Didn't I Just Feed You

By Stacie Billis and Meghan Splawn

Arts Food Kids & Family

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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Make-Ahead Holiday Breakfasts

12.04.2023

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 ...

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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 to ...
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 ...
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 No-Knead ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
09.25.2023 How to Feed Your Athlete with Jess of the Sports RD Feeding a growing athlete — through various ages and stages — can be overwhelming. From managing appetite changes to feelings about body image to teaching (and re/learning!) a balanced way of eating for performance and growth. We asked Jessica Isaacs, ...
09.21.2023 REHEATED: How to Set Your Kids Up to Pack Their Own Lunch This week we're reheating one of last year's most popular back to school episodes. Nearly every parent dreams of their kid being able to pack their own damn school lunch, but is that really what we want (or need)? And ...
09.18.2023 5 Dinner Formulas Every Home Cook Needs to Know There is no need to reinvent the dinner wheel night after night, week after week. With these 5 infinitely riffable dinner formulas, busy home cooks have everything they need to whip up a huge variety of meals that will feed ...
09.14.2023 What We're Cooking & Eating Now: September 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 ...
09.11.2023 Getting Your Kitchen Ready For Fall (and Maybe the Holidays Too) Time to trade the popsicle molds and ice cream maker for your braiser and the instant pot. And don't forget to freshen up your spice drawer, too, because IT'S FALL! Here's how to get your kitchen ready for fall cooking ...
09.04.2023 How to Grocery Shop Without A Meal Plan Have you ever found yourself at the grocery store without a meal plan, grocery list, or pretty much any clue what you need? Well, we've got a grocery shopping strategy that will get you through the store and out the ...
08.31.2023 What We're Cooking & Eating Now: August 31st 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 ...
08.28.2023 Talking School Lunch With a Lunch Lady, aka Cara Wade @ButterfaceLunchLady Over the last decade, the perception of school lunch has been marred by questions — posed by high profile folks including Jamie Oliver and Michelle Obama — about quality of ingredients and nutritional value of offered meals. At the same ...
08.21.2023 Dessert Every Night: 20 Minute Desserts In our quest for #desserteverynight, we're talking 20-minute desserts, including dessert ideas you can assemble, dessert recipes that cook up fast, and a few ways to make store-bought desserts feel a little more special. LINKS Our episode, The Best No-Bake ...
08.17.2023 What We're Cooking & Eating Now: August 17th 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 ...
08.14.2023 Breakfast Kids Can Feed Themselves They say it’s the most important meal of the day, but breakfast can be tricky. Whether you’ve got school aged kids that need your help getting out of the house or teens who make their own way, we’ve got breakfast ...
08.07.2023 Super Quick Pasta Dinners Pasta is a family meal hero, but some pasta dinners can take more time and work than others. In this episode, we share pasta cooking tips and the easiest, fastest pasta recipes for making a pasta dinner that everyone will ...
08.03.2023 REHEATED: Easy Summer Preserving - No Canning Required ICYMI, last summer we did a series of shorter episodes called "Summer Solutions". This year, we're reheating the most popular episodes from that series. We're holding onto summer this week with a simple guide to "preserving" summer produce without canning. ...
07.31.2023 Weekday Vegetarian Meals In this one, we share family-favorite vegetarian dinner recipes that can be made super fast with minimal ingredients that even non-vegetarians will love.Links from this episodeStacie’s Vegetarian FajitasQuinoa Taco MeatHard Boiled Egg Curry Baked Crispy Peanut Tofu Vegetable Biryani How ...
07.27.2023 What We're Cooking & Eating Now: July 27th 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 ...
07.24.2023 Reverse Meal Planning Reverse meal planning is meal planning that starts with what you have on hand as opposed to with recipe ideas. Some say it's harder to think of recipes based only on what you already have in the refrigerator, freezer and ...
07.17.2023 Divorcing Diet Culture When You Have to Be On a Diet with Julie Dillon Duffy What happens if you struggle with diet culture, but also need to be on a specific diet for health reasons unrelated to body weight (think: eating gluten-free to manage Celiac disease)? Registered dietitian and PCOS expert, Julie Duffy Dillon talks ...
07.13.2023 What We're Cooking & Eating Now: July 13th 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 ...
07.10.2023 How We Feed Our Family Pets (Brought to you by The Farmer's Dog) Have you ever wondered what's the best thing to feed your dog? We’ve got answers! Here's everything we've learned about the best food for dogs and how we feed ours. We’re delighted to present today’s episode without ad breaks in ...
07.06.2023 REHEATED: Our Go-To Pool Snacks ICYMI, last summer we did a series of shorter episodes called "Summer Solutions". This year, we're reheating the most popular episodes from that series. This week, we're sharing everything we pack or make for snacking near the pool. For even ...
07.03.2023 Our Best Grilling Hacks We may not be able to agree on what counts as a hack, but we do agree that this episode is chock full of grilling hacks, grilling tips, and smart grilling guidance that will set you on your way to ...
06.29.2023 REHEATED: Summer Drinks + Keeping Kids Hydrated We’re doing something a little special with this week’s reheated and airing a subscriber episode in our main feed! This was one of the most popular subscriber episodes from last summer all about summer hydration including everything from iced drinks ...
06.26.2023 Easy Ice Cream Anyone Can Make We're going all-in on ice cream, the Didn't I Just Feed You Way. From styles of ice cream to recipes you can make without any special equipment, we're making homemade ice cream something anyone can make.Links from this episode An ...
06.22.2023 What We're Cooking & Eating Now: June 22nd 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 ...
06.19.2023 5 Ingredient Dinners for Delicious Summer Nights These 5-ingredient dinners are the meals we turn to when we want delicious, easy summer eating on a quick and easy summer schedule. Links from this episode Our episode, The Best Summer Slow Cooker Meals Chicken Piccata Omsom flavor packetsShrimp ...
06.12.2023 A No-Fail Summer Camp Lunch Formula Packing camp lunch might feel like more of the same, but there are a few key differences in how you should approach packing camp lunches for kids. We've got a no-fail camp lunch formula and tons of tips to help ...
06.08.2023 What We're Cooking & Eating Now: June 8th 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 ...
06.05.2023 Date Nights and Sitter Dinners We've got some tips and sitter dinner recipe ideas to keep everyone fed without making your date night cost tons of extra money or labor for you. Links from this episode10-Minute Dinner Ideas How Sandwiches Can Save Your Busies Seasons ...
06.01.2023 REHEATED: Summer Slow Cooker Meals ICYMI, last summer we did a series of shorter episodes called "Summer Solutions". This year, we're reheating the most popular episodes from that series. This week - slow cooker meals for summer. For even more from this episode, join our ...
05.29.2023 If You Usually Cook X, Try Y In a dinner rut? Today we’re playing a game of If You Usually Cook X, Try Y that has us riffing on classic, kid-friendly staples like chicken fingers and mac and cheese to make them feel fresh.Links from this episodeWinner! ...
05.25.2023 What We're Cooking & Eating Now: May 25th 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 ...
05.22.2023 Baking Your Feelings with Becca Rea-Tucker Being a human is hard and we all need as many tools in our coping toolbox as possible. We chat with baker, author, and activist, Becca Rea-Tucker (aka @thesweetfeminist), about how baking has become one of her most powerful coping ...
05.15.2023 How to Make Salads Kids Will Eat We can’t promise that every kid or picky eater can become a salad convert, but we have strategies for how to build delicious salads that are crave-worthy for you and more likely to get a thumbs up from your littlest ...

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