Eat healthier without giving up dessert.

Balanced recipes that will make you feel great. Created by a nutritionist who believes that you can have your cake and eat it too. No rules. Just delicious food.

Maria Fernanda Lopez Moreno

Maria

Nutritionist & HYROX athlete

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        Maria Fernanda Lopez Moreno enjoying a bowl of her one-pot rice
        Maria Fernanda Lopez Moreno enjoying a bowl of her one-pot rice

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        Why I cook this way

        Everyone tells me you can’t enjoy yourself when eating healthy. Well, I’m here to tell you different. I’m a Mexican nutritionist who loves sweets and wants to help you eat well and live better.

        • Nutrition degree from Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez
        • 500+ recipes created in my own kitchen, from protein cookies to birthday cake
        • HYROX athlete, so I love food that gives me energy and tastes great

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