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Get Cookin’ With These 7 Food Blogs by Portland Parents

These Portland bloggers just may inspire your dinner plans tonight.

By Maura O'Brien June 7, 2015

So, what’s for dinner tonight? If you already have a meal planned out, we salute you. But if you’re like the countless parents who sometimes struggle to come up with new, exciting, healthy and delicious dishes to satisfy the kids, you’re not alone. But before you add the pizza guy to your speed dial, check out these helpful and creative food blogs by Portland parents to bring a little inspiration into your kitchen.

Heather Cheney – Heather Likes Food

Since graduating from culinary school, Heather Cheney has worked in restaurants, cafés and cafeterias, and even operated her own cake decorating, catering and online candy businesses. But for the past several years, this mother of three has channeled her food industry experience into Heather Likes Food, a recipe blog that helps even the most inexperienced cooks create flavor-packed dishes with simple, delicious, and budget-friendly ingredients. Busy parents will especially love Heather’s 30-minute-meals, which range from lemon bacon shrimp scampi to comforting black bean sloppy joes.

Online: heatherlikesfood.com

photo: Heather Cheney via Heather Likes Food

Do you have a favorite food blog for Portland parents? Let us know in the comments below!

— Maura O’Brien