Didn't I Just Feed You

By Stacie Billis and Meghan Splawn

What's Didn't I Just Feed You about?

Didn’t I Just Feed You is a candid weekly podcast about feeding our families -- because, wow, kids need to eat a lot. And frequently too! Armed with culinary prowess earned from over 20 years as food professionals and practical, non-judgmental advice shaped in the parenting trenches, co-hosts Stacie and Meghan make life as the family cook easier. Or at least funnier.

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Didn't I Just Feed You episodes:

04.18.2024
Why Does the Chili Crisp Drama Matter? PREVIEW
In this one, Stacie and Meghan discuss whether or not big players like Trader Joe’s and Momofuku have an ethical responsibility to smaller players in their respective spaces. And what about us shoppers: do we? To listen to the...
04.15.2024
How Do I Make Multiple Dinner Times Work?
Whether you're feeding small kids who need to eat earlier than everyone else or you're juggling work, sports, and other after-school activities, coping with multiple dinner times makes feeding a family feel impossibly hard — unless you have the right...
04.11.2024
What We're Cooking & Eating Now: April 11th 2024
In each of these episodes, we walk you all the way through one recipe and then list five others. All in, you’ll get 6 easy weeknight dinner ideas that we’ve tested. Links for these recipes + products are in the...
04.08.2024
How Can I Cook Dinner Faster?
Efficiently moving through meal prep isn't just for cooks on the line. Knowing how to interpret a recipe, what to fire when, and clean as you go are just a few ways that you can get dinner on the table...
04.04.2024
Empties Spring 2024: All the Pantry Items We’re Using Up Lately PREVIEW
In this one, Stacie and Meghan share their most recent empties: all the food finds that they’re enjoying to every last bite. To listen to the full episode, subscribe on Apple Podcasts or join our Super Fan Community today. Our...
04.01.2024
Which Kitchen Tools Will Save Me Time?
Whether a kitchen tool is a uni-tasker or multitasker, we think it's worth consideration if it saves time while cooking. These are our favorite kitchen tools that help save you time. Looking to reduce the overwhelm of feeding your family...
03.28.2024
What We're Cooking & Eating Now: March 28th 2024
In each of these episodes, we walk you all the way through one recipe and then list five others. All in, you’ll get 6 easy weeknight dinner ideas that we’ve tested. Links for these recipes + products are in the...
03.25.2024
How Can We Help? A Listener Q&A Session
Hard to believe it took five years to record our first listener Q&A;, but based on the response, this will be far from our last! From finding recipes that partners and (older) kids can make to rediscovering personal food joy,...
03.21.2024
What’s the Problem with “Lazy” Cooking? PREVIEW
In this one, we talk about the idea of “lazy” cooking. Is it helpful? Harmful? Healthy or not? And most to the point: is it really lazy at all? To listen to the full episode, subscribe on Apple Podcasts or...
03.21.2024
3 in 30 Takeaways for Mom: Letting Go of the Stress of Meal Planning with Stacie & Meghan
3 in 30 Takeaways for Mom is one of our favorite podcasts, so we were thrilled with host Rachel Neilson asked us to be on her show. In a world where parents are short on time, managing rising grocery prices,...
03.18.2024
How Do I Introduce My Kids to New Flavors (Without Spending a Ton)?
Didn't I Just Feed You listener, Haley, asks us to weigh in on how she can expose her kids to new cuisines without spending tons of time and money sourcing harder-to-find and/or expensive ingredients that she doesn't use regularly. We've...
03.14.2024
What We're Cooking & Eating Now: March 14th 2024
In each of these episodes, we walk you all the way through one recipe and then list five others. All in, you’ll get 6 easy weeknight dinner ideas that we’ve tested. Links for these recipes + products are in the...
03.11.2024
What Are The Best Dinners You Can Make With Chicken Breast?
It’s the most popular animal protein in the United States, and also the most ridiculed and complained about: chicken breast. Popular with good reason (especially for family cooks!), we focus on how to cook chicken breast well and share our...
03.07.2024
Are Nonstick Pans Harmful? PREVIEW
In this one, we answer the age old question — and a question recently asked by multiple listeners: are nonstick pans harmful to our health? We share the most recent info, talk about best practices for cooking in nonstick, and...
03.04.2024
How We Feed: I Hate to Cook
Hate to cook? You're not alone. In this episode (which might become the first in a series!), we chat with DIJFY listener Kristin K. about why she hates to cook and how she deals with the fact that she still...
02.29.2024
What We're Cooking & Eating Now: February 29th 2024
In each of these episodes, we walk you all the way through one recipe and then list five others. All in, you’ll get 6 easy weeknight dinner ideas that we’ve tested. Links for these recipes + products are in the...
02.26.2024
What Can I Do to Reduce Food Waste?
From smart food storage tips to tricks for saving food that’s about to turn, we cover all the ways to reduce your food waste with a focus on the 10 most wasted foods in the U.S. Looking to reduce the...
02.22.2024
What To Buy At Aldi - PREVIEW
In this episode, we go over all the things you should buy at Aldi based on their most killer products and best comparative prices. Looking to reduce the overwhelm of feeding your family? Want to save time and money too?...
02.19.2024
What Are the Best $10 Dinners to Feed a Family?
Can you feed a family on $10 a night? We talk about strategies that help you do so successfully — or at least come close — and also share our favorite $10 dinners that will help you get everyone fed...
02.15.2024
What We're Cooking & Eating Now: February 15th 2024
In each of these episodes, we walk you all the way through one recipe and then list five others. All in, you’ll get 6 easy weeknight dinner ideas that we’ve tested. Links for these recipes + products are in the...
02.12.2024
Is Breakfast Really the Most Important Meal of the Day?
We’ve been trained to believe it, but is breakfast really the most important meal of the day? The answer — or answers as it may be — might surprise you. Looking to reduce the overwhelm of feeding your family? Want to...
02.05.2024
How Can Meal Planning Help My Budget?
Want to know how to meal plan (well enough) to save money on groceries? We talk through the meal planning tips and tools that go the furthest to maximize your grocery budget. Looking to reduce the overwhelm of feeding your...
02.01.2024
What We're Cooking & Eating Now: February 1st 2024
In each of these episodes, we walk you all the way through one recipe and then list five others. All in, you’ll get 6 easy weeknight dinner ideas that we’ve tested. Links for these recipes + products are in the...
01.29.2024
How Can I Fry Without Making a Mess–or Getting Hurt?!
Everyone loves fried food, but not everyone feels comfortable frying at home — we’re here to change that! We go over the basics of how to fry and even share tips on avoiding a big mess or getting hurt so...
01.22.2024
How Do I Cook With Dried Herbs and Spices?
Dried herbs and spices are an affordable way to add, change, and play with flavor. But how do you use them from the hip?! We've got answers that will empower you to cook with dried herbs and spices even when...
01.15.2024
What Does It Mean to Declutter Feeding Your Family? With Rachel Nielson
We chat with Rachel Nielson of the 3 in 30 Takeaways For Moms podcast about how moms can declutter their "shoulds" around feeding a family, in the same way they might declutter a messy closet. We're kicking off 2024...
01.08.2024
What One-Pot Dinners Are Best for Winter?
These are the best one-pot meals, one-pan meals, and sheet pan dinners that are best for winter cooking. Because easy clean up is always in season. We're kicking off 2024 with a new DIJFY Listener Survey to hear more about what you...
01.01.2024
What Is On Our Plates for 2024?
Happy New Year! Meghan and Stacie look at the year ahead and talk about their goals for feeding their families, and the podcast. Our Sponsors: * Check out ByHeart.com/Podcast and use code DIJFY for a great deal. * Check out manukora.com/DIJFY * Check out...
12.28.2023
Our Favorite Episodes of 2023
Stacie and Meghan share their favorite 2023 episodes of Didn’t I Just Feed You. You can listen to each of their favorites on Spotify, where we’ve made playlists for you:Stacie’s Favorite Episodes: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0GXtdIJB6x49yYRJ4qpbC1?si=e51bf70b2f7e4e9bMeghan’s Favorite Episodes: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5idoS0Zz6Yyro1CbobOBwt?si=fd9997e9879f4f0c And don’t forget to join the...
12.25.2023
How to Plan a Meal Train and Feeding Others
We’re taking a moment this holiday season to reheat a beloved episode where we talked through ways to help take care of others. From the nuts and bolts of setting up a meal train to thinking about when and how...
12.18.2023
Can I Make a Winter Salad Delicious?
In this reheated episode originally published as a bonus episode for our subscribers, Meghan and Stacie share winter salad inspiration that will leave you excited to eat your greens again. Tired of being stuck in the kitchen while everyone...
12.14.2023
What We're Cooking & Eating Now: December 14th 2023
In each of these episodes, we walk you all the way through one recipe and then list five others. All in, you’ll get 6 easy weeknight dinner ideas that we’ve tested. Links for these recipes + products are in the...
12.11.2023
What Holiday Cookies Should I Bake?
Always and forever searching for your go-to holiday cookie? We’ve got an approach to holiday cookie baking that retains the joy and reduces your effort. Plus, we’ve got all the holiday cookie recipes worth your time (because we’ve tried them...
12.04.2023
Make-Ahead Holiday Breakfasts
The holiday season brings school break, pop-in visitors, and overnight guests — all of which means a lot of feeding. Make-ahead breakfasts help make the job of feeding people 24-7 a little bit easier. And our make-ahead holiday breakfasts do...
11.30.2023
Latkes with Leah Koenig
In this reheated episode we speak with cookbook author and Jewish cooking expert Leah Koenig about what might be the greatest holiday food of all time: latkes! From the surprising role that cheese plays in the history of latkes...
11.27.2023
The Best Cookbooks of The Year with Brian Hogan Stewart of Salt + Spine
It's time for our 6th annual Best Cookbooks of the Year episode with Brian Stewart of the Salt + Spine podcast. This isn't your average cookbooks of the year list: we prompt Brian to curate a list specifically for busy...
11.23.2023
What We're Cooking & Eating Now: November 23rd 2023
In each of these episodes, we walk you all the way through one recipe and then list five others. All in, you’ll get 6 easy weeknight dinner ideas that we’ve tested. Links for these recipes + products are in the...
11.20.2023
Food, Feelings, and Parenting Through the Holidays with Alyssa Blask Campbell
Inspired by Alyssa Blask Campbell's new book, Tiny Humans, Big Emotions, we asked the founder of Seed and Sew to help us navigate the big feelings that arise around food and the holidays. From mealtime meltdowns to grandparent comments about...
11.13.2023
Chinese Menu with Grace Lin
Ever wonder how General Tso's chicken got its name — or who General Tso was? In her gorgeous new book, Chinese Menu, Grace Lin tells the stories of some of the most popular Chinese menu items. She shares these stories...
11.09.2023
What We're Cooking & Eating Now: November 9th 2023
In each of these episodes, we walk you all the way through one recipe and then list five others. All in, you’ll get 6 easy weeknight dinner ideas that we’ve tested. Links for these recipes + products are in the...
11.06.2023
Show-Stopping Vegetarian Dinners
Impressive holiday and celebratory meals don't need to center meat – and we have evidence. We even surprised ourselves with the number of show-stopping vegetarian dinner ideas we came up with that can take center stage for veggie lovers and...
10.30.2023
REHEATED: Who's Messing With Our Kids More: Sugar? Or Parents?
With Halloween — and all the related chatter about kids, candy, and sugar — coming up, we decided to reheat an episode with pediatric dietician Jill Castle from the very beginning of Didn’t I Just Feed You. While the interview is...
10.26.2023
What We're Cooking & Eating Now: October 26th 2023
In each of these episodes, we walk you all the way through one recipe and then list five others. All in, you’ll get 6 easy weeknight dinner ideas that we’ve tested. Links for these recipes + products are in the...
10.23.2023
Make Ahead Dinners
Make-Ahead Dinners are more than just prepped ingredients: these dinner recipes can be make-ahead to the point where all you have to do is apply heat and serve. They take a little planning ahead and require some storage space in...
10.19.2023
The Special Episode on Special Bread
We had no idea when we first mentioned special bread that we’d light our audience aflame! You all want to know — and want to know badly: what is special bread, anyway? We’re finally here to answer. LINKSJim Lahey...
10.16.2023
Bread Baking With Kids With Jennifer Latham
Cookbook author and the former Director of Bread for Tartine Bakery, Jennifer Latham, shares the magic of getting in the kitchen with kids to bake bread, whether you’re a beginner or advanced bread baker yourself. LINKS Jennifer's book, Baking Bread with...
10.12.2023
What We're Cooking & Eating Now: October 12th 2023
In each of these episodes, we walk you all the way through one recipe and then list five others. All in, you’ll get 6 easy weeknight dinner ideas that we’ve tested. Links for these recipes + products are in the...
10.09.2023
Five Ingredient Dinners for Fall
These five-ingredient dinners for fall are the meals we turn to when we want delicious, easy autumn eating during the hectic back-to-school and fall sports season. Visit our "Episode Website" for a full episode transcript. LINKS Winner! Winner! Chicken Dinner (the...
10.02.2023
Empties: All the Pantry Items We’ve Used Up Lately
Another empties episode! Here are all the pantry products we’ve purchased and completely used up lately, aka food products and grocery store finds that are worth it. LINKS Aldi Mama Cozi’s Pizza CrustsSeven Sunday’s Real Cocoa CerealCabot Mac and Cheese BlendTrader...
09.28.2023
What We're Cooking & Eating Now: September 28th 2023
In each of these episodes, we walk you all the way through one recipe and then list five others. All in, you’ll get 6 easy weeknight dinner ideas that we’ve tested. Links for these recipes + products are in the...

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Didn't I Just Feed You episodes:

Why Does the Chili Crisp Drama Matter? PREVIEW

How Do I Make Multiple Dinner Times Work?

What We're Cooking & Eating Now: April 11th 2024

How Can I Cook Dinner Faster?

Empties Spring 2024: All the Pantry Items We’re Using Up Lately PREVIEW

Which Kitchen Tools Will Save Me Time?

What We're Cooking & Eating Now: March 28th 2024

How Can We Help? A Listener Q&A Session

What’s the Problem with “Lazy” Cooking? PREVIEW

3 in 30 Takeaways for Mom: Letting Go of the Stress of Meal Planning with Stacie & Meghan

How Do I Introduce My Kids to New Flavors (Without Spending a Ton)?

What We're Cooking & Eating Now: March 14th 2024

What Are The Best Dinners You Can Make With Chicken Breast?

Are Nonstick Pans Harmful? PREVIEW

How We Feed: I Hate to Cook

What We're Cooking & Eating Now: February 29th 2024

What Can I Do to Reduce Food Waste?

What To Buy At Aldi - PREVIEW

What Are the Best $10 Dinners to Feed a Family?

What We're Cooking & Eating Now: February 15th 2024

Is Breakfast Really the Most Important Meal of the Day?

How Can Meal Planning Help My Budget?

What We're Cooking & Eating Now: February 1st 2024

How Can I Fry Without Making a Mess–or Getting Hurt?!

How Do I Cook With Dried Herbs and Spices?

What Does It Mean to Declutter Feeding Your Family? With Rachel Nielson

What One-Pot Dinners Are Best for Winter?

What Is On Our Plates for 2024?

Our Favorite Episodes of 2023

How to Plan a Meal Train and Feeding Others

Can I Make a Winter Salad Delicious?

What We're Cooking & Eating Now: December 14th 2023

What Holiday Cookies Should I Bake?

Make-Ahead Holiday Breakfasts

Latkes with Leah Koenig

The Best Cookbooks of The Year with Brian Hogan Stewart of Salt + Spine

What We're Cooking & Eating Now: November 23rd 2023

Food, Feelings, and Parenting Through the Holidays with Alyssa Blask Campbell

Chinese Menu with Grace Lin

What We're Cooking & Eating Now: November 9th 2023

Show-Stopping Vegetarian Dinners

REHEATED: Who's Messing With Our Kids More: Sugar? Or Parents?

What We're Cooking & Eating Now: October 26th 2023

Make Ahead Dinners

The Special Episode on Special Bread

Bread Baking With Kids With Jennifer Latham

What We're Cooking & Eating Now: October 12th 2023

Five Ingredient Dinners for Fall

Empties: All the Pantry Items We’ve Used Up Lately

What We're Cooking & Eating Now: September 28th 2023