Hi, and welcome to my virtual kitchen!
Hi, and welcome to my virtual kitchen!My name is Claudia Curici, and I am an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, a 2019 graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in New York, and the founder of Creative in My Kitchen. Here, I share original recipes made with wholesome, nutritious ingredients, with the hope of inspiring you to fall in love with cooking and real food. While these recipes are for everyone who appreciates good food, they are especially helpful for those following gluten-free, sugar-free, or low-lectin diets.
I am also the author of two cookbooks featuring more than 225 recipes shaped by my love of wholesome food, my experiments with a low-lectin diet, and decades of traveling and living on different continents:
- The Living Well Without Lectins Cookbook, published in February 2020
- Everyday Low-Lectin Cookbook, published in December 2022
I was born and raised in Romania and have a bachelor’s degree in Sociology and a master’s degree in Communication and Public Relations. Before dedicating myself to food and nutrition, I worked in media, communication, and public relations for more than 15 years.
I lived and worked for eight years in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and for five years in Dallas, Texas. My interests and passions include cooking, photography, healthy living, learning, traveling, and exploring different cultures.
Living in different countries and traveling around the world has shaped the way I cook and think about food. I am endlessly inspired by local ingredients, culinary traditions, and the simple ways people everywhere gather around a table.
I have great respect for tradition, but I also believe it can survive a little curiosity. With access to ingredients from around the world, we have more freedom than ever to experiment — and that is where I feel most at home. I love combining old techniques with new ingredients, mixing flours in unexpected ways, using just enough sweetness, and finding fresh, more nourishing expressions of familiar foods. This is how sorghum might end up in Romanian cabbage rolls — and somehow they still bring me the same comfort as my mother’s traditional sarmale.
To me, cooking is an essential part of being human — a way to nourish ourselves, express creativity, stay connected to the natural world, and bring people together. I believe that meals made with real, wholesome ingredients can support a healthy, vibrant life while bringing beauty and pleasure to the everyday.
On Creative in My Kitchen and in my cookbooks, I share my everyday experiments with food and my joy of creating flavorful, nutritious, and beautiful meals for myself, my family, and anyone looking for fresh inspiration in the kitchen.
I founded Creative in My Kitchen while living in Dallas, and today I live and create in different parts of Europe, including Romania and Denmark.
Follow me on Instagram at @creativeinmykitchen for daily food inspiration.
This website grew from the small community that first formed around my Instagram account, and I remain deeply grateful for all the support, guidance, encouragement, and love I have received along the way.
I hope this virtual kitchen inspires you to cook with curiosity, enjoy real food, and discover your own way of feeling nourished and vibrant.
Happy cooking!
Claudia