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Amy Palanjian on feeding kids and laughing more at the dinner table

Many nights, dinner at our house is a circus: frantic scrambles to get food on the table, kids spilling milk and laughing hysterically at potty humor, a toddler who prefers tearing through the house to sitting at the table. It’s peak chaos. In search of some calm, I spoke with “Yummy Toddler Food” blogger Amy Palanjian, author of “Dinnertime SOS: 100 Sanity-Saving Meals Parents and Kids of All Ages Will Actually Want To Eat.” It’s packed with doable dinner ideas like Mediterranean hummus bowls, sloppy Joe sandwich pockets, and breakfast-for-dinner skillets. It also offers practical advice on meal rotations, food waste, and what to do when kids won’t eat. I spoke with Ms. Palanjian about the

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