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For over 30 years, I’ve been helping home cooks like you create delicious, tried and true family-friendly meals. This website is your one-stop shop for recipes, tips, and kitchen hacks guaranteed to make you a kitchen hero.

I’ve tested and shared over 500 recipes with one goal: Simple, delicious food that anyone can make. I know you’re busy, so I focus on easy-to-follow instructions, everyday ingredients, and big flavors that will have everyone asking for seconds.

Chef Alli’s Story

Born and raised in Kansas, I can honestly say that food has been my life. When I was four, I started cooking Russian Tea Cakes in the kitchen with my grandparents, Elsie and Lucille.

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I’d say my favorite people to cook for are the ones I love, and there is no one I love more than my husband and three boys. Their favorite recipes include my prime rib roast and beef tenderloin for special occasions. They also love my Cinnamon rolls and always request them for birthdays or a special treat to share with friends. There have been a lot of cinnamon rolls sent to hunt camp!

If you enjoy Sunday dinner roasts, you’ll have to try some of my favorite roast recipes. My boys go crazy for them and I tend to make them on repeat during the colder months. They make the most tender and tasty roasts, and the leftovers are even better.

Recipes for a Crowd

Cooking for a crowd has been a passion of mine since I launched a local take-and-bake store in Topeka, Kansas more than 20 years ago. Here, people from my community would come for easy weeknight recipes they could assemble at my storefront and learn simple cooking techniques.

The local take-and-bake store later evolved to ready take-and-bake meals that I sold through HyVee stores in Kansas. I also began teaching cooking classes for HyVee stores and other brands during this time.

A Self-Taught Cook with a Professional Background

After years of cooking and serving up easy, family friendly recipes to my community, I was approached by WIBW, a local TV network, to host a cooking segment in 2004. This opportunity brought me into thousands of homes throughout my home state for many years.

It also led to a variety of brand partnerships and ambassadorships with brands such as Kansas Farm Bureau, From the Land of Kansas, and the Kansas Pork Association.

Today, my favorite way to reach you is right here online. I love hearing how you are enjoy these recipes through our reader comments. If you ever have the time to email me, I love answering your questions and helping you with whatever you need in the kitchen. Honestly, without my community I wouldn’t be here today. I am so grateful for you.

Making the Most of My Work

As you can imagine, keeping up this site, sending emails to readers, and posting to social media takes a lot of time and effort. To keep all of these efforts going, I have brought on my dear friends Jodi Oleen and Janae Skaggs.

Jodi makes sure this site runs well and helps with my email newsletters. Janae helps me manage my social media channels like Pinterest, Facebook and Instagram. As always, my job remains in the kitchen, delivering you easy family recipes that you can depend on.

Thank you for visiting my life’s work. I hope you stay a bit and return a lot.

Want to keep in touch or looking to work with me? Email me at ChefAlli@ChefAlli.com.