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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Career nanny here.  This is what I have done for all my nanny families (and a few friends who are busy moms):

1) Come up with a list of 18 meals your family at least sort of likes.  This is 6 meals a week plus one day of leftovers or takeout.

I like to break it down by day so like every Sunday is something I have to bake in the oven, every Monday is a crock pot meal, Tuesday soup/salad, Wednesday sheet pan dinner, Thursday pasta, Friday stir fry, something like that.

You now have a Week 1 menu, Week 2 menu and Week 3 menu.

2) Write out a shopping list for ingredients for each week.  Depending on how often you like to shop, break it into two lists (Sun-Tuesday and Wed-Friday for example).

Going forward shop according to the list and make whatever is on the list for that night.  Your family is never eating any particular meal more than on e every 21 days so you can do this for years and nobody will because absolutely bored of a specific food.[/quote]

Ok, that's easy when you are a nanny and cooking for the family but what about when you aren't a nanny and don't have help?[/quote]

I am the nanny poster and I have set up the same system for lots of different families, including my BFF who is a single mom with full custody and a job.

Yes as a nanny I have more time at home, but that just means I choose different recipes.

For my friend, most of what was on her list was sheet pan meals/crock pot meals which she could prep the night before and pop in the oven either in the morning or as soon as they all walk in the door, or things like pasta, Indian or Asian dishes from tjs so she is just heating up a pouch and using a rice cooker.

If you truly have zero time between when your family walks in the door and when you need to eat, then you probably need to eat things you can quickly reheat in the microwave (frozen foods?) or things you can prepare in advance and serve cold (like salads, crudités, fruit and cheese plates), and honestly that’s fine too.  Just write down 21 versions of that (apples and pb toast, chicken salad on croissants, etc.) and you are good to go.[/quote]

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