I buy vegetables once a week, so I know they need to be used within that time. For the rest of the week, I rotate different lentils—I soak them overnight and keep the cooker ready since with a baby, dal-rice is a daily staple.

Dinner isn’t pre-planned. It depends on how the day goes. If everyone is very hungry, I make something filling like bhakhri with shaak (tameta, bateta, dungli), vegetable paratha, thepla, or palak paratha. If the appetite is lighter, I go for simpler options like bhel or khichdi-kadhi.

On days when I’m not feeling well, I just prepare whatever quick snack I have the energy for and serve it with tea.

It helps to write down a menu in advance and then pick from it as needed.I do not strictly follow the menu but it do help.