance in making delicious plant-based meals for yourself and your family, if you want to say “hey, I made that!” while also laughing at your blunders — you’re in the right place.
I hope you’ll subscribe!
Paid subscribers get:
✔️ Bonus & exclusive seasonal recipes
✔️ Printable recipe PDFs
✔️ Cooking videos
✔️ Substitutions (gluten-free, high-protein, etc.) & nutrition boosts
✔️ The ability to comment, ask questions & connect
You won’t have to worry about missing anything — every edition of Rise Shine Cook and the Crumbs series goes straight to your inbox. No ads, no extra clicks, no endless scrolling.
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