About us

Optima Recipes is pleased to welcome you here! Lina is the owner and curator of this blog, a cook who is passionate about helping you create great food, whether you are a seasoned cook or just beginning on your culinary adventure. But at Optima Recipes, we want cooking to be easy and fun for everyone, and we believe simple, great food is within reach for anyone with a stove and a few simple ingredients.

Meet Lina – The Heart of Optima Recipes

Early on, Chef Lina signed up for in-depth trainings and saw her adventures in food

taking her from subjecting her ingredients to experiments in her home kitchen to sharing her expertise to the world. Accomplished career in professional cooking and creator of a very particular style that combines classic techniques with modern, easy to follow recipes.

Great food doesn’t have to be complicated, says Lina’s philosophy. I want to inspire you to get up out of your comfort zone to try new recipes, explore new cuisines, but mostly to get comfortable in the kitchen. Lina’s recipes are simple but not easy: whether you want to whip together a last minute weeknight meal or impress a dinner party guest, Lina’s recipes are designed to be approachable and full of flavor.

Why Optima Recipes?


Optima Recipes is more than just a collection of recipes; it’s a community for people who love food. Our blog offers a wide range of dishes that cater to various tastes, dietary preferences, and occasions. From comforting classics to innovative twists on favorite meals, there’s something for everyone.

Here’s what you can expect:

  • Simple, Delicious Recipes: Our aim is to put together easy, flavourful, dishes that are easy to make. Under Optima Recipes, you don’t have to be an expert chef to make great food.
  • Step-by-Step Instructions: Each recipe is broken down into easy to follow, manageable steps. We test and refine our recipes so all you have to do is follow the steps, and you’ll get awesome results every time.
  • Tips and Tricks: Cooking is heavily about technique as about ingredients. So check out Lina’s best tips and tricks to find Out how she’s taken what she learned from cooking and upping her skills in the kitchen to share Lina’s best tips and tricks to help you improve your cooking skills with her.
  • Healthy and Indulgent Options: Optima Recipes features both nutritious foods as well as comfort food. That’s why we believe in balancing the healthy life while still enjoying food, we have plenty of options to satisfy your needs.
  • A Passion for Fresh Ingredients: Optima Recipes makes a point of using fresh, in season ingredients whenever possible. Lina says that if you want good meals, the first thing is to have good ingredients and she recommends that readers experiment with what’s available in their local markets.

Join Our Community

It’s about more than a blog: Optima Recipes is a place of food lovers coming together, sharing, and growing together. We’d like to invite you to leave comments, share on social media, and make you own creations with our recipes! We’re very glad you’re a part of our community and whether you’re here for inspiration, new technique, or here for your next meal idea, we’re very glad to have you.
We’d like to thank you for visiting Optima Recipes. That means let’s cook something amazing together!