Hi loves! I’m Caterina, or better known around here as The Cooking Mawma. I’m a mom of two, a proud Italian, and living proof that sometimes the best career move starts with following your heart (and your appetite). After spending 10+ years climbing the corporate ladder as an Operations Manager, I traded spreadsheets for sheet pans and never looked back!
Now I spend my days creating easy family recipes, one-pan dinners, cozy comfort food, and nostalgic Italian-inspired meals that bring people together around the table. My mission is simple: make love visible through food. Because the best conversations happen over dinner, and the recipes everyone remembers are the ones made with a little extra love.
While my heart will always belong to my Mom and Nonna’s Italian kitchen, I love experimenting with flavors from cultures all over the world. Around here, you’ll find plenty of 30-minute dinners, busy weeknight recipes, comfort food classics, and meals that make everyone think you spent hours cooking, even if dinner came together between my kids’ soccer practice and homework.
Outside the kitchen, I’m usually chasing my two kids around while driving them to different sports practices, planning our next family adventure (always down for a Disney trip), convincing myself cheese is a perfectly acceptable girl dinner, watching the latest true crime documentaries, and enjoying the finer things in life like the perfect cheese-to-cracker ratio.
Whether you’re here for dinner inspiration, family traditions, or just someone who believes butter is almost always the answer… welcome. I’m so happy you’re here!!
Never Run Out of Dinner Ideas
One new family-favorite dinner in your inbox each week, made with love.
My 5 Most-Loved Pastas, yours when you join