About Caroha – Delicious Food From Scratch

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

Welcome

I’m Caro Jensen, German-born, cooking delicious food from scratch in rural New Zealand.

The kitchen table is the heart of the home for our family of 5. It is where we slow down, connect, and spend quality time together over shared meals, crafts, and cups of tea.

The cooking reflects my life here, blending my European heritage with the incredible natural landscape and produce right outside our door. I develop, cook, photograph, and film every recipe myself, turning seasonal, regional ingredients into recipes that work in a busy family kitchen.

In a fast-paced world, cooking from scratch and lingering at the table feels like a luxury. It’s my quiet rebellion.

I hope the food you find here inspires you to pull up a chair, pour a glass, and create your own moments with the people you love.

Thanks for being here!
Caro x

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aroha means love in Māori
food is my love language

What you’ll find here

Simple scratch dinners: Easy real food meals from one-pan meals, and quick pasta dishes, and hands-off recipes such as casseroles and slow cooker recipes.
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 condiments and sauces.
Meal Prep: Efficient prep sessions are the key to quick scratch meals. Check out my ingredient prep method here.

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.