Yumna Jawad
Yumna Jawad is the recipe developer and cookbook author behind Feel Good Foodie, sharing approachable family meals inspired by her Lebanese roots and life in the Midwest.
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Feel Good Foodie
Feel Good FoodieOverview
- Known as
- Feel Good Foodie
- Work
- Recipe developer, cookbook author and entrepreneur
- Roots
- Born in Congo, raised in Sierra Leone, then moved to Michigan at 11
- Based in
- Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Education
- University of Michigan Business School
- Started sharing
- Recipes on Instagram in 2013
Mini bio
Learning from Mom.
Yumna grew up with Lebanese home cooking, but did not know how to cook when she got married. After work, she would pick up dinner from her mother. In 2007, she began learning those family recipes one phone call at a time. That experience still shapes the practical, encouraging way she teaches.
From Instagram to dinner tables.
After a career in marketing, Yumna began sharing recipes on Instagram in 2013. Feel Good Foodie grew around meals that busy families could make at home, with Mediterranean ingredients woven into everyday cooking. Her baked feta pasta adaptation helped spread the trend; her recipe page credits the Finnish cooks and Grilled Cheese Social who inspired it.
Beyond the feed.
Her first book, The Feel Good Foodie Cookbook, arrived on May 7, 2024. Its 125 recipes bring Middle Eastern flavors to Midwestern family cooking, and the publisher lists it as a national bestseller. Yumna also founded Oath Oats, a packaged overnight oats brand, and collaborated with Home Chef on Mediterranean-inspired meal kits in 2025.
Creditschronological, newest first
Food collaborations
- 2025Feel Good Foodie × Home ChefRecipe collaborator
Digital food
- 2013Feel Good FoodieFounder and recipe developer
Awards
Quotes
I want to simplify mealtime by sharing nutritious, wholesome, family-friendly recipes that make you feel good!Yumna Jawad, About Feel Good Foodie
Her mission for the recipe site: https://feelgoodfoodie.net/about-me/
Trivia
- Arabic was her first language. She credits Saved by the Bell with helping her learn English after moving to the United States.
- Stuffed grape leaves are her favorite food.
- She enjoys drawing and painting.
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