About Me
Title: Head Chef, Mom, Wife, Entrepreneur, etc
Location: Farmington, Utah
Education: Health Sciences/Spanish
Expertise: American Cooking and Baking
Carrian began sharing recipes online in 2009 as a desperate attempt to quiet the need to create, cook, and bake constantly buzzing in her mind.
She is a wife and mother of three children who are the living reality of her best work.
Her books: Our Sweet Basil Kitchen: Fresh Twists on Family Favorite Recipes and Raised in the Kitchen- Making Memories from Scratch, One Recipe at a Time are extensions of the blog with all of the best recipes you could want in one place, well, two places.
Experience
Carrian has won multiple cooking competitions with favorite recipes like her VIRAL Instant Pot Chili and Panko Crusted Chicken with Lemon Cream Sauce.
She’s also a public speaker who has spoken to crowds of mere hundreds to thousands of guests at events like Time Out For Women and BYU Women’s Conference.
When not in the kitchen, Carrian spends most of her time taking long hikes and walks through the mountains around her home, watching sunsets cast scattering light across glimmering lakes or snuggling up with a good book. When it’s time for adventure she loves to grab her family and friends for weekend ski trips, boating on the lake, or traveling to distant countries. Carrian has blogged for almost 20 years and feels that with an ever-changing world, there’s still a place for real food and real people who care less about FOMO and more about moments turning into memories.
About Oh Sweet Basil
Oh Sweet Basil is a popular recipe website visited by millions of hungry readers every month. Our audience comes to us for rigorously tested, family-favorite recipes and stories that offer a layer of delicious authenticity to the foods we love to eat.
