Laura Lea is a certified holistic chef, with a decade of experience in the wellness industry living in Nashville, Tennessee. She is the author of two previous cookbooks, The Laura Lea Balanced Cookbook and Simply Laura Lea, and she has taught cooking classes in-person and virtually to hundreds of students. Recently, Laura Lea has shifted her business to reflect the direction of this third book, Recipes for an Aching Heart. She has combined her years of health knowledge with theories of grief, romantic rejection and love addiction to create a revolutionary process for healing from breakups. If you’d like to learn more about Laura Lea’s courses, ebooks and private consulting, you can head to her website, llbalanced.com.
Praise for Laura Lea's cookbooks: The Laura Lea Balanced Cookbook features more than 120 healthy, easy-to-prepare recipes for everyday, at-home occasions. Prioritizing whole foods and a balanced menu over diet fads and trends and including pantry shopping lists and serving portion recommendations the recipes manage to be nutritious and healthy while simultaneously comforting and satisfying. The perfect stocking stuffer for those resolving to eat healthier in the new year. -NBC News, BETTER A friendly and relaxed approach to healthy eating. [Laura Lea's] diverse and enticing recipes promise to make healthy eaters out of even the most reluctant. -Publishers Weekly The Laura Lea Balanced Cookbook isn't your average cookbook. Laura Lea hits the mark between home-cooked nostalgia and whole food goodness with recipes that'll keep your taste buds satisfied and your belly full from dawn til dusk. -Edible Nashville I wanted to bring back a type of food that's nutrient dense but doesn't take away from what people really love, [Laura Lea] says. If anything, they can get the best of both worlds. With Simply Laura Lea, it's clear that she's done just that. -Southern Living