Didn't I Just Feed You

In this one, we’re leaning into laid-back entertaining with our list of things to keep on hand for easy breezy hosting. 

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There’s no magic to becoming a better cook. It’s the simple business of putting a few key principles into practice over and over. These 10 tiny changes are the ones that will make the biggest difference in your cooking. 

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LINKS 

• Meal Planning for Everyone
• What Are Back Pocket Dinners (and Why Do We Love Them)?
• What’s the Difference Between All the Salts?
• Why Do You Keep Telling Me to Add Acid to My Cooking?
• How Do I Cook With Fresh Herbs?
• How Do I Cook With Dried Herbs and Spices?
• What Cooking Oils Should I Keep in My Pantry?
• How Do I Season Food So That It (Actually) Tastes Good?
• Simple Family Meals From Pantry Basics
• How Can I Cook Dinner Faster?

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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.

Want to instantly make home cooked meals taste better? We tell you how to use fresh herbs to take your meal from ho-hum to oh-yum. 

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LINKS 

• How Do I Cook with Dried Herbs and Spices? 
• Why Do You Keep Telling Me to Acid to My Cooking? 
• What Cooking Oils Should I Keep in My Pantry?
• How Can I Fry Without Making a Mess or Getting Hurt?!
• Souper Cubes, The Cookie Tray
• Other Souper Cubes that we love 
• Anyday Cookware
• How to microwave dry herbs
• Basil Sugar Poundcake recipe

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In this one, Stacie and Meghan beat the heat and try to get ahead of overwhelm — at the same time! — with a huge batch of summer meal ideas that can be prepped ahead.

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You’ve probably heard that “salt, fat, acid and heat” are essential to good cooking. Salt, fat and heat are pretty easy to figure out, but what’s up with acid? We explain how acid works in cooking and how to use it to make your flavors pop. 

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LINKS 

• The 9 Best Kinds of Vinegar for Cooking — and 2 You Should never Use
• The Serious Eats Guide to Vinegar
• The Acid League
• Brightland vinegars
• Tart vinegars
• American Vinegar Works
• Chili Crisp Vinaigrette
• 10 year aged Black Vinegar
• Flamingo Estate Persimmon Vinegar

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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.

The cooking oil aisle can be surprisingly confusing. From canola to vegetable, grapeseed to avocado, it’s hard to know which you should keep on hand — and that’s all before olive oil! We’ll help you determine which cooking oils you need, which you don’t, and which you can substitute for others so that you can save your dollars and pantry space. 

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LINKS 

• The Ultimate Guide to the Different Types of Olive Oil
• 2024 award winning olive oils

Olive oils for cooking in the +/-  $1.00/ounce range 

• Graza Olive Oil, Sizzle for cooking and Drizzle for an affordable everyday finishing oil 
• California Olive Ranch, a quality everyday cooking olive oil easily found at conventional  supermarkets
• Frantoia Olive Oil, one of Stacie’s everyday go-to cooking olive oils

Quality cooking and dressing olive oils priced great in bulk tins 

• This large tin of Frantoia is a great deal
• Iliada Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Quality olive oils in the $2 to 4/ounce range

• Brightland Olive Oil
• Fat Gold Olive Oil 
• Wonder Valley 
• Branche Olive Oil duo 
• Kosterina, a great source of extra virgin and flavored olive oils 
• Yiayia and Friends olive oils, extra virgin and flavored too
• Morgenster Estate Olive Oil, an award-winning olive oil Stacie got to try in South Africa, where it’s made - delicious! 

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In this one, we share a simple formula for endless summer meals that you can whip up without stress, whether or not you’ve had time to meal plan. And even without repeats, if that’s what you want!

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Kosher salt, table salt, Himalayan pink salt, flaky salt… when did salt become so complicated? We break down the difference between all the salts and, more importantly, tell you what you need to keep in your pantry and how to use it effectively. 

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LINKS 

• Magical Unicorn Sea Salt by Beautiful Briny Sea
• Jennifer Fisher salts (the Spicy Salt is Stacie's favorite)
• Maldon Smoked Sea Salt Flakes
• La Baleine Fine Sea Salt
• Diamond Crystal kosher salt
•  Maldon Sea Salt Flakes (this tub is a great deal!)
• Jacobsen Salt Co.

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