315: Packing Lunches Just Got Easier: Simple Systems + Smart Food Mindsets with Megan McNamee
Maximized Minimalist Podcast
Katy Wells
4.8 • 936 Ratings
🗓️ 16 July 2025
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Ever feel like you're stuck in lunch limbo—standing in front of the fridge at 11:58 a.m. with no plan, no energy, and three hungry kids staring you down?
You're so not alone. Today's guest, Megan McNamee, co-founder of Feeding Littles and co-author of the New York Times bestselling book Feeding Littles Lunches, is here to help you ditch the decision fatigue and start feeding your family with more ease, flexibility, and confidence.
In this episode, we're breaking down:
- Megan's go-to lunchbox formula (hint: it's genius—and easy to remember)
- How to raise intuitive eaters without pressure or perfection
- Tips for navigating picky eating, food guilt, and power struggles at the table
- What to do when your kid only eats beige food (because we've all been there)
- Summer survival strategies when it feels like the kitchen is open 24/7
- How to make packed lunches (even during summer) a breeze—not a burden
Plus, we chat about how Megan's non-recipe cookbook is helping kids and parents get excited about lunch again (my boys are obsessed with it—and yours might be too).
🎧 Whether your kids are heading to summer camp, starting school soon, or just raiding the pantry on repeat, this episode is full of fresh, grace-filled ideas that make food feel fun again.
🔗 Links & Resources:
- Grab Megan's book: Feeding Littles Lunches
- Follow Megan on Instagram: @FeedingLittles (https://www.instagram.com/feedinglittles)
- Join 35K+ women getting the Ready, Set, Simplify newsletter every Wednesday: Sign up here (https://www.katyjoywells.com/simplify)
💡 Pro tip: Want your kids to pack their own lunches? This episode will give you the tools (and the mindset shift) to make it happen—without the usual lunchtime battles.
Loved this episode? Be sure to follow the show, leave a review, and share it with a friend who's ready to simplify lunch once and for all. 💛
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Katie Wells, host of the Maximized Minimalist podcast. I escape the hamster wheel of modern day |
| 0:08.6 | motherhood, overwhelmed by clutter and buried under the mental load. Now I live in a home that |
| 0:14.1 | feels calm, manageable, and made for real life. I have margin in my days, energy for who matters most, |
| 0:22.3 | and time for slow mornings and silly dance parties in the kitchen with my family. With over 5 million listens, |
| 0:27.4 | the show has helped women around the world turn their homes into their happy place. Around here, |
| 0:33.0 | we simplify for more peace, more presence, and more joy. We choose grace over guilt and progress |
| 0:39.4 | over perfection. And we believe your home should give back more than it takes. I'm here to help |
| 0:45.5 | you do the same. Come along with me and my guests as we share the real stories, habits, and strategies |
| 0:50.9 | that help you lighten the load from the inside out. Pull up a seat, friend, and let's do this together. |
| 0:56.6 | Ready, set, simplify. |
| 1:02.3 | What's up, simplifiers? |
| 1:03.7 | Today's guest is someone I've been so excited to talk to, Megan McNamee, who I've been |
| 1:08.6 | following on Instagram for years. |
| 1:10.0 | Maybe you have to go check her out. |
| 1:11.8 | She is one half of the account called Feeding Littles, and they have a community of over 1.9 |
| 1:17.2 | million followers on Instagram, and that is because they share simple, shame-free, stress-free, |
| 1:23.9 | nutrition advice for families, which is exactly what we are diving into today. |
| 1:28.7 | Megan, I've got her newest book Feeding Little's Lunches. |
| 1:32.5 | And my kids, even though they're not so little anymore, they're 8 and 10. |
| 1:37.0 | They are obsessed with this cookbook. |
| 1:39.3 | They're finding recipes to cook from it and requesting me to make. |
| 1:43.4 | So it's just been so awesome. And I can't wait |
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