Family kitchen - a daily thriller in the kitchen

Anna Sandner

1.10.2025

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Between chaos and everyday life, the challenge of having to cook for the whole family is often stressful. But between countless guides from "Easy family cooking" to "Ayurveda family cooking", there's enough inspiration to keep you from going completely crazy.

Just a confession: cooking for the whole family in the stressful everyday whirlwind is a pain in the arse! As nice as it can be per se, preparing food in a family context is an almost impossible task that waits day in, day out to drive mums and dads mad.

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It has to be healthy, of course. It also has to taste good, otherwise no one will eat it and all the cooking will be for nothing. It has to be quick, as time is always in short supply. What's more, it shouldn't put too much strain on the household budget. Oh yes, and then there are any intolerances, special requests and a general aversion to too many vegetables to consider.

So it's high time to get a few sensible little helpers at your side and counteract the daily misery with a well thought-out weekly plan. Let's see if the family kitchen literature lives up to its promise: putting healthy and delicious food on the table for the whole family with little effort, which is then eaten with enthusiasm.

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Because a cookery book offers curated, reliable knowledge without being overwhelmed by countless online hits. It is not a loose, random collection of recipes, but at best comes with background information and well thought-out concepts and provides inspiration in a decelerated, ad-free form.

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My conclusion: cooking under time pressure for different tastes and needs will always be exhausting. But with inspiration and variety from family cookery guides, it's a lot more fun and I'm rewarded with new discoveries.

Anna Sandner

Senior Editor

Anna.Sandner@galaxus.de

Science editor and biologist. I love animals and am fascinated by plants, their abilities and everything you can do with them. That's why my favourite place is always outside - somewhere in nature, preferably in my wild garden.

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