Back-to-school season compresses the family calendar quickly. Workdays end, practices begin, homework returns and dinner can become the decision nobody wants to make at 6 p.m.
Plan around the week before planning individual recipes. Identify the busiest nights, choose meals that reheat well, prepare flexible components that can work more than once, and keep one or two dependable backup options available.
When the weekly system is designed in advance, dinner stops competing with the rest of family life. That is the same principle behind A Perfect Fit: healthy living is easier when the details are managed before the week gets busy.