Hello world!

Hello world! I’m Lily and welcome to Gastro Senses, a blog about delicious recipes with step by step cooking instructions and beautiful photography! I’m so glad you’re here!

I started this blog in 2014 as a way to catalog my treasured recipes. Here you will find my foods I grew up with in Ukraine, as well as reinvented favorite recipes from around the world.

My husband Dmitriy, whom I met during the adventure of cultural exchange program in United States helps me with a technical side of the website. We have been navigating this crazy life together sharing our gastronomic enthusiasm with our kids Tihon and Zoey as well as our fur baby – Benji. They love food too and we love watching them have a healthy appetite.

In the beginning of 2015, I quit my full-time job to pursue blogging and food photography full-time. Now I have a privilege of being a stay at home mom and doing what I love most. Spending time in the kitchen is my “me” time, which inspires and challenges me. Because at the end of the day, sharing my passion for cooking and motivating others to be creative with food – is what makes me very happy.

A few of my other favorite things are eating late night treats with my husband, dancing with my kids and snuggling my fur baby. I’m constantly shifting focus to things that really matter in life, trying to be more mindful with people, and following Jesus.

Want more? You can find me on Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook, and Twitter. You can also reach me directly at contact@gastrosenses.com. If you’d like to keep in touch, you can also subscribe to this blog to receive new posts via email!

Most importantly, I want to thank you for dropping by to visit my blog, and maybe even try one of my recipes! It means the world to me, and I wouldn’t be here without you.