Thank you for your interest in the Mesa de Vida partner program! Apply now to join the Mesa de Vida mission to help busy food lovers that enjoy healthy living, great taste, and a great meal around the table. We offer 10% commission on successful sales. Our average order value is upwards of $50.00 per order. Whether you’re a gourmet foodie, healthy cooking and living enthusiast, compile lists for your readers to be inspired by, or simply love to share delicious things you feel good about, we’re looking for people who are passionate about great taste, and align with our products and story. Cheers, Chef Kirsten Helle Sandoval Founder/CEO Mesa de Vida Here is more information about Mesa de Vida! Mesa de Vida is a women-owned and women-led brand that offers elevated, innovative, inclusive, healthy, and convenient chef-crafted pantry staples. Our globally-inspired starter sauces help you create healthy, easy to make meals elevated with a celebration of global flavor that connects and inspires! Choose Your Flavor Adventure: They are versatile and can be used in a variety of recipes, from slow cooker meals to skillet dishes. Our sauces include Caribbean, Creole, Latin, Mediterranean and Moroccan- inspired flavors - giving people a taste of their home or heritage, or cuisines they crave, in a healthy, versatile way! EASY RECIPES | FLAVORS AND AROMAS THAT CONNECT AND INSPIRE Easy and healthy no longer has to equal boring or bland. No special skills, equipment, or ingredients necessary. FROM HEALTHY COMFORT FOODS TO MEALS FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS Oil free plant based, Paleo, gluten free, flexitarian, fit & wholesome, pescatarian - or just tasty, nourishing, go-to meals. We've got something that you're going to crave. Our sauces are extremely versatile, and allow consumers to create meals based on the ingredients they have on hand, the time they have to prepare a meal, and the type of meal they’re craving. Our products also contain NO oil (extremely rare for cooking sauces), are low in sodium, have no added sugar (but packed with flavor), and are actually nutritious, instead of detracting from nutrition as most sauces do. WHY WE'RE DIFFERENT There are only 3-4 regional global cuisines represented on most grocery store shelves - but we know the country is much more beautifully diverse, AND the flavor desires we ALL are craving are also much more diverse than that! Data shows that 1.65 million people cook at home 3-5x per week. When polled they said they need more of the following attributes: Easy solutions to getting dinner on the table, They desire more global flavors, AND they want healthier options. So Mesa de Vida is here to give consumers more of what they want and what they can’t currently find in the marketplace! To use, simply combine 1 lb of protein, 2 cups of veggies, and 1 bottle of starter sauce. Then slow cook, simmer, or braise up incredible soups, stews, saucy skillet meals and more! Think: The convenience of spaghetti sauce, Indian cooking sauces, and those gloppy condensed soups - sprinkle in the versatility and complexity of Thai curry pastes. We’ve expanded on that inspiration to include more of the flavors we crave, provide easy solutions for our busy lifestyles, and the way we cook and eat today. You don’t need any special skills, equipment, or have to keep a cabinet full of spices on hand, or chop a basket full of vegetables just to make one recipe. OUR FOUNDING STORY As a professional chef to athletes in the NBA, NFL, and WNBA, a mother to two kids with a rare genetic cancer disease, and a living kidney donor herself, Chef Kirsten Sandoval couldn't find healthy convenience products on the market in inclusive flavors that fit all of her, or her client's needs. She knew there was a way we could have it all: convenient blends that work as hard as we do, globally-inspired flavors that invite everyone to the table, quality ingredients that boost flavor AND nutrition, variety, versatility, and above all GREAT taste. So, she went out and created them for her clients, and now we are sharing them with you! Kirsten Sandoval is also a driven entrepreneur with a diverse culinary and professional skill set. Prior to launching Mesa de Vida, she owned and operated her own personal chef and nutrition consulting business for over 12 years, served as a chef spokesperson for nutritious food brands and health nonprofits. She has a wide variety of nutrition education, combined with her life experiences of overcoming obstacles (health transformation losing over 100 pounds, being single mother to two kids with a rare genetic disease, food addiction, domestic violence, poverty), in addition to a healthy dose of grit. Her journey to living the most delicious, vibrant life - and helping others do the same - has led to the honor of having been on Food Network and the covers of Womans Day and Womans World magazines, and more. (Fun fact: she won her episode of Guy's Grocery Games!) Chef Kirsten and her kids are also domestic violence survivors. After receiving help from a domestic violence shelter they rebuilt a life of happiness, respect, and big dreams. This passion has forged a life, business, and career devoted to making it easier for people to live more healthier, more delicious lives, and shaping the type of products she wants to bring into the world, and company she wants to create.