Lea Hurley never thought the company she started in her basement would become her livelihood.
“American Dream started in my basement, way back in 2018,” Hurley told Fox News Digital in an interview from her home in Noblesville, Indiana.
At the time, Hurley was in the middle of a cancer battle and had developed many food intolerances. “Everything” made her sick, she said, except for a few things: turkey, rice and nut butter.
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It was that last one that ended up being the true game-changer, and not just for her physical health.
“I discovered I could make nut butter taste like dessert,” she said.
And instead of eating junk food, she made her own nut butters that would help satisfy her sweet tooth and didn’t make her ill.
“Not only did that help curb my sweet tooth, it really changed my body composition as well,” she said.
Formerly a personal trainer, Hurley …