The Surprising Thing that Makes Dinner Easier

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A lot has changed for my family over the past year since I published my cookbook, Dinnertime SOS, which is essentially a guide to simplifying the process of feeding our families. I wrote that book mostly in 2021 and 2022, when I was married, and it came out right after we decided to divorce. (Not my favorite timing for a book launch, to be sure!). All of the advice I share in the book is still true for me—and I think works well!—but my relationship to feeding my kids has shifted a lot.

There’s an ease to it that I haven’t felt before, which I did not expect would happen after divorce—because we’re technically down a set of hands in what can be a really chaotic time of the day.

It’s hard to say how much of this is the kids getting older and more independent, and hard to say which part is just how I have changed in this season, but it’s been really noticeable to me. And given how relentless it can be to feed kids day in and day out, this change feels worth mentioning because I think the crux of it is easy to identify with, however your relationship status or household structure looks.

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