I'm Katie, the food blogger, recipe creator, and food photographer at Sugar & Snap Peas. I specialize in easy, budget-friendly, family recipes. My goal is to help you take the stress out of cooking and provide you with simple & creative meals.
My food blogging journey started in March of 2021. However, my cooking journey started decades before that. I was raised in a home where made-from-scratch meals were the norm. I inherited the desire to make homemade meals, and have carried it with me throughout my life.
I don't have any recent or distant memories of being intimidated by the kitchen. In fact, I actually love the challenge of coming up with a delicious meal on the spot, without any prior knowledge of what's in the fridge or pantry.
Cooking for people that are special to me is my love language. Even though I do not have any professional culinary training, I do have decades of personal experience. I have experience cooking for college friends, hosting dinner parties, and preparing delicious meals for my husband.
In addition to cooking for friends and family, I also have the honor of providing nourishing meals for my three young children. Kids can be your biggest critic! They have forced me to expand beyond my cooking comfort zones. So when my kids say they aren't eating something I have made for them, I have to reinvent it in a way that will be appealing to a young child.
As a stay-at-home mom, my days start and end in the kitchen. You'll also find many moments between morning and evening when I am standing behind my kitchen island. I could be whipping up anything from a garden salad to a batch of chocolate chip cookies.
Even though I despise doing the dishes, I LOVE filling the bellies of people that are dear to me. For that reason, I will gladly fill my kitchen sink with dirty dishes, if it means I get to shower the people I love with mouthwatering meals.
Where am I featured?
In addition to being featured on multiple recipe roundup posts, you can also find me in these articles from MSN and Parade!
- 30 Best Tortellini Pasta Salads to get you through all the Summer BBQs and Potlucks - Parade.com
- Pumpkin Recipes You'll Love, Even if you Hate Pumpkin Spice - MSN.com
- 50 High-Protein Recipes You Can Make In 30 Minutes to Get On With Your Life - Parade.com
Q & A with me
I live in Northern NY along the beautiful St. Lawrence River. I was born and raised here and decided to make a life for myself here as well.
Coming up with a name for my blog was incredibly challenging for me! Ultimately I decided on Sugar & Snap Peas because, at the time, Sugar Snap Peas were one of my kids' favorite vegetables. They requested them all the time and were growing them in the garden as well. As a tribute to my children, I settled on that name. I also thought it would demonstrate the range of dishes that I would be creating recipes for on my site. I do not focus primarily on "sweet" food and I don't focus primarily on "healthy" food. I am creating recipes for both categories of food... and everything in between!
This is a tough one! I am a foodie and have sooooo many favorites. I love fresh seafood, especially shrimp, lobster, and scallops. Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day and my favorite breakfast treats always include cinnamon paired with a powdered sugar glaze and streusel topping. However, that would never be my main breakfast meal. I prefer a savory breakfast and always opt for an egg dish with bacon on the side. I also love fresh vegetables and regularly get told that I make the BEST salads.
I started blogging for many reasons. Cooking and writing come naturally to me, so combining my talents and sharing them with the world made perfect sense. Another reason is that I am currently a stay-at-home mom that will potentially be entering back into the workforce in a few years. My goal is to create a blogging job for myself (that actually pays the bills!) so that I can continue to stay at home with my family indefinitely.
If you ever visited my home and looked through my cookbook collection, it would be very easy to tell which cookbooks are my favorites! They are the cookbooks that are covered in food splatter, and have broken bindings and dog-eared pages. My top two cookbooks that I reference time and time again are The Happy Cook by Daphne Oz and the Better Homes and Gardens New Cookbook. The Happy Cook is packed full of creative, veggie-forward meals. The New Cookbook contains all of the tried-and-true classic recipes. It's my go-to cookbook when I am making a birthday cake and it has NEVER let me down.
Work with me
I offer a variety of services ranging from recipe development to sponsored posts. If your goals, values, and company mission aligns with mine, then I will be nothing but excited to work with you!
- Ghostwriting - I'm currently accepting ghostwriting clients! Learn more on my Ghostwriting Services page.
- Sponsored Posts - I only work with brands that I love. Thankfully, I love a lot of brands! Do you want a shoutout on social media and a blog post written accompanied by a recipe? Don't be afraid to reach out to me so that we can develop a sponsorship that benefits both of us!
- Affiliate Marketing - Do you have a discount code that I can offer to my followers? If you have a product/brand that aligns with me, then we should talk!
How to reach me
You can visit my Contact Me page and fill out my inquiry form.
You can also email me directly at:
Another way to contact me is to reach out on social media! I am active on Facebook and Instagram.
- Find me on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/sugarandsnappeas and @sugarandsnappeas
- Find me on Instagram at: sugar_and_snap_peas
Now that you know a little more about me, I hope you try out some of my recipes! They are made from the heart, thoroughly tested, and already loved by many. If you try something out, make sure to leave a review at the bottom of the post.