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    A woman and a man standing next to each other in striped T-shorts.

    Hi, we are Emese Maczko and Nandor Barta, the founders and recipe creators behind My Pure Plants.

    We are so happy you found us. We are a wife and husband raising two beautiful daughters in a picturesque small town called Szentendre in Hungary in the middle of Europe.

    In 2018, Emese and Nandor started My Pure Plants from scratch to celebrate the incredible variety of vegan food. Today, we are sharing our knowledge and expertise in vegan recipes. We also love encouraging everyone to try home-cooked meals using locally-sourced, organic, whole foods.

    About Nandor

    Nandor is a cook and cinematographer behind this blog and co-author of Express Vegan Cookbook. Since he was always interested in cooking, he decided to pursue a career in hospitality. His first-ever job led him to a restaurant in Long Island, New York.

    After his first daughter was born, he did a 180-degree turn and started experimenting with vegan recipes. The positive changes he experienced prompted him to start My Pure Plants in 2018. He advocates cooking at home from scratch and limiting processed and artificial food.

    About Emese

    Emese is a baker and photographer behind this blog and co-author of Express Vegan Cookbook. She is the kind of baker who loves watching how high the dough slowly rises in the oven, or screams when flipping the pancake reveals a perfect golden brown color.

    While she learned a lot from her family, she enrolled in several baking courses to perfect her skills. While living abroad, she started her first baking blog after joining a Baking with Julia Child challenge and religiously watching all Cake Boss episodes on TLC.

    After her first daughter was born, she deep-dived into vegan desserts and founded My Pure Plants in 2018 with Nandor to share all those vegan sweet treats she loves.

    Portrait of Emese Maczko and Nandor Barta My Pure Plants

    What you’ll find on My Pure Plants

    We share simple, tasty, and easy vegan recipes with people of all skill levels, from timid beginners to seasoned home cooks and everyone who wants to try delicious recipes using only plants. Hence, the name pure plants.

    After living in various countries like the United States, United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Germany, and New Zealand, Emese and Nandor returned to Hungary. It is not surprising that cuisines from around the world inspired the vegan recipes you will find on this website.

    If you are new here, we recommend checking out our go-to favorites: our juicy vegan lentil loaf, our vegan butternut squash wellington, and our New York-style baked vegan cheesecake.

    Fun facts about Emese and Nandor

    • In his free time, Nandor likes to play squash or watch soccer. 
    • You can often find Nandor tending to his organic vegetable garden. We are never short on tomatoes to make easy ratatouille or lecsó recipe. 
    • Nandor’s most recent passion project is to perfect the best Neapolitan pizza crust, as well as other yeast-based savory baked goods. 
    • In her free time, Emese loves watching Korean dramas and reading good books. 
    • She is the happiest when her daughters find her desserts delicious. 
    • She is an avid skier. Not only that, but she won several medals in local and state championships. 

    Reader Favorites

    • A large white bowl with white rice and sticky brown battered strips on top sprinkled with sesame seeds, orange peels and chopped spring onion
      Crispy Vegan Orange Chicken (Copycat Panda Express)
    • Lots of spring rolls cut in half and arranged in a semi-circular dish facing upwards around a brown dipping sauce.
      Crispy Rice Paper Spring Rolls
    • A burger with layers of green ruffled lettuce, yellow sauce, thin cheese slices, dark brown burger patty twice, sliced pickles and white chopped onion.
      Meaty Vegan TVP Burger (Big Mac Style)
    • Copycat IKEA Veggie Balls

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    My Pure Plants has hundreds of vegan recipes from appetizers to desserts, you’ll find tried and tested vegan entrées, cooking tips, and ingredient guides.

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    Thank you for helping promote our work! You can read more about where you can find us outside this blog here. Or you can read an interview with us on Chef Knives Expert or Bored Panda.

    If you have any other inquiries, feel free to contact us any time by emailing [email protected] or connecting with us via any of the below channels.

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    1. James Lupton

      November 27, 2022 at 5:52 pm

      Hi, thanks for this. Good looking recipes. Can I ask: are your cups 8fl oz or 10? James

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      • Emese

        November 28, 2022 at 6:48 am

        Hi, I use US cup, so 8fl oz.

        Reply
    2. Bonnie

      November 08, 2020 at 1:40 pm

      I love your lentil loaf recipe. Question: are buckwheat seeds the same as buckwheat groats? Thanks!

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      • My Pure Plants

        November 09, 2020 at 8:41 am

        Yes they are, whole grain buckwheat, buckwheat seeds and buckwheat groats are supposed to be the same.

        Reply

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    Hi, we are Emese Maczkó and Nándor Barta, the founders and recipe creators behind My Pure Plants. We are sharing our knowledge and expertise in vegan recipes and encourage you to try home-cooked meals using locally-sourced, organic, whole foods.

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    Reader Favorites

    • A large white bowl with white rice and sticky brown battered strips on top sprinkled with sesame seeds, orange peels and chopped spring onion
      Crispy Vegan Orange Chicken (Copycat Panda Express)
    • Lots of spring rolls cut in half and arranged in a semi-circular dish facing upwards around a brown dipping sauce.
      Crispy Rice Paper Spring Rolls
    • A burger with layers of green ruffled lettuce, yellow sauce, thin cheese slices, dark brown burger patty twice, sliced pickles and white chopped onion.
      Meaty Vegan TVP Burger (Big Mac Style)
    • Copycat IKEA Veggie Balls

    Spring Recipes

    • A bowl of green soup sprinkled with vegetable crisps and white swirls.
      The Easiest Cream of Spinach Soup (Vegan)
    • White bowl with fettuccine pasta covered in green sauces sprinkled with yellow flakes and a pair of basil leaves. A fork is next to the bowl.
      Creamy Spinach Pasta Sauce
    • A white plate with a slice of lasagna where you can see the layers of red sauce, pasta sheets and a white ricotto and chopped spinach leaves.
      Easy Vegan Spinach Lasagna with Tofu Ricotta
    • Small white bowl with a chunky green paste and a fresh basil leaf on the side.
      Vegan Spinach Pesto (Nut-free)

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