Anja Cass was born in Germany in 1973. At the age of eight she moved to Australia with her parents and soon discovered the joys of different cultures and foods.

It wasn’t until she went to University to study a Bachelor of Communications, that she moved away from home and had to cook for herself. Living on campus with many overseas students, she was further exposed to ingredients and cooking techniques from all around the globe.

Anja’s passion for food and cooking grew over the next 20 years as she continued to cook for family and friends on a daily basis.

However, in 2012 a health scare struck. After a routine doctor’s appointment it was found that she had a bulging aorta and the onset of heart disease. With a young son and family history of fatal heart disease on both sides of her family, she researched ways to reverse this. Everything led to a Plant Based Diet.

She began cooking plant based food and saw immediate results. Her cholesterol dropped, she had energy again, and she lost 24 kilos (over 50 pounds) in just 5 months.

Anja’s weight loss and healthy glow had people questioning what she was eating. So in 2013 she started to do quick Youtube videos to explain and show her new meals to family and friends.

What happened next was never expected…

More and more people started to watch her channel - strangers!

People from all around the world were tuning in for her quick, easy and tasty recipes. Behold - Cooking With Plants!

Following on from this, Anja authored a range of best selling cookbooks, courses and won the 2015 Vegan of the Year Award for Social Media Outreach.

She is a popular and well loved vegan cook who inspires her followers to eat well and get healthy with whole plants based recipes. Her tagline “Vegan Made Easy” says it all. She really does keep things quick and easy with recipes that taste amazing.