Family & Grocery

When dinner still needs deciding

When the week is full of school runs and sport, the hard part of dinner is often deciding what it'll be. Planning a few easy dinners and writing one shopping list before the week starts can take that off the table. See our meal planning guide.

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Some families use a meal kit instead. A service delivers recipes and most of the ingredients for the meals you choose, and you still cook, wash up and shop for everything else. If you choose a subscription, check the delivery frequency, when payments are taken, the deadline for changes and how to skip, pause or cancel. Our meal kit guide explains how they work and what to check, including allergies. Marley Spoon is one meal kit service of several. The person behind PoTayto Picks (PoTaytoHead) has used Marley Spoon, thought it was fantastic, and recommends it from that personal experience. That is one person's view, not a formal test or a comparison with other providers, and menus, pricing and plans change, so it may not match your household. Other providers exist, and you can go straight to marleyspoon.com.au if you'd rather not use the link in our meal kit guide. A plan on the fridge does the job too.