About

My love of baking started at a young age, mostly because I just wanted to eat cookies! I grew up in a very healthy household and we were not allowed to buy cookies or junk food often. But, if we baked cookies then we definitely could eat them! So my obsession with baking started because I wanted to enjoy the end product, but I ended up falling in love with the creation as well.

In 2011, I founded the first organic bakery in the country and I ran it for over 10 years. During my time as a bake shop owner, I wrote three cookbooks. Cookies for Everyone includes cookie recipes I sold in my bakery with chapters for vegan and gluten free options too. The Mountain Baker shares everything you need to know if you’re cooking and baking at high altitude because my bakery operated at 8,000 feet! And my latest book, Effortless Eggless Baking shares easy eggless recipes with simple ingredients you probably already have at home.

I retired from the bakery business and sold my bakery in 2021 in search of less stress and more free time with my husband and dog. Yes, the bakery is still open and you can still visit for a sweet treat! I am just not there daily anymore. When I sold my bakery is when I started this blog to focus more on recipe development and food photography because these were always my favorite parts of owning a bakery!

Organic ingredients and sustainability have always been incredibly important to me because it’s how I was raised. For me it’s all about balance. I truly enjoy eating healthy, and I also love my little moment of indulgence in a sweet dessert every day!

I have adopted a food for everyone philosophy. When I owned my bakery we served gluten free and vegan options because I never wanted someone to not feel welcome. While I am able to eat all kinds of food (with the exception of my severe tapioca allergy), I enjoy everything that is loaded with butter, sugar, and flour to vegan, gluten free, and gut healthy foods and desserts. Like I said, it’s all about balance for me. So, no matter what your diet or lifestyle is, you can feel welcome here. Plus, all my recipes can be made at high altitude with just one simple adjustment, if any, and that’s always listed in the Notes of the recipe.

When I say food for everyone, I mean dogs too! I also cook and bake for my dog, John John, because real organic food matters just as much for your fur baby as it does for you! Learn how to feed your dog homemade dog food, save money and stop ordering fresh made dog food, and give your dog the best health with my simple organic recipes for dogs! Join John John and me in the kitchen as we cook and bake for both you and your pup!

I also share lots of baking tutorials, tips, and tricks as I’ve taught a countless amount of employees with zero baking experience to bake from scratch with ease. If you’re new to baking, you’ll find a wealth of knowledge in my lifestyle section. Everything from How to Roll Out a Pie, Best Way to Store Homemade Cookies, to How to Temper Chocolate for Candy Making. Browse, learn, and bake at your own pace and never hesitate to reach out to me with a baking question! And if you need help sourcing an organic ingredient, I would love to share my favorites with you! Send me an email at hello@mimisorganiceats.com or message me on Instagram.

Meet John John

All Time Favorite Recipes

Cookies • Eggless • Gluten Free • High Altitude • No Seed Oils • Nostalgic Desserts

Eggless Chocolate Chip Cookies

Breakfast & Brunch • Cakes & Cupcakes • High Altitude • No Seed Oils

Traditional Butter Pound Cake

Breads • Breakfast & Brunch • Eggless • Gluten Free • High Altitude • No Seed Oils

Greek Avocado Toast

Eggless • Gluten Free • High Altitude • Lunch & Dinner • No Seed Oils

Sweet Chili Chicken Soft Tacos

Cookies • Eggless • Fall • Gluten Free • High Altitude • No Seed Oils • Sweet & Salty Desserts • Vegan

Pumpkin Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Breakfast & Brunch • Eggless • Gluten Free • Gut Healthy • High Altitude • No Seed Oils

Turkey Avocado Brunch Bowl

Fun Facts About Me

My favorite dessert to eat is… cookies! It should be no surprise that it’s cookies! I can eat cookies all day, every day, and never be sad about it. I even struggle to decide sometimes if I want to even choose something else besides a cookie! Check out Cookies for Everyone and browse my cookie recipes.

My favorite dessert to bake is… pie. I really love baking pies. I love rolling them out and seeing them come to life in the oven. Plus, I feel like I can never make a perfect pie, so it’s something I am still working on. Those people that make the picture perfect pies with straight lattice lines, I don’t know how they do it! So it’s always a challenge for me!

My favorite holiday is… hands down Christmas. I was lucky to have amazing Christmas’s as a child and those memories have forever made me obsessed with that time of year. Thanks Mom and Dad for always going above and beyond, because nothing is more special than Christmas. But, Valentine’s Day is a close second because it’s a made up holiday about love, what is not to love about that?!

My favorite comfort food is… toast! Yes, toast is a meal! I could eat toast for every meal and be truly happy. I have so many amazing toast recipes here like my Greek Avocado Toast, Pizza Toast, and Blueberry Honey Almond Butter Toast.

I’m a Pug mom! I grew up with Golden Retrievers. But, the first dog I bought on my own was a Pug Basset Hound mix named Otto, and he made me fall in love with Pugs. After Otto passed, we decided to get an Apricot Pug (in honor of him, as he was my best friend), and his name is John John! Find us baking together on Instagram, and check out my Dog recipes!

I come from a non baking family, for the most part. My mom made our birthday cakes each year. But beyond that, my mom was a cook who inspired me with her love of high quality ingredients, good food, and a balance of healthy and indulgence. With the exception of my YiaYia’s Greek cookies at Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter — no one baked sweets!

So, baking was something I learned on my own as I didn’t have family to teach me that much. I think I fell in love with the creativity and the trial and error part, as that feeling you get when you get it right is truly unreal.

My favorite food memory is… eating pound cake with my hands straight off the table at my Aunt Marina’s famous Fourth of July parties. Sandy feet, sun kissed face, and a tummy full of grilled chicken and pound cake. I have recreated this recipe as my Traditional Butter Pound Cake, give it a try!