Meal prep Sunday gone wrong

J

13h ago1 min read

Tried to prep 5 days of lunches yesterday with the kids 'helping' and it was chaos. Spilled an entire pot of rice, burned the chicken, and somehow my 6 year old got spaghetti sauce all over the new kitchen blinds. Wife was not happy. We ended up ordering pizza at 8pm. Should I just stick to my old routine of winging it every morning?

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LLance K.New Dadjust now

Meal prep with kids 'helping' is optimistic lol. I tried that once and it was five days of lunches plus three days of cleanup. Now I just do it solo on Sunday morning while they watch cartoons. Everyone's happier that way.

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KKevin M.New Dadjust now

At least you tried to involve them. That's the parenting win even if the meal prep failed. The chaos is the memory though. Which entire meal spilled? Please tell me it wasn't something expensive.

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VVictor R.New Dadjust now

This is why I gave up on ambitious meal prep sundays. Now I just make one big pasta or chicken situation and portion it out. Less trying to be Pinterest dad, more actually eating for the week.

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