Didn't I Just Feed You

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 omnivores, alike. It's time to eat your veggies!  

LINKS 

• @cookingincombatboots
• Our favorite everyday mandoline slicer
• Ricotta Polpette
• Tenderheart: A Cookbook About Vegetables and Unbreakable Family Bonds by Hetty McKinnon
• The Best Grilling Cookbook Every Written By Two Idiots by Mark Anderson and Ryan Fey
• Vegan Wild Rice and Butternut Squash Salad at Heartbeet Kitchen  
• Vegan Coq au Vin
• Mushroom Stifado
• Vegan Posole Rojo
• Lentil Ricotta Meatballs
• Ottolenghi's Whole Roasted Cauliflower 
• Whole Roasted Cabbage
• How to Make a Vegetarian Stuffed Pumpkin Masterpiece
• Butternut Squash Roulade
• Vegetarian Mushroom Wellington
• Vegetables Wellington
• Provençal Tian
• Vegan Pressure-Cooker Miso Risotto
• Spanakopita

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 the same, our take on sugar has changed a bit, so we recorded a whole new intro. You’ll want to listen to this one even if you did way back when. 

LINKS 

• Our episode with Jessica Wilson, What Anti-Diet Gets Wrong with Jessica Wilson, MS, RD
• Jessica Wilson on Instagram, where she shared her experiment on eating ultra processed foods (UPFs), @jessicawilson.msrd
• Naureen Hunani from RDs for Neurodiversity
• Responsive Feeding
• The Correlation Between Neurodivergence and Eating Disorders
• What If We Just Let Our Kids Eat What They Want?
• Does Sugar Really Cause “Bad” Behavior In Children?

The Trouble With Sugar on The Maintenance Phase

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 FREE area of our Didn't I Just Feed You Community.

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 your fridge or freezer, but will save you in your most hectic seasons — and still keep dinner tasty.

LINKS 

• Lou of @eat.at.dads 
• Rosalynn Daniels (@rosalynndaniels) Greens and Grits casserole
• Our episode, How to Make Chili for the Chili Haters
• Our episode, Easy Freezer Meals
• All the Cans Chili recipe
• White Chicken Chili
• Freezer-Friendly Carnitas
• Shortcut Shepherd's Pie
• Chicken Biscuit Pot Pie
• Instant Pot Harissa Shredded Chicken
• Beef Enchilada Casserole

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. 

LINKS

• Jim Lahey No-Knead Bread recipe https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/11376-no-knead-bread 
• Savory Baking by Erin McDowell https://amzn.to/3LO7UtU   
• Erin McDowell Fry Bread Recipe: https://didntijustfeedyou.com/frybread-recipe-savory-baking-cookbook-erin-mcdowell/ 
• Our 2-Ingredient Magic Flatbread https://www.instagram.com/reel/CPYrblhH91b/ 
• Our Grilled Peach Focaccia: https://didntijustfeedyou.com/grilled-peach-focaccia/
• Our Weeknight Biscuit Recipe: https://didntijustfeedyou.com/recipe-meghans-easy-weeknight-buttermilk-biscuits/
• Stacie’s Cilantro Butter https://www.thekitchn.com/jalapeno-roasted-chicken-with-cilantro-butter-recipe-23026952 
• Garlic Butter recipe https://www.thekitchn.com/garlic-butter-recipe-23229971 
• Mason Dixie Biscuits https://masondixiefoods.com/

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 Kids: Trusty Recipes for Magical Homemade Bread
• Jennifer on Instagram, @jenniferlatham
• Our episode Finding Your Bread Guru with Cathy Lloyd Burns
• Our episode, How to Get Kids in The Kitchen (Even If You Don’t Want to) With Heather Staller
• Our episode, The Real Reasons We Cook With Our Kids
• Our episode, Getting Messy in the Kitchen with Kids
• Our episode, Essential Recipes for Tweens, Teens, and Graduates with Katie Morford

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 FREE area of our Didn't I Just Feed You Community.

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 Instant Pot Harissa Chicken is from WWCD!) 
• Salsa verde chicken tacos 
• Easy Butter Chicken Recipe
• Pizza chickpeas
• Instant Pot Carnitas 
• Sheet Pan Steak and (store-bought) Frites 
• Maple Mustard Dressing 
• Sheet Pan Chicken and Maple-Mustard Winter Veggies
• Sheet Pan Bibimbap
• Cheesy Beef and Shells 
• Sheet Pan Sausage and Cabbage)
• Spiced Chickpea Soup 
• Spicy Bacon Wrapped Pork Loin 
• Pan Seared Pork Chops with Maple Buttered Apples
• Miso Coconut Beans
• Roasted Squash and Apple Soup
• Apple Butter
• Creamy Lemon Pasta
• Pumpkin Alfredo
• A simplified chicken saltimbocca 
• Broccoli Pasta 
• Stuffed Sweet Potatoes

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 Crusts
• Seven Sunday’s Real Cocoa Cereal
• Cabot Mac and Cheese Blend
• Trader Joe's Maple Poffertjes 
• Trader Joe’s Lemon Pesto   
• Trader Joe’s Pizza Sprinkle
• River Road Sprinkles
• Cooler Ranch Smartfood Popcorn
• Half Day Teas
• Trays for family style meals
• Beautiful Briny Sea Pocket Full of Starlight Vanilla Sugar
• Blueberry Lemon Basil Jam from Trade Street Jam  
• Bungkus Bagusla sambal goreng
• Trader Joe’s S’mores Bars
• Trader Joe’s Snacky Clusters  
• Taylor’s of Harrigate Yorkshire Tea Bedtime Brew
• Little Truc Curry Pastes
• Reese’s popcorn 

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 FREE area of our Didn't I Just Feed You Community.