Hello – I am Hailey!

Nice to meet you. I am the creator and author behind the blog- Rooted At Heart. 

I am a wife to my husband Spencer and a mom to our two daughters. We also have an Australian Bernedoodle, Stella.

Contrary to what one may think, I was gluten free for over 14 years before I made the switch to eating wheat and making sourdough recipes.

From Gluten Free to Eating Sourdough

When I was little, my body had constant inflammation and I reacted poorly to a majority of the foods I ate. I grew up with a constant gut ache.

In my teen years, I began suffering from migraines which linked to my congenital heart defect and (unknown to us) food intolerances. As we looked for a solution to improve my health, I turned to allergy testing.

My life quickly changed when my allergy testing revealed a gluten intolerance along with 20+ other intolerances and allergies. This led me to years of new recipes and eating around what foods I could or could not eat.

Through time I healed my gut from SIBO and constant inflammation from years of eating foods my body was struggling to digest. Soon after, the consistent migraines disappeared to.

Fast forward years later, I was feeling great. After we welcomed our little one to the world, my perspective shifted again around food. My gut had never felt better and I wanted to enjoy ‘all the things’ together as a family. 

Making the Leap

My husband was the one who inspired me to try making my own homemade sourdough bread. We leapt into research to understand the power of sourdough and the connection with using fermentation to reduce gluten in baked goods.

It took a few tries before I made my own low maintenance sourdough starter from scratch. I then turned the sourdough starter into my first loaf of sourdough bread and never looked back.

This sourdough baking journey has surpassed my wildest dreams. I quickly became inspired to recreate all the foods from my childhood and those I was ‘missing out’ on for years.

From my kitchen to yours, I hope to educate and inspire you to start your sourdough journey.

For my previously gluten free eaters, I know how scary it can be to try a food you have reacted to in the past. I hope to encourage you to incorporate sourdough recipes and can enjoy a broader selection of foods.

Join me and enjoy some of the best sourdough recipes of your dreams, making you feel connected to your roots and fueling your heart (and belly) along the way!

Acts 2:46 every day they met together, shared bread, ate together and were glad.

All the best,
Hailey