Lisa is a Fort Collins, Colorado-based professional speaker, award-winning author, Certified Vegan Chef, and beekeeper. Lisa has been writing since the age of 12 and studying the art of cooking for over 30 years. She attended pasta-making classes in Italy, completed the intensive Forks Over Knives plant-based cooking course, and is a Certified Vegan Chef from the Vegan Gastronomy Culinary Academy. When not surfing the farmers’ markets for the most seasonal produce, she enjoys researching the science of cooking and presentation for the home cook. She admits she is still learning!
Weaving musings about beekeeping and fun anecdotes about moving into a plant-based lifestyle, Lisa presents workshops, breakouts, and keynotes about health, self-care, and simple living at conferences and retreats for healthcare, senior, and women’s groups. Recipe “sorcery” and designing plants-first food tastings paired with a few travel bites awaken the Kitchen Creator in Lisa. Her greatest joy now is when a friend or student emails her that they made their first full plant-based meal! How cool is that?
For those who need a bit more on the corporate side, Lisa has over 40 years of experience in healthcare (OMG that’s a lot!) acute care, health prevention management, Human Resources, and Performance Improvement. She holds a Master’s Degree in Organizational Management, is a Certified Master Coach and Certified Vegan Chef. She has been featured in The Coloradoan, Advance Magazine, Medical Office Today, Mainstreet, The Ladders, and ICU Medicine and writes for regional magazines about life in Northern Colorado and of course, food!
Her 2021 cookbook, Food ELEVATED, 100 Recipes for Colorful Cooking from the Colorado Front Range, received a gold medal award from the Colorado Independent Book Publishers Association competition in August of 2022. She is most grateful and humbled to be recognized amid many authors crafting their writing and cooking skills!
Do you have to want to be full-on vegan to be with Lisa? Absolutely not. Her motto? Let’s just eat more veg!
BOOKS
Veg Around the World – released 2022. A Plant-based Collection of 50 Global-Inspired Recipes. Softbound only.
My Plants-First Workbook – released 2022. An 85-page journal of self-exploration and discovery to help you eat more plants! Softbound only.
Food Elevated, 100 Recipes for Colorful Cooking from the Colorado Front Range – released in 2021. Hardbound and softbound.
Plant-based Test Drive -released 2021. A 44 – page self-guided tour and examination of testing a plant-based lifestyle. Paperback and e-book.
21 Days of Sweet Kale Salad Mix – revised 2020. 21 recipes to bring more cruciferous vegetables into your daily life. Paperback and e-book.
Managing the End….to Bridge the Beginning – caregiving tips for end-of-life care and estate management. Ebook only.
Lisa has provided health and wellness speaking services and/or tastings to the following organizations, among others:
- Rocky Mountain Olive Oil Company – presentation and tasting
- Spice and Tea Exchange Fort Collins – presentation and tasting
- Gardens at Spring Creek – plant-based workshop and virtual cooking class
- Fort Collins Senior Center – plant-based workshop
- Illinois WIC. State Conference – Springfield, IL. Keynote Speaker
- ECCLPS – Sterling, CO. Self-care workshop
- USDA – APHIS. Fort Collins, CO. Guest speaker
- Arvada Senior Living – Arvada, CO. Guest Speaker
- Greater Houston Area Red Cross
- National Association for Dermatology Administrators and Managers. National Meeting
- Georgia Society for Respiratory Care, State Meeting
- Texas Society of Medical Assistants, State Meeting
- Oklahoma Society for Respiratory Care, State Conference
- Society for Healthcare Consumer Advocacy – National Conference
Popular Workshops and Seminars
Plant-based Me! How to begin a primarily plant-based life.
A Plant-Rich Trip to Provence – Learn easy travel tips while traveling through the Southern French countryside enjoying plant-rich Provencal cuisine
Veg Around the World – Explore new cooking techniques, spices, grains, and produce to demonstrate exciting plant-based recipes
The Bees and Me – learning from the earth and its wonderful resources
Perfect for –
Women’s Groups ♦ Health and Wellness ♦ Community-based Programs ♦ Retreats
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Contact Lisa directly at lisa@lisaboesen.com.
