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[quote=Anonymous]Op we have done this with two nannies (the reason we had to get the second one was because we moved, just to ward off all those people who will come on here screaming that nannies don't cook).

Pre-COVID what we did was give the nanny a credit card so she can do the shopping for us. She kept the card with her all the time in case she was ever out with the kids and needed to buy something. The card is in my name, not hers (there are concerns with adding another person to your account), but since no one asks for IDs anymore, it has never mattered.

Now what we do is have her place the order through the grocery app, although sometimes she may still go to the store for some things if she's going herself or doesn't mind.

Generally we meal plan and I write the grocery list, which she then purchases, but I've also asked for meal ideas and allowed her to buy things for certain meals.

She doesn't always cook, sometimes it's just getting the groceries, sometimes it's prepping, sometimes it's just one part (i.e. making the marinade and marinating the chicken, making the marinara sauce but we boil the noodles, etc.). I have a list of which meals we eat on which days (she only helps with dinner, she's not here in the morning and the kids are doing in-person school so they eat lunch there.

She's not here on weekends, so this is just M-F, but it works really well. She also cleans and organizes the fridge as needed, tracks staples that have run out and need replenishing, etc. I would suggest making sure you find someone who likes this kind of stuff. Our nanny is great at it (our previous one was, too), but my friends have a nanny who thinks it's painful to make a PB&J sandwich for the kids, so she would be super unhappy with us.

Oh, and one last thing - I will often let our nanny make a double batch of something (or I will make a double batch of something if I cook on the weekends) and she can take some home. So if I'm making bolognese sauce, for example, I'll just double it. Sometimes I'll send her home with a garlic bread, lettuce, and the noodles as well because I'll buy extra so she has it. If we grill chicken or steak we'll give her some to take if she wants. And we let her buy whatever she wants in the house for herself, although now that we don't have kids at home during the day there isn't much she keeps here except some salad dressing.

Hope this helps![/quote]

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