We want Just Dip Recipes to be the first place Americans turn to when they need a reliable recipe for any occasion. From a last-minute Super Bowl spread to a weeknight dinner the whole family will eat, we want to be the resource that actually helps.
Long term, our goal is to build a content library that covers the full range of American home cooking: appetizers, snacks, dips, sides, mains, and everything in between. Practical, tested, and written for real people.
What We Cover
While dips are at the heart of what we do, our content has grown to include crowd-pleasing appetizers, party food, weeknight dinners, and kitchen how-to guides. Everything we publish is aimed at making home cooking easier and more enjoyable for an American audience.
We cover topics like hosting tips, make-ahead recipes, ingredient swaps, and cooking techniques that apply to everyday American kitchens. Our content is original, written in-house, and focused on quality over quantity.
Every piece of content published on Just Dip Recipes is original and written by our team. We do not republish or aggregate content from other sources. Each recipe is tested, each article is reviewed, and every post carries a clear author byline.
We are committed to accuracy, transparency, and giving credit where it is due. All images are either original photography or properly licensed. Our goal is to meet the same standard we would expect from any publication we trust ourselves.
Meet the Team
Just Dip Recipes is run by a small, dedicated team of food writers, recipe developers, and home cooking enthusiasts. Each member of our team brings a genuine love of food and a practical, no-fuss approach to the kitchen.
We are not a faceless content factory. We are people who cook, who have failed at recipes, and who know exactly what it feels like to need a win at dinnertime. That experience is what drives everything we publish.
Founder
Stef Riley
Stef Riley founded Just Dip Recipes with a simple idea: that great food should bring people together, not stress them out. A Chicago-based food lover who has spent years traveling the country and eating her way through every local food scene she could find, Stef built the site around the kind of recipes she always wanted in one place. Her vision was a kitchen resource for real American home cooks, practical, tested, and actually worth bookmarking. That foundation is what Just Dip Recipes is built on today.
Editor
Lauren Mitchell
Lauren Mitchell is the editor at Just Dip Recipes, based in Tipp City, Ohio. A Wright State University graduate with a background in higher education through her work with the Strategic Ohio Council for Higher Education, Lauren brings a sharp eye for clarity and structure to everything that goes on the site. She knows how to take a piece of writing and make it tighter, cleaner, and more useful for the reader, which is exactly what good food content needs. Every article and recipe that goes live on Just Dip Recipes passes through Lauren first, and that consistency shows. She is the kind of editor who genuinely cares about getting things right, and it comes through in the quality of what the site publishes.
Writer/Contributor
Emily Carter
Emily Carter is a Columbus, Ohio-based contributor at Just Dip Recipes. A Kent State University graduate and licensed educator with years of classroom experience, Emily brings the same clear, no-fuss approach to food writing that she applies to teaching. She knows how to break things down so they actually make sense, and that comes through in every piece she writes. Her content is practical, approachable, and squarely aimed at busy American families who want meals that work on a weeknight. As a Midwesterner through and through, she has a natural feel for the kind of comfort food and simple entertaining recipes that this site is built around.
Writer/Contributor
Megan Brooks
Megan Brooks is a writer and contributor at Just Dip Recipes, based in Pataskala, Ohio. A graduate of The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business, Megan brings a detail-oriented, organized approach to everything she works on, and her food writing is no different. She has a knack for taking a recipe or cooking idea and presenting it in a way that feels clear, useful, and genuinely worth trying. As an Ohioan, she writes with a solid understanding of Midwestern home cooking and the kind of practical, family-friendly food that real American kitchens are built around. Her contributions to the site reflect someone who takes the reader seriously and wants every piece to actually be helpful.
Get in Touch
We love hearing from our readers. Whether you have a question about a recipe, a suggestion for a topic, or just want to share how something turned out, reach out to us through our contact page. We are based in the United States and respond to all inquiries directly.
If you’d like to mail something to us, you can send it to:
1617 E Livingston Ave Unit #119 Columbus, OH 43205
(+1) 407-220-1213