Home Cook Food Blogger United States

Meet Lisa Schneider

Home cook and food blogger.
Simple recipes that anyone can make.

Lisa Schneider
About Lisa

Good Food, Simply Made

I’m Lisa Schneider — a home cook and food blogger based in the United States. I started Simple Food Dishes because I believe that great food doesn’t need to be complicated. You don’t need fancy equipment, culinary training, or a pantry full of specialty ingredients to make something truly delicious.

Every recipe on this site is something I’ve cooked in my own kitchen, tested more than once, and only published when I’d be happy serving it to friends. Clear instructions, simple ingredients, and flavors that make you want to come back for seconds.

97+Recipes Published
3Categories
100%Home Tested
“The best recipes are the ones you actually make. Simple ingredients, clear steps, and food that tastes like you spent hours on it.” — Lisa Schneider
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What You’ll Find Here

Simple recipes across three categories — each one designed to be approachable, delicious, and worth making again.

“If I can make it, you can make it.”
My Story

Why I Started Simple Food Dishes

I grew up watching my mom cook dinner from scratch every night. She never used a recipe card — she just knew what to do, and it always tasted incredible. When I moved out on my own, I realized I wanted that same thing: real food, made at home, without the stress.

The problem was that most recipes online either assumed too much or took too long. I wanted straightforward food that I could actually pull off on a busy Tuesday. Over time, I started writing down what worked, tweaking until it was easy enough to repeat, and sharing it with family and friends who were asking for the same thing.

That’s what Simple Food Dishes is. A collection of recipes that work in a real home kitchen, with ingredients you can find at any grocery store. No shortcuts on flavor — just shortcuts on complexity.

2015
Started cooking seriously and building a personal recipe collection
2019
Began sharing recipes with friends and family who kept asking for them
2022
Launched Simple Food Dishes to share tested home-cook recipes online
2024
Reached 180+ published recipes across seven categories
Why These Recipes Work

What Makes This Site Different

Tested in a Real Kitchen

Every recipe is cooked and re-cooked in a normal home kitchen. If it doesn’t turn out reliably, it doesn’t get published.

Everyday Ingredients

Nothing obscure or hard to find. Everything in these recipes is available at a standard grocery store, any day of the week.

Quick to Make

Most recipes are done in 30 minutes or less. Because dinner on a weeknight should be simple, not a project.

Clear Instructions

Step-by-step directions written so that anyone — beginner or experienced cook — can follow along without guesswork.

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I read every message. Whether a recipe didn’t work, you have a question, or you just want to share what you made — reach out.