Hi there. My name is Karly and I’m a homeschooling mama of two kids and married to my high school sweetheart. My husband and kids demand that I feed them every day, and for some reason they don’t consider cold cereal a proper dinner. As you can see, life is hard. I decided that if I’m going to be forced to cook for my family, I may as well have fun with it and share my favorite recipes with you.

In the nearly ten years that I’ve been married, I’ve considered frozen pizza a gourmet dinner (that was the first couple of years) and then moved on to Hamburger Helper (that was years three through five) and have finally (thankfully, says my husband) moved on to food that doesn’t come from a box. In the past five years I’ve come to really enjoy cooking and trying new recipes.

I love photography and, honestly, taking photos of the food I cook is one of my favorite parts of this website. It’s fun to make something pretty, you know? Even better if it tastes yummy! For those that have asked, I shoot with a Nikon D40 (though I have my fingers’ crossed that Santa is bringing me a Nikon D90 this year) Nikon D90 (thanks, Santa!). I have a couple of lenses, but the one I use for my food shots is the Nikkor 50mm 1.8. It’s my baby. My sweet, little, low-light loving, bokeh making baby.

You probably won’t find a lot of dinner recipes on this site, because I don’t get a lot of light in my kitchen around the dinner hour, so it’s hard to photograph in there. Most of the recipes on this blog are for baked goods, sweets, treats, and yummy things that will make you gain weight. Sorry about that.

Oh, and why the name Buns In My Oven? The first recipe I ever made and photographed for the sole purpose of putting it up on the internet was hamburger buns. I know the name makes you think I’m pregnant, but I promise I’m not. The only buns in my oven are the yeasty kind.