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5Use shortcuts and cook smarter, not harder.

There’s no shame in minute rice and bagged salad! Yes, those things might be more expensive than cooking from scratch, but if using shortcuts here and there makes family dinners more doable, they’re worth the cost. My other favorite shortcut is batch cooking. You start with the same basic ingredients then separate them into two pans. From there you add different flavors to create two different meals. One goes in the fridge or freezer and the other goes on the dinner table.

6Outsource!

You might be a single mom, but you don’t have to do it all on your own. If you have family in town, designate a night to eat together. Just offer to provide part of the meal or chip in on the cost. If you have a friend from church or down the block who wants family around the table, make it a standing date—every other Thursday, we go to Ms. Wilson’s house.

And don’t forget that you don’t have to prepare and clean up a meal all by yourself. Little kids can set the table. Big kids can help cook. Everybody can help clean up. You’re doing your children a favor by giving them the chance to help make dinner happen.

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Frost Science Spring Camp

March 20-24

Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

After care from 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Children ages 5-11 can spring into science at Spring Camp: Destination Excavation at the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science from Monday, March 20 to Friday, March 24, 2023. They’ll spend their break exploring the museum, watching a Frost Planetarium show and learning through hands-on science experiments and activities. Register today!

Tel.: 305.434.9564 www.frostscience.org/spring-camp

1101 Biscayne Blvd. Miami, FL 33132

The Real Food Academy Spring Break Camp

March 20-24

Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

At our kid’s cooking spring camp in Miami, we teach your children to eat healthy, develop or hone their cooking skills, experiment in the kitchen, improve math and reading skills .. all in a fun way, while expanding their culinary palate. Some of the activities included in our exclusive and one of a kind kids’ cooking spring camp include Cooking, Baking, Arts & Crafts and much more. Our Kids Spring Camp is a weekly program for ages 5 to 16. Campers are grouped by age.

Tel.: 786.395.0355 www.therealfoodacademy.com

570 NE 81st St. Miami, FL 33138

Ocaquatics Swim School

Dedicated to teaching families to be safer around the water! Our immediate goal is that every child can jump into a body of water (or fall in) and return to the wall unassisted. We then work on extended swimming with rollovers to get a breath. Once a child is ready we continue this progression into stroke development. And most importantly, we all have fun while completing each of these goals.

Tel.: 305.969.7946 www.ocaquatics.com

Five indoor, warm-water locations: Kendall, Tropical, Northwest, Eureka and Gables.

David Ensignia Tennis Academy Spring

Camp

March 20-24

Hours: 9:00 am to 3:00 pm

Registrations are now open! Full day and half day options. Our well-known and professional tennis camp will be back again for Spring 2022. All levels are welcome by our professional and certified tennis staff in a safe atmosphere, while enjoying the most perfect weather of the year in South Florida. Fun, friends and tennis in a safe and professional environment.

Tel. 305.833.3896 www.davidensigniatennis.com

Pinecrest - West Kendall - Kendall

Deering Estate Spring Camp

March 20-24

Hours: 8:00 am to 4:00 pm

Celebrate the best Spring Break has to offer at the Deering Estate’s Spring Camp! Every camp has a different theme and explores a different aspect of nature, allowing campers to have fun while also learning about different fields of science. Campers will be getting hooked on the world of marine biology, and reeling in the fun while exploring our Mangrove Forests, Salt Marshes, and Seagrass Beds.