About My Roots & Recipes

My Roots and Recipes is a food blog celebrating real ingredients that cultivate community, nourishment, and sustainability– while being incredibly delicious. My name is Jackie, the gal behind the computer. All recipes found here are original and thoughtfully curated to highlight beautiful ingredients. These recipes are for everyone. You don’t have to grow or raise your own food to make these meals. I warn you though, stick around long enough and you may wake up to find you have a quarter acre kitchen garden and a flock of chickens.

My cooking style.

The deep purple hue of a Sicilian cauliflower, the road map of marbling on a ribeye steak, the glow of a ripe Brandywine tomato peeking out from a tangle of green vines– ingredients such as these inspire me. Rustic, farm inspired fare fills these pages. What we do not produce on our homestead we source from local farmers/growers that are doing things right by nature.

I am an advocate for regenerative farms and farmers and highlight them as often as possible. Regenerative farming means building up soil fertility through cover crops, rotational grazing and other practices. It means working with nature and giving back to it.

This is about more than just food. It’s about connection, a memory, a story, an opportunity to give, receive, live onLastly, I hope these recipes become heirlooms that are powerful enough to spark a memory, fill you with joy and make your mouth water.

Summer of 2023 Update..

We bought a farm in north central Wisconsin! The draw to Wisconsin stems from my own family ties a bit further north. The mix of pasture and woodlands gives us the opportunity for so much. My husband has taken up hunting, so more wild game recipes will be in the future. Little by little we plan to turn our home and plot of land into a homestead that sustains us. Spring of 2024 time will be busy for us. Stay tuned!