Most parents have sleepless nights, hectic mornings and laundry that doesn’t get folded.
Cutting corners where you can means spending more time with family, so choose to serve quick, nutritious, home-cooked meals for added family time around the kitchen table.
Here are a few tips and meal ideas to make busy mornings less stressful.
• Plug in the crockpot before bed to make oatmeal for the morning. You can jazz it up with your family’s favourite toppings.
• Freeze leftover smoothies in icepop molds. These are great in the summer for kids to eat for breakfast. They think they’re eating a dessert rather than a mom approved nutritious meal.
• Go for tried-and-true scrambled eggs with whole grain toast. It’s an easy breakfast that takes minutes to make, and if you pair it with a cup of orange juice you get potassium, folate and 100% of the daily quota of vitamin C.
• Prepare as much as possible the night before to leave more time for connecting with your family. This will set a happy and healthy tone for the day.
