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About Lorena

Hi and welcome to Green Healthy Cooking! Here you can find out more about Lorena.

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My name is Lorena Grater and I am…well….many things. 

I am a German Peruvian, a certified translator, a globetrotter, a mother, a wife, a YouTuber (uuuuh), a real food lover and a self-proclaimed chef creating healthy recipes that fit into my definition of clean eating. I am an Instant Pot Pro and a Meal Prep addict, too, to be more precise ;)

I live with my Mexican husband and two kids in snowy Montreal, Canada, which officially makes my kids polyglots because they are growing up with 4 languages. How amazing is that?

Green Healthy Cooking is my online baby and where I share healthy recipes, detailed cooking tutorials, and other clean-eating how-tos. 

My Story

I was born and raised in a small town in Southern Germany by a German father and a Peruvian mother. My grandfather was a butcher and my dad’s best friends were all hunters. Meaning, I grew up on wild meat, bucket loads of fresh fruits and vegetables, sweet potato, avocado, and quinoa because that’s what my mom knew how to cook from her culture. Basically everything was always cooked from scratch and I was taught to cook as early as 3 years old.

When I moved out of my parents’ home to go study at university I learned for the first time that there were other people that did not know how to cook, nor did they know what eating healthy actually looked like. Even after graduating and meeting “older” people (lol) that had had their independent kitchens for a while, I still kept meeting a lot that were struggling with cooking and meeting their nutritional needs and always asking me for advice and help.

I found out quickly that for most of my friends eating healthy sounded super complicated, not very appealing, and super expensive.

I’m not a nutritionist (though I wish I were) but I grew up being kept updated on the latest research and development in nutrition studies and never stopped reading about nutrition up until today. My mother was always very interested in this topic and definitely passed on the hunger for nutrition knowledge to me.

Needless to say, I felt like there was a huge need for easy but delicious healthy recipes made with clean ingredients. Recipes that could easily be accessed by everybody at any time from anywhere in the world. Recipes for all those that had a really hard time wrapping their head around eating healthy to feel healthy. 

Green Healthy Cooking was born out of a passion to help others find joy in the kitchen and enjoy the wonderful natural flavors of clean ingredients. Healthy eating and clean eating doesn’t have to be complicated at all, can be incredibly delicious, and also fit into everybody’s budget.

Start here

If you are new to Green Healthy Cooking, these are great topics to start browsing through the website:

  • Read more about my Philosophy.
  • Browse through all Recipes easily sortable by category and find your new go-to favorites.
  • Are you as much of an Instant Pot junkie as I am? Let’s be besties! Learn how to make Instant Pot Rice and you’ll never cook it any other way.
  • Meal Prep is a million times more effective than will-power alone when it comes to eating a healthy diet. Start with something easy like overnight oats. 
  • If you’re unsure which diet to follow, give each a try for a day and figure out what your body thrives on and what makes you feel good: 1-Day Clean Eating Meal Plan, 1-Day Keto Diet Plan, 1-Day Paleo Meal Plan, 1-Day Vegan Meal Plan.

Next, join the community!

Wow, you read all the way here. Thank you so much! I’d love to hear YOUR story as well and get to know YOU.

So please join my community on Facebook, Instagram or Pinterest and say hello.

You can also subscribe to my YouTube channel to find all of Green Healthy Cooking’s video tutorials. 

If you’d like to contact me privately the fastest way is through Facebook messenger or via e-mail to lorena@greenhealthycooking.com. I absolutely love hearing from you!

Features

Green Healthy Cooking has grown quite a bit over the years and it’s thus been featured in various media including Forbes, CBC Radio, Food Bloggers of Canada, Buzzfeed, msn, Elle, Popsugar, and Greatist, amongst others. 

Lots of love from my kitchen to yours,

Signature Lorena

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Camille Cowan says

    May 15, 2022 at 12:15 pm

    Hi I was just making my grocery list for the 3 meal prep: quinoa and blackbean recipe. In the ingredients list the spinach is a bunch of dashes. You also don’t reference it in the recipe. Im excited to try these recipes.

    Reply
  2. Kay Vollmer says

    April 16, 2022 at 12:35 am

    Hi Lorena,
    Firstly I love many of your practical, delicious and realistic food ideas. I incorporate them daily and feel better for it.

    I just wanted to let you know about a “typo” on the 6 week clean eating plan part of your page where you go into the “Who is this program for?” part. You have * “loose” weight as one of your reasons. One “o” too many – “lose weight”.

    I am a translator and proofreader and just pick these things up whether I want to see them or not!! I hope this is useful.

    All the best,
    Kay

    Reply
    • Lorena Grater says

      April 18, 2022 at 11:26 am

      Thank you so so so much for this Kay! I really appreciate it and made the correction just now.

      Reply
  3. Heidi Ward says

    March 16, 2022 at 11:39 pm

    You are a genius! The instant pot rice guide is brilliant! Tried it tonight and it worked. The first time it didn’t burn ever. Thank you so much.

    Reply
  4. Jacqueline says

    March 7, 2022 at 11:24 am

    Hi Lorena,
    I’ve been really enjoying your videos. I try to make my family healthy meals and I find your recipes easy and tasty!
    Your children are lucky to be growing up in a polyglot family, plus having a mother who cooks the way you do :)
    Thank you for your inspiration. I’m serving one of your recipes to guests tomorrow night
    Cheers
    Jacqueline

    Reply
    • Lorena Grater says

      March 7, 2022 at 7:09 pm

      Hi Jacqueline, I am so happy to read you are enjoying the recipes :) The secret ingredient to all of them is: love!

      Reply
  5. Brenda F says

    January 15, 2022 at 8:56 pm

    Hi Lorena
    Just wondering if you have any guidance for myself .I Have to watch my Carbs as I am pre diabetic and also have to watch my cholesterol .I am 56 and in menopause so weight loss can be very slow. I do need to loose 25lbs . Your Youtube Channel i samazing by the way. Any advice would be welcomed Thanks Brenda

    Reply
    • Lorena Grater says

      January 17, 2022 at 2:47 pm

      Hi Brenda, I highly recommend a nutritionally balanced clean-eating meal plan. If you want to try any of my meal plans I give you permission to discuss them with your doctor or a dietician to ensure they fit your health goals.

      Reply
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