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5 Low-Effort, High-Impact Meals to Try ASAP

If you ask the best home cook you know for their secret weapon recipe, you might be shocked to learn it’s one that takes very little effort. It’s probably a fail-safe roast chicken, a set-and-forget stew or a big-batch dish that freezes beautifully. So, knowing this, we thought we’d let you in on the secret of some of our favourite low-stress but super impressive meals so you can wow your family this week.

Tap the titles below for each recipe.

Roast Chicken with Potatoes and Vegetables
There’s nothing better than a roast chicken…except maybe a roast chicken that cooks with its side dishes.
Saucy Meatballs Four Ways
One meatball recipe, four sauces, endless ideas.
Irish Stew with Stout and Parsley Dumplings
Warning: Your family may fight over the last dumpling.
Lemony Pasta Primavera
Believe it or not, the pasta goes into this one uncooked!
One-Pan Chicken Thighs with Sweet Potato Wedges
Sheet-pan meals are the stuff of wonder. This one doesn’t disappoint.

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Blueberry Yogurt Pops

Three ingredients and a popsicle mold…that’s all you’ll need for these delicious, protein-packed treats. You can even serve them for breakfast—instant cool parent street cred.

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Baked Banana Chocolate Chip Oatmeal

We love a breakfast that could moonlight as a dessert, and we guarantee your kids will too. This easy dish tastes like banana bread, comes together quickly and is packed with the good stuff, like bananas, eggs, rolled oats and milk. Pair with some fresh fruit for a well-rounded start to any day.

Do Your Kids Somehow Not Feel Cold Weather?!

This one’s just for fun, and seems to apply to toddlers as well as teenagers. So, with some pretty frigid temperatures across the country, we want to know:

The results of last week’s poll:
How are you approaching period education in your household?

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 We're loud and proud. It's not a taboo topic at all. (45.1%)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 We don't shy away from it but we don't broadcast it either. (45.1%) ⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ We're more comfortable keeping it to ourselves. (3.9%)
⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Other (5.9%)

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Can AI Help Make Me a Better Parent?

Artificial intelligence is a tool. And used appropriately, it can make a lot of things easier for you. So the question is, if you are less stressed and feel like you have more support, could this translate to better parenting?

Honestly? Probably.

AI can help you with everything from potty training to meal planning, and it will do summer camp and extracurricular research for you. You can ask it for unbiased opinions and even pose follow-up questions. Think of the time you can save on mundane tasks, so you have more time to put back into your family (or even carve out some time for yourself, which helps, too).

But there are two important things to know:

1) It isn’t always accurate. You can’t trust it to give you up-to-date, valid information every time. It might even make stuff up.

2) There’s no replacement for your gut instincts as a parent. AI is a tool. Nothing more.

Want to learn more about how to use AI to up your parenting game? Click the button below.