Meet Jen Rosales of Earth Fairie Food

Today we’d like to introduce you to Jen Rosales.

jen, we appreciate you taking the time to share your story with us today. Where does your story begin?
I’m Jen, a plant-based vegan chef, owner of Earth Fairie Foods. I have always loved cooking since I was little but i didn’t start becoming passionate about it until a few years after I was diagnosed with multiple auto-immune diseases. I was diagnosed with Psoriasis at 19, and Psoriatic Arthritis at 21. From 21-22 I was pretty much bedridden. I wasn’t able to go to work or school because my body was hurting too much, i would get nauseous and fatigued easily & my body felt like it was defeating me really quickly. As my health was declining I started to research a lot into a more holistic health lifestyle. I started working with herbs and supplements, eating plant-based, and working with an herbalist. I did my first 30 day liquid fast in 2019 and since then i have been eating a plant based whole food diet. After a year of eating a very clean diet, and working with plant medicine and herbs I noticed my health was improving significantly! After that i started growing a bigger passion for cooking healthy food and making it taste just as delicious as our standard diets most are used to but with out all the crazy unnecessary ingredients in most of todays foods. I love to stick to a clean whole food diet because I know how good your body can feel when you detox it from bad habits and food. After a few years I started catering ceremonies, retreats and events every once in a while. And now I’m a full time self employed traveling chef. What i’ve dreamed of since I was little was being a chef. Growing up my mom would eventually cater family and friend parties and events for her job. She started bringing me along at around the age of 15. I hated it at first, but i grew to love it because i connected with my mom as well as i was learning more about cooking. My mom passed away from liver cancer November of 2021 and since then my passion for cooking and advocating to people to make healthier choices for their health has only grown so much more. I enjoy sharing healthy and nutrious food that can help your body heal itself and that can also help the planet.

Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
It has not been the smoothest road. It’s been one of those things that I grew to love more because of the pain i endured to have to learn about these changes. I strongly believe me getting an autoimmune disease was the way for me to find my purpose. So although it’s been a rough journey it was worth it. To be able to share what I didn’t know before it could help someone going through what i was going through or with any health issues looking for ways to implement more healthy eating into their daily life. It is not easy to build a small business by yourself with not having income to fully support your investments sometimes. My mom was a single mom so growing up we have always struggled with finances and with the health issues i’ve dealt with i have not been able to work a full time job to support myself in that way but somehow always made it by. Grateful for all of the lessons that i’ve discovered through any struggles. I’m sure any small business owner can relate to having to balance business and our personal life’s.

Thanks – so what else should our readers know about Earth Fairie Food ?
Earth Fairie Food is my organic vegan catering business. I specialize in all things whole food and plant based. We are not just plant based but we are soy free, refined sugar free, seed oil free and gluten free! We honor our commitment to providing the highest quality organic food that help support your body to detox and improve your overall health. Any ailments we may have, there’s an herb or plant for it. 🌿 I’m proud to provide healthy and intentionally made food. Whether you need a catered event, ceremony, birthday party, or a week worth of meals we are happy to provide our services.

What were you like growing up?
I have always been an introverted awkward child. As i was growing up i always loved to explore any and all hobbies. I have always loved singing, dancing, cooking and being in nature. I’m a gemini and i’ve never been able to fully commit to a hobby without jumping into a new one a day later. Even now i have a lot of random hobbies that i enjoy doing like slacklining, painting, cooking, music etc. When i was younger i would watch all the crafts my mom would do. She would paint, decorate, crotchet, create ballon art, cook and create a make a bunch of different crafts. i definitely get my creativity and curiosity from her!

Contact Info:

• Website: https://earthfairiefood.com
• Instagram: earthfairiefood
• Youtube: https://youtube.com/@earthfairiefood?si=I2KjJjR7dMJaf6AI
• Yelp: https://yelp.to/l_GVZaBzE0
• Other: https://earthfairiefood.com/shop/ols/products/cookbook-release-party