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We love a good plan-ahead moment, but they aren’t always possible. These are our favorite last-minute holiday recipes to keep you in your back pocket, because we also love being real. And! An important reminder:

Today’s episode is from the DIJFY Plus archive. If you’ve not been a Plus subscriber, it’s fresh content that we handpicked to make your holiday season easier. Honestly, it will help even if you have listened before: we specifically chose this episode because it’s chock full of important annual reminders that will help you keep it both relaxed and delicious.

Also remember that our free community is closing down at the end of 2024, so ignore the call to join us there and, instead, focus on the meat and potatoes — so to speak — of the episode!

Holiday cookie baking does not have to be complicated, but it helps to be a little bit strategic. Cookie expert Jesse Szewczyk helps us make smart (and totally delicious!) holiday cookie choices to get the most bang for our time. Also! An important reminder:

Today’s episode is from the DIJFY Plus archive. If you’ve not been a Plus subscriber, it’s fresh content that we handpicked to make your holiday season easier. Honestly, it will help even if you have listened before: we specifically chose this episode because it’s chock full of important annual reminders that will help you keep it both relaxed and delicious.

Also remember that our free community is closing down at the end of 2024, so ignore the call to join us there and, instead, focus on the meat and potatoes — so to speak — of the episode!

With holiday gifting season upon us, we’re sharing our favorite kids books about food. All timeless classics that make great gifts and stocking stuffers. Also! An important reminder:

Today’s episode is from the DIJFY Plus archive. If you’ve not been a Plus subscriber, it’s fresh content that we handpicked to make your holiday season easier. Honestly, it will help even if you have listened before: we specifically chose this episode because it’s chock full of important annual reminders that will help you keep it both relaxed and delicious.

Also remember that our free community is closing down at the end of 2024, so ignore the call to join us there and, instead, focus on the meat and potatoes — so to speak — of the episode!

Today we’re sharing an episode from our friend Maggie Hoffman at The Dinner Plan. Every week, Maggie chats with a great cook about their go-to weeknight recipes, the cookbooks they couldn’t live without, and how they figure out dinner night after night even in challenging seasons. This week, Maggie talks with Dan Souza of America’s Test Kitchen about how to really prep ahead for Thanksgiving, and what he’ll make for dinner before the holiday hits. Grab the recipe and cookbook recommendations for free at The Dinner Plan on Substack.

Don’t know what to cook for the holidays? We’ve got you covered with four different winter holiday menus — no thinking on your part required. Also! An important reminder:

Today’s episode is from the DIJFY Plus archive. If you’ve not been a Plus subscriber, it’s fresh content that we handpicked to make your holiday season easier. Honestly, it will help even if you have listened before: we specifically chose this episode because it’s chock full of important annual reminders that will help you keep it both relaxed and delicious.

Also remember that our free community is closing down at the end of 2024, so ignore the call to join us there and, instead, focus on the meat and potatoes — so to speak — of the episode!

Get ahead on your holiday baking without losing your mind (or entire weekends). We share a list of things to stock up on now, while prices are lower, and go over guidelines for just how long that pie crust can sit in your freezer. Also! An important reminder:

Today’s episode is from the DIJFY Plus archive. If you’ve not been a Plus subscriber, it’s fresh content that we handpicked to make your holiday season easier. Honestly, it will help even if you have listened before: we specifically chose this episode because it’s chock full of important annual reminders that will help you keep it both relaxed and delicious.

Also remember that our free community is closing down at the end of 2024, so ignore the call to join us there and, instead, focus on the meat and potatoes — so to speak — of the episode!

Surprise! We’re back with a fun bonus. We were recently interviewed by our friends at Tink Media and, instead of just writing out our answers, we recorded them — and now we’re excited to share them with you! Enjoy, and if you love podcasts as much as we do, check out Tink's newsletters (which we *actually* read - they give the best podcast recommendations!) and listen to their fab podcast, Feed the Queue.

We’ve learned a lot over the last 6 years of producing Didn’t I Just Feed You — about ourselves, each other, food and the emotional weight that it carries for so many, entrepreneurship, and (so much) more. But these are the 10 most important things that we learned that we hope you’ll take with you too. We hope you’ll listen and walk away feeling like you can (mostly) stay sane and well fed. Xo

LINKS

• Meghan on Substack 
• Meghan on Instagram @meghan_splawn
• Stacie on Substack 
• Stacie on Instagram @staciebillis
• Stacie’s site
• Stacie’s cookbook, Make It Easy: 120 Mix-and-Match Recipes to Cook from Scratch -- with Smart Store-Bought Shortcuts When You Need Them
• Stacie’s second cookbook, Winner! Winner! Chicken Dinner: 50 Winning Ways to Cook It Up!
• Lots of helpful DIJFY playlists on Spotify, including our Must-Listen Episodes, episodes about Feeding Picky Eaters, ones that focus on essential Kitchen Skills, and ones that aim to support your parenting around food
• What’s the Difference Between All the Salts?
• What Kitchen Tools Will Save Me Time?
• How Do I Season Food So That It (Actually) Tastes Good?
• What Are Back Pocket Dinners (and Why Do We Love Them)?
• The Special Episode on Special Bread
• Meal Planning For Everyone (get your copy to keep forever before the end of the year!)

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.

In a final FAQ episode, we answer the most common questions about why we’re going on hiatus, plus a few of our own questions for each other.

LINKS

• It’s Okay If You Want to Lose Weight. And If You Don’t Too.
• The logo-less DIJFY Cheese Me tote
• The Problem With The Picky Eaters Club (aka the Petty Crocker episode)
• Our Chicken Nugget Salad story in Epicurious
• Meghan on Instagram: @meghan_splawn
• Meghan on Substack
• Stacie’s website
• Stacie on Instagram: @staciebillis
• Stacie on Substack

What happens when a dream job disappears into thin air?

Today’s episode of Thank You for Your Interest feels like a good gossip sesh and you’re invited. Host Rebekah Sebastian interviews Morgan, an entertainment journalist who channeled her pandemic boredom into a booming business. When industry leaders took notice Morgan was sure her big break was just around the corner; but a passage of time and a social media discovery forced Morgan to re-evaluate everything.

Morgan’s optimism is contagious, sparking a lively debate between Rebekah and Samantha about their personal preferences for how they like to be rejected from a job.

Stick around for the Not Safe for Work (NSFW) segment at the end of the show, featuring listener voicemails. This week — Cody learns the hard way that first impressions don’t matter if nobody is there to meet you.

Listen to Morgan’s podcast - Morgan’s Pop Talks

Find her on social: @morganptalks

Credits:

Thank You for Your Interest is brought to you by Yellow Tape Media.

Rebekah Sebastian: Creator, Host, and Executive Producer

Samantha Gattsek: Co-host, Senior Producer, and Audio Engineer

Our cover art was designed by Nim Ben-Reuven

Our theme music was composed by Your Silent Facade. You can explore their entire catalog exclusively at PitchHammerMusic.com

Connect with TYFYI:

Learn more about the show or apply to be a guest: TYFYIPOD.com

Enjoyed this episode? Please rate and review on Apple podcasts! 

Follow us on TikTok: @tyfyipod

Want to say hello or collaborate? Drop us a note: tyfyipod@gmail.com OR leave us a voicemail at speakpipe.com/ThankYouForYourInterest

Thank you for listening to Thank You for Your Interest—rejection sucks, but you don’t!

Universally adored, a chocolate chip cookie is one of the recipes every home cook needs in their repertoire. This week, Meghan and Stacie share their favorite recipes and discuss how ingredients and techniques can make it the perfect recipe for your family. 

Links

• Meghan’s Substack
• Sarah Kiefer’s Pan Banging Chocolate Chip Cookies
• History facts
• Tollhouse story
• High effort cookie test test
• Alton Brown’s Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie

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.

What's for dinner? It might seem impossible to answer some nights, but it's not! Caro Chambers knows what to do when you don't feel like cooking. 

LINKS 

• What To Cook When You Don’t Feel Like Cooking (the book!)
• What To Cook When You Don’t Feel Like Cooking with Caro Chambers on Substack
• How to Get Your Cooking Mojo Back
• How Do You Rest When You Can Never Stop Feeding Your Family
• Ten Minute Dinner Ideas
• The Easiest Dinners We've Ever Made
• Dinners That Require Minimal Cleanup
• Which Grocery Delivery Services Are Worth It?
• Atomic Habits



ABOUT OUR GUEST

Caroline Chambers is a New York Times Best Selling cookbook author, recipe developer, and culinary expert based in Carmel Valley, California. Like so many of us, her journey began in her mom’s kitchen and blossomed into a career as a chef, caterer, and freelancer for top brands and publications. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she connected with home cooks on Instagram and launched her hit Substack newsletter. Her latest cookbook, What to Cook When You Don’t Feel Like Cooking was released this summer. In addition to her Substack and cookbooks, Caroline hosts the podcast So Into That. She lives with her husband George and their three sons, Mattis, Calum, and Cashel.

Have you ever noticed that most experts who weigh in on picky eating usually have something in common? Well, we’re no longer in their company, but still have something to say about picky eaters — a perspective that you never really hear and that we hope will be helpful.

LINKS 

Our Feeding Picky Eaters playlist on Spotify

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.

In all the years we’ve been making — and talking about — quick dinners and easy recipes, we’ve shared countless dinner ideas. So many, that we thought they should be whittled down into a power list of the absolute easiest dinner recipes we’ve ever made. This is that list.

LINKS 

• What Are Back-Pocket Dinners (and Why Do We Love Them)?
• Vegetable Chopper
• Marinated Beans on Toast
• Pizza beans
• Aarti’s Indian Ground Beef with Peas (Kheema)
• Shrimp Scampi
• BLT
• Tuna Salad Bowl
• Peanut Noodles
• Pierogi and Kielbasa Sheet Pan Dinner
• Grossy Pelosi’s Pastina
• Wontons in Spicy Chili Sauce
• Speedy Skillet Ravioli Lasagna
• Instant Pot Spaghetti and Meat Sauce
• Taquito enchiladas
• Frozen fish tacos

Quick — and even one pot — dinners are not necessarily synonymous with super easy cleanup. We breakdown what to look in a recipe when you need cleanup to be nearly instant and share our favorite recipes that clean up easily too. 

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 lunch boxes by age, our top 15 lunchbox recipes, and more.

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LINKS 

• How to Cook Dinner Faster
• Our favorite Mandoline vegetable slicer
• Kitchen Tools That Save Time 
• Anyday microwave cookware
• Slow Cooker Liners
• Are Non-Stick Pans Safe?
• Instant Pot Shredded Harissa Chicken
• Chinese Chicken Salad with Sweet and Sour Nuggets
• Dinner-Worthy Ramen Salad
• Sheet Pan Sausage and Cabbage with a Creamy Mustard Sauce
• Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas
• Ravioli Lasagna
• All the Cans Chili
• Tortellini Antipasto Bowls
• One Pot Cheesy Sausage and Orzo
• Marry Me Chicken
• One Pot Roasted Chicken a la Julia Child
• Creamy Beef and Shells
• Big Hero Sandwich
• Pizza Paninis

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.

Back-to-School season can be a lot for our kids, so we’re making fun dinners that kids love to treat them at the end of a long school day (homework be damned!).  

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.

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? Sign up for our newsletter today and get it all, plus our Back-Pocket Meal Plan — a week of meals, planned for you! — as a bonus.

LINKS 

• Crunchwrap Supreme
• Copycat Panera Broccoli Cheddar Soup in a Bread Bowl
• Copycat Chick-fil-A sauce
• Cheeseburger Salad
• Queso Fundido
• Broccoli Cheddar Dip
• Fast Food Style Fried Chicken Sandwich

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. 

Want to listen to the full episode? Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or join DIJFY PLUS today.

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! ✅)

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!

Want to listen to the full episode? Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or join DIJFY PLUS today.

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.

DIJFYplus

Get 2 exclusive bonus episodes every month and an ad-free stream of every episode. Join DIJFY+ today and pay monthly OR annually to save 25% over 12 months. Joining DIJFY+ also gives you access to every past bonus episode and our community boards so you can stop managing the load of feeding your family all on your own. We’ve got you!

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

Want to listen to the full episode? Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or join DIJFY PLUS today.

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! ✅)

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. 

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! ✅)

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?

DIJFYplus

Get 2 exclusive bonus episodes every month and an ad-free stream of every episode. Join DIJFY+ today and pay monthly OR annually (to save 25%). Joining DIJFY+ also gives you access to every past bonus episode and our community boards so you can stop managing the load of feeding your family on your own. We’ve got 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.

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. 

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! ✅)

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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• 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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• 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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• 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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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.

Seasoning is how you build the flavor profile of a dish, and doing it well is how you create deliciousness. But how do you do it well? We’ve got answers and a simple framework that will help you take your cooking to the next level.  

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• 8 Food Seasoning Mistakes That Are Keeping You From Enjoying the Tastiest Meals Possible
• Our episode, How Do I Cook With Dried Herbs and Spices?
• Our episode, Spice up Your Family’s Food with Chief Spice Mama, Kanchan Koya
• Our episode, All the Ways to Boost Flavor In Your Cooking
• Our episode, How to Cook Vegetables so that they Taste Good—Even to Kids

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.

In this one, Stacie and Meghan explore the reasons it’s beneficial for other people to feed your kids — even when they feed them differently than you do or want them to.

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Choosing kitchen gear for kids is about equipping them with tools that are well designed for their size and skill level — because having the right kitchen tools for the job makes cooking safer, easier, and even more fun. But not everything needs to be made just for them.

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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• Classic Kitchen Helper (foldable)
• Kitchen Tower Step Stool
• Little Partners 3 in 1 Growing Step Stool
• Piccalio Wooden Kids Knife
• Kuhn Rikon Kinderkitchen Mezzaluna
• Kuhn Rikon Kinderkitchen Essentials Set
• Tovla Jr. Nylon Safety Knives
• Opinel Kids Knife
• Zwilling Twinny Knife
• Wustof 5” Hollow Edge Santoku
• Crinkle Cutter
• Misen Bench Scraper
• Nordic Ware Rimmed Sheet Pans (we like the set, but if you want to buy just 1 or 2, opt for a quarter and an eighth sheet pan) 
• Lightweight Mixing Bowls
• XL Stainless Steel Mixing Bowl
• Zeroll Easy Scoop 
• Oxo Cookie Scoop
• Oxo Dusting Wand
• Mini Muffin Pan
• KitchenAid Hand Mixer
• GE Cordless Hand Blender
• The Beast Mini Blender
• Material Kitchen Cutting Boards
• Material Kitchen "The Kids" Set
• GIR Spatula Turner
• GIR Spoonula  
• Urban Infant Litter Helper Apron  
• Hedley and Bennet Kids Aprons  
• Oxo Stainless Steel Smooth Potato Masher
• Oxo Melon Baller
• Dash Mini Waffle Maker
• Dash Egg Cooker

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 said it all. You've heard it all. And still, you keep trying it all. But is there a better way? What are some new things you can do when none of the usual strategies work for your picky eater?

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 

• Our episode, Is Picky Eating Real?
• Our episode, You Won’t Find Picky Eater Help in a Recipe? 
• Our episode, When It Comes to Picky Eating, the More You Stress the Worst it Gets
• Our episode, What Does It Mean to Declutter Feeding Your Family?  
• Our favorite Nuggie Salads
• 10 Beautiful Food Books for Kids
• 60+ Kids Books About Food for Babies, Toddlers, and Kids

In this one, Stacie and Meghan help parents navigate grocery shopping with kids. From little kids to teens, using a tablet to engaging them in games, these ideas will help make the trip a little easier with kids of all ages (and temperaments!).

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NY Times best-selling author Priya Krishna talks to us about her new book, Priya’s Kitchen Adventures, and the best recipes to introduce kids to global cuisine and the joys of cooking.

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 

• More about Priya Krishna
• Priya’s Kitchen Adventures: A Cookbook for Kids
• Indian-Ish: Recipes and Antics From a Modern American Family

In this bonus mini episode, we explore what it means to invite kids into the kitchen and to explore food with us. Because it’s not just about cooking with them or even encouraging them to eat new foods.

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.

You can be burnt to a crisp, but the kids still need to eat. So how exactly do you take a break when you’re responsible for feeding everyone? We go over seven ways that you can get some rest as the family cook, even when you can never stop feeding them.

There couldn’t be a better opportunity to encourage you to TAKE SOME HELP FROM US! If you are looking to reduce the overwhelm of feeding your family (while also 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 

Our episode, What Is Fair Play in Feeding?

Our episode, What Are Back Pocket Dinners (and Why Do We Love Them)?

Our episode, Easy Family Dinners That Always Win

Our episode, How to Get Your Cooking Mojo Back

Our self-guided audio course, Meal Planning for Everyone