This week’s episode is brought to you by Bada Bean Bada Boom and Cabot Creamery
Back-to-school is all turned around this year, but at least one thing will remain the same: lunch. The kids gotta eat, and we’re the ones that gotta feed them. Whether you’re packing lunches to go to school or as a grab-and-eat meal at home, or the kids are making their own damn lunches, we’ve got ideas. This is just the start: let’s catch up, take deep breathes, and get ready to make back-to-schooling lunch happen.
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What’s BTS Look Like For You?
The ideas and recipes, shopping lists and shortcuts are forthcoming. But for now, we’re processing our own back-to-school plans, which, like everywhere else, are unfolding in nearly real time, without much leeway to plan.
In this week’s episode, we share what back-to-schooling looks like for each of us and start digging into the school lunch problems we’ll be trying to solve.
Here are the links mentioned in our conversation:
Cool Mom Picks & Liz and Kristen’s podcast, Spawned
The Bigger Promise of School Lunch with Catherine McCord of Weelicious
Three Experts Walk Into a Lunch Room (And We get One Shared Piece of School Lunch Advice)
Jill Krause on Instagram @jillkraus.e
Make-ahead salads, like Meghans’ favorite Three-Ingredient Trader Joe’s Lunch
Stacie’s funny cheese post on Instagram
Stacie’s Make-Your-Own Trail Mix
Thrive Market Matcha Lemonade Drink Mix
Rebbl high-protein plant-based drinks
Meghan’s Southern Sweet Tea
Meghan’s Easy Lemonade from Scratch
Stacie’s favorite Red Rooibos Chai
So many Butterfly Pea Flower options (whole flower or powder)
Get Social With Us!
Be sure to join our private Listener’s Group on Facebook (our favorite cocktail is WHISKEY — you’ll understand when you try to join). This week, we’ll be learning more about what BTS looks like for you. And not just for good conversation: We want to know what kind of lunch solutions you’re looking for so that we can help. Be sure to join us!
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You can also find us at @didntijustfeed you on Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest. And if you happen to love us as much as we love you (because y’all are very real), you can find Meghan as @meghan_splawn and Stacie as @staciebillis on Instagram.
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Cabot Creamery
By now, y’all know that the number one ingredient on our shopping list is: CHEESE! So we couldn’t be more excited to welcome Cabot back as a sponsor. And just in time for back-to-school!
Whether you’re packing lunch to go, prepping lunch for an easy remote or home school break, or both, Cabot has convenient and totally delicious options, from shredded, to blocks, to pre-cut. Cabot makes it easy to get award-winning taste however you need it at conventional market prices.
Our favorites include:
PEPPERJACK! This comes in a block and also in cracker cuts, which both of our families are obsessed with. It’s perfect for snack time, lunchboxes, and the best dinner quesadillas ever.
TUSCAN CHEDDAR! The easiest and most affordable “fancy” cheese ever, this is perfect for a socially distanced hang with friends or snack board dinner.
MAC AND CHEESE SHREDDED CHEESE! A combo of Cabot’s Alpine and Sharp Cheddar, this is the perfect shortcut to a gourmet-tasting mac and cheese night.
SERIOUSLY SHARP CHEDDAR! You can never go wrong with this widely available classic. Cabot’s Seriously Sharp Cheddar packs an award-winning flavor punch without requiring you to shell out gourmet cheese prices. It’s seriously delicious and seriously all-purpose too.
Other DIJFY Episodes You’ll Love
If you loved this episode, we think you’ll also love these past episode. Binge listen, activate!
When Should Kids Try Coffee: The DL on Caffeine, Kids, Tweens & Teens
Why Pasta is a Busy Cook’s Best Friend (a great make-ahead ingredient for packed lunches)
The Art of Intentional Leftovers (good to listen again thinking about leftovers for lunch instead of or in addition to another dinner)
No-Cook Dinners That Go Beyond Salad (but still lots about salads here)
The Bigger Promise of School Lunch with Catherine McCord of Weelicious
Three Experts Walk Into a Lunch Room (And We get One Shared Piece of School Lunch Advice)
