Hi, everyone — after a long pause, full of magazine assignments, talks, and more (proof is on Instagram, yes!), I finally found the time to write a blog post for a cause I deeply care about. October Unprocessed by the passionate blogger Andrew Wilder of Eating Rules. In 2009, he asked a terrific question: What would it be like to go one month without processed food? His quest to get people to eat better has since grown to more than 30,000 people.

If you are curious, go ahead and read more, and take the pledge here.

To learn more about tiny teff, what it is and how to cook it, and try the new gluten-free recipe I developed for this year’s pledge, click here

Last but not least, most of what I do everyday, is now on Instagram @mariaspeck, because time for blogging is rare. Hope to see many of you there!