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Meet the Team

Here at Jen Around the World, we thrive on making fun recipes for you and sharing all about our travels. This site is run by a mother and daughter team who work side by side creating all the fun content you read here.

Meet Jennifer

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Hey y'all! I'm Jennifer, a Western Kentucky Southern gal, full of charm and sass! I am a mother of two amazing young adults and wife to a wonderful outdoors-loving man. 

I have been living in Western Kentucky my entire life, but as you can tell from my travel posts, seeing new parts of the world is my jam. Not only is travel a passion of mine, but creating easy recipes in the kitchen is another.

Here on Jen Around the World, I love to chat about food, my love of travel, and you might even see my dog on here a time or two as well. He pretty much goes with me everywhere I go.

Now that my kids are grown, I can focus more on what women my age — the “over 40” group — can do for themselves. 🙂 Yes — it is okay to splurge on yourself.

Who is Jennifer?

For the past 12 years, I have watched this space blossom from a hobby blog about homeschooling into so much more. Being able to provide delicious meals on a budget is always a plus. I also share fun getaways that won't break the bank. Staying within a budget is important to me.

I love spending my time in the kitchen creating and tweaking recipes and trying out new kitchen tools and methods of preparation.

brats

I created these grilled brat tacos for Silver Spring Foods.

When I’m not making something myself, I most definitely enjoy getting out and dining at new restaurants all over the United States.

In fact, traveling is my newest hobby and I love sharing about exciting places to visit, like a visit I made to Georgetown, Kentucky.

Georgetown KY

 If you have an event you need to be covered, I would be happy to discuss the details with you. Simply email me below to obtain a copy of my media kit, or you can give me a call. I can also provide links to past trips I have been on and covered.

Email me at [email protected]

Meet Kayla

Kayla is the beauty behind Jen Around the World. She takes the majority of the photos and the videos and does an amazing job at it.

She has an eye for creating spectacular food photography as she did for our Mongolian Ground Beef Noodles.

Not only will you find all her beautiful photography on the site, but she also creates amazing video footage of the recipes we create here.

Kayla has a beautiful family with twin boys and an amazing husband who is just as creative in the arts as she is. When she is not busy taking care of photography and videography, she's off playing with my grandsons or spending time with her husband doing things that they love.

What we write about on Jen Around the World:

Delicious Food: We love creating recipes on the fly for my readers that are pumped full of flavor but take less time to prepare than calling for takeout! If you are interested in our team creating recipes for your brand, please reach out, and let's work something up.

Travel + Adventure: The worst form of torture is requiring me to stay home for too long. Always looking for my next adventure.

Visiting Pawhuska Oklahoma

Really Cool Stuff Reviewing things I think are cool and interesting that I would actually use.

Email: [email protected]

BRAND AMBASSADOR AND INFLUENCER

My goal for this blog is to not just work with brands and organizations. I want to be a true partner in sharing information, inciting excitement, and building real relationships. My audience loves it when I share recipes that feature brands that make their lives easier in the kitchen.

They also love it when I share with them about a new place I have been to visit — one that can afford them a great vacation on a budget.

Please email me at [email protected] to discuss partnership opportunities!

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The tech that keeps us going

  • My computer: Mac Air
  • My Tablet: Apple iPad Mini 4
  • Husband’s tablet: Apple iPad Pro 7.9
  • Camera used for blog pictures: Canon T5i
  • Camera used for YouTube videos: Apple iPhone 10/Canon T5i
  • Programs used for editing: iMovie, iPhoto, Canva, and PicMonkey

LET’S CONNECT!

Send me an email at [email protected]

Would you like to work together? Feel free to email us at [email protected].

nancy Barnes

Friday 8th of July 2016

I love your ideas. Nancy

EJ

Tuesday 7th of July 2015

If you like coffee that much you should give 'home roasting' a try. Start with some green coffee beans, an air popcorn maker and get to learnin'. If you decide you like the hobby and the results, you graduate to a real coffee roaster. Lots of places for green beans, but I use Sweet Maria's.

Good luck

Jennifer Sikora

Friday 10th of July 2015

Thanks EJ -- I will have to try it. I have never even given it a thought.

Nick

Thursday 18th of December 2014

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Lori Harlow

Wednesday 8th of October 2014

Thanks for working so hard to share all your great reviews with us. I am truly enjoying you taking the time out of your busy day to try out products and tell us about them

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Saturday 16th of August 2014

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