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    Work with me

    Cadry Nelson standing at podium at the Iowa VegFest.Cadry Nelson speaking at the Iowa VegFest

    Cadry Nelson is the writer, photographer, and recipe creator behind Cadry’s Kitchen, a vegan food & lifestyle blog started in 2009.

    If you’re interested in collaborating on brand partnerships, media trips, or sponsored posts, contact me at cadryskitchen@gmail.com. Media kit available upon request.

    My recipes range from plant-based staples to vegan comfort food, holiday dinners, cozy weekend breakfasts, air fryer recipes, soups, and more. (Check out my recipe index here.)

    Through approachable recipes and pragmatic discussions on the social aspects of being vegan, I show that living a vegan lifestyle is deliciously uncomplicated.

    I also offer travel destination guides to highlight vegan dining in cities both large & small.

    With a degree in theatre, I worked as a professional actor for over a decade in Los Angeles. I was a cast member at Disneyland, a long-standing member of a renowned touring children’s theatre company, and spent years performing in murder mystery plays on a boat in the Long Beach harbor. I bring that theatrical background to my cooking & travel videos.

    Work with me

    Cadry Nelson giving a cooking demonstration at Iowa Farm Sanctuary.Cadry giving a cooking demonstration at an Iowa Farm Sanctuary event

    As a vegan food & lifestyle blogger, all of my recipes are 100% plant-based, and I use cruelty-free products in my home. I love working with & featuring brands that have the same outlook.

    Partnership opportunities include:

    • Sponsored recipe posts/brand ambassadorships/social media promotion
    • Recipe development
    • Freelance writing for your print or web-based publication
    • Travel destination posts & FAM trips
    • Conferences/events – including giving talks at veg fests & doing cooking demonstrations
    • Photography & video

    Cadry emceeing at the Des Moines Vegan Fest

    Here’s a sampling of brands I’ve worked with:

    Vegan ham with pineapple slices and cherries.

    Herbivorous Butcher

    Herbivorous Butcher is a well-known vegan meat & cheese-maker in Minneapolis. They also ship products all over the United States.

    Here’s what the Herbivorous Butcher had to say about working with me:

    “Cadry truly understands our products and knows how to feature them in the best light (literally and figuratively!). She’s professional, friendly, and authentic, and we thoroughly enjoy working with her.”

    See my work with the Herbivorous Butcher in the following posts:

    • Hoppy Spring Feast
    • Vegan ham feast with pineapple brown sugar glaze
    • Vegan turkey feast for harvest holiday celebrations
    • Cilantro chimichurri sauce + vegan steak tacos
    • Barbecue side dishes + Herbivorous Butcher
    • Creamy vegan risotto with mushrooms & sausage

    Vegan fried artichoke hearts on platter with cup of lemon garlic aioli.

    GoWISE

    GoWISE is the maker of kitchen goods like air fryers and high speed blenders.

    Here’s what GoWISE had to say about working with me:

    “It was always a great experience working with Cadry. She always had a pleasant and friendly demeanor. She had great communication when responding to emails and giving us updates on her posts. She created awesome content every time with high quality photos and was really able to capture the essence of our products.”

    Group standing in the Ben & Jerry's test kitchen making vegan ice cream.

    Other collaborations include working with Ben & Jerry’s when their vegan ice cream was released. They flew me & several other bloggers to their headquarters in Vermont to taste their non-dairy flavors & get a behind-the-scenes peek at their creations.

    Travel collaborations

    Cadry at Cosmos restaurant in Loews hotel with a vegan charcuterie board.

    I also work with tourism boards, restaurants, and hotels on travel guides. My main focus is highlighting vegan options – even in unlikely places!

    This article about a blogging trip I was hosted on to McHenry County, Illinois explains how familiarization trips are useful to destinations, and how they help me further my own goals for Cadry’s Kitchen readers.

    Here’s what the Cedar Falls Tourism & Visitors Bureau said about working with me:

    “It was a pleasure working with Cadry. This summer, we partnered on a feature about vegan eateries in Cedar Falls and the College Hill Arts Festival taking place the same time as her visit. It was a bit of a gloomy weekend, but she made the best of it and stayed upbeat. Cadry was also professional and communicated highlights for her blog, the number of photos to be taken and the number of social platforms to be used in advance of her arrival.”

    You can see some of my travel & restaurant collaborations here:

    • Minneapolis date night at Loews Minneapolis Hotel
    • Cedar Falls, Iowa: Vegan food & fun guide
    • Mason City, Iowa: Vegan eats, Music Man & More
    • Vegan Detroit: Two days in Motor City
    • Uptown Minneapolis: 5 things to do

    I also wrote an article for the official 2020 Cedar Rapids Tourism Guide on vegan options in the area.

    Logos for sites where Cadry Nelson & Cadry's Kitchen have been featured.

    Cadry Nelson & Cadry’s Kitchen have been featured on:

    • NBC News
    • Mashable
    • Today
    • Huffington Post
    • Shape
    • Reader’s Digest
    • Yahoo
    • VegNews
    • Taste of Home
    • Brit + Co
    • Care2
    • Greatist
    • Parade
    • Forkly
    • PureWow
    • Buzzfeed
    • Vegan Food & Living
    • The Alternative Daily
    • Little Village Magazine
    • Oh, and LeAnn Rimes made my garlicky collard greens as part of her vegetarian Thanksgiving!

    I’m also a regular writer & recipe contributor for Well Balanced, which has a readership of 100,000.

    Camera filming Cadry as she grills bananas.

    If you have other ideas about ways that we could partner or would like to request a copy of my media kit, contact me at cadryskitchen@gmail.com.

    Please note that I do not do product reviews/promotion in exchange for free product or exposure, nor do I accept unsolicited guest posts.

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    Hi, I'm Cadry!

    I’m a longtime vegan. (14 years!) But I grew up eating a Standard American Diet. I know that all of us crave foods that are familiar, comforting, and delicious.

    That’s why it’s my passion to share mouthwatering plant-based recipes that taste like home.

    More about me →

    Spring recipes

    • Green salad with blood oranges & peanut dressing
    • Tangy peanut salad dressing (vegan)
    • Vegan eggs Benedict (for an amazing brunch!)
    • Vegan hollandaise sauce (dairy free & egg free)

    Salads

    • Easy tahini dressing for salads, bowls, or falafel (vegan)
    • Balsamic vinaigrette dressing (Just 5 ingredients!)
    • Vegan chef salad with seitan & avocado
    • Israeli couscous salad with olives & artichokes

    Easy weeknight meals

    • Air fryer baked potato in about 35 minutes
    • Buffalo chickpea sandwich with vegan blue cheese
    • Three bean chili: Warm up with a bowl
    • Vegan taco pizza with black beans: A taste of nostalgia
    Logos for sites where Cadry Nelson & Cadry's Kitchen have been featured.

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