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Planning & Packing Quick, Healthy Kid Lunches
With the kids back in school, the biggest benefit to busy parents is settling back into a nice routine. However, school also brings the dilemma of packing daily lunches. The morning rush is difficult enough, with showers, breakfast and last-minute scrambling to find the soccer cleats and get kids out the door and yourself off to work. It can be tempting to throw in convenient but poor nutritional choices, just because theyre fast.
Reboot Your Meal Planning
Unless youre a professional chef, were betting that one of the most stressful and frustrating parts of your week/day is meal planning. Finding a recipe, shopping for ingredients, chopping and prepping, not to mention the actual cooking part – it sounds exhausting before youve even started. Thats one of the reasons why so many time-starved people are starving for home-cooked meals. Its all just so time consuming.
Planning Dinner Like A Pro
Don’t think you have time to plan dinner tonight? Think again! People who are successful at meal planning have a set day and time for the planning. You can even do it while you’re waiting for your kids in the carpool line. Seriously, follow these tips and you’ll never have to answer your husband’s “What’s for dinner” with an “I don’t know what do you want” again.
What ideas do you have for shortcuts for dinner meal planning?
People who are successful at meal planning, do so because they have a set day and time to do the planning. So first step is to set a day and time that will work for you to do your meal planning. Dont think you have time? How long do you wait in line for your kids at car pool? <
Christmas in July: It’s Never Too Early to Get Organized!
There is sand in your shoes and ice cream melting on the back porch. As you pack the cooler and the boogie board for a trip to the beach, the last thing on your mind right now is stuffing stockings. Christmas may be many months away, but the summer can be a great time of the year to nab some extra time to plan ahead. Work has slowed down, schools are closed, and most people have a little extra time in their schedules. Little things, such as checking your address list for changes so you wont be panicked for Uncle Bobs new address in Florida, can make a surprisingly big difference later. Another bonus to planning ahead? Money savings. These days, most of us are looking for ways to save a few bucks, so if you start crafting your gift list, you can pick up items that might be on sale. If you make your list now, youll even have the time to check it twice!