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, @jessicathesportsrd, to give us practical guidance on how to feed kid, tween, and teen athletes to fuel them and foster a healthy relationship with food.

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• Jessica Isaacs on Instagram, @jessicathesportsrd
• Jessica's site, which includes tons of resources (even for aspiring sports RDs!), info on working with Jessica directly, and handouts for teen athletes

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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 if it is, what’s realistic and how do we set them up for lunch packing success? We talk through it all!

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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 the whole family well.

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• Our episode, How Sandwiches Can Save Dinner
• Our episode, How to Make Salads Kids Will Eat
• Our episode, Winter Salads
• Our episode, How to Build a Bowl Meal
• Our episode, The Secrets to Better Sheet Pan Meals
• Our episode, Super Quick Pasta Dinners
• Thai Chicken Burgers with Quick Pickled Carrots
• Big Hero Sandwich
• Make-Ahead Pizza Paninis
• Chinese Chicken Salad with Sweet and Sour Nuggs
• Dinner-Worthy Ramen Salad
• Salmon Rice Bowls
• Easy BBQ Bowls
• Not Just Chipotle Chicken Burrito Bowls
• DIY Sheet Pan Shake-N-Bake
• Sheet Pan Sausage and Cabbage with Creamy Mustard Sauce
• Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas with Lime Crema
• One-Pot Cheesy Sausage and Rice
• Speedy Skillet Ravioli Lasagna

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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.

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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 and baking, and maybe even prep ahead for the holiday cooking onslaught too. 

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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 door with everything you need to feed your family for the week. 

LINKS 

Our episode, How to Build a Bowl Meal

Our episode, Super Quick Pasta Dinners

Our episode, How Sandwiches Can Save Back-To-School Season

Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas

Julia Turshen's Tex-Mex Turkey Meatballs

Curried Eggs with Rice

Make-Ahead Frittata

Eggroll in a Bowl recipe

Creamy Smoked Salmon Pasta recipe

Tofu Tikka Masala

The secret to tastier tofu

Beef Enchilada Casserole recipe

Big Hero Sandwich

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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 time, the program is a lifeline for many families. We speak to Cara Wade, aka Butterface Lunch Lady, about what goes into to planning, cooking, and feeding a school full of children. 

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• Cara on Instagram, @butterfacelunchlady 
• Cara on TikTok, @butterfacelunchlady 
• Cara’s website, where you can grab some of her recipes and contact info

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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 Summer Desserts
• Two-Ingredient Chocolate Mousse recipe
• Our Ice Cream Sandwich Cake recipe
• Our Homemade Magic Shell recipe
• Homemade Vanilla Pudding
• Easy Chocolate Fondue recipe
• Our Rich Simple Syrup recipe (add a cup of strawberries to make it Strawberry Syrup)
• When you need whipped cream FAST!
• The best method for making whipped cream
• Stacie's Sautéed Bananas recipe
• Affogato recipe
• How to Make Sheet Pan S'mores
• Broiler S'mores
• Fairy Bread Butter Board
• How to Make the Best Strawberry Trifle
• Strawberry Eton Mess (which, you can make with other fruit too!)
• DIY Dunkaroos
• All the Candy Salad

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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 ideas that kids can feed themselves.

LINKS 

Our episode, Shortcuts for Well-Balanced Breakfasts

Our episode, Make-Ahead Breakfasts for Back-to-School

Kodiak Cups

FlapJacked Mighty Muffins

Instant Pot Egg Bites

Oat Haus Granola Butter

EasyLunchboxes  

Make-Ahead Frittata Breakfast Burrito

Cinnamon Toast Overnight Oats

Make-Ahead Starbucks Copycat Bacon Gouda Breakfast Sandwich

The Smoothie Project cookbook 

Peary Good Low-Sugar Breakfast Donuts recipe

Greek Yogurt Breakfast Popsicles recipe

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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 love in no time flat.  

Links from this episode

• Our episodes, Why Pasta Is a Family Cook’s Best Friend
• How to Cook Pasta Perfectly
• How to Cook Pasta Ahead of Time
• How to Make One-Pan Pasta
• Creamy Beef and Shells
• Philly Cheesesteak Pasta
• Instant Pot Spaghetti and Meat Sauce
• One-Pot Pesto Tortellini with Broccoli
• Creamy Wild Mushroom One-Pot Pasta
• The easiest Creamy Lemon Pasta
• Shrimp Scampi (for putting over pasta!)
• How to Make Drool-Worthy Pasta Out of Nothing At All
• Creamy Broccoli Pasta
• Lemony Feta Pasta
• Creamy Smoked Salmon Pasta
• Creamy Cajun Shrimp Pasta

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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.

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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.

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• Stacie’s Vegetarian Fajitas
• Quinoa Taco Meat
• Hard Boiled Egg Curry  
• Baked Crispy Peanut Tofu  
• Vegetable Biryani 
• How to Grill Pizza
• Our episode Teens and Protein
• Vegetarian meal ideas
• Moroccan Chickpea and Squash Stew
• Slow Cooker Golden Chickpea Soup
• Garlicky Broccoli Subs
• Grilled Open-Faced Cauliflower Banh Mi
• A great thread in our community on vegetarian meal ideas
• Weeknight Vegetarian by Ivy Manning

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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 pantry, but we have tips and techniques that say otherwise. And once you get the hang of it, you reduce waste, save money, and feel like a badass.

Links from this episode

• We have also call it Bizarro Meal Prep (h/t The Lazy Genius)
• Chat GPT
• Campfire Spice blend by Beautiful Briny Sea
• Best Meal Planning Apps of 2023
• Eat Your Books
• Paprika meal planning app
• Plan to Eat meal planning app
• Eat at Dads on Instagram @eat.at.dads
• Our episode Meal Planning Isn’t Magic (But You Should Do It Anyway)
• Our episode Real Life Meal Prep Tips as Self Care
• Spillt: Social Recipes App

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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 to us about ways that we can keep from adopting a diet culture mindset even when eating for health is far from intuitive and may require some restriction.

Links from this episode

• Julie's site, where you can learn more about her PCOS power course + community
• Julie's podcast Find Your Food Voice
• Julie on Instagram @pcosbodyliberation 
• Our episode, What Anti-Diet Gets Wrong With Jessica Wilson 
• Bri Campos on Instagram, @bodyimagewithbri
• Get 50% of your first box of The Farmer's Dog at thefarmersdog.com/DIJFY 

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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 partnership with our friends at The Farmer’s Dog.

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The Farmer's Dog was founded by two dog lovers who decided to reimagine pet food from the ground up. In the same way that we at DIJFY believe that parents should have access to the info they need to make the best decision for their families, The Farmer's Dog wants to empower all dog owners to make the best feeding decisions for their pets.

Here are a just few of the reasons why we love The Farmer's Dog and think that you will too:

• Real Food: The Farmer’s Dog is real, fresh, healthy food! Every meal is made with a variety of whole meat and veggies that are gently cooked in human-grade kitchens to preserve their nutritional value. 
• Personalized: Just tell The Farmer's Dog about your dog and they’ll deliver personalized, vet-developed recipes for as little as two dollars a day. (Seriously!)
• Pre-portioned: Meals arrive in pre-portioned, ready-to-serve packs, conveniently delivered on your schedule. This makes feeding time so easy that the kids can even help (you know how much we love that). It also makes it easy to maintain a healthy weight, which is a major health indicator for dogs.
• Convenient: Did we mention that personalized, vet-developed recipes show up at your doorstep on a schedule that you determine?! You honestly cannot beat the convenience, which is a major lifesaver for us busy parents.
• TASTE! We say it all the time for the humans in our families and the same goes for our dogs: at the end of the day, food needs to taste good! Ziggy, Miles and Daisy all concur that The Farmer's Dog is gobble worthy. There's never less than a licked clean bowl in either of our homes.

It’s honestly never been easier to invest in your dog’s health with fresh food. And because we're so excited for you to see that for yourself, The Farmer's Dog is giving all Didn't I Just Feed You listeners 50% off your first box, plus free shipping at thefarmersdog.com/DIJFY.

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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.

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