About

About

I am a harried housewife. Just like many of you, I don’t have a lot of time to spend on meal preparation.
As a food writer, television cook, and culinary instructor, I have been creating easy-to-prepare recipes for harried cooks for more than a decade.
Click on these links for a variety of recipes:

Text Box: Hi! Thank you for stopping by. I am Cynthia O’Connor O’Hara, also known as The Harried Housewife. For the past 15 years, I have been creating Harried Housewife recipes to share with time-crunched cooks. This began quite unexpectedly and evolved into more than I ever expected. Shortly after my second child was born, I started writing down family-favorite recipes and planned on giving this collection to my family for Christmas. Word spread, and soon I was handing out copies of recipes from my old word processor to people who stopped by asking for them. I ultimately decided to turn it into a book and make the book available to anyone who wanted it, and things took off from there.

One day, my husband came home from work and I was frazzled from chasing kids around the house. He asked what kind of day I was having and I quipped, “I am having a harried housewife kind of day.” And the name stuck.

I began providing recipes to my local newspaper in 1996, and then started writing my column in 1997. Shortly thereafter, I started doing a weekly Harried Housewife television segment during the morning news show. In addition to the live show in the studio, I also did a variety of shows including taped holiday specials from my home and live and taped specials from other locations. I did this for seven years and then decided to focus more on writing and recipe development, and make occasional appearances.

In addition to my signature workshops, classes, and conferences, I am a speaker, food judge, and am frequently hired by companies for cooking demos and product advancement. I also teach children about healthy eating habits at schools, and volunteer for many charitable organizations.

It is my honor and privilege to continue to offer you family-pleasing recipes that make cooking and entertaining fun and easy. I only wish that there was a table big enough where we all could gather and savor good food and good conversation together. In this spirit, here’s wishing you a lifetime of “Happy Cooking,” from my table...to yours.

Cheers!

Cindy

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Text Box: Coming soon! The next Harried Housewife cookbook! Drop me a line here and I’ll let you know when it will be available. Thanks!

I am a harried housewife. Just like many of you, I don’t have a lot of time to spend on meal preparation.

As a food writer, television cook, and culinary instructor, I have been creating easy-to-prepare recipes for harried cooks for more than a decade.

Click on these links for a variety of recipes:

Observer-Dispatch Columns

WKTV NEWSChannel 2 Blog

Follow me on Twitter

The Harried Housewife is a registered trademark of Cynthia O’Connor O’Hara

Text Box: An Irish Blessing May your troubles be less and your Blessings be more, and nothing but Happiness come through your door