Easy Dinner Idea for Witching Hour

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Often afternoons are chaotic, with driving kids around to sports, getting them to do their homework or babies and toddlers at witching hour. In the chaos our focus isn’t 100%, which can then lead to rushing in the kitchen topped with kids young kids crying around our legs, which is when accidents can happen.

Ways to prevent kitchen burns:

• Turn saucepan handle inward – to prevent the handle being knocked or pulled off the stove.
• Never mix hot liquids in a blender – even with the lid on the blender it may explode.
• Do not use a damp towel to hold a hot pot – as the heat of the pot will quickly come through.
• Always use oven mitts when using the oven – to protect your hands from hot dishes.
• Stand back when opening the oven door or removing lids from hot saucepans – as the steam can be very hot.
• Slowly drain saucepans – if poured out too quickly the hot water can splash you
• Stay in the kitchen while food is cooking – to ensure children are kept at a safe distance away from hot pots and pans.
• Keep tea towels, plastic containers and bags away from the stove – to prevent them catching on fire.
• Don’t cook while holding a child – as you can’t predict if they will reach forward and touch a hot pot.
• Take care when microwaving – as this food can be steaming and very hot.
• Keep water away from fry pans – the oil or water may spit and burn.
• Take items to the boiling water – not the other way around.
• Stir hot food with a wooden spoon – to prevent burns from a spoon.

How to treat a burn

In the blink of an eye accidents and burns can happen. To treat a minor burn place the area under cold running water for 20 minutes then apply Burnaid® to keep the burn cool so you can get back to what you were doing. Yes you just read 20 minutes, not 2 minutes, not 5 minutes, the full 20 minutes, it does feels like a long time but will make a difference to the recovery and treatment of your burn. Always remember if your burn is more serious, call 000 or seek medical attention.

Keeping kids busy while you cook

Sometimes when the kids are fussing around our feet in the kitchen it may seem easier to pick them up and hold them while stirring the contents of a saucepan but for the safety of you both you should keep them out of the kitchen. Try these ideas:

• Place in high chair with an activity
• Set up with books or games in another room
• If you usually limit TV time, utilise this time for them to watch TV
• Play with playdough
• Set them up with toys to play with
• Sit them at the kitchen bench with homework, colouring etc.

Easy dinner idea for witching hour

I used to prepare part of the dinner while the kids were sleeping, then it was a quick dinner prep during the ‘witching hour’. Take this meatball + sauce + pasta recipe below for example. I would make the meatballs (you could use store bought meatballs if you didn’t want to make your own) while kids were busy or napping during the day, then cover and put in the fridge until the evening. I would then cook some spaghetti, cooked the meatballs in a saucepan of homemade or store purchased (easier) sauce and by the time the spaghetti was ready the meatballs and sauce would be cooked through and ready to eat.

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How do you keep the kids busy while you cook dinner?

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