What We Cover: Want to skip straight to a hot topic? See timestamps below. But of course, we recommend listening all the way through to get all the great tips and tricks! 2:48 Get to know Laura! 12:15 How to transform mealtime 13:44 Family communication tips 16:30 How to delegate to your kids 19:46 Tips to start short-order cooking 29:11 How to incorporate new flavors 37:00 Meal Plans 44:22 Laura's easy staple weeknight recipe Relevant Links Check out Laura's Website Follow @LauraSFuentes & @MOMables on Instagram How to Stop Short-Order Cooking for Your Family Laura's Baked Chicken Thigh Recipe 23 Quick & Easy Sheet Pan Dinners Meal Planning Tips + FREE Grocery List Printable 50 Easy Dinners Ready in 30 Minutes or Less Other Podcast Episodes to Check Out: Episode 72: How to Create a No Stress Dinner Plan Episode 45: Conquering Family Mealtime Struggles Episode 21: Meal Planning & Cooking with Kids On this episode of the Healthy Family Project Podcast, we're joined by Laura Fuentes, creator of MOMables, to discuss short order cooking and steps families can take to avoid it and make mealtime stress-free. We covered how to set boundaries and improve family communication, how to ease into meal planning, and tons of kitchen hacks to save time and make cooking less overwhelming. As busy parents, we're often pulled in a million directions between work, school, extracurricular activities, driving kids around, on top of all of our daily tasks. Time and time again, we hear from parents who find themselves feeling stressed spending way too much time in the kitchen cooking different meals for their selective eaters while trying to meal prep and pack lunches for the week. We're here to discuss how parents can cut back on the constant short order cooking and transform mealtime to balance their kids' food preferences without defaulting into cooking 3+ meals every night. Spoiler alert: it's totally possible and throughout the episode, you'll hear lots of tips and strategies to make mealtime work for your family in a way that reduces stress, kitchen clean up and time spent cooking. About Our Guest, Laura Fuentes Laura Fuentes is the creator of MOMables, where she's helped thousands of families improve their health and wellness by establishing healthier eating habits as a family with her Family KickStart Program and Weekly Meal Plans.  She's the Author of 5 Cookbooks, a successful entrepreneur, public speaker, spokesperson, makes regular television appearances like on TODAY and Good Morning America, has competed on Food Network and won! Her 100K + YouTube subscribers make her an "official YouTuber" according to her 10-year-old that is.  Laura is bilingual, born and raised in Spain, and currently lives outside of New Orleans with her husband and 3 kids. In her spare time, Laura reads, sleeps, and works out. What she loves most is taking her family on travel adventures.

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