If you have kids, you know the weekday evening shape by heart: school pick-up, homework, showers, an activity, two tired parents trying to figure out dinner while everyone’s already hungry. It’s the hour where intentions go to die.
It’s easy to fall into frozen food, last-minute takeaways, or the same two meals on repeat until everyone’s tired of them.
The hidden cost of chaotic dinners
- Food quality drops. When you’re rushed, convenience beats nutrition every time.
- The atmosphere suffers. Tired parents, hungry kids and no plan make a bad combination.
- Parental energy bleeds out. Cooking after a full day is one more thing on an already-long list.
Most parents I talk to don’t want to be gourmet chefs. They want healthy food kids will actually eat. Less stress. Predictable evenings.
How we’ve done it in our family
For over ten years my family has been working with a chef in Barcelona who prepares meals for us and a small group of other families. Fresh, delivered in two drops a week: Monday morning (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday lunch) and Wednesday afternoon (Wednesday dinner, Thursday and Friday). Into the fridge. At dinner time, we heat and serve. There’s no last-minute scramble, because the food has been waiting there since the drop.
The result is simple. We always have a healthy option ready. Evenings are calmer. Nobody’s improvising at 7pm. And, to my surprise, we actually eat together more, because the argument about what to eat has been settled hours earlier.
Dinner stopped being something we survived. It became something we sat down to.
How a family plan works
- Family-style portions: for example 2 adults plus 1–3 kids. Scale up or down.
- Custom menus, built around your kids’ actual taste, your schedule, allergies, and how adventurous you want the rotation to be.
- Full-day nutrition if you want it: breakfast, snacks, lunch, dinner. Or just dinners. Or school lunches. You choose.
- Weekly plans run €20–28 per person per day for one meal, €35–43 for two and €49–57 for a full day, depending on ages, meals and complexity. VAT is included. Delivery from €12, depending on the area.
- Delivered fresh twice a week, Monday morning and Wednesday afternoon, with weekends on request.
Schools as natural hubs
Schools are one of the strongest community anchors for families. If enough parents from the same school are interested, delivery routes and timing get easier, and we can offer school-specific bundles. If you’d like this at your school, tell us which one when you fill in the form.
Who this is for
- Both parents work and weekday evenings are the squeeze.
- Dinners have drifted toward frozen food or app orders.
- You want your kids eating real food without fighting about it every night.
What happens next
Fill in the form below. Tell us how many dinners per week, household size, and your school and neighborhood. The chef comes back with a proposed plan within 24 hours.
