About Caroha – Delicious Food From Scratch

Caro Jensen from Caroha leaning on her kitchen counter holding a tea cup.

Welcome

Scratch cooking doesn’t have to be complicated!

I’m Caro Jensen, a recipe developer, and mom of 3 kids who’s passionate about reducing processed foods from our diet.

If you’re looking for easy-to-follow scratch recipes that come together quickly, you’ve come to the right place.

Join me as I make delicious food from scratch – including easy dinners, quick desserts, and homemade staples, following my no-fuss recipes.

Thanks for being here!
Caro x

About me

Originally from Germany, I grew up with comforting meals prepared by my Mama, Oma, and Uroma who lived – as I know now – the homesteaders dream. She did it out of necessity of course. It certainly wasn’t trendy at that time.

Moving to New Zealand in my early 20s opened my eyes to new cuisines and ingredients. When my now kiwi husband and I started a family, I naturally began to reflect on my own upbringing and started to question ALL the packaged and processed foods we were consuming on a daily basis.

I was longing for a more “natural” lifestyle for my kids, similar to how I grew up. I thought I needed a homestead, a big garden, and make ALL the foods from scratch while working and raising three kids. I tried and failed of course!

I decided that in this busy season of life, a kitchenstead and small herb garden instead will do. I turned my focus to cooking quick and easy scratch-dinners, building a homemade pantry, and sourcing ingredients intentionally.

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PS: Take a peek of my happy place – my kitchen!

aroha means love in Māori. food is my love language

What you’ll find here

Scratch recipes: Less is often more and I try to use high quality raw ingredients in my easy-to-follow recipes. You’ll not only be able to tailor the recipes to your needs and taste that way, from scratch recipes often work out cheaper than processed and pre-packaged food too.
Homemade staples: You don’t need a homestead to create a homemade pantry. I share many pantry staple recipes from DIY spice blends, easy bread recipes, and my go-to sauces.
Lamb recipes: Explore lamb dishes covering a variety of cuts and cuisines, from proven classics like a blush pink leg of lamb to ground lamb recipes such as kofta kebabs.

Website tips

Hopefully this site is easy to navigate for you but here are a few helpful tips and features you can find on all my recipes:

Just want the recipe? Use the jump to recipe button at the top of each post.
Select cook mode if you want to prevent your screen from going dark.
All recipes are in the US volume and metric system. You’ll find a toggle between the two next to ingredients.
Cooking for a crowd? You can adjust easily scale my recipes by selected the 1x, 2x or 3x buttons next to the ingredients headline.
If you love a recipe, it would help me a lot if you give it 5 star review in the recipe card.
Spot a mistake? Please let me know and I’ll fix it asap.