How I Built My Recipe Website – And Why It Changed Everything

Welcome to my kitchen (which has undergone many renovations over the last almost 50 years!) ... the place where I cook, bake and test ALL of my recipes.

Hi, I’m Gerhild – or, as many of you know me, “Oma Gerhild.”

If you’ve ever wondered how a little recipe collection turned into Quick German Recipes and eventually Just Like Oma, let me take you back to where it all started.

The real story: it wasn’t just about food ... it was about faith, family, and finding a way to share love across the world.

 
It All Started With a Different Dream

Most people assume I started a recipe website because I wanted to teach German cooking. Truth is, my first dream had nothing to do with food. My husband and I had started a German Christian ministry, and I wanted to learn how to build a website for it. 

That’s when I found SiteSell ... a company that promised to teach ordinary people like me how to build websites that actually worked. No fancy tech background, no marketing degree … just simple steps and plenty of encouragement.

The ministry site I wanted to build would be in German, but at the time my German was, well, a bit rusty. So I thought, “Start where it’s easiest.” If I could master the website stuff in English first, I’d be ready to take on the German website later.

When it came to choosing a topic for that first site, SBI’s tools said to pick something I was passionate about. And that was easy ... German food. It was what I grew up with and what I’d already been tweaking to make quicker and easier for my busy life.

So I thought, “Why not share that?” After all, I was in the kitchen cooking anyway ... why not let the world pull up a chair?

 
Learning to Build a Website – One Step at a Time

I had never built a website before. I didn’t even consider myself “techie.” But SiteSell’s tools walked me through everything ... from writing pages people could actually find in Google, to adding photos, to organizing recipes so they made sense.

At first, it was just me, typing away at the kitchen table, figuring out how to explain my recipes in a way that felt like I was standing beside you, saying, “Don’t worry, you can do this!”

And then something amazing happened: people started visiting. Lots of people. They emailed me to say they had made Rouladen just like their Oma used to make … or that they had finally baked a cake that tasted “just like in Germany.”

When One Site Led to Another ... and Another

Once that little recipe site found its footing, it opened the door to something even bigger.

I finally built the German ministry site we needed, one that’s since grown to include both English and Portuguese sites.

As the recipe site flourished, it began to generate income, and that income became the backbone of our ministry work, funding outreach on social media and even supporting countless ministry trips to Germany to share the Gospel message close to our hearts.

 
Family Joined In

As the websites grew, my family jumped in to help.

• Lydia, my granddaughter, and Sylvie, my daughter-in-law, started, not only adding their own recipes, but working behind the scenes with editing, social media, and more. 
• Eran, my son, helped me start Tour My Germany, and he now runs it full-time along with our shop.
• Mike, another of my sons, handles the design and coding that keeps everything (website, books, the shop, etc., etc.) looking beautiful and running smoothly.
• And now, Eran has launched German at Heart, focusing on the stories and traditions behind the food we all love.

What started as a small idea to learn how to create a website has grown into a family project that reaches millions of people around the world.

 
Why I’m Grateful Every Day

I still use SiteSell to this day, because it gave me the tools and confidence to share not just recipes, but a little piece of German culture with anyone who loves it.

And honestly? I’m just so thankful that something as simple as teaching people how to cook Rouladen or bake Bienenstich could bring joy to families everywhere ... and even help them feel a little closer to their heritage.

If you’ve ever thought about sharing your own passion online, I can’t recommend SiteSell enough. It truly changed my life.

Tschüss!

Gerhild "Oma" Fulson

German-born cookbook author • Storyteller • Culinary bridge-builder

Born in Germany and raised on the flavors and customs of her homeland, Oma Gerhild has spent decades sharing the warmth of German culture through food, travel, and family stories. What began as a way to recreate the beloved dishes of her childhood has grown into a rich collection of recipes, traditions, and behind-the-scenes insights that connect generations. With her faith, family, and heritage at the heart of everything she does, Gerhild invites readers into her world... where every recipe, photo, and story carries a taste of home and the love of an oma.

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How I Built My Recipe Website – And Why It Changed Everything

If you’ve ever wondered how a little recipe collection turned into Quick German Recipes and eventually Just Like Oma, let me take you back to where it all started. The real story: it wasn’t just about food ... it was about faith, family, and finding a way to share love across the world.