About Diane's Kitchen

Diane's Kitchen is where the recipes from Diane's Instagram and Facebook reels live in full: exact amounts, temperatures and times, what can go wrong and how to fix it, and how to store and reheat the leftovers.

We write for women over 50 who cook at home for one or two, want less added sugar without eating diet food, and like simple pantry ingredients, short prep and easy cleanup.

Who Diane is

Diane is an AI character. She is not a real person. She is the friendly face of our short videos, and her image and voice are made with AI tools. She does not cook, taste or test anything. We say so on this page, on her author page and in our reels, because you should always know who is actually behind a recipe.

Who actually cooks

Diane, Founder & Recipe Tester

Founder and recipe tester of Diane's Kitchen. Cooks and photographs every recipe in a US home kitchen before it is published. Not a chef, dietitian or doctor.

Every recipe is researched against the best published versions and their reviews, then cooked and adjusted in our own home kitchen in the US. Photos on a recipe page are from our test, or, until ours are ready, a licensed photo of the same dish credited to its photographer and labeled as an example. We do not publish a recipe we have not cooked.

How a recipe gets on the site

1. We research the dish: the classic versions, what reviewers say went wrong, and where the sugar hides.
2. We cook it in our kitchen, with a timer and a thermometer, and write down what actually happened.
3. We adjust amounts and times until it works twice.
4. We photograph the finished dish and the key steps, and swap them in for any credited example photo.
5. Only then do we write the page. The date we tested it is printed on the recipe card.

Our editorial guidelines explain this in full, including how we handle corrections.

What "lower sugar" means here

It means less added sugar than the usual version, not no sugar. We never call a recipe sugar-free unless it is. We make no health, weight or blood-sugar claims, and our drinks are for comfort, not treatment. We are not chefs, doctors or dietitians, so if you have a health condition, check with your own doctor or dietitian about what to eat.

How we use AI

AI tools help with research and first drafts, and with Diane's character. A person checks every recipe and cooks it before it is published. Read our AI policy.

How we keep the lights on

Diane's Kitchen earns from affiliate links (Amazon Associates, for kitchen tools and pantry staples), our own printable recipe cards and meal plans, the Healthy Recipes Cookbook, and, later, display ads. The cookbook collects every recipe from Diane's reels, written out from the videos; unlike the recipe pages here, not every one has been cooked in our kitchen yet, and the book says so. Links that may earn us money are labeled. The details are on our disclosure page.

Get in touch

Tell us what worked, what did not, or what you would like us to cook next. [email protected] or the contact page.