Taylor Dadds
Taylor Dadds is the creator of One Balanced Life, sharing simple recipes, meal prep plans and easy dinners from Austin, Texas.
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Taylor’s happenings, collected from public sources, plus her backstory and Starbook, where fans write.
Known for
Overview
- From
- Louisville, Kentucky
- Based in
- Austin, Texas
- Work
- Recipe developer and creator of One Balanced Life
- Started
- One Balanced Life, 2017
- Audience milestone
- Passed 100,000 Instagram followers by her 2021 podcast appearance
Mini bio
How it started.
Taylor grew up in Louisville and found a love of cooking in college. Long hours in a corporate job made meal prep useful in her own life. She started One Balanced Life in 2017 and shared breakfasts and prepared meals while working in Dallas.
Making it her work.
After moving to Austin, she worked in social media and freelanced while building her community. She told Voyage Austin that she took One Balanced Life full time before the pandemic. A 2021 podcast appearance described an Instagram audience of more than 100,000.
What fans come for.
Her recipes emphasize simple ingredients and manageable preparation, from bowls and salads to one-pan dinners. One Balanced Meal Prep adds weekly plans, grocery lists and printable recipes. Running is part of her life too, and her newsletters discuss fueling during marathon training.
Creditschronological, newest first
- 2026One Pot Spaghetti O’sRecipe developer
- 2026Pumpkin LasagnaRecipe developer
Quotes
Seeing these recipes in your homes fills my soul.Taylor Dadds, One Balanced Life
From her introduction to the blog and the community cooking her recipes.
Trivia
- She likes running on Austin’s Town Lake Trail.
- Her love of cooking began in college.
- Her October 2026 newsletter introduced refreshed grocery lists and printable recipe PDFs.
Find Taylor
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