Hello! I'm Sanaz. I am a proud mother of a son and daughter.I am grateful that you are here; this is our story.It was a couple of weeks when my son stopped eating red meat at 14. When I asked him why, he simply said it's not good for our health. I started researching, and as a family, we watched documentaries, including "What the Health" and "Forks Over Knives." One evening, after watching "Forks Over Knives" and seeing the cruelty towards animals and the many diseases associated with a carnivorous diet, we looked at each other silently. I will never forget that moment.The next day, we made the decision to stop consuming all animal products. We switched to a plant-based diet by preparing our usual meals without animal ingredients. After endlessly searching and cooking, we were so eager to reach other people who wanted to learn to eat plant-based, and we decided to share our recipes on Instagram to inspire others to improve their health. My 10-year-old daughter started creating plant-based recipes, and my son, a filmmaker and photographer, started making recipe videos and taught me everything about creating videos for social media and photography for our website. My husband, who was 55 then, began reducing his consumption of animal products. While he still eats some animal products, he has been supportive of our food choices from the beginning.

The Short story

I have been cooking since I was a young girl, and I learned so much from my wonderful mom, who is an excellent cook. She would develop recipes without bothering to measure ingredients because she was a master improviser of recipes. I continued researching plant-based nutrition and chronic disease and obtained my Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate from T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies by eCornell. Learning about plant-based eating has been the most eye-opening experience of my life. It has been an incredible journey that I have shared with my children. I am always grateful to my son for his courage in starting this journey, my daughter for her courage in coming on this journey and developing recipes, and my husband for supporting our journey. We understand that you may not be ready to change your food habits entirely, and we do not expect that from anyone. No matter where you are in your food journey, we are here for you, welcome you with open arms, and support you.

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We Are a Family.

We are Tomatoes With Lemon! A mother, son, and daughter team. We are committed to helping you eat more plants. We strive every day to bring you recipes and tips that will enhance your health and life experience.

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Our Mission

We are Tomatoes With Lemon! A mother, son, and daughter committed to helping you eat more plants. Our goal is to fill the gap between learning nutrition information and implementation in our daily lives. That's why we strive daily to bring you the best recipes and tips to enhance your health and life experience.

We Are a Family.

We are Tomatoes With Lemon! A mother, son, and daughter team. We are committed to helping you eat more plants. We strive every day to bring you recipes and tips that will enhance your health and life experience.

Tomatoes with Lemon started with two questions:

Do we enjoy our lifestyle choices?
What would be better for ourselves and our world?

The Short story

We are a family of four, and my son (age 14), daughter (age 10), and I (age 42) instantly decided one evening we would never eat animal products again.

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The Short story

We are a family of four, and my son, daughter, and I instantly decided one evening we would never eat animal products again.

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The Long story

I'm Sanaz, and I am the mother. My son was 14 years old when he stopped eating red meat. When I asked him why he would say it's not good for our health. I started researching, and as a family, we watched documentaries, including What the Health and Forks Over Knives. One evening after watching Forks Over Knives and seeing the cruelty towards animals and the many diseases of eating a carnivore diet, we looked at each other silently. The next day, we stopped eating all animal foods and never looked back. We started eating plant-based by cooking our usual meals, except we excluded animal products. My daughter, who was 10 years old at the time, started developing plant-based recipes. My husband, age 55 at the time, gradually minimized animal products. Even though he still eats minimal animal products, he has supported our food choices from the beginning. After a few months of eating plant-based, we decided to share our recipes through Instagram to inspire anyone to improve their health. I continued my research in plant-based nutrition and chronic disease. I also obtained my Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate from T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies by eCornell.
Learning about plant-based eating has been the most eye-opening experience of my life. It is the best experience I have shared with my children. I will always be grateful to my son for his courage in starting this journey, my daughter for her courage in coming on this journey and developing recipes, and my husband for supporting our journey. After a few months of eating plant-based, we decided to share our recipes to inspire you. And it's important to share our knowledge and experience with the world for their health, animals, and our planet. I know most people wait to change their food diets, and we are not expecting this from you. Making any change toward incorporating plants into your diet is amazing!

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The Long story

I'm Sanaz, and I am the mother. My son was 13 years old when he stopped eating red meat. When I asked him why he would say it's not good for our health. I started researching, and as a family, we saw documentaries, including What the Health and Forks Over Knives. One evening after watching Forks Over Knives, we just looked at each other, and the next day, we stopped eating all animal foods and never looked back.

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Our Mission

We are Tomatoes With Lemon! A mother, son, and daughter committed to helping you eat more plants. Our goal is to fill the gap between learning nutrition information and implementation in our daily lives. That's why we strive daily to bring you the best recipes and tips to enhance your health and life experience.

Sanaz Shahin

Founder

Our Mission

We are Tomatoes With Lemon! A mother, son, and daughter who are committed to helping you eat more plants. We strive every day to bring you recipes and tips that will enhance your health and life experience.

Sanaz Shahin

Founder

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