How to Feed a Family
Breakfast, lunch and dinner--three meals a day--that is what you need to feed your family. It takes planning and time to feed your family healthy and differently every day. Read on to learn how to feed a family.
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Instructions
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Make a list of meals for your family in advance.
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Figure on the time it will take to prepare the meals. If you are a working parent and only have a minimum amount of time to prepare meals, work out a plan to make the meals in advance and freeze them. This makes it easy to have a different, healthy meal every day.
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Spend time with your family. Have your family work on the meal preparation with you. This way you have the best of both worlds--a chance to prepare healthy meals and spend time with your family at the same time. You could make Saturday afternoons meal preparing time.
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Find ways to make old things new. If you buy a turkey and cook it, you could then make various meals using the turkey. Buy a recipe book and find numerous recipes for making turkey. Likewise, you could do the same for spaghetti sauce, hamburger, pot roast, etc.
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Be prepared to be flexible and determined to get your cooking done. If Saturday doesn't work one week, move it to Friday or Sunday--there are always alternatives. You can also prepare more than a week in advance especially if you know one weekend is going to be especially busy and you have a freezer big enough.
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Tips & Warnings
Don't forget to figure in a night or two of eating out or ordering in--everyone needs a break.
Remember to defrost the meal for the next day.
