The Mood Food family of brands, including Mood Food Bakehouse, was created by Suddenly Simple Chef and Owner, Melissa Peralta, in an effort to help make it easier and more enjoyable for people to integrate more elements of wellness into their everyday lives.

 

After exploring the mind-body connection and learning to better understand the link between what we eat and the quality of our overall health, Melissa began to experience first hand what a positive difference eliminating overly processed and inflammatory ingredients like dairy, gluten and refined sugar from her diet did for both her mental and physical health. 

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Even with the knowledge that keeping a fairly strict diet was the key to managing her chronic conditions, Melissa still found herself craving the sweet treats that she had always enjoyed before having to adopt a paleo diet to support her health. So, she began testing and developing recipes that would satisfy those cravings without leaving her feeling like she had made any kind of sacrifice to improve her health.​ Because...

 

let's be real, no matter how healthy we want to be, nobody actually wants their healthy cookie to taste like a healthy cookie!

 

As soon as Melissa began to share her healthy treats with family and friends, she began receiving feedback from even the least healthy people in her life, that these baked goods were some of the best they had ever had, and that they absolutely never would have guessed that all of these delicious things were entirely dairy, gluten and refined sugar free! More importantly, people had such great feedback about how they felt after enjoying her treats. People kept saying that even though they had ended up eating a few more than they probably should have, they still didn't end up with the regrettable feeling that usually comes along with eating too many treats.

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Once she realized that even people who weren't interested in changing their diets also found her treats to be just as appealing as the ultra-processed or inflammatory options that they were used to, Melissa knew that bringing her health conscious baked goods to the market would be the perfect way to help more people realize that it really is possible to eat and feel better without giving up the things they love - like a nostalgic chocolate chip cookie or decadent fudge brownie!

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Mood Food Bakehouse is on a mission to prove that healthy food should never have to look or taste like "health food", or leave you feeling like you've made a sacrifice to improve your health!