Kristen Swensson Sturt

Location: Bloomfield, New Jersey

Education: The New School, SUNY Geneseo

Kristen developed a variety of recipes for Serious Eats, many of which were featured in the “Healthy & Delicious” column, including salads, pasta, cocktails, cookies, and side dishes.
She has written for MSN, NBC, Twin Cities PBS, Serious Eats, HuffPost, The Morning Sun, and Considerable, among others. She focuses on topics related to health, wellness, and lifestyle.
Kristen founded the food and personal finance blog Cheap Healthy Good, which became a thriving resource for 14k daily readers and was featured on CBS Early Show, CNN.com, Time.com, and Lifehacker.

Experience

Kristen is a freelance writer and editor who specializes in topics related to health, wellness, and lifestyle. She has written for MSN, NBC, Twin Cities PBS, Serious Eats, HuffPost, The Morning Sun, and Considerable, among others. Kristen developed several recipes for Serious Eats, many focused on lighter, healthier versions of classic fare, including lasagna, peppermint patties, Bellini cocktails, and black-eyed peas. She founded the food and personal finance blog Cheap Healthy Good, which became a thriving resource for 14,000 daily readers and was featured on CBS Early Show, CNN.com, Time.com, and Lifehacker.

About Serious Eats

Serious Eats, a Dotdash brand, is an award-winning food and drink website visited by over 7 million hungry readers every month. Our audience comes to us for rigorously tested recipes, science-driven cooking techniques, robust equipment reviews, and stories that offer cultural and historical context to the foods we love to eat.

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