Today we’d like to introduce you to Lara Clevenger.
Hi Lara, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for taking the time to share your story with us – to start, maybe you can share some of your backstories with our readers.
I graduated from the University of North Florida in 2010 with a Master’s of Science in Nutrition. I began working as a Registered Dietitian at a hospital near my hometown. I quickly learned that my passions were not in a clinical setting.
I loved cooking, holistic nutrition, and working out. I started a virtual private practice while working my full-time job. Over the next 6 years, I built up my nutrition private practice and food blog to the level that I was able to quit my full-time job. I’ve been a full-time private practice dietitian, food blogger, cookbook author, and food photographer for the last 6 years and have not looked back.
Since then, I’ve created 2 food blogs, have 5 published cookbooks, have been quoted in national publications, and have worked with dozens of brands for freelance food photography.
Side note – I am also a sponsored Athlete. In 2018 I got into bowling and now compete all over the us in amateur and professional tournaments.
I’m sure you wouldn’t say it’s been obstacle free, but so far would you say the journey has been a fairly smooth road?
While building up my private practice and food blog, I worked in various different settings (a hospital, dialysis center, and along term care facility) hoping that one of these would ignite my passion. Unfortunately, I notice that working at these settings, I had no real influence over the food choices that were being given to patients. I wanted to help fix the root cause of their disease, and the best way to do so was within my private practice.
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next, you can tell us a bit more about your business.
In my virtual private practice, I function as a Ketogenic Dietitian Nutritionist and Keto Coach specializing in functional and integrative nutrition. We use a food as medicine approach to heal you from the inside out.
I offer monthly Keto Coaching, Non-Keto Nutrition Coaching, a Keto Course for those that don’t need additional support, and premade meal plans for those that already know a great deal about nutrition but just want some structure or guidelines.
On my website, I also have around 100 recipes that are low in carbs and easy to make with minimal ingredients.
For brands, I love making healthy beautiful recipes with their products. I’m available for recipe creation and photography for your socials and websites, or I can showcase the recipes I make with your products on my blog, which recipes around 150,000 pageviews monthly.
How can people work with you, collaborate with you or support you?
If you’re a brand looking for collaboration, please email me at [email protected] and please put your brand name and collab in the title section. If you’re looking for meal plans or to work with me in a nutrition aspect, please visit my services page on my blog https://laraclevenger.com/virtual-dietitian-online-nutrition-services/
Pricing:
- $250 For recipe creation and photography that includes commercial rights.
- $175 for recipe reshoots. Do you have a recipe on your blog or social media that needs better photos or an update
- $500, I will create a sponsored post on my blog that includes recipe development and photography. You are also able to use the photos with commercial rights.
Contact Info:
- Website: LaraClevenger.com
- Instagram: instagram.com/laraclevenger
- Facebook: facebook.com/laraclevengerRD
- Twitter: twitter.com/laraclevenger
