About Keri

Keri started Shaken Together in 2011 as a creative outlet where she shared her love of recipes and crafting. Over the years she grew this little corner of the internet into a thriving website. But as with many things, life changes and in 2019 Keri was ready to move on to her next big project, luckily she knew the perfect person to carry on her passion for Shaken Together!

About Melissa Riker

Keri and Melissa have been blogging buddies since the beginning. Melissa built her website, The Happier Homemaker, into a full-time job while moving around the world as a military wife. When Keri decided her time as a blogger was coming to an end, Melissa asked to step in and continue growing and sharing Shaken Together Life.

What You’ll Find on Shaken Together

Shaken Together is about one thing: easy, no fuss food that the entire family will love.

Our recipes are made with common, everyday ingredients and there are no fancy techniques involved, just delicious, no-fail recipes that turn out perfectly every time!

Featured On

Shaken Together has been featured on Buzzfeed, Apartment Therapy, Good Housekeeping, Homes.com, Martha Stewart, Redbook, Country Living, Today.com, The Huffington Post, Esquire, Better Homes & Gardens, and Real Simple among many others.

Melissa has also been featured in two commercials for Country Crock featured on All Recipes and Eating Well. See the commercials here and here on Instagram. (Photo from video shoot below, so fun!)

Fun Facts About Melissa

  • In addition to three sons ages 11 to 16, we have a lovable Goldendoodle, a Bernese Mountain Dog, and two rescue cats with big personalities!
  • I’m a passionate follower of Jesus and am currently enrolled in a Master’s degree in Christian Apologetics.
  • I started my first blog in 2007 as a way to stay in touch with family after our oldest son was born.
  • We love to travel and since having children we’ve fallen in love with cruising as well. We try to take a cruise at least once a year!

Our AI (Artificial Intelligence) Policy – 2024

With the advent of ChatGPT and other AI technologies, we have noticed a startling rise in recipe websites created entirely of AI images and recipes. As a home cook, this is an awful trend.

Recipes created by AI are not tested by real humans and bound to be a disaster in the kitchen. At Shaken Together Life, we promise to only share kitchen-tested recipes created by REAL HUMAN recipe developers. Our photos are real photos as well, whether taken by myself or one of our talented photographers.

STRESS-FREE

AND DELICIOUS?

DO YOU WANT DINNER TO BE

Its easy! I will show you how.