About me

Hello and welcome to my little corner of the Internet!

My name is Hanna and I’m a Swedish twenty-something year old who always has a project going. Ever since I was little, I’ve loved baking, and while growing up my passion for cooking developed as well.

Back in 2016 as a 15 year old, I started my blog, The Veggienator, and Instagram account (@the_veggienator) as a project and a way to share so called “healthy” sweet tooth satisfying recipes. At the start of my blog, I still had a very unhealthy relationship to food after beating anorexia. However, from there did not only my photography and skills in the kitchen develop, but also my “food is fuel and supposed to be enjoyed” kind of mind set. Nowadays, my favourite motto is “straight to the biceps” when it comes to food, and I couldn’t be happier. I ran the blog for three years with a whole hearted focus on baked treats, mostly made with more wholesome ingredients, until I got burned out the summer of 2019.

More than a year later, in March 2021, after a year in to the pandemic, I got my spark back and started photographing and sharing my creations in the kitchen again. I started running both my Instagram and website. However, I found that I quickly got into old patterns of chasing likes and making recipes extra complicated to create original content and so on on Instagram. This led me to decide to put Instagram on ice, and just keep posting my creations I happen to make because I want to over on this website. One of my best decisions ever since it took away all the stress and pressure I put on myself while I could keep my hobby and love for food and photography. Also, eating everything without guilt for the first time in six years led me to feeling that “The Veggienator” was a brand and name that is from my younger past. Hence, the new name which simply is my own name. This since what will never change is my passion for good food and experimenting in the kitchen.

With that said welcome and I hope you find something to your liking!

Okay, since you’re here, I’ll also tell a little bit more about myself. Since the autumn of 2020, I’m studying biotechnological engineering. Despite two years of online teaching, I have never doubted my choice of studies, and am following my dream from the age of 15 of specialising the last two years in food technology. I truly love the classic engineering courses in the combination of biology and food, one of my biggest interests in life. This interest in food led me to go on exchange February to July to Wageningen, the Netherlands. I’ve not only learned about food technology and broadened my academic knowledge, I also met people I will forever keep very very dear to my heart and did so much for me in such a short time. Hallo Kasteel Donker, if you’re reading this! Jag älskar er (och dijks)!

I have competed at national level in bench press and power lifting for four years, but after back problems due to lumbago and my exchange, I picked up cycling thanks to my Dutch roomies. My two new life goals are to bench 100kg and bike Vätternrundan, 315km race around a Swedish lake. I am a proper sports junkie and have always played sports, including basketball for 10 years, rugby for 1 year (taking a national bronze medal in 7s), and I’ve ran a half marathon and multiple obstacle races. Basically, I love a challenge and have high ambitions with whatever I do.

Hopefully, you now know a little bit more about me. If you have any questions, feel free to send me a message and I’ll make sure to respond as quickly as I can.

Me in a homemade classic midsummer flower crown with a big smile!

Have put on more muscle mass since this picture in 2019 😉