Dinner Time
If there is one area that has always been a struggle for me, that would be standing in the kitchen at the end of the day wondering, ”What should I make for dinner?” With nothing planned, and few to no quick solutions, it is too easy to make the boxed macaroni and cheese with carrots and dip or stop for fast food on the way home (when I think about this before I GET home). Dinner time is usually the most chaotic time of the day – everyone landing from their various destinations (school and work), cranky infants and toddlers, homework, after school activities (private lessons, sports, clubs), destressing from the day, preparing meals, house chores, planning quality family time, bedtime routine – and so many other options. It is no wonder that the insistent nature of these activities relegates meal planning and prep to “last place” on the priority totem pole. However, improving this one area has major effects on so many other areas of family life. The Stanford Medicine website shares gr