Olivia Dupin is a private chef, recipe developer, and consultant and is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America. She specializes in healthful, delicious food. Since being diagnosed with Celiac Disease (a gluten intolerance) in 2009, she has committed herself to creating great recipes that allow those with dietary restrictions to make simple substitutions and still enjoy the foods they love.

She has worked as a private chef for professional athletes and celebrity personalities alike. Her efforts as a recipe developer includes work on a New York Times best-selling cookbook of healthy family recipes and most recently, low-calorie meals for Energy Kitchen Restaurants.

Olivia also maintains a blog dedicated to gluten-free recipes at livglutenfree.com. She is thrilled to be sharing simple, flavorful recipes under 500 calories with you here.