Didn't I Just Feed You

In this one, we share tips and school lunch recipes that work well for slow eaters so that they get some sustenance, even if their lunch period isn’t quite as much time as they typically need. 

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Sometimes even the quickest breakfast recipe isn’t quick enough. These are our favorite grocery store finds for weekday mornings when the kids (and you?) need grab-and-go breakfasts that can fuel everyone on the run.

STRESS-FREE SCHOOL LUNCHES

Make packing 180 school lunches a breeze with our Stress-Free School Lunch Guide. You’ll get our tried-and-true school lunch packing tips, an essential school lunch grocery list, our list of favorite lunchboxes by age, our top 15 lunchbox recipes, and more.

MEAL PLANNING FOR EVERYONE

Looking to reduce the overwhelm of feeding your family while saving time AND money? Meal planning is the answer! We can help you get meal planning right (even if you’ve failed before) with our Meal Planning for Everyone audio course. We’ve made it possible for anyone to become a meal planner — even you! Crack your meal planning code today.

LINKS 

• Make-Ahead Breakfasts for Back-to-School
• Shortcuts For Well-Balanced Breakfasts
• Easy Breakfasts Kids Can Feed Themselves
• Is Breakfast Really the Most Important Meal of the Day?
• Our Breakfast playlist on Spotify

And a sample of the products mentioned: 

• Wyman’s breakfast products
• Kodiak Cups
• Kodiak Instant Oatmeal 
• PBfit Peanut Butter Powder 
• Proper Good Overnight Oat packs
• FlapJacked Mighty Muffins
• Mason Dixie Foods 
• Good Food Made Simple Egg White Patties
• Chubby Snacks and Superfood PB&J

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We’re excited to share an episode that we think you’ll love from Care and Feeding, Slate’s parenting show with Jamilah Lemieux, Zak Rosen, Elizabeth Newcamp, and Lucy Lopez. In this episode, they talk food with one of our favorite guests, Priya Krishna, but if you’re looking for more triumphs (and fails!), tune in for their weekly advice from helping one parent deal with their sore loser child to answering tricky questions like how another parent can talk to a friend who’s body shaming their toddler. If you like what you hear, make sure to subscribe to Care and Feeding wherever you podcast for advice on parenting kids from toddler to teens.

STRESS-FREE SCHOOL LUNCHES

Make packing 180 school lunches a breeze with our Stress-Free School Lunch Guide. You’ll get our tried-and-true school lunch packing tips, an essential school lunch grocery list, our list of favorite lunchboxes by age, our top 15 lunchbox recipes, and more.

MEAL PLANNING FOR EVERYONE

Looking to reduce the overwhelm of feeding your family while saving time AND money? Meal planning is the answer! We can help you get meal planning right (even if you’ve failed before) with our Meal Planning for Everyone audio course. We’ve made it possible for anyone to become a meal planner — even you! Crack your meal planning code today.

Whether you prep school lunches ahead on a regular basis or just need some back-pocket ideas for your most hectic weeks, we’ve got prep-ahead school lunch ideas that aren’t sandwiches to last you the whole year long.

Make packing 180 school lunches a breeze with our Stress-Free School Lunch Guide. You’ll get our tried-and-true school lunch packing tips, an essential school lunch grocery list, our list of favorite lunchboxes by age, our top 15 lunchbox recipes, and more.

LINKS 

• Make-Ahead Lunches for Back-to-School
• The Magic of Meatballs
• Our Back-to-School playlist on Spotify
• Our Stress-Free School Lunch Guide
• Our favorite lunchboxes
• Easy Lunchboxes
• Our make-ahead Ramen Salad 
• Peanut Sauce recipe
• How to Make Black Beans in the Instant Pot
• Yogurt Chia Pudding
• Cinnamon Toast Overnight Oats
• Leftover Oatmeal Muffins recipe
• Make-Ahead Ham and Cheese Muffins
• Make-Ahead lunch episode 

MEAL PLANNING FOR EVERYONE

Looking to reduce the overwhelm of feeding your family while saving time AND money? Meal planning is the answer! We can help you get meal planning right (even if you’ve failed before) with our Meal Planning for Everyone audio course. We’ve made it possible for anyone to become a meal planner — even you! Crack your meal planning code today.

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.

Looking to reduce the overwhelm of feeding your family? Want to save time and money too? Then it’s time to get serious about meal planning. Yes, even if you’ve tried before, and especially  if you’re thinking, “But I’m not a planner.” Meal planning is the #1 most reliable way to reduce stress and save time and money, so we’ve made it possible for anyone to become a meal planner on their own terms with our Meal Planning for Everyone audio course. Crack your meal planning code: learn more today.

We’ve got the lazy dinners you need to enjoy the last days of summer eating while also managing the hectic back-to-school transition. 

Make packing 180 school lunches a breeze with our Stress-Free School Lunch Guide. You’ll get our tried-and-true school lunch packing tips, an essential school lunch grocery list, our list of favorite lunchboxes by age, our top 15 lunchbox recipes, and more. 

MEAL PLANNING FOR EVERYONE

Looking to reduce the overwhelm of feeding your family while saving time AND money? Meal planning is the answer! We can help you get meal planning right (even if you’ve failed before) with our Meal Planning for Everyone audio course. We’ve made it possible for anyone to become a meal planner — even you! Crack your meal planning code today.

LINKS 

• Our audio course, Meal Planning For Everyone 
• Our Stress-Free School Lunch Guide 
• Join our free community 
• Gorgeous Green Sauce recipe
• How to Make Instant Pot Black Beans
• Carnitas recipe (for the stove top or Instant Pot!)
• Marinated Beans on Toast
• Tomato Butter Pasta
• Tuna Mayo Rice Bowl
• Fish Stick Tacos from Bare Minimum Dinners cookbook
• One-Pot Cheesy Sausage and Orzo
• Our favorite Peanut Sauce recipe for noodles and more
• Lots of Chicken Nugget Salad ideas
• Chinese Chicken Salad with Sweet and Sour Nuggets
• Shortcut Tortellini en Brodo
• How Sandwiches Can Save Back-to-School Season
• How to Turn Any Ground Meat Into a Delicious Dinner
• Ninja Woodfire Grill

In this one, we’re sharing our latest empties: all the grocery items we bought — sometimes impulsively! — and used up entirely. These are products we think are worth it!

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Want easy meal ideas, our favorite kitchen picks, recipes that are saving us, AND all of our What We’re Cooking & Eating Now links? Sign up for our newsletter and get it all today. Plus, you’ll get our Back-Pocket Meal Plan as a bonus. That’s a week of meals, planned for you! ✅

As summer winds down and the school year ramps up, we're not just looking for easy meals, but super easy meals. We even called in reinforcements: John of Preppy Kitchen shares expertise honed while writing his latest book, Preppy Kitchen Super Easy: 100 Simple and Versatile Recipes.

MEAL PLANNING FOR EVERYONE

Looking to reduce the overwhelm of feeding your family while saving time AND money? Meal planning is the answer — yes, even if you’ve tried before and failed. We can help you get meal planning right with our Meal Planning for Everyone audio course. We’ve made it possible for anyone to become a meal planner — even you! Crack your meal planning code today.

LINKS 

• Preppy Kitchen Super Easy: 100 Simple and Versatile Recipes
• John’s Crispy Orange Glazed Chicken Strips recipe 
• How to Make Salads Kids Will Eat
• How Sauces Can Save Your Weeknight Cooking
• What’s the Difference Between All the Salts? Kosher Salt, Table Salt, Etc?
• How to Cook Once, Eat Twice
• Ten Minute Dinner Ideas
• Simple Family Meals From Pantry Basics
• The Art of Intentional Leftovers
• El Pato Mexican sauces
• Meghan’s Maple Mustard Vinaigrette recipe 

Join our (free!) community to get all the links to our What We Are Cooking and Eating Now recipes https://didntijustfeedyou.com/community/ 

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Want easy meal ideas, our favorite kitchen picks, recipes that are saving us, AND all of our What We’re Cooking & Eating Now links too? Get it all by signing up for our newsletter today — and get our Back-Pocket Meal Plan as a bonus. (A week of meals, planned for you! ✅)

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.

Looking to reduce the overwhelm of feeding your family? Want to save time and money too? Then it’s time to get serious about meal planning. Yes, even if you’ve tried before, and especially  if you’re thinking, “But I’m not a planner.” Meal planning is the #1 most reliable way to reduce stress and save time and money, so we’ve made it possible for anyone to become a meal planner on their own terms with our Meal Planning for Everyone audio course. Crack your meal planning code: learn more today.

Listener Ashely H. asked if we have a process for cleaning out the fridge and pantry and, why, yes, we do! After a long summer of cooking and hosting, we’re putting our process to use for a kitchen reset before school begins — and think you should do the same too.

MEAL PLANNING FOR EVERYONE

Looking to reduce the overwhelm of feeding your family while saving time AND money? Meal planning is the answer — yes, even if you’ve tried before and failed. We can help you get meal planning right with our Meal Planning for Everyone audio course. We’ve made it possible for anyone to become a meal planner — even you! Crack your meal planning code today.

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THE BEST OF DIJFY, DELIVERED TO YOU

Want easy meal ideas, our favorite kitchen picks, recipes that are saving us, AND all of our What We’re Cooking & Eating Now links too? Get it all by signing up for our newsletter today — and get our Back-Pocket Meal Plan as a bonus. (A week of meals, planned for you! ✅)