Life never seems to slow down. Which can make getting dinner on the table every night a challenge.No more! Learn how to make meal planning easy with these simple short cuts that will save your sanity and help you get dinner on the table quickly. Table Of Contents The Challenge of Eating Together When Life is BusyHow To Make Meal Planning EasySecret to Meal Planning SuccessWhy Sandwich Nights and Leftover Nights Are KeySandwich NightsUsing LeftoversKeep

Twice in the past year, my sons (ages 8, 10) have given their grandparents a really special gift: a full meal cooked entirely by them. I have hung out in the kitchen to oversee the process, but they have done all of the work (with the exception of taking very hot things out of the oven and draining a large pot of pasta). If I am being honest, though, these gifts have been incredibly labor

My middle schooler recently said his friends felt sorry for him because his lunch was so healthy. Here’s how I am navigating treats and snacks in school lunches. Table Of Contents Navigating Treats and Snacks in School Lunches: Lessons I Have LearnedA Reality CheckA compromise is reachedThe surprise twistLessons LearnedFighting about food is not helpfulVariety, not virtue, should be the name of the gameFood is socialAn UpdateFurther Inspiration Navigating Treats and Snacks in School Lunches:

Announcing Our New Brand Big news! You may have noticed that some things are different around here. We’re excited to finally get to share with you what we’ve been cooking up. The mission of The Six O’Clock Scramble has always been to help make healthy family dinners happen. To us, that means taking the stress out of dinnertime together by providing families with the resources to do so. We believe that cooking should be relaxing,

We’ve all heard the claim that family dinners are important. But is this actually true or just something everyone assumes without actual facts? To settle this question once and for all, we’ve pulled together a collection of family dinner statistics that highlight the importance of sharing a meal together. But don’t worry, we’re keeping it real and showing you how these moments of connection don’t have to be perfect or constant – even just a