Lisa believes delicious living should feel doable — even joyful — whether you’re a seasoned home cook or someone who’s never held a chef’s knife. Her culinary journey spans more than three decades, from pasta‑making in Italy to plant‑based training with Forks Over Knives to earning her Vegan Chef Certification with the Vegan Gastronomy Culinary Academy.
As a professionally trained speaker, she brings story, science, and seasoned humor to audiences across the country, sharing her signature blend of Eating Well and Living Well. Her work has been featured in regional and national publications, and she was a 2024 Vegan Women Summit speaker finalist.
Her award‑winning cookbook, Food ELEVATED, celebrates colorful, Colorado‑rooted cooking.
At The Silver Sprout, she blends evidence‑based wellness with real‑life cooking — a place where confidence grows, creativity blooms, and everyone is welcome at the table. Her guiding reminder: Let’s make this delicious!
For more about The Silver Sprout, visit our other pages that describe our vision and passion:
Join Lisa on:
Cooking Videos – Click here!
Plant-Rich Podcasts – Listen here!
Books and Products available on the website store or Amazon:
Veg Around the World – released 2022. A Plant-based Collection of 50 Global-Inspired Recipes. Softbound only.
My Plants-First Workbook – released 2022. An 85-page journal of self-exploration and discovery to help you eat more plants! Softbound only.
Food Elevated, 100 Recipes for Colorful Cooking from the Colorado Front Range – released in 2021. Hardbound and softbound.
Plant-based Test Drive -released 2021. A 44 –page self-guided tour and examination of testing a plant-based lifestyle. Paperback and e-book.
21 Days of Cruciferous Vegetables Recipes: Simply Eating Well – Want to eat more vegetables? Interested in learning about cruciferous vegetables and how to enjoy them in a variety of dishes and cuisines? Then this cookbook is for you. Soups, salads, wraps, stir-fries, and more – learn to enjoy the beauty of these nutritional powerhouses to enjoy daily – or more!
Recipes include:
Spring Rolls
Colcannon
Fennel Ginger Pear Salad
Frittatas
Saffron Orzo Soup
Compassion Mantra Cards – Need a lift? Lisa shares 14 thoughtful compassion mantras for daily use
Home Emergency Preparedness Guide – home and estate management organizing tool. Hard copy and e-files.
Managing the End….to Bridge the Beginning – caregiving tips for end-of-life care and estate management. Ebook only.
Local Writings and Featured In….
Lisa Boesen, vegan chef and cookbook author, celebrates plant-based eating for health – Greeley Tribune, Nov 11, 2022
Community Supported Agriculture – NoCo Style – Bounty, Spring 2022, pgs 6-7
Let’s Dance! Swing, Jive, and Sway to Better Health! – Fifty & Better, Spring 2022, pgs 24 -26
Plan Your Staycation – Fifty & Better, Winter 2021, page 24,25
The Versatile Squash – Bounty, Fall 2021, page 4,5
Dance of the Pollinators Bounty – Spring 2021, page 4
Chef it Up – Live Naturally Magazine – Nov 2021
Lisa has provided health and wellness speaking services and/or tastings to the following organizations, among others:
- Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) CSU – presentation/workshop
- Longmont Senior Center – presentation and tasting
- Morgan Stanley Financial Services – presentation and tasting
- Rocky Mountain Olive Oil Company – presentation and tasting
- Spice and Tea Exchange Fort Collins – presentation and tasting
- Gardens at Spring Creek – plant-based workshop and virtual cooking class
- Fort Collins Senior Center – plant-based workshop
- Illinois WIC. State Conference – Springfield, IL. Keynote Speaker
- ECCLPS – Sterling, CO. Self-care workshop
- USDA – APHIS. Fort Collins, CO. Guest speaker
- Arvada Senior Living – Arvada, CO. Guest Speaker
- Greater Houston Area Red Cross
- National Association for Dermatology Administrators and Managers. National Meeting
- Georgia Society for Respiratory Care, State Meeting
- Texas Society of Medical Assistants, State Meeting
- Oklahoma Society for Respiratory Care, State Conference
- Society for Healthcare Consumer Advocacy – National Conference
Popular Workshops and Seminars
Spices and Herbs and Plants – Oh my! How to begin a primarily plant-based life.
A Plant-Rich Trip to Provence – Learn easy travel tips while traveling through the Southern French countryside enjoying plant-rich Provencal cuisine
Veg Around the World – Explore new cooking techniques, spices, grains and produce to demonstrate exciting plant-based recipes
The Bees and Me – learning from the earth and its wonderful resources
Put some PEP in Your Life! – expecting the best while preparing for the worst. How to create your own emergency preparedness home management
Perfect for –
Women’s Groups ♦ Health and Wellness ♦ Community-based Programs ♦ Retreats
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