Welcome, I am so happy to have you here! My name is Kristina and I love food. I love to cook it, I love to eat it and I love to make Food Art out of it.
I am born and raised in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and have Croatian roots. As a young girl, I have always seen my family cook and bake and simply love good food. Growing older I fell in love with cooking myself. I love reading cookbooks and exploring food from all over the world.
Once I cooked a meal for a dear friend. When she came to visit me and smelled what I was cooking for her, she said this is exactly how my mothers recipe looks, smells and tastes. I guess she didn’t expect it would turn out so good. Well no better compliment to get, at least that’s how I feel about it!
Making people happy at the table, young or old, is something that brings me joy. I believe there is no such thing as I don’t like that. What I actually hear is, I don’t like it prepared like that … So I will try to find a way that you will like that specific product, by using different cooking or baking methods, using a bit of color to improve the looks or create a piece of art that will blow your mind so you simply forget that you actually don’t like the taste that much!
Often I heard that I should do something with food, but never knew how or what. Finally I started my food journey on Instagram at the beginning of 2021. I intensely enjoyed my food journey and the creativity that was evoked, so I decided to expand my food journey by starting my own food blog.
Of course I am far more than only a self-thought cook. So here are some facts about me:
- I am actually a tax lawyer, but that definitely doesn’t give me the satisfaction that I get with creating Food Art. Or the smiles I get when people enjoy my food.
- I am a lucky mother of two boys, that most of the time behave like real dragons….
- I am also a dog mom of the cutest dragon named Odin.
- I always put some music on in the kitchen, just because it makes me happy.
- I absolutely love Coconut and ocean blue is my favorite color. I love to travel and explore the world … Perhaps there is a link?
- Just like I can’t have enough kitchen utensils or pots and pans, I can’t have enought shoes, bags and nice coats.
- My husband came up with the name, Kristina’s pots and pans, as apparently I have way too much pots and pans … I have to disagree on that!!
- I love to paint and draw, especially wild life and pets.
- Because I love food so much, I also have to burn those calories! That’s why I love kickboxing.
- And finally, don’t forget coffee … I really love a good Latte! I just can’t live without it. Especially with my boys being early birds.
And then there is my dearest Boris.
Boris is my sweet dog that I had to let go after 13 years of beautiful moments we shared together, that now have turned into precious memories.
It really has been difficult for me to have to miss him in my life. He has always been my biggest supporter, being the first one in the kitchen to do some taste testing. I still find myself leaving something for him to taste…
I was only able to fill the void that his passing away has created, by creating Food Art. That is why creating Art out of food is so special to me. So this journey is also a bit in memory of my Boris, whom I miss dearly.
My Mission
My mission is to help you create delicious meals that the whole family will love. Or your friends, as in my book that is family too! And to show you that there is far more possible with healthy food than you could ever have imagined!
I want to show you how life can be so much more than microwave food and pre-packaged food. You just need a little bit of faith, a lot of love and some good guidance. It really doesn’t have to be complicated, although it might look like it is.
I promise you cooking can be fun!
Perhaps I am not able to inspire you to cook yourself, in that case, please enjoy my Food Art and the fact that real art can be created out of every day ingredients. I hope you will enjoy!
So that is a me in a nutshell. Let’s get cooking together and perhaps also create some Food Art!
Please don’t hesitate to contact me in case you have any questions or suggestions. Or if you simply just would like to say hi and tell me something about your journey in this life. I am happy to hear all of it!
Love,
Kristina
