The ultimate meal planning guide to beat the lockdown cooking slog
Yes, it is possible to juggle working from home with the family’s demands for dinner – all while keeping shopping trips to a minimum
The Shaer family would love to make dinnertimes less frantic
Credit: Andrew Crowley
Cooking has never been more complicated. A whole generation of parents have had to add teacher and classroom assistant, as well as dinner lady, to their job description – all while holding down the day job and trying not to go stir crazy.
For the rest of us, there are still all the Covid-safe issues, including trying to minimise the number of times we head to the shops. The days when we could book a supermarket delivery for tomorrow are long past – it might be more than a week before they can fit you in. Plus, for many, money is even tighter than before.