Meal Planning Isn't Magic (But You Should Do It Anyway)

Didn't I Just Feed You

Stacie Billis and Meghan Splawn

Kids & Family, Parenting, Arts, Food

4.9 • 608 Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2018

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Admit it: Six o'clock on a weeknight is the worst time to be the family cook. The kids are cranky, everyone is hungry, and who knows what your picky 3-year old is going to actually eat tonight. Staring into the fridge wondering what the hell you're going to pull out is one way to get the job of feeding your family done, but what if there was a better way? In the first part of our two part meal planning mini series, Meghan walks us through the magic of meal planning and Stacie asks the tough practical questions about whether meal planning is right for every family and what we can do instead to take the stress out of Wednesday night dinners, because Wednesday are the worst!

Join us as we dive into meal planning for real, family life.

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0:00.0	Today's episode is brought to you by our sponsor, Elmhurst, a brand you'll find if you peek in my very own pantry.
0:06.6	Their plant-based milks have more nutrition and whole grains than other leading brands and are made
0:10.9	without gums, emulsifiers, or carogeanin, because simple doesn't have to mean less.
0:16.4	Use the promo code hungry to get 20% off your next purchase at elmhurst 1925.com.
0:24.7	Because sometimes you have to fill up your own cup, right? Like you have to pick things that will
0:29.1	bring you joy. That's especially important if you're the primary parent who's doing the meal
0:34.1	planning and doing a lot of the cooking. It's helpful to keep your mojo and
0:38.5	keep some magic there by picking things that you're excited about too.
0:43.9	Hey, I'm Stacy. And I'm Megan, and this is Didn't I Just Feed You, a podcast about feeding
0:49.4	families because, man, kids need to eat a lot. And frequently, too.
0:55.6	This week, we are pre-recording an episode that will air at the end of August before Stacey leaves on a huge family vacation to Turkey.
1:05.8	Yeah.
1:07.1	Not to eat turkey.
1:09.2	A country called turkey.
1:15.4	And I'm making that bad joke because my kids can't stop making that bad joke. What is one thing, you've been to Turkey before because you have
1:23.5	family there, right? What is one thing you're looking for to do you make? No, no, you have it.
1:27.3	Megan. I'm sorry. Oh, Megan. I'm Greek and the Greeks are very upset that I'm going to Turkey.
1:34.3	Oh, we have talked about this before. Yes. Yes. Oh, why you go there? No, no, no. I'll just edit it out.
1:44.1	Although, I did, what's it called, 23 in me?
1:47.8	I did one of those genetic things.
1:49.2	Oh, yeah.
1:49.9	Even though it was so boring.
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