About Me

Hi, my name is Katie Jasiewicz…

I’m the author and owner of Katie’s Cucina. A busy mom of two children who loves to feed her family delicious meals that don’t take hours to cook! My mission is to create easy-to-make modern comfort food for the busy family!

A little bit about me…

Female with brown hair and blue tank top in kitchen slicing potatoes into a green pot.

I’ve always loved cooking, and even more so over the past two decades, eating. But my real love for cooking started when I was just 9 years old.

My dad was deployed during the Gulf War, and my mom worked part-time outside the home. A few nights a week we had a babysitter, and I quickly got tired of microwave dinners. So, I took matters into my own hands and started experimenting in the kitchen.

One night, I was craving breakfast potatoes. I had watched my mom make them and thought, how hard could it be? I diced up a potato, tossed it in a pan, and waited. What I ended up with were crunchy, barely-cooked potatoes instead of the soft, golden bites I was hoping for. That moment taught me there was a lot more to cooking than I realized.

After that, my mom started teaching me the basics, and I was hooked. By the time I was 10, I was cooking dinner for my younger brother, our babysitter, and myself. My go-to meals were shake-and-bake chicken, canned veggies, and homemade mashed potatoes, always from scratch. In our house, mashed potatoes never came from a box, and I didn’t even know instant potatoes existed until I was old enough to grocery shop on my own.

From there, I dove into cookbooks and magazines, constantly learning and experimenting. Cooking quickly became something I truly loved. And while my dad says I’ve surpassed my mom’s cooking, we’ll just keep that between us.

So there you have it.

No professional culinary training, just a home cook who has refined her skills over time. Before having kids, I made it a point to take one or two cooking classes each year to challenge myself and learn something new. These days, life looks a little different and those classes have taken a back seat.

But who knows… maybe one day I’ll finally make it to culinary school.

Home life…

Mother and 2 children eating toaster oven english muffin pizzas over kitchen counter.

Some will say I married my high school sweetheart. Others might disagree. Jon and I dated briefly in high school, but after graduation we found our way back to each other and six years later, we were married.

We followed a “five-year plan,” waiting to start a family while we bought our first home and traveled. We both attended Rollins College, where I earned my degree in Organizational Communications. I went on to spend nine years in corporate marketing for a national education publishing company.

Around 2012/2013, Katie’s Cucina started gaining traction, and I realized it could become something more. In March 2014, I welcomed my son, and just a few months later, I left my corporate job to stay home with him and pursue blogging full time. In 2015, I officially formed KMJ Creative Marketing, LLC and expanded my portfolio to include my craft and DIY website, Sew Woodsy. After a complicated pregnancy, I wasn’t sure we’d have another, but in February 2017, we welcomed our daughter, and our family felt complete.

As my business has grown, so has my passion for creating content. In 2023, I launched Easy Seafood Recipes, a dedicated space for simple, approachable seafood dishes. Now that both of my kids are in school full time, I spend my days in the kitchen and behind the computer, developing recipes and content for busy families just like mine.

How did Katie’s Cucina start?

Six months after getting married, I found myself with a little extra time and a need for a creative outlet. I’ve always been a busy body, and sitting still has never been my style. Friends and family were constantly asking me for recipes, and one of my co-workers suggested I start a food blog. Thanks to her encouragement, Katie’s Cucina was born.

At the time, it was simply a hobby. A place to share recipes with the people I loved.

I never imagined it would grow into a full-fledged business. Becoming an entrepreneur was never part of my plan, but somewhere along the way, I realized this was exactly what I was meant to do. It finally clicked what people meant when they said, “do what you love.”

Today, I truly feel like I’m living the dream. Blogging has allowed me to stay home with my kids, build a business of my own, and spend my days doing what I love most… cooking and sharing it with all of you.

Featured On

Over the past ten years I’ve been featured in print, television, and on the web among a variety of different popular brands and media outlets.

You can find me part of Martha’s Circle (as in THE Martha Stewart).

Some of the Buzz Feed post I’ve been featured on:

I’ve also been featured on Country Living, Huffington Post, The Today Show, Red Book Magazine, Edible Arrangements, and Woman’s Day to name a few.

I was a recipe contributor to Food Fanatic from February 2013 – February 2020. I shared one pot meals which I have grown to love over the years. It’s definitely a reoccurring theme here on Katie’s Cucina!

I’ve was the the recipe contributor for the Nonahood News from March 2016 – October 2021. This is my local community newspaper where I shared a seasonal recipe intertwined with information about what is going on in our community. Food related, of course.

Read my interview with Orlando Voyager Magazine, May 2021.

Before I had kids I started doing morning television segments. I absolutely loved doing them, but holy cow so much prep work! I made my TV premier on the Nationally Syndicated morning show “The Daily Buzz”. After that segment I filmed another Nationally Syndicated recipe segment for Life, Love, Shopping. Followed by a recipe segment for my local Fox 35.

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