Francesca Bonadonna
Francesca Bonadonna is the creator of Plantifully Based, sharing vegan comfort food, Italian-American favorites and high protein recipes through her blog, videos and cookbook.
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Overview
- Known as
- Plantifully Based
- Work
- Recipe creator, food photographer and cookbook author
- Started
- April 2016, as 30 Vegan Days on Instagram
- Signature recipes
- Vegan comfort food with Italian-American influences
Mini bio
How it started.
Francesca began an anonymous Instagram food diary called 30 Vegan Days in April 2016. That June, she renamed it Plantifully Based and bought a camera to pursue recipes and food photography.
Comfort food, made vegan.
Her Italian-American upbringing shapes her cooking. Plantiful, published in January 2021, brought that approach to a cookbook with more than 75 recipes.
A reader favorite.
Her website highlights the high protein bagels as a viral recipe. She developed them after the store-bought bagels she liked disappeared from her local health food store.
Creditschronological, newest first
Cookbooks
Podcasts
- 2021–2023Vegan ThoughtsCreator and host
Quotes
I feel my best when I create.Francesca Bonadonna, Plantifully Based About Me
On her About page, she connects cooking with her lifelong love of creative work.
Trivia
- She trained as an opera singer and holds a BFA and an MM in vocal performance.
- Her About page introduces her dogs, Bella and Roxy.
- She remembers making pancakes with her grandpa, who taught her to watch the bubbles before flipping.
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