Caitriona Redmond: This is how I plan meals to meet my family's flexible needs
Yellow curry: a cosy family fave!
Okay, I admit it, I am inordinately excited about the return to a routine that the beginning of September heralds. It makes planning meals so much easier when I know what is planned for the week ahead. Between school, work, and activities we can have a hectic timetable each week and so I plan the meals around what we are up to.
While I might be based at home I’m still working full-time which means cooking elaborate meals with lots of preparation is something that never happens midweek. There is a myth that people who work from home spend breaks and lunchtimes cleaning the house and doing chores. The reality is that when you need a job to be flexible to your family’s needs you work at breakneck speed while the kids are at school and pray that you don’t get a phone call.
