Experience
17 years developing quick and easy recipes with simple step-by-step instructions for home cooks. My recipes have given millions of readers the confidence and skills to bake and cook from scratch!
Location
Sunny Phoenix, Arizona ☀️
Expertise
I’ve been the Recipe Developer, Food Photographer, and Blog Author here at The Frugal Girls since 2009. Here you’ll find Crockpot Recipes, Quick and Easy Chicken Dinners, Savory Soups, Delicious Desserts, and so much more!
As a wife, mom, and business owner, I’ve set out to create ridiculously easy recipes with step-by-step instructions and massive flavor! My goal is for you to become a kitchen superstar… minus the effort!
Regional Cuisine
After growing up in Washington state feasting on wild-caught seafood, and in addition to living in California for a year, my husband and I settled in Arizona. We have an amazing foodie scene here, but the Mexican food tops the charts.
Mexican food in Arizona isn’t a cuisine… it’s a way of life! That’s why you’ll find many delicious Mexican Recipes across the site.
My husband and I have also traveled extensively across the USA, and have racked up oodles of delicious memories along the way. Yes, foodie trips are a thing! On each trip, I have made a point to learn everything I can about each region’s local cuisine, and recreate it as soon as I got home. Thankfully we have made countless trips to the South to visit one of our sons who lives there, and that’s why you’ll find your fair share of Southern comfort food recipes here as well.
International Cuisine
My extended family immigrated to the US from Denmark, Switzerland, and the Netherlands. My husband’s family came primarily from Norway, France, and the UK. Our grandmothers were treasure troves of delicious European recipes that they were more than happy to share with us!
Then, while focusing on cross-cultural studies in college, I became even more passionate about delicious cuisines across the world.
After marrying my husband, international cuisine went to the next level. I was immediately taken into a beautiful, culturally diverse family including a Puerto Rican half-brother on one side, Asian step-mom on the other side (hello, delicious Asian Food Recipes), and a sister-in-law who soon moved across the world to raise a family on an Australian cattle station.
Furthermore, my husband and I have traveled to multiple countries outside the US, including, Italy, France, Ireland, Mexico, and Canada. Let’s just say our time in Rome resulted in my ongoing obsession with creating wildly Easy Italian Recipes.
With each trip, I’ve developed an even stronger love for re-creating the delicious cuisines we feasted on, and take such joy in getting to share them with you!
Education
Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from Seattle Pacific University and self taught home cook.
Coffee Training
While working an internship at the Starbucks headquarters in Seattle, I was trained extensively on how to create every hand crafted drink on the menu.
Bakery Training
I also had the opportunity to learn under a professional baker at a local bakery. I was trained in advanced techniques for baking sweets, cookie decorating, cupcake decorating, piping frosting, chocolate molding, and unique royal icing designs to create edible works of art! That’s why you’ll find such a large collection of Quick and Easy Dessert Recipes here!
Featured On
My work has been featured on Local and National TV, Radio Programs, Magazines, and Online Media Mentions… including Today, NBC, Fox, People, Country Living, MSN, Buzzfeed, Parade, and Woman’s World.
FAQs
I grew up north of Seattle, Washington feasting on homegrown berries and wild-caught seafood.
In addition to some fun bakery training, I owe my obsession with outrageous flavor to my grandma… who was my greatest teacher in the kitchen. Holidays were nothing short of a delectable feast!
My hubby and I met at age 19, and have been inseparable ever since. We got married in our early 20’s, and now have two grown boys. We’re both avid foodies, and love to travel and embark on culinary adventures!
We relocated to Phoenix, Arizona with our two small boys in our 20’s. Now are days are filled with sunshine, desert hikes, and summer heat waves. After moving to Arizona we instantly became obsessed with the local Mexican cuisine. Taco ’bout delicious!
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