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Being parents means taking care of your family and yourselves. The situation becomes even trickier when both parents are working professionals. This means that you will always be short on time. But this is not an excuse for fast-food and munching on home deliveries. Even though it is a very tempting proposition, you and your children need to eat healthy food; especially for your child, because it is important for his or her physical and mental growth.
We at BabyCouture have a solution for such hardworking parents. We believe the key is in the planning. If you plan out the meal for the whole week, it will help you manage all the things. Here are the things that you should do to enjoy a stress free healthy meal plan with the “BabyCouture Guide for Busy Parents”:
1. The first thing you should do is pick one day to go out and buy all the large groceries and to plan the whole week’s meal plan. The best day to do this would of course be Monday but it does depend on your working schedule and Monday would work fine because the stores will generally be less crowded.
2. Go through your organizer and check whether you have any big thing coming up during the week ahead. Once that’s all out of the way you need to figure out the following –
- The number of people you are going to be cooking for
- Are there any extracurricular school activities
- Who will be working late and if there are events lined up that cannot be avoided
3. It also makes life easier if we note things down. So when you go out shopping, make sure that you have made a list of the things you need. This will help you avoid missing items and save you the time of having to go back. It will also save you money because you won’t be influenced by the big promotional gimmicks that some stores usually run to increase their sales. Keep the list somewhere in the house that everyone can see and add stuff to.
4. Include everyone’s favorite items and get everyone involved in preparing the meals. It can sometimes be a bit of a challenge to keep everyone happy by cooking the favorite food. Parents being adults can handle this but children will have to be taught to compromise. Divide the preparation amongst all the family it will be lots of fun for the kids
Check out some of the night themes you can try –
- Monday – Mexican
- Wednesday – Veg. Delights
- Saturday – Italian
5. Keep the kitchen well organized and you can always organize the recipes according to the season. This will help you make your shopping list.
6. Keep a balance of all the nutrients when you are planning the meals. And when you plan you can easily keep track of the food that you have to buy and include in the shopping list.
7. Don’t over-burden yourself with cooking complex dishes but rather try to simplify the recipes as much as you can. But if you want to cook elaborate meals, do it on a free day or when you don’t have too many people over to eat.
8. Have fun and a stress-free week!
