Hi friend!
My name’s Katie, and I’m a snackaholic—and the founder of Mooi Foods :)
I’ve loved the cozy ritual of baking cookies for as long as I can remember. It all started when I was three years old in my mom’s kitchen in Langley, Canada, in the 1980s. I loved the bonding, togetherness, and magic of creating warm, gooey treats that comforted and delighted my family. While my friends were playing with Barbies, I was devouring Martha Stewart’s every business move.
In my 20s, I studied pastry and baking in New York City and went on to work as a private chef to clients all around the world. This lifelong love affair with sugar, cream, and comfort food was only rudely interrupted by another obsession that no woman of my generation could escape: diet culture and the “Thin is In” craze (thanks, Victoria’s Secret!).
In my 30s, a friend challenged me to enter a fitness competition, and without thinking, I said yes. I trained my butt off and learned all about nutrition, tracking macronutrients, carbs, fat, protein, and calories—and have been obsessed with this information ever since. My personal conundrum was how to reconcile health, nutrition, and body consciousness with indulgence and deliciousness. I wanted to create a delicious treat that wasn’t just “not bad for you,” but was actually good for you.
Enter Mooi Foods! I created these cookies out of love, health consciousness, and a dollop of stubbornness—because I truly believe that it’s possible to “have your cookie and eat it too.”
May you eat, may you thrive, may you Mooi, and leave no crumbs.
Xo, Katie