Welcome to The Perfect Bite from Melissa Ben-Ishay of @bakedbymelissa, where you’ll learn how to use simple ingredients to make delicious, nourishing meals with recipes that will make you crave vegetables all day long. 

I believe that if you get your nourishment from mealtime, you can absolutely indulge in dessert every single day, just like I do. If you’re new here, start with the basics: how to make a salad and stocking up on kitchen staples. These make creating delicious meals easy every day of the week.

In 2020, I started sharing the recipes I was making for my family on TikTok. I never dreamed it would grow into what it has—a NYT-bestselling cookbook packed with nourishing recipes, more than 1,000 recipe videos, and an incredible community of people who dream about their next meal just as much as I do. People who live to eat, instead of eating to live. 

Before I started chopping in tie-dye on TikTok, I co-founded Baked by Melissa with my brother and a few others. Today, I’m CEO and still develop every bite-size cupcake flavor. We bake them in New Jersey and ship them nationwide for life’s sweetest moments.

On top of all that, I’m an overworked mom to two young women and am obsessed with productivity—can you tell? I spend every Thursday in my kitchen creating new recipes I think you’ll love. My girls don’t eat those recipes now, but I know one day they will.

I’m thrilled you’re here and can’t wait to share new recipes. I hope you’re hungry.

Photos: Ashley Sears