Being a fully functioning human at 6 am is hard. As much as the idea that “breakfast is the most important meal of the day” has been drilled into our collective consciousness, we just cannot deal with having to feed ourselves and our kids a healthy, scratch meal every morning. That’s why, if you ask us, make-ahead breakfasts are critical to our kitchen game plan. Plus, they assuage that parent guilt.

Listen for all the tips and recipes to get the morning started off right — and quickly too. Back-to-school season or otherwise.

Better Breakfasts with Less Effort

You probably don’t need convincing that having grab-and-go breakfasts on hand make life easier — especially during back-to-school season. But no one, not even us pro-cooks, wants to spend a whole Sunday meal prepping breakfasts.

Arewerite?

In this episode, we share our strategies for stocking your fridge and freezer with well-balanced, made-ahead breakfasts without busting our humps every week.

Listen for all of our suggestions and click over to any links we mention here:

• How to make sweet potato toast in your toaster

• Oven-baked sweet potato toast 4 ways

• DIY Instant Oatmeal

• Breakfast Grain Bowls

• Easy Breakfast Quiche

• Make-Ahead Baked Oatmeal Bites

• Freezer Egg Sandwiches

• Make-Ahead Smoothie Packs

• Make-Ahead Yogurt Parfaits

• Copycat sous vide egg bites

• Yogurt Chia Breakfast Pudding

• Leftover weekend pancakes and waffles that can be frozen and re-heated in a toaster

• Breakfast Popsicles

• Dinner for breakfast (aka leftovers!)

• Freezer Breakfast Burritos

• Overnight Oats

• AND! More make-ahead breakfast ideas from Stacie

Everything Comes Back to Breakfast

Other Didn’t I Just Feed You episodes mentioned in this episode:

• Mommy Juice and Sleepover Food

• Reducing Debt and Waste in One Shot with Roe of Brown Kids

• The Invisible Work of Feeding Our Families

• It’s Okay If You Want To Lose Weight. And Okay If You Don’t

• Why Pasta Is the Family Cook’s Best Friend

• The Art of Intentional Leftovers with David Tamarkin 

Related episodes you might want to check out too:

• The Busy Parents’ Guide to Instant Pot Cooking

• Real Life Meal Prep for Parents with Tracy Benjamin of Shutterbean

• LAST WEEKS EPISODE: School Lunch Updates

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“What We’re Digging” Updated!

This week, Meghan is digging the e-book she got from Unyucky Families, The Flawesome Family Meal Book. It’s perfect for family dinner inspiration and only costs $10!

Stacie is giving us high-protein vibes from both her recent cereal purchase AND a brand of pasta she’s giving a second try. If you’re looking for a high-protein, ZERO sugar (and keto-friendly) breakfast cereal, check out The Cereal School.

— UPDATE! Hop on over to our Instagram Stories to get Stacie’s full review of the product. —  

We also both had a chance to check out the new shapes and updated mac & cheese formula from Banza Pasta and Stacie is especially excited to have a high protein choice.

Lastly, Meghan gave us an update on her paper towel reduction plan that she mentioned in our episode on reducing waste in the kitchen. Spoiler alert: She’s loving the Unpaper Towels she ordered from Dot & Army.

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With episodes like Do We Really Have to Play With Our Kids? and Help! My Kids Won’t Eat Dinner, we know you guys are going to love this listen.

Find Amy and Margaret as @whatfreshhellcast on Instagram and Facebook.

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If you haven’t already, make sure to subscribe to Didn’t I Just Feed You on iTunes are wherever you listen. Our back-to-school season is just getting started and there’s lots of great content coming, a giveaway, and more.

We also want to see you in our private Listeners’ Group which you can get to via our Facebook page. There, you can ask us — and hundreds of other listeners — any question you want, and answer some too. Because we know you know stuff. The answer to the question to join is whiskey or painkiller.

And don’t forget Instagram! We’re always there (#sorrynotsorry) sharing tips, recipes, and even funny anecdotes, because we’re parents too. You can find us together as @didntijustfeedyou; Stacie is @staciebillis and Meghan is @meghan_splawn.