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This Healthy Table is a resource for home cooks who like adventurous, seasonal recipes. We take food and good ingredients seriously.

About Emily

My name is Emily, and I'm the founder, recipe developer, and photographer of This Healthy Table. I started THT in late 2015 to share new recipes and teach myself to be a better cook - in a quest to host impressive but easy dinner parties. These days, I'm much more focused on getting great-tasting but easy recipes on the dinner table for my little kiddo, but the love of hosting still lives on!

I grew up between the Middle East and the Midwest and take my culinary inspiration from the five countries I've called home and the 30+ countries I've visited. I lived in Oklahoma and Indiana until I was 13. Then, my family moved to Qatar, where I was lucky enough to attend and graduate from the American School of Doha, which allowed me to travel the world. It inspired my lifelong love of traveling, and I've never looked back!

I've had the pleasure of taking cooking classes in Vietnam, Thailand, Jordan, Italy, Sri Lanka, India, and Nepal. I started my cooking journey by completing the Forks Over Knives 90-day cooking school with Rouxbe Culinary School.

Before going full-time on This Healthy Table in 2020, I worked in higher education at Northwestern University, Northwestern University in Qatar, and Georgetown University in Qatar. I worked on international partnerships at NU and pre-college programming and events at NU-Q and GUQ. I also coached the women's basketball team at NU-Q (they were my pride and joy)! I have a BA in International Relations from Taylor University and a Master's in Public Policy from Northwestern University.

In 2016, my husband and I moved back to the US to a suburb just outside Chicago. I have loved connecting with our local community and am a volunteer manager of one of the Evanston Community Fridges. I have a community garden plot and I have become obsessed with growing everything from seed and mastering all the tricky types of heirloom tomatoes!

Moving back to the Midwest has reconnected me to living seasonally, and that's been my main focus for this site - providing healthier, seasonal recipes that are doable but also exciting. Because of my background, I love sharing Mediterranean and Middle Eastern recipes because they are my favorite cuisines!

Food Philosophy

I don't subscribe to one particular diet (like vegan or vegetarian), but I believe in eating mostly whole foods, and I like to source the best quality, seasonal ingredients I can find.

I love to cook at home, and I hope I can help make it easier, healthier, and more exciting for you to cook at home, too!

This Healthy Table is all about seasonal produce, cooking with great spice blends and aromatics, and highlighting exciting seasonal produce.

My Favorite Recipes

I have many recipes on the site that I make over and over, but here are a few of my favorites!

Featured In

This Healthy Table has been featured in numerous online publications, including Time Out, Esquire, The Everygirl, Parade, Pure Wow, Metro News, Shape, Express, Brit + Co, Gardenista, Elle France, Greatist, and Oh My Veggies.