Start Here For Foolproof Tried & True Recipes - Foolproof Living (2024)

Hello, friend! Welcome to Foolproof Living, a website with over 750 tried and true foolproof recipes made with everyday wholesome ingredients and without the use of refined sugars.

The Story Behind My Story:

Want to know a little bit more about me and my journey through Virgin Gorda, BVI to Manchester, Vermont, to Atlanta, GA and how it all started? Here is a video of the story behind my story, shot and edited by my talented friend Kristen of Border Free Travels.

When it comes to cooking, I believe that if you can read, you can cook. It is that simple.

Of course, having a good, tried and true recipe also helps. And that is where I come in. As I write my recipes I always think, How can I write and photograph it in a way that someone who is cooking this the first time can get the best results?

The recipes you will find on Foolproof Living are straightforward, realistic, and made with the healthy eater in mind. They are also made with everyday ingredients that don’t require any fancy cooking skills.

And if there is a skill you need to know, I am right there to hold your hand and guide you through it either with step-by-step photos or a how-to video.

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First things first, I want to invite you to join over 15,000 foodies on my email list. By subscribing, you’ll receive (1) my free ebook of vegetarian salads and (2) my weekly seasonal recipe inspiration.

While you are at it, I’d be honored if you followed me on social media – I love connecting with my fellow foodies there! You can find me on Instagram, Pinterest, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Facebook for behind the scenes posts, recipes, and cooking inspiration.

How To Navigate This Site

There are currently over 750 recipes on Foolproof Living. To help you navigate through them and find what you’re looking for easily, I organized them into 7 categories.

Feel free to click on a category below to find your next recipe to cook:

• Breakfast recipes
• Lunch recipes
• Dinner recipes
• Side Dishes
• Dessert recipes
• Drink recipes
• Special Diet (This is where you can find recipes broken down based on dietary needs.)

You can also use my handy recipe index page if you want to see all of the recipes in one place and narrow down your search based on the type of recipe and diet.

Check Out The Top 10 Recipes:

Don’t know where to start? Below are my most popular recipes that have stood the test of time and have had the most shares, comments, and love from my readers:

1. 18+ Foolproof Almond Flour Recipes – Gluten-free & paleo baking – perfect for beginners
2. Mexican Street Corn Pasta Salad
3. How To Make Almond Flour At Home
4. Turkish Coffee
5. How To Cook Wild Rice
6. Turkey Meatloaf
7. Olive Oil Bread Dip
8. Overnight Steel Cut Oats
9. Almond Flour Bread
10. Spinach Borek

How to search for a recipe?

If you are looking for a particular recipe, you can simply click on the binoculars on the bottom right of the page.

This will open up a new window where you can easily search for a particular recipe by name or ingredient.

FUN FEATURE ALERT: I use a handy tool called Slickstream, which allows you to sign in and store all your favorite recipes in one place so you can come back to them later. This page also shows the most popular recipes currently trending on the blog, should you need inspiration or a little help deciding what to cook.

Of course, there is also the recipes tab on the top menu on every page.

How to Print a Recipe

If you want to print a recipe, simply scroll down to the recipe card and find the “Print Recipe” button to print it.

Got a question?

Great, I am right here to answer it!

If you have a question about a specific recipe, feel free to leave a comment under the recipe card. I will get back to you as soon as I can.

Want to ask me something else? Use the contact form to send me your questions anytime. I am right here to help you in any way I can.

Where did you get that?

The questions I get asked most often concern my favorite cooking tools, ingredients, and props, which I use on this blog.

If you are wondering about something you see on this blog, whether one of the pots featured in a video or a prop I used on a shoot, you can find it on my Shop page.

And if it is not there, feel free to send me a note and ask.

The Woman Behind The Blog

That photo below? That’s me, Aysegul Sanford. I know, my name is hard to pronounce. Feel free to call me Ice, as most of my friends do.

I don’t know how you made your way here, but I am glad you found me. I started Foolproof Living back in 2013 when my husband and I were living on a small island in the Caribbean. I always loved cooking so I wanted to document my favorite recipes all in one place. That is how this blog was born.

Fast forward to today, I live in a small town called Manchester in Southern Vermont with my husband, Dwight.

You can read more about me and how it all started on my About page.

Behind The Scenes:

In addition to being a food and recipe resource, Foolproof Living is also a personal site where I share my personal journey through life, travels, and photography.

If you are a fellow food blogger and wondering about the equipment I use, I listed everything in my camera bag in these Photography and Videography equipment pages. If you cannot find what you are looking for or have a question, feel free to send me an email using the contact page.

Aysegul aka “Ice”