I've been a working mom for the past 11 years and I usually prepare dinner for my family, like 4 out of 5 days. How I survived and still dedicated on providing the family with delicious and nutritious meal without putting too much stress on myself? The answer is plan smart and adopt others' smart tips.
If you have more free time during weekend compare to weekday, then try to prepare ahead for the coming week.
1. Peel shallots and garlic, keep them in airtight container. If your kids are 4 or above, you can get them to help out on the peeling task. Remember, no washing needed until you use them.
2. Clean meat/poultry, cut and pack them according to serving size.
3. If you do eat pork, an option is to ground it rather than to keep the whole chunk. If possible, sliced some and ground the balance.
4. Roughly jot down your weekly menu and stick it on your fridge so you will know when to thaw frozen food.
5. Always keep your kitchen organized. Return the tools/sauce to the same place after use. You may need to have stock check every 2mths, in order to detect nearly expire food stuff or to replenish.
6. Thaw frozen food in fridge before you go to sleep. It takes a day to complete thawing a small pack of frozen food in fridge.
7. Marinade meat/poultry the moment you clean them after back from market. You can leave it in fridge for 1-2 days without frozen.
8. Try to avoid leafy vegetables if you know that you have tight schedule the coming week, as leafy vegetables does not stand long in fridge and takes time to prepare. As an option, you can try to stock up celery, cauliflower or kale which last longer in fridge.
9. Cooking in bulk. Cooking the whole chicken may take up almost the same time and effort compare cooking half. Why not cook the whole chicken, keep balance in freezer and reheat whenever you are too busy to cook.
10. Get everyone to help out. Your spouse may share the cleaning/washing part while kids help to set the table.
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Tuesday, 16 October 2012
Thursday, 27 September 2012
Smart mom house chores tips
House chores can be a pain if you do not have a helper. Well, I'll feel it very soon as my maid is leaving next Tue. Looking back, 2 years before, I'm working Mon to Fri and yet, I still able to manage my household task well. I'm no longer working Mon to Fri now, I should be able to handle it better. Well, here are some survival tips for those who are having house chores phobia.
1. Once you take out something from storage, return to its own place right after you used it.
2. Washed your dishes immediately after used. Kids always having their snack in a small bowl, even just a piece of fruit. They have learned that after eating, they must put the bowl on kitchen top near to washing basin. Wash/rinse it right away as it's normally not difficult to clean.
3. Separate greasy dishes. Oily dishes need more attention and you may need to clean it with tissue before washing. Thus, wash non-oily dishes 1st. Sometimes, soak greasy dishes with hot water can be a great help.
4. Invest a little bit in smart tools, like spin mop, microfibre cleaning tools or even a robot vacuum.
5. If you have 4 or more family members, do your laundry everyday. Don't worry about your water bill as washing machines nowadays are very smart and savvy.
6. Hang your clothes to dry and you can easily keep them back into your wardrobe without all the hassle of folding.
7. Make use of your shower time to clean your bathroom. It's important to keep a set of cleaner as well as the bathroom broom in each of your bathroom. Clear the water after shower with swivel sweeper.
8. If possible, try to iron your kids uniform right after laundry. You will save time in spraying water on the dry clothes, and dry it again.
9. Wiping your coffee table and tv cabinets, mopping the floor, or even folding clothes while you are enjoying your favorite tv programme.
10. Reduce your display items as you will spend a lot of time cleaning each of them. If you have a choice, install cabinets/storage with door. Open concept most likely will turn into an eyesore after sometimes.
11. Very important one, TEACH YOUR KIDS HOW TO DO HOUSEWORKS. Everyone must share out the task. Get them learn up as young as the age of 2. Starts with keeping their toys after play.
12. And the most important one, housework can never be done unless no one is eating their meal at home, everyone is naked and everyone stays outside until bedtime. SO, NEVER stressed yourself to be perfectly clean and perfectly organized. (I really need to remind myself about this)
1. Once you take out something from storage, return to its own place right after you used it.
2. Washed your dishes immediately after used. Kids always having their snack in a small bowl, even just a piece of fruit. They have learned that after eating, they must put the bowl on kitchen top near to washing basin. Wash/rinse it right away as it's normally not difficult to clean.
3. Separate greasy dishes. Oily dishes need more attention and you may need to clean it with tissue before washing. Thus, wash non-oily dishes 1st. Sometimes, soak greasy dishes with hot water can be a great help.
4. Invest a little bit in smart tools, like spin mop, microfibre cleaning tools or even a robot vacuum.
5. If you have 4 or more family members, do your laundry everyday. Don't worry about your water bill as washing machines nowadays are very smart and savvy.
6. Hang your clothes to dry and you can easily keep them back into your wardrobe without all the hassle of folding.
7. Make use of your shower time to clean your bathroom. It's important to keep a set of cleaner as well as the bathroom broom in each of your bathroom. Clear the water after shower with swivel sweeper.
8. If possible, try to iron your kids uniform right after laundry. You will save time in spraying water on the dry clothes, and dry it again.
9. Wiping your coffee table and tv cabinets, mopping the floor, or even folding clothes while you are enjoying your favorite tv programme.
10. Reduce your display items as you will spend a lot of time cleaning each of them. If you have a choice, install cabinets/storage with door. Open concept most likely will turn into an eyesore after sometimes.
11. Very important one, TEACH YOUR KIDS HOW TO DO HOUSEWORKS. Everyone must share out the task. Get them learn up as young as the age of 2. Starts with keeping their toys after play.
12. And the most important one, housework can never be done unless no one is eating their meal at home, everyone is naked and everyone stays outside until bedtime. SO, NEVER stressed yourself to be perfectly clean and perfectly organized. (I really need to remind myself about this)
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