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Meal Planning For Parents With Busy Families
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175 students

Meal Planning For Parents With Busy Families

Meal Plan & Simplify Meal Prep. Save Time & Reduce Food Costs. Cook Healthy Meals At Home With Confidence & Less Stress
Created byBarb Kemp
Last updated 11/2020
English
English

What you'll learn

  • Learn how to prepare a weekly, healthy meal plan that's fits for your family's lifestyle
  • How to organize home cooking & simplify meal prep to save time
  • How to save money on your grocery bill
  • Learn how to prepare healthy snacks for your family
  • Includes menu planning and shopping list templates plus family-friendly recipes
  • Learn to make a Tomato Meat Sauce and a Stir-Fry Rice
  • Learn how to get children involved with meal prep and cooking

Course content

2 sections • 15 lectures • 40m total length

  • Introduction2:14

    Introduction of the course

  • Basic Kitchen Equipment0:45

    This video has an outline of the basic kitchen equipment you need to cook for your families.  Everything you can find at a second hand store.

  • Benefits to Menu Planning2:13

    There are many benefits to meal planning.  This video gives you many good reasons to meal plan

  • How to create a Well Balance Meal For Your Family3:46

    This video is a short description on how to create a well-balanced diet for your family.

  • How To Menu Plan. Menu Planning & Shopping List Templates6:34

    This video is a guide to creating your own meal plan.  Print off the meal planning & shopping list templates so you can create your own meal plan while following the video.

  • Meal Prep Strategies2:53

    Meal prep ideas.  Print off the suggested kitchen equipment list for the home kitchen and the suggested pantry list.

  • How To Add Excitement to Daily Cooking2:28

    Cooking everyday of the week can become dull, boring and monotonous. In this video I have some suggestions on how you can change up the process and add some excitement into meal prep.

  • How to Get Children Involved in Everyday Home Cooking2:15

    Getting children involved in the whole meal planning process will set them up for success in the future.  Here are some suggestions on how to get children involved in the meal planning process.

  • Healthy Snacks5:43

    Children get hungry and need snacks.  Here are some suggestions on what to feed your children for snacks so they do not get fussy.

  • Ways To Save Money On Your Grocery Bill3:27

    Grocery shopping is expensive.  This video offers some suggestions on how to save money on groceries.

Requirements

  • Students should have access to a kitchen
  • Students should have access to basic cooking equipment

Description

Cooking healthy, yummy meals for your family every night is easy to do if you have a meal plan. 

However, many busy parents find it stressful, lack the time, confidence, and motivation to organize meal prep and to meal plan.  A weekly meal plan will get you on track.  It will give you the confidence to prepare well-balanced, delicious meals your family love.  Meals that are full of variety, easy, and are tasty.  It will reduce food costs and food waste.  It will also save time, reduce effort in the kitchen and create a healthy family.

In this course you will create a weekly, well-balanced meal plan that includes recipes, side dishes, and a shopping list. It will be based on your schedule and lifestyle and with recipes your family will eat.


As a parent, a meal plan helps in so many ways.  It will:

• Save you time, by eliminating that daily question we all ask “What am I going to cook for dinner tonight?”

• Save you money and prevent impulse buys at the grocery store.

• Reduce food waste, which saves you more money.

• Ensures you cook with a variety of food and create well balanced, nutritious meals.  

• Help you eat less take out and eat less processed and premade foods.


Knowing what you will cook for dinner every night will take away the stress and boredom of daily cooking. It will also give you the confidence to prepare easy, tasty meals for family and friends.  

In this course you will learn how to create your own meal plan with recipes that your family love.  

You'll also learn: 

  • How to create well balanced, nutritious meals.

  • How to save money on your grocery bill.

  • How to prepare healthy snacks.

  • How to add excitement to daily cooking.

  • How to get kids involved in the kitchen.

  • Meal prep ideas.

  • Basic cooking equipment needed. 

  • How to make a tomato meat sauce.

  • How to make stir-fry rice.

You'll also receive:

  • 5 day meal plan template.

  • 7 day meal plan template.

  • Shopping list template.

  • 2 Completed 5 day meal plans.

  • Recipe booklet with family friendly recipes.

  • Recipe booklet with healthy snack recipes.

  • 10 steps on How To Menu Plan handout

  • Suggested pantry list.

  • Suggest kitchen equipment list.


At the end of the course you'll have the confidence to organize a weekly meal plan and prepare a well balanced, nutritious meals for your family.

Are Your Ready To Get Started?


Who this course is for:

  • Those who want to cook more healthy, yummy meals at home
  • Parents who want to feed their families a well-balanced, nutritious diet
  • Parents who want to learn healthy snack ideas for their children
  • Those who want to save money on groceries and waste less food
  • Those who want to organized meal prep to save time and reduce the stress and effort of home cooking
  • Those who wish to create meal plans that are ideal for their family's lifestyle

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