Hey there! I'm Allison, the creator and recipe developer behind One Happy Dish. I'm SO excited you're here!
If you're anything like me, you love food (like, actual real, good food) but don't have time for the fuss. Or the planning. The long ingredient lists. All the things. I hear you! And that's why I created this food blog.
It's my joyful little corner of the internet where I share simple recipes and celebrate the wins. Like quick satisfying breakfasts, fresh seasonal soups and salads, and hands-off dinners. And of course cozy desserts. Because balance is a beautiful thing. ❤️

Expertise
- 16+ years working in digital marketing
- Blogger since 2005
- Recipe developer & food photographer since 2021
- Nearly 1 million page views reached on One Happy Dish
Experience
Allison credits the beginnings of her lifelong love of seasonal cooking to growing up in rural Boulder, Colorado with a large backyard garden and daily salads that consisted of whatever happened to be growing that day. Cooking wasn't something that was learned after the fact; it was simply part of her every day.
Eventually making her way to her current home in downtown Boston by way of New York, Allison also became influenced by the likes of Reuben sandwiches, sourdough and kimchi which have helped shaped her culinary concept as she started experimenting with incorporating fermented foods into her recipes.
At the same time, she also recognized a growing need for recipes that were both fresh and wholesome yet fast and easy to make for life's busiest seasons. This would eventually lead to her decision to create the food blog, One Happy Dish, to share these joyful and simple recipes and build a community.
Read more about One Happy Dish.

