I outsourced 2 family dinners a week. Sometimes good parenting means doing less.

The author signed up for a meal service twice a week. Courtesy of the author Deciding what to cook every night was one of the most exhausting parts of my week. I started ordering meal kits for just two dinners a week. Having fewer meals to plan has significantly reduced my mental load. There are a few questions in my household that irritate me more than "What's for dinner?" I think it's the casual assumption that I have created a meal plan for the week, done all the food shopping and prep,…