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Hi there, I’m Louisa Clements, but you can call me Lou and welcome to Living Lou. I’m a 20 year old food blogger from Toronto, Ontario and I love every second of it. I have been completely smitten with cooking and baking ever since getting my first Betty Crocker Kids Cookbook when I was about 7. To this day, I still use recipes from that wonderful book, and look to it for inspiration. I am passionate about leading a healthy lifestyle and inspiring others to follow suit. Because of my love for cooking, here on Living Lou, I put an emphasis on healthy eating. There’s nothing I enjoy more than developing, testing and writing about recipes that I love and your body loves. My love for cooking is known by everyone. I’m often the girl who brings along baked goods to class, I never show up empty handed to a party and I love to bring treats for the kids I’m babysitting. It is common knowledge that I absolutely, positively, adore everything about food. While I spend lots of time on Living Lou, it’s not the only thing that I do. I love film, TV and media. Naturally, my love for that area has to manifest itself somewhere and that’s where being a full time film and media production student comes in. It keeps me pretty busy. I also play guitar and enjoy reading, writing and fashion. I want to say that I enjoy exercise, but I don’t think I’m quite there yet. One day, my friends, one day. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to get in touch with me at livinglou@gmail.com – I love hearing from you! ABOUT THE BLOG Living Lou was born in May 2010. I wasn’t really sure what I was doing at first, all I knew was that I loved getting recipes from all over the blogosphere and I thought it would be a fun and creative outlet for my then, barely 17 year old self. As a strictly recipe following girl I wanted to try my hand at creating recipes and food photography – which is an art form in itself! Living Lou is a journey and has presented me with many opportunities I wouldn’t have had. WORK WITH ME I’ve loved collaborating with many brands, companies and bloggers over the years and I’d love to work with you! Please don’t hesitate to contact me at livinglou@gmail.com to chat. Opportunities include recipe development, food photography, sponsored posts, brand ambassador/sponsorship, events and conferences. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE… Hill + Knowlton Strategies Top 10 Canadian Food Blogs Psychology of Eating Top 100 Foodie Blogs of 2013 Contributor to Cityline.ca (top Canadian daytime TV show) Featured on 680news.com, How to Host a Canada Day Party, July 2013 Coffee Lovers 101 Top 100 Coffee & Food blogs of 2013 Featured on SheKnows.com. Simple Chicken Recipes, March 2014 Recipes published on Glam Media, 2014 Macewan Eats Favourite Healthy Bloggers, 2014 Developed a recipe for Mushrooms Canada Go PINK charity campaign Featured on Best Friends for Frosting (Rosemary Smashed Potatoes), December 2013Mentioned on Noshon.it (September 30, 2013) Media Sponsor and Brand Ambassador for Canadian Health App CarrottLines Developed and photographed a recipe for Cookin’ Greens Dragon’s Den Campaign (March 2013) Featured and interview on The Fashion DJ (March 20, 2013) Guest blogger on Eat In Eat Out Magazine (Chocolate Ginger Mousse, February 20th, 2013) Developed and photographed recipes for Sweet Lemon Magazine’s Valentine’s Day Issue (February 2013) Mentioned on Where Women Cook, May 2012 Developed and photographed recipes for Sweet Lemon Magazine’s December Issue (December 2012) Living Lou was chosen as one of the Top 100 Food Blogs by Psychology of Eating, October 2012 Recipe featured on News Canada Writes Weekly for Sweet Lemon Magazine’s Blog: The Zesty Digest Writes Weekly for Sweet Potato Chronicles Recipe featured on TipJunkie.com Mentioned on Jeanette’s Healthy Living (September 7, 2012) Recipe published on Yahoo! Shine Supper Club, September 2012 Featured on Feastie Friday, July 27, 2012 Featured on The Secret Recipe Club, July 24, 2012 Recipe published in Foodie Crush Magazine, Summer 2012 issue Mentioned on Guilty Kitchen, June 19th, 2012 Featured in Eat In Eat Out Magazine: Summer 2012 Featured Blogger Multiple recipes featured on Faveglutenfreerecipes.com Featured on Carrie’s Experimental Kitchen, April 6th, 2012 Mentioned on Simple Bites, February 19th, 2012 Featured on Foodie Crush, January 24th, 2012 Featured on Mushrooms Canada Placed 2nd place in Mushroom’s Canada Mushroom’s Mania Recipe Contest, December 19th, 2011 Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution: Blog Of the Month: November 2011 Health and Wellness Blogger at The Kit Magazine Recipe published in Foodie Crush Magazine Gourmet Live: Image of the Day on December 21st, 2011 Lentils Canada recipe feature: Recipe Revelations Ebook Mentioned on Family Fresh Cooking, July 16th, 2011