About me
Hi! I’m Nicole Keshishian Modic, a recipe developer, cookbook author and mom of two amazing boys, with a passion for sharing easy, approachable recipes packed with tons of flavor. Think elevated and sexy eats, but not at all intimidating—I want to inspire people—just like you and me—to get in the kitchen and cook. My goal is to show you that cooking can be fun and that healthy eating does not mean bland, flavorless food.
I grew up in Los Angeles, California and moved to the SF Bay Area almost 13 years ago, for my now ex-husband’s job. At the time, I was a practicing employment defense attorney, and although I hated practicing law, I was doing it. We planned to live in SF only for 3-5 years and then move back to LA to be close to family. But shortly after we moved up here, my ex husband caught me mid binge—I was secretly hiding a severe eating disorder that no one knew about because it was not obvious just by looking at me! After that moment, I decided to get serious about healing my relationship with food, and once I did, I started my Instagram account where I started documenting meals I was eating as I was healing. Slowly but surely, my account grew and I started developing recipes and openly sharing how I recovered. A few years into it, I was able to leave my career practicing law and focus on recipe development full time. I now have a popular cookbook and over 4 million incredible humans who follow my social media accounts and inspire me to continue creating recipes and sharing my life - the good, the bad, and everything in between.
I am so excited to be here on Substack. I am going to use Beyond The Kale, my weekly newsletter, to explore things outside the kitchen and discuss all the topics that my community has asked for on Instagram, but until now, I’ve had nowhere to permanently store them—things like entrepreneurship, career change, navigating motherhood and life as a newly single mom, beauty routines, what I eat in a day (which I’ve never done before!!), organization tips, meal plans, grocery lists, access to cooking classes with me, and so much more. Who knows, you may even get a surprise giveaway every so often—my Beyond the Kale-ers!
Whether you are a long time follower of @kalejunkie or randomly discovered my page through one of my viral videos (crispy rice salad, anyone?), I am so happy you are here. I am looking forward to giving you a more personal and intimate experience into my life, so WELCOME!
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