Cookbook author. Cooking instructor. Mom.

What's in the Fridge? Home-Cooked Meals Made by You!

I’m the cheffy friend you didn't know you needed while you cook.

My mission is to make cooking at home less of a chore and more fun--no matter what life throws at you--a missing ingredient, drama at work, or even a shoe. Yes, a shoe. Pull up a stool, grab a latte, and let's hang!

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What's on the Menu?

Yellow sticky note reading Cookbooks, for the dorm or for the home

A pink sticky note with text that says "Recipe Packets" and "Themed and seasonal recipes".

A promotional graphic for virtual cooking classes with text that reads: 'Virtual Classes, Cook with me from your own kitchen' on a blue background.

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cookbooks

Cook Like Nobody’s Watching

Relax and enjoy your time in the kitchen, it's not that bad. In my cookbooks, I have included tips and tricks on how to be successful in any kitchen. I take the thinking out of meal planning with balanced meal and snack charts and provide shopping lists for a well-stocked dorm or home so you are always prepared to make a great meal.

What's in the Dorm Fridge? has 50 healthy recipes and ideas designed for a dorm room, and dorm kitchen. (But people of all ages are loving this book.) It's perfect for those who are looking for an alternative to processed foods, but are short on time and space.

What's in the Fridge? goes bigger with 100 easy recipes and ideas using what you probably already have on hand, so dinner stops being something you dread. It's filled with savory appetizers, hearty soups, fresh salads, filling breakfasts, batch cooking for the freezer, delicious dinners, quick desserts and drinks.

SHOP COOKBOOKS

seasonal recipe packets

Recipes on Demand

Want some recipes now? My recipe packets contain on average six recipes that are built around a season, a holiday, or a theme -- because who doesn't love a good food theme? They're perfect for trying something new or building a fun menu for a get-together, without waiting (or while waiting) for a cookbook to show up in the mail!

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A bowl of mini donuts and a glass of orange juice on a blue and white striped tablecloth.

Carrots on a checkered orange and white tablecloth with a white cake stand holding multiple muffins, and additional muffins and carrots scattered around.

SHOP THE PACKETS

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virtual classes

Let's Cook Together!

You can join one of my scheduled virtual group classes and cook alongside other people, swap ideas, and have fun.

I offer private classes--whether it's just for you or for a group of people, just tell me the occasion and we will build a menu to suit your needs.

BOOK A CLASS

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Meet Jill

Your Cooking Sidekick

My passion for cooking started when I was 8-years-old and never stopped. From hanging around the craft service table working in TV production to starting my own personal chef business when my daughter was two, I have always been interested in feeding people.

What's in the Fridge? is named after my personal chef business because every night someone asks, "What's for dinner?" and every night someone answers, "I don't know, what's in the fridge?" My hope is to change that "I don't know" into "can I please have some more?"

More About Me

What My Food Critics Have to Say

"Anyone can see they can cook."

The perfect gift for a young adult (or old adult) who wants to begin eating real meals at home, but is just too overwhelmed and has no idea where to begin. Simple, step-by-step recipes that allow anyone to see that they can cook!
- Ali
"I made that!"

I'm not someone who thinks cooking is fun or relaxing, it always feels like a chore with a bonus clean-up chore after. But these recipes were easy to prep and execute, really enjoyable to eat, and definitely set the groundwork for variations in the future... Thanks for teaching me that some cooking is easy enough for us lazy folks to do, and it really is kinda cool to say 'I made that!'
- Amy
"Elevates the simple things."

I love your books. I love the structure, accessibility and beauty of all the content. And the 'coolness factor'! You elevate the simple things kids can do, by the way you write about it.
-Cathy
“Hubby liked them so much he made them again himself.”

I made your ’80s Tacos last week, and my husband actually asked me where I got the recipe. So tasty! We stopped buying those seasoning packets years ago but have never been able to create the right mix of spices on our own. Hubby liked them so much he made them again himself last night for Taco Tuesday.
- Regina
“Super easy... It was a great meal!”

Just wanted to let you know I made the breaded chicken tenders and ended up making chicken parm with it. Super easy and was very funny because as I was making them my roommate was heating up frozen chicken nuggets and felt ‘showed up’. It was a great meal!
- Nate

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The Blog

Pull Up a Stool

This is where I keep the conversation going with a variety of topics and stories from what's actually in my fridge, a kitchen win or a kitchen disaster, and whatever I'm currently cooking on repeat. Consider this the kitchen counter chat that didn't fit in a cookbook!

VISIT THE BLOG