Hi! I’m Kellie!

Kellie Hemmerly in a black dress dancing

The place I created to share all my thoughts on life…. and food… with anyone that will listen. I’m Kellie and if you haven’t noticed, I like to cook and eat and talk about things I cook and eat so I hope you’re hungry because I love to create fun, simple recipes that you can easily make at home. I’m a published cookbook author with my first book published in 2021, Dessert Boards and a food expert personality for Fox 29 Good Day Philadelphia.

Culinary Experience

I’m self-trained chef and entertaining expert, 3 decades of cooking in the kitchen have taught me a thing or two. Along with my desperate need to make a better version of whatever it was I just ordered at my favorite restaurant have rewarded me with all the restaurant methods and techniques that I can now share with all of you.

That and a whole website full of my easy recipes that are tried and true originals and are approved by my own team of taste-testers, my very picky family.

Kellie Hemmerly, owner of The Suburban Soapbox, cooking in her kitchen

More About Kellie Hemmerly

I’m a mom of two and former Marketing Consultant for Vanguard where I led a team of creative geniuses to create marketing campaigns for the financial industry. I started The Suburban Soapbox out of a need for a creative outlet and started sharing my recipes with coworkers, family and others. Before I knew it, my website grew with several viral recipes like my juicy baked chicken breast, Stuffed Cabbage Rolls and the best chicken soup recipe ever. No recipe will ever show up on this site without my entire family’s collective stamp of approval.

I am seriously obsessed with food. All of it. From crisp green salads to rich, cheesy pasta dishes, I LOVE.IT.ALL. And I’ve made it all. I don’t shun butter, in fact, it’s practically a food group to me. Chocolate is the cure for everything and wine just makes it all that much better. Throw in a bit of bacon for good measure and I’ll be your bestie for life.

As a single mom for several years, I really became an expert on cooking on a budget. I was able to make the most amazing dinners with inexpensive ingredients I would find at discount grocery outlets and the dollar store. It became my own private episode of Chopped kitchen with the interesting ingredients I found.

Now, my whole family loves to eat out, often. A lot of my quick and easy recipes are inspired by dishes I enjoyed while dining in my favorite restaurants. You’ll find something for just about everyone… from healthy-ish dinners to gut-busting desserts… even some gluten-free favorites that were unintentionally gluten-free! I love to cook with seasonal ingredients as often as possible and include easy to find products in my recipes making your trip to the grocery store quick, easy and not a scavenger hunt.

My Cookbook

My first published cookbook titled ‘Dessert Boards’ is available where all books are sold. You can buy my book online on Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Walmart.

Kellie Hemmerly sitting in an armchair in a garden.

Television Appearances and Media

In my spare time, I love to dabble in the fashion and home decor world ,binge watch Friends, pretend I know how to garden, and run off to NYC to stuff my face with tasty treats.

Keep In Touch

If you have questions about any of the recipes or would like to partner with me, you can email me at Kellie@TheSuburbanSoapbox.com.

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All recipes, crafty inventions, photos, stories are my own unless otherwise noted.