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About Me

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Hello, everyone, and welcome! 

My name is Lyuba Brooke and I am a wife, a mother of 2 and creator of this little piece of world wide web that I call willcookforsmiles.com.

I am the cook, recipe developer, photographer, and author behind this website. Will Cook For Smiles was created in February, 2011 as a way for me to share recipes with friends and family. It started as a hobby blog that saw about 20 visits a week, most of them from my family, and turned into a successful recipe website where I share my culinary adventures with thousands readers a day. This site features my original recipes and mouthwatering photos.

I became a food blogger completely accidentally and never dreamed that it would be successful. I always loved to cook, ever since I was in my early teens, but I never thought of going into culinary field or that I would be earning money by cooking in any way. I just wanted to cook for my family and friends and make them happy. Cooking and baking always made me happy. I actually remember my very first cookbook that my grandmother gave me for my tenth birthday. It was 101 Cookie Recipes and the very first recipe I made…was a complete disaster. Everyone smiles and ate it anyway. My first fail did not stop me though, not even my second or third. I just pulled out my mom’s cookbooks and cooked more recipes. Eventually, everything was tasting good.

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Through the years, everyone I knew was telling me that I should open a restaurant and cook for more than just my friends and family. Ha, like that was going to happen. Then people started asking for my recipes on Facebook and I started typing them up and sharing them with friends. Until one day, a good friend told me that I should start a blog. My first response was, “what’s a blog?” She gladly explained and pointed me to the right direction. That is how Will Cook For Smiles was born. It started out simply as a way for me to share recipes where my family and friends would have an easy access to them. Photos were bad, writing was even worse. Food was good though. Eventually, I started getting more and more visitors (other than my mom, my mother in law and my aunts) and I wanted to give them more recipes and make it look good. The more readers I got, the more I wanted to cook, experiment and share. To this day, what drives Will Cook For Smiles forward are my readers.

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Why “Will Cook For Smiles?”:

Just in case someone was wondering why I named my blog “Will Cook For Smile,” I shall explain. My favorite apron (of course I have a lot!) is “Will Cook For Shoes” apron… I thought that would be a perfect name because I LOVE SHOES. But no one has been giving me shoes for my cooking … odd, so I decided to take the smiles! I do love to make people happy with food. The main reason for my blog name is all the yummy noises and smiles I get from people after they try my food!

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 Disclosure:

Sharing about my favorite products, places and people with my friends is what I like to do, I like to share a great experience. It is my opinion only.  If I come across something great, I an going to tell everybody about it. Compensation of any kind, or any type of donations made for prizes/giveaways will always be noted in individually designated  posts. Just because it is mentioned here, on Will Cook For Smiles, does not mean I was influenced to say it in any way. And you will always know if I am!

Contact Me:

Remember, you can always email me with any questions, concerns or just to say “hi” at Lyuba@willcookforsmiles.com

Lyuba(at)willcookforsmies(dot)com

or

lyuba1118(at)gmail(dot)com

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Well, hey there!

I’m Lyuba Brooke, mother of 2, the cook, recipe developer, photographer, and author behind willcookforsmiles.com. I share many classic and original recipes, cooking tips, and tutorials. My passion is sharing delicious meals for everyone to try. Read More.

Christmas Dinner Recipes

roasted mushrooms in a serving dish on a white surface.

Roasted Mushrooms

squared closeup of baked ham with orange ham glaze.

Baked Ham with Orange Honey Ham Glaze

holding some scooped hashbrown casserole on a metal spatula over the dish.

Hashbrown Casserole

sliced beef tenderloin with seasoning on the sides and rosemary sprig next to it.

Beef Tenderloin

scooping out some sweet potato casserole with sweet pecan crumble on top.

Sweet Potato Casserole

slices of juicy pork with brown gravy

Pot Roasted Pork Loin

sliced roasted garlic pork loin on the board and sprig of rosemary.

Garlic Pork Loin

stuffing on a serving spoon with the rest in a casserole dish in the background.

Stuffing Recipe

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beef chili in a white serving pot with jalapeno, cheese, and lime garnishes.

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closeup of corned beef hash in skillet with spoon.

Corned Beef Hash

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squared closeup of baked ham with orange ham glaze.

Baked Ham with Orange Honey Ham Glaze

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Strawberry Daiquiri

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