Our Story

Gunnar & Jake’s started out of love & inspiration!  I have a passion for canning & cooking and Love to make people happy through my food.  The very logo of Gunnar & Jake’s was taken by me @ home 4 years ago while I was randomly dressing my boy’s up and letting them eat my homemade pickles.  Gunnar & Jake are ham’s for the camera!  I took this very picture of them & created the logo that would become Gunnar & Jake’s Gourmet Pickles & Peppers, LLC.
This story starts along time ago when I got the diagnosis @ the age of 16 that I had a very rare kidney disease that would eventually lead to me having kidney failure.  Doctor’s didn’t believe that I would ever be able to carry children b/c both of my kidney’s were so badly damaged.  Through preseverance, hope, & never giving up…I went on to have my first miracle in November of 1999…we named him Gunnar. He was 6 weeks premature & weinging only 3 lb 4 oz.  Doctor’s told me no more kids.  I found out I was pregnant again in 2001 and being a very high risk pregnancy. Things were even scarier with this pregnancy as I was in full blown kidney failure and doctor’s had to deliver my second miracle 14 weeks premature.  This was a true Miracle.  We named him Jake!  Jake was born @ 26 weeks and weighing only 1 lb 10 oz, measuring only 13″ long.  He spent 7 weeks in NICU and is  completely healthy to this day.  But, the pregnancies had taken a toll on my body & I desperately needed a kidney.  I was only 29 year old.  My brother & sister were both willing to give the “gift of life”.  Both siblings were a match & doctor’s couldn’t be happier.  And, on 10/9/02, my beloved sister, Lori, donated her kidney to save my life.  I can never repay her for the gift! I truly feel Blessed & want to teach Gunnar & Jake to never give up, keep their faith, always have hope, laugh, & love.  I’ve always had a love for pickles, peppers, & anything pickled!  But after my transplant I couldn’t have all that salt anymore.  So through trials & errors, I started canning my own unique & one of a kind pickled items and recipes.  I created all of these recipes using no sugar & very low sodium…I want to enjoy eating a good jar of pickles without having all of that salt.  Gunnar & Jake are the inspirations behind everything I do & the Love’s of my Life!  Just as God has a Plan & Purpose for everyone’s Life, so is this company!
                                                                           HIS PLAN, HIS PURPOSE, AND HIS WILL!
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                    KRISTI STEFANSKY-MURRAY

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