8 Black Foodies to Follow on Instagram Now

Healthy food never looked so good.

Celebrate National Vegetarian Month - October is also National Vegetarian Month! You don't have to be a vegetarian to try something new. Celebrate by cooking up a delish veggie-friendly brunch for friends. Try these quinoa-stuffed roasted tomatoes and check out other recipes by Wendy Lopez and Jessica Jones of the Web series Food Heaven Made Easy. (Photo: Food Heaven Made Easy)

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Feast Your Eyes on These Talented Cooks - Eating healthy is hard, especially when you find yourself eating the same meals over and over again. Enter these Black foodies and their food porn on Instagram. Their pages will inspire you to try fun, adventurous and healthy meals. And once you find a recipe you love, make it your own by adding your favorite Lawry’s sauces and seasonings. By Kellee Terrell

Photo By Photo: Food Heaven Made Easy

Carla Hall - Whether The Chew’s energetic host Hall is baking cookies, making split pea soup or hanging out with her friends, everything about her exudes love and passion. You can feel her energy just by looking at her pics.   (Photo: Carla Hall via Instagram)

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Carla Hall - Whether The Chew’s energetic host Hall is baking cookies, making split pea soup or hanging out with her friends, everything about her exudes love and passion. You can feel her energy just by looking at her pics. (Photo: Carla Hall via Instagram)

Wendy Lopez and Jessica Jones  - The ‘Nutritionista’ Wendy Lopez and her homegirl, registered dietitian Jessica Jones, have teamed up with Food Heaven Made Easy to give us kickass plant-based recipes. Plus, they give us the science behind why eating more veggies is good for us.    (Photo: Food Heaven via Instagram)

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Wendy Lopez and Jessica Jones - The ‘Nutritionista’ Wendy Lopez and her homegirl, registered dietitian Jessica Jones, have teamed up with Food Heaven Made Easy to give us kickass plant-based recipes. Plus, they give us the science behind why eating more veggies is good for us.  (Photo: Food Heaven via Instagram)

Chef G. Garvin - Known for books, television shows and restaurants, Garvin makes eating well accessible to all tastes. Travel with Garvin as he goes across the country looking for the best-hidden food gems.   (Photos: Chef Gerry Garvin via Instagram)

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Chef G. Garvin - Known for books, television shows and restaurants, Garvin makes eating well accessible to all tastes. Travel with Garvin as he goes across the country looking for the best-hidden food gems. (Photos: Chef Gerry Garvin via Instagram)

Chef Akhi - Celebrity chef and natural food activist Akhi has two major goals in mind with her meals: to heal Black folks and to help us use food as a means to live longer and healthier lives. Akhi will make you step out of your food comfort zone, but it’s oh so worth it.   (Photo: Chef Ahki via Instagram)

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Chef Akhi - Celebrity chef and natural food activist Akhi has two major goals in mind with her meals: to heal Black folks and to help us use food as a means to live longer and healthier lives. Akhi will make you step out of your food comfort zone, but it’s oh so worth it. (Photo: Chef Ahki via Instagram)

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Bryant Terry - Everyone’s favorite Afro-Vegan, Terry’s Instagram, which mixes social justice with vegan cuisine, makes you want to say goodbye to meat forever (or at least a few days). With his use of spices and herbs, he makes his dishes accessible, delicious and affordable for every palette.   (Photo: Bryant Terry via Instagram)

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Bryant Terry - Everyone’s favorite Afro-Vegan, Terry’s Instagram, which mixes social justice with vegan cuisine, makes you want to say goodbye to meat forever (or at least a few days). With his use of spices and herbs, he makes his dishes accessible, delicious and affordable for every palette. (Photo: Bryant Terry via Instagram)

Chef Asata - Also called the Life Chef, Chef Asata can throw down in the kitchen, but with healthy ingredients that are good for the heart and the soul. She can turn “boring” veggies into a tasty masterpiece. Just look at these garlicky roasted green beans.    (Photo: Chef Asata via Instagram)

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Chef Asata - Also called the Life Chef, Chef Asata can throw down in the kitchen, but with healthy ingredients that are good for the heart and the soul. She can turn “boring” veggies into a tasty masterpiece. Just look at these garlicky roasted green beans.  (Photo: Chef Asata via Instagram)

Latham Thomas - Also known for her Mama Glow website, Thomas’s page is not only filled with amazing healthy snack ideas and full-out healthy meals, but great fitness and beauty advice, too.   (Photo: Glow Maven via Instagram)

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Latham Thomas - Also known for her Mama Glow website, Thomas’s page is not only filled with amazing healthy snack ideas and full-out healthy meals, but great fitness and beauty advice, too. (Photo: Glow Maven via Instagram)

Karen T.  - With juicing being hot in the streets right now, Karen T from I am Eating Right serves us some of the most yummy juice recipes in the game. Peep her apple, ginger, lime and beet juice right here.   (Photo: Karen T via Instagram)

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Karen T. - With juicing being hot in the streets right now, Karen T from I am Eating Right serves us some of the most yummy juice recipes in the game. Peep her apple, ginger, lime and beet juice right here. (Photo: Karen T via Instagram)