About Beet of the Wild

Inspired by nature, Beet of the Wild is a blog dedicated to healthy home cooking, seasonal recipes, natural living and holistic homemaking.

Behind the Blog

Welcome! I'm Michelle, the recipe developer and photographer behind Beet of the Wild. I am so pleased you have stumbled upon my little corner of the internet!

If you, too, believe in slowing down to nature's pace, creating nourishing meals with real food, and bringing back the old-fashioned art of homemaking, you've landed in the right place.

My Experience & Qualifications

After developing food sensitivities to dairy and wheat in my early 20s, I began learning to cook and bake from scratch with alternative ingredients and whole foods. 

Once I experienced the powerful effects of simply changing my diet, I had to know more. Not only did my gut health improve, my sudden onset of adult acne quickly dissipated, and my anxiety didn't feel as crippling.

Already naturally minded, and after doing many months of research, I enrolled at the Institute of Holistic Nutrition. I poured myself into the program and graduated with honours as a Certified Nutritional Practitioner (Nutritionist).

With now over 10 years of experience in healthy home cooking and a devotion to holistic nutrition and natural living, I am just as passionate of a learner as I was the day I started.

I never claim to know everything. Just like you, I am learning, growing and changing every day. I simply enjoy sharing my tastiest recipes, along with information and experiences that have helped me along the way.

Where It All Began

After graduating in 2018, and many requests for my recipes, I began publishing them online, where I could also utilize my skills and passion for photography.

In 2019, I officially launched my first blog. Realizing I was never cut out for city life, I was also rooting back into rural living (and my true nature).

As my childhood dream of living a simple, family-focused life rekindled, I began honing my self-sufficiency and homemaking skills. All the while, I began outgrowing the old blog name. And as the stars aligned, my original blog hit its expiration date, transforming into Beet of the Wild in 2021.

What 'Beet of the Wild' Means

The name Beet of the Wild was inspired by a harmonious blend of what's near and dear to my heart.

First and foremost, I am an avid nature lover and believe that we humans desperately need to return to our natural roots. To me, it's become glaringly obvious that the further away from nature we move, the more chronic disease and mental illness we seem to develop.

Secondly, I am greatly inspired and shaped by my father, who passed away in 2019 (shortly after launching my first blog).

My dad was a musician, singing professionally in Barbershop Quartets and Chorus'. He was also a successful entrepreneur with a heart full of dreams. He lived a bustling life before I came along. And since he was 57 when that time came, it shook him up to take better care of his health. 

Thankfully, he was raised on a farm with all the best traditional foods. So I too, grew up on more traditional foods like sourdough bread, buttermilk, bone broth and scratch-made Sunday dinners.

My love for quality foods and interest in nutrition comes naturally from my dad's influence. Though you won't catch me on stage, music, singing, and dancing are also a huge part of who I am, thanks to him.

So, the play on words is a fun little tribute to my beloved father that also ties in with my affinity for rooting into nature and dancing with the seasons.

A Little More About Me

Growing up in a rural area, I spent my summers running barefoot with the butterflies, bees and, of course, my beloved doggies.

When I’m not in the kitchen or behind the camera, you can still occasionally catch me frolicking barefoot on those breezy summer days. But mostly, you’ll find me in the garden, tackling a home makeover or cozied up by the fire with the dogs, cats and a crochet project in tow.

My Favourite Recipes

My Promise to You

I am committed to providing quality content and recipes. Every recipe on Beet of the Wild is carefully crafted and thoroughly tested by me (a human with real-life tastebuds). What you will find are my tried and true recipes that I continuously make for myself, my family and my friends.

I will never use artificial intelligence to create recipes, photos or written content. Everything you see on Beet of the Wild is manually crafted, created and edited by a living, breathing human.

Focusing on natural ingredients and real food, most recipes are scratch-made. What you won't find are recipes that call for artificial food dyes, heavily refined sugars and flours, or processed and boxed ingredients.

Combining nourishment and flavour, I strive to make clean eating and cooking with whole foods easy, attainable and enjoyable for everyone. So, I do my best to cater to a variety of allergies and intolerances.

While I always strive to be accurate, I am human and do make mistakes. But, I do my best to learn from them and am grateful when they are kindly pointed out so I can fix them.

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