Leanne Ely

Leanne Ely has been speaking on nutrition and feeding children right since 1992. As a former caterer, Leanne understands the importance of balancing good nutrition with a great tasting meal.

Healthy Foods: An Irreverent Guide to Understanding Nutrition and Feeding Your Family Well (Champion Press) her first book, was just released early this year. In addition to the book, Leanne has written two unit studies to introduce nutrition to kids in a friendly, hands-on sort of way.

Leanne also writes a column called "The Manic Housewife" appearing in The Daily Courier newspaper in Rutherford County, NC where she also does freelance feature writing. Her freelance work has been in numerous magazines and on the Internet.

She is the editor of Healthy-Foods, a weekly e-zine focused on nutrition and new recipes. Send any emal to join-healthy-foods@ds.xc.org to subscribe.

Leanne appears as a regular guest chef on Carolina Cooks, a cooking segment for WLOS-TV news.

Leanne is the mother of two terrific homeschooled kids. They live in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in a very cool 125-year-old farmhouse with chickens, ducks, too many cats and one faithful dog.