What do soybeans, holiday traditions, mashed potatoes, and starting a business in your 50s have in common?

We're spilling ALL the beans in this episode of Everyday Macaroni!

Join Joy as she chats with Attessa Bradley, founder of Standing Tall Foods, about turning a lifetime of experience in the natural and organic food industry into a brand-new entrepreneurial adventure.

After nearly 25 years in the business, Attessa decided it was time to stand tall and start something of her own. Her secret ingredient? Crunchy, protein-packed roasted soybeans!

But we're not just talking beans. We're dishing on family Thanksgiving traditions, creative holiday recipes, healthy snacking, and the age-old question: Can mashed cauliflower REALLY replace mashed potatoes?

(Spoiler alert: Joy has opinions.)

IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT:

🫘 Why Attessa decided to launch Standing Tall Foods in her 50s

🥣 How roasted soybeans can become delicious, protein-packed snacks and recipes

🦃 Family Thanksgiving traditions, including a hilarious rhyming tradition

🥔 The great mashed potato versus mashed cauliflower debate

🍫 Chocolate peanut butter crunch bites and the unforgettable Tall Balls

❤️ Why food, family, and traditions make the holidays so special

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Visit Standing Tall Foods at https://standingtallfoods.com/ and sign up for their email newsletter right on the homepage for delicious recipes, snack ideas, and inspiration for using their products.

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How old is that thing in the back of your refrigerator? And more importantly… are you gonna eat that?

This week on Everyday Macaroni, Joy sits down with Jordan Robinson, creator of the Anxin app, to talk about food safety, food recalls, restaurant inspections, mystery leftovers—and why the old-fashioned sniff test may not be quite enough anymore.

With a background in cybersecurity, Jordan had an intriguing idea: What if we protected ourselves and our families from food-related risks the same way we protect computers from threats? The result was Anxin—a kind of Swiss Army knife for family food safety.

Anxin brings together tools to help families keep track of groceries and leftovers, monitor food recalls, check restaurant inspection information, learn more about ingredients and potential medication interactions, and even locate food banks in their communities.

And because this is Everyday Macaroni, we also tackle the really important questions:

How long is too long for something to live in your freezer? Is an expiration date a rule—or merely a suggestion? Can a pickle actually go bad? And should questionable cold cuts ever find their way into the family lasagna?

Jordan and Joy also talk about misinformation surrounding food recalls, cybersecurity and privacy, caring for kids and aging family members, food insecurity, and how having better information can help families make better-informed decisions.

Because taking care of your family happens in a thousand little ways—and sometimes it starts with opening the refrigerator and asking:

“Are you gonna eat that?”

Connect with Jordan Robinson & Anxin

🌐 Anxin: https://pieceofmind.fyi/ 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/AnxinApp/61566240005752/ 📌 Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/anxinapp/ 💼 LinkedIn – Jordan Robinson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-robinson-a3216b405 🧵 Threads: https://www.threads.com/@anxinapp ▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@anxinapp

Thanks for listening to Everyday Macaroni—where family life is rarely perfect, usually funny, and apparently sometimes requires a food-safety app.

And remember: when the sniff test isn't enough… maybe check Anxin before you take a bite.

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What happens when someone who was donor-conceived grows up and decides to become a donor himself?

In this episode, we sit down with Daniel Bayen—better known as Donor Dan—founder of the Open Donor Association. Dan shares what it was like being raised by a single mother by choice, growing up knowing he was donor-conceived, eventually building a relationship with his biological father, and discovering a very large extended family that includes 22 half-siblings.

We also talk about why Danl decided to become a donor himself, the importance he places on openness and transparency, and some of the complicated questions surrounding donor conception, identity, stigma, and what it means to be a family.

It’s a fascinating—and at times funny—conversation about one very unconventional family tree and a simple idea we come back to again and again: families don’t all have to look the same to be great families.

CONNECT WITH DANIEL “DONOR DAN” BAYEN

🌱 Open Donor Association: https://www.opendonorassociation.com/

🔗 Donor Dan — all links, social media, contact information & donor resources: https://linktr.ee/askdonordan

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/donordan/

💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-bayen-a773a4366

Daniel’s Linktree also provides direct links to his TikTok, Facebook, X, YouTube, WhatsApp, email, donor portfolio, health/genetic testing information, co-parenting application, and Open Donor Association resources.

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