30-Minute Meals the Whole Family Will Love with Stephanie Loaiza of Six Sisters’ Stuff

How Did You Get Started?

In our family, food has always been a way to connect. Growing up, my mom made dinner every night, and Sundays were for baking. We’d pull out her old recipe cards and make cookies together. That’s probably where my love for cooking began.

I’m the fourth of six sisters, with twelve years between the oldest and youngest. Even with our busy schedules growing up, my mom always made sure we sat down for dinner together. But as we grew up, went to college, got married, and moved to different states, staying connected became harder. Back then, you had to pay for call minutes and texts, so we started a Blogspot blog as an affordable way for the family to keep in touch.

We shared everything like family updates and what we were reading and cooking. If someone was looking for Grandma’s classic recipes, we’d post them online for each other. Over time, people outside our family discovered the blog and started sharing our recipes all over the country. What began as a small family blog grew into Six Sisters’ Stuff, now celebrating 15 years and supported by an incredible team of women who help us run it today.

“It started out as just a way for our family to stay close, and now it provides for so many families across the country.” 

Tell Us More About Your Book, 30-Minute Meals

Time was our biggest focus for the recipes in this book. We wanted to make sure every recipe could truly be made in 30 minutes, even if you’re trying it for the first time. We also turned to our audience to understand what they need most right now and developed the recipes to fit those needs. Everything in this book is quick, comforting, and family-friendly.

During the writing process, I was earning my master’s degree, so I really only had 30 minutes to make dinner myself! I learned to rely on time-saving tricks that we worked into the book, like keeping pantry staples ready to go, choosing the right cuts of meat, and leaning on pre-prepped or fast-cooking ingredients like rotisserie chicken or shrimp. Sometimes paying a little extra for convenience is worth it if it helps you get a meal on the table.

“The whole point of cooking quickly is so you can eat together. At the end of the day, the important part of the meal is the togetherness and connecting with the people at your table.”

30-Minute Meals : 100+ Quick and Easy Meals the Whole Family Will Love, by Six Sisters’ Stuff (Shadow Mountain, 2025).