"I’m a huge fan of meal planning and prepping. With the solo parenting and crazy military life, it’s a must. I like to plan meals that I can assemble in advance or that take less than 20 minutes to cook. The same prep methods can be applied to snacks. Encourage your children, even your toddlers, to help with meal planning and prep. All kids can give suggestions on what they want to eat, and they can help in small ways. Toddlers can rinse fruits and vegetables in the sink. School-aged kids can help assemble homemade Lunchables. As they age, they can start chopping vegetables, making sandwiches, and packing lunch boxes. Another thing I’ve started doing is putting leftovers directly into a container to take for lunch the next day. The main dish, the side, the fruit, the snack: Everything gets assembled as I do dinner cleanup, and it’s all ready in the morning. Make a plan, share the plan, shop the plan, and then get ready to live it. You can do it!" Have you every tried meal planning? Rebecca Alwine, Freelance Writer and military spouse https://milspousefest.com/healthy-easy-snacks-kids-will-love/
