Welcome to Find Your Zen Spot!
My name is Lisa and I want to welcome you to my lifestyle blog, Find Your Zen Spot.
I am the cook, baker, writer, photographer, decorator, organizer, and creator behind Find Your Zen Spot.
I started this blog in July of 2019 because I wanted to share the tips and secrets that I have found with vegan and vegetarian cooking and baking, how to become more organized as well as decorate, and last but not least, fun Do It Yourself projects.
With this blog, I hope to inform, inspire, and encourage everyone that visits to try new things, to experiment, and to have fun!
Why the name Find Your Zen Spot?
Zen is a peaceful and calming word. That is the very meaning of it! Zen is a word that denotes calm attentiveness. The value of Zen is meditation and intuition, and to me that is the perfect Spot!
Which in all of my topics that is exactly what you are channeling, your Zen.
Let me tell you a little about myself…
First off, Minnesota is where I was born and raised and will live out the rest of my days.
Growing up on a small farm in Minnesota, it was a pretty simple life of gardening, raising animals, helping out neighbors with field work and just enjoying the outside with my friends.
After moving on to college in a larger town in Minnesota, my life changed from a simple farm girl to a city girl.
This is where and when I met my husband, who was a vegan and had been for about 5 years before I met him.
Being a vegetarian, veganism was a new concept for me, I had to learn how to cook and bake vegan, and trust me, that was a huge learning curve!
We had 2 beautiful boys and raised them as vegetarian.
Today my boys are now young men, my husband and I are both vegan and loving life!
Why I love Do It Yourself Projects
Because of the simple life of living on the farm, we had to create something out of nothing, recycle items, and give a item a new life. This is how I started enjoying Do It Yourself projects.
Why Organizing and Decorating
At the start of my school years, I struggled. I was losing everything and couldn’t keep things straight. I was all over the place. Finally, one teacher noticed this and helped me to be more organized, and well, that has stuck with me through the years and it changed my future!
As I continued in school, I soon realized that organizing and decorating are actually one in the same and fell in love with both!
About my Vegan and Vegetarian Recipes
30 years ago there really was not much available for meat, mayo, or cheese alternatives, or substitutions of any kind.
But after years of experimenting and trying new ingredients or using old ingredients in new ways and learning new techniques, I believe I have come up with recipes that everyone will love, even meat eaters!
With my recipes, you will find that they save time, money, with easy to find ingredients, and simple instructions.
Why did I decide to become Vegan?
I started a Vegetarian diet when I was 15 and continued into my early 40’s.
I have a few reasons for becoming a Vegan:
- Age
- Cost
- Environment
- Allergies
That’s right, believe it or not the cost is so much cheaper if you are eating the right plant-based diet!
But my allergies are my biggest reason for going all out Vegan.
In 2016 I starting having allergic reactions to everything! I didn’t know what was causing my reactions.
After consulting doctors, the best thing for me to do is eliminate everything and start to reintroduce foods slowly to see the reactions.
I figured out all my allergy triggers and changed my diet to a simple plant-based vegan diet to keep all my allergies under control.
Why I write a Blog?
Fast forward 30 years and after raising 2 boys, I found myself wondering, NOW WHAT??
So I thought I would write about all the things that I have learned over the many years of creating and experimenting.
I figured that others would benefit from my results and maybe, just maybe, I might learn about new Ideas and creations along the way. This blog will drive me to explore farther and discover new ideas and creations and my only hope is that it will do the same for you.
How to connect with me
Please feel free to email me at the address below, I would love to connect with you.
You can also find me on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest.
Contact me by email at lisa@findyourzenspot.com.
Thank you so much for your support.