And mumdishideas is my little corner of the internet!
I launched mumdishideas back in 2016 while I was still teaching fourth grade at a public school in Portland, Oregon. I was looking for quick, kid‑friendly meals that didn’t require a PhD in nutrition, so I started by posting three simple dinner ideas on a tiny WordPress blog. Within a year I’d added a weekly “Meal‑Prep Monday” series, and the traffic jumped from a handful of friends to over 4,000 monthly visitors.
Fast forward to 2024, and the site now features more than 200 tested recipes, a newsletter that reaches 5,200 subscribers, and an Instagram community of 27 k followers who share their own twists on my dishes. In March 2023 we hit a milestone of 25 k unique visitors in a single month, and I’ve begun collaborating with a few local producers for seasonal ingredient spotlights. Every new post still starts with a cup of coffee at my kitchen table, just like the first ones did.
When I’m not stirring a pot, you’ll find me hiking the Columbia River Gorge with my husband Mark and our two kids, Lily (8) and Max (5). I love Sunday mornings when the house is quiet enough for me to sip a dark roast and flip through a cookbook for inspiration. My guilty pleasure is baking chocolate‑chip cookies until the whole kitchen smells like a bakery. Those simple moments are what I try to capture in every recipe I share on mumdishideas.