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Hello & Welcome To Foolproof Living<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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If you’re looking for approachable, yet creative recipes made with everyday ingredients, you’ve come to the right place<\/strong>. Here, we’re all about comfort food that’s been thoroughly tested to provide you with a truly foolproof<\/em> cooking experience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The recipes you’ll find here are straightforward<\/strong> and realistic<\/strong> – they won’t take up hours of your time or lead to any #Pinterestfails!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Every Foolproof recipe is outlined with easy-to-follow steps<\/strong> and helpful hints <\/strong>to allow you to confidently get to the best part – eating<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next time you’re looking for a particular recipe, I invite you to come to Foolproof Living first and give me an opportunity to make your life easier, one recipe at a time. <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Hello!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allow me to introduce myself.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

My name is Aysegul (pronounced as “EYE-shi-guel”), and I’m the cook\/recipe-tester\/photographer behind this site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was born and raised in Turkey, where my passion for food was ignited. Not a day of my childhood passed without me stepping onto my stool to cook alongside my mother, as she handed down her beloved family recipes, expert technique, and appreciation for quality ingredients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since then, I have traveled extensively, always on a mission to further broaden my insatiable international palate. Living in and adapting to new cultures, cuisines, and ingredients has formed me into the resourceful, seasoned cook I am today. It gives me great pleasure to help make comfort food from around the globe accessible to every home cook in every type of kitchen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a four-year adventure of living on a tiny Caribbean island<\/a> and then another 4 years in a small town in Manchester Vermont, I now reside in Atlanta, Georgia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

About The Blog<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I am a firm believer that if you know how to read, you can cook. A desire to provide recipes with easy-to-follow instructions<\/strong> and ingredients that are accessible to everyone<\/strong> led me to launch Foolproof Living at the start of 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The Foolproof Seal” <\/strong>
I will never present any recipes to you that I haven’t thoroughly tested and refined in my own kitchen. I’m here to make your life easier, one recipe at a time!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Since then, I have published over 800 recipes. Every single recipe that’s published here has been tested at least three times – once to taste in our own home, a second time to confirm the exact measurements of the ingredients, a third time to photograph it for the blog, and most of the time, a fourth time to video it (a process<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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that often necessitates a 5th or 6th round). This means that I’ve cooked over 2500 recipes for this site alone – I’ll let you do the math on how many sinks full of dishes that equates to! And that’s not even counting the recipes that did not make the foolproof cut.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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My recipes have been featured in Harper’s Bazaar<\/strong>, Tasty.co<\/strong>, Buzzfeed<\/strong>, Southern Living<\/strong>, The Kitchn<\/strong>, Refinery29<\/strong>, Brit + Co<\/strong>, The Every Girl<\/strong>, and on countless other food blogs across the internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have also been profiled in America’s Test Kitchen<\/strong><\/a> and on Food52<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, I am regularly hired to create product-specific recipes for well-respected national brands such as Horizon Organic<\/strong><\/a>, Vermont Creamery<\/strong>, Finlandia<\/strong><\/a>, Swanson Broths<\/a><\/strong>, Decoy Wines<\/strong><\/a>,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Layer Cake Wines<\/strong><\/a>, Stonyfield Organic<\/strong><\/a>, and many more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh, and I have to share this proud photographer moment of mine when one of my photos (from this Coconut Milk and Avocado Ice Cream recipe<\/strong><\/a>) made it to the cover of the National Geographic Traveller in May 2018. You can read more about how it all went down here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Over the years, I have compiled an extensive range of recipes and continue to add to and update the collection based on my data-driven research of what you<\/em> want to cook. So the next time you’re looking for a particular recipe (or even just general inspiration for your weeknight dinner or upcoming celebration), I invite you to come to Foolproof Living first and give me an opportunity to make your life easier, one recipe at a time. Simply plug in your desired recipe<\/strong> into my search bar above and see what comes up. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Looking for something I’ve not covered yet? Send me an email<\/strong><\/a> and I’ll get to work on it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’d be delighted to have you join our robust community, boasting over a million page views per month, more than 25,000 subscribers, and over 250,000 Foolproof fans on social media. You’re in good company, my friend!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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What You’ll Find<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On Foolproof Living<\/p>\n\n\n\n