A New Cookbook & Thanksgiving Menu Is Offered

Submitted by Kristin Sullivan

Yumna Jawad, Feel Good Foodie, is sharing her family’s menu for this year’s Thanksgiving. Last year she decided to forgo the traditional turkey to center her meal around Prime Rib. This year, Yumna has chosen to use her Air Fryer to prepare her turkey breast.

“Thanksgiving is known as a family-bonding holiday, but the cooks in the family (i.e. me!) spend most of it stuck in the kitchen. Rather than taking the entire day to prepare one meal, I like to prepare a number of Thanksgiving recipes in advance to serve or reheat the next day,” said Yumna Jawad, Feel Good Foodie. “Check out all my tips for planning and our Thanksgiving menu for this year.” https://feelgoodfoodie.net/thanksgiving-dinner/

Besides her website, Yumna recently released her first cookbook of the same name, The Feel Good foodie Cookbook. Filled with 125 simple healthy recipes, it is officially on the shelves and already known as a national bestseller. It is also available on Amazon at the convenient price of $20. Each recipe is accompanied by a recipe and contains only 10 or less ingredients. Even better, they can all be made in 30 minutes or less.

Her pumpkin recipes are a perfect way to celebrate the fall season with fresh produce and warm up on a brisk day. Yumna’s viral Homemade Pumpkin Spice Latte and Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew are healthier and less expensive alternatives to the popular Starbucks versions. And they are so good!

“Pumpkins are iconic for fall decorating, but fresh pumpkins are also healthy, easy to grow and fun to cook with,” said Yumna Jawad.

Cranberries are another favorite for Yumna. She shares her recipe for Cranberry Cheesecake (featured on our cover of this issue) following this article.

“Cranberries are one of my favorites because they are packed with nutrients and taste delicious,” said Yumna Jawad of Feel Good Foodie. “Cranberries are versatile, nutritious and so good!”

Feel Good Foodie’s Favorite Cranberry Recipes Yumna who was born in Africa to Lebanese parents and moved to the US at 11 years old, is beloved by millions of fans globally on Instagram (4.3 Million followers), TikTok (2 Million followers) and her website, Feel Good Foodie (10+ million readers a month) for her unique, delicious, creative and easy recipes that often go viral on social media. She has grown her massive following from scratch the past decade and has recently founded a new culinary venture, Oath Oats, launched in November 2022. Oath taps into one of her most popular and favorite ingredients - oats (who can forget her overnight oats viral recipe that’s still #1 on Google) and is a way to bring her beloved oatmeal to families in a convenient, healthy package.

Yumna’s viral food trends have been featured by Live with Kelly & Ryan, The Today Show, Good Morning America, PEOPLE, Vogue, and the New York Times. A graduate from the University of Michigan Business School, she now lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with her husband and two kids. Yumna’s parents are both Lebanese so she proudly features Lebanese, middle eastern and Ramadan recipes as part of her heritage. Her highly-anticipated first cookbook, The Feel Good Foodie Cookbook, debuts May 7, 2024 (Penguin) and is filled with over 100 approachable, unique and delicious “Middle Eastern meets Midwestern” recipes for the entire family.

Also check out Yumna’s take on the classic and nostalgic Cranberry Orange Sauce, as well as her variation on the traditional sauce: Baked Cranberry Sauce. Also learn how to freeze cranberries with her easy tutorial – How to Freeze Cranberries, available on https://feelgoodfoodie.net/