That is genius! I taught myself how to cook but so many boys aren’t being taught how to adult. My exs son didn’t know how to cook or have any desire to at 15 but his younger sister knew how to cook many things because more was expected of her unfortunately. How to live shouldn’t be gendered and everyone needs to know how to cook basic food.

We all have to eat daily. You are our hero. figuring out what's for dinner daily is crumbling families everywhere. This could save us all.

Here is 7 weeks of it I have on my phone. Each of my kids get to choose a food for one of them nights to cook. So ignore the names at the top.

seen a hack where you put door bells in rooms, so when dinner/tea is ready then you just ring the door bell from the kitchen to bedrooms/rooms to stop shouting

I have not grocery shopped since COVID started. I order groceries online and have them delivered. I decided that my time was worth a $20 tip.

Grocery delivery has changed my life. Not only do I save TONS of time, but it saves me money from those silly impulse purchases in the store!

I found bras I love on Amizon and have them scheduled for AUTOSHIP every 3 months. I get 3 every 3 months and throw the old ones out.

We use the Notes app with a grocery store note shared with all who live in the house. If you use the last of something, you add it to the list. Anyone who stops at the store has the list.

The reminders app has a great grocery list function

we got an Apolosign wall calendar. syncs with both our googles, so we both have the calendar at home in the common area and on the go, everyone has the chore and grocery lists too. no more "I didn't know" or having to give constant reminders

I made a quarterly menu we repeat 4 times a year. Then for each week I made a grocery list in my stores app. Now I just add week 11 list to my cart and pick it up on Sunday week 10. I haven’t meal planned since 2020.

I use eMeals. It creates menus and shopping lists that I can quickly review and then the groceries get delivered to me. It saves so much money on impulse buying!

Oh also a recipe app that takes everything from links or pictures and inputs it and then I make my weekly menu and it automatically makes my grocery list based on what I’m making…10/10 recommend 😌👌🏼

My grandmother put a programmable coffee maker in her bathroom so she didn’t have to “walk past those d*mn kids” before she had her coffee.

I'm not a coffee drinker but caffeine does help me. I keep a bottle of water by my bed with a bottle of 100 mg Caffeine tablets. Pop one as soon as my eyes open and it helps me ACTUALLY start to get moving.

Automatic coffee/espresso machine. Quick coffee anytime of day, no K-cups

The dishwasher is likely smart and can trigger alerts or actions for other devices. If dishwasher isn’t smart it’s still possible but you’d need to add a sensor or something to it

Now this is how you wash dishes 🥰😂😂

Ma’am do share the brand- make & model of this wizarding dishwasher. This is the most shocking thing I’ve ever heard and immediately needed🤣

Four work friends and I created a lunch circle. We each prepare one meal (divided five ways) one day per week. Containers get handed off to the next person. And everyone gets to try new foods all the time.

I work from home as an IT consultant, and so lunch has to be efficient and quick to fit in with meetings and phone calls, so I eat soups or stews, and cycle through 20 different types of recipes. I make a large pot of it and store it into containers that hold the amount I eat for each meal, and it lasts for ~10 days. When it’s time for lunch, I just heated up on the stove or in the microwave.

I made a script that reads the webpage of my grocery receipts and prints a table with heading for fridge/freezer/cupboard, substitutes, and the weights. it was stressing me out looking through the cupboards to decide what to cook

be careful with the switch because I discovered that when there's a power outage and then electricity comes back my switch turns back on🥲

Smart lights that when I say dinner time will change the lights upstairs to purple for 30 seconds so I don’t have to yell

Automated all my lights in the house. They also change colors for night time warm/dim mode.

I haven’t touched a light switch in years. I’ve automated my WiFi and data turning off and on in certain locations. When my phone is on 5% I have an automation telling me to charge my phone. Amongst other things.

my outdoor lights cycle through the rainbow every night at sunset until sunrise to irritate my MAGA neighbors. 🤷🏻‍♀️

All of my lights! They’re either on timers or smart light bulbs. It’s been life changing for the executive dysfunction that keeps me from going to bed…no need to do the tour to turn all of the lights off when they’ll do it themselves (or I can do it from bed with my phone!)

I have a lamp with 5 bulbs and each bulb is a smart bulb and I've programmed the lamp to dim and turn off different bulbs at specific times to create a consistent sunset simulation so no matter the weather or time of year my sunset is the same

Be careful using smart plug on anything that generates heat. A lot of them can’t take the load and might catch fire

I only use smart plugs for hair devices (curling iron, flat iron etc). This way, when I get somewhere and go “omg did I turn off the curling iron?!” I can open an app and turn off the plug for peace of mind. I also bring them when traveling as I have no intention of burning down a hotel or Airbnb 💅🏼

I plug all my Christmas lights into Kasa smart plugs. I can lay in bed and turn all the lights off with one button through the app. I also have wireless doorbells in the rooms upstairs so I don't have to shout when I need a kid.

every time i plug my phone in to charge it automatically turns off my battery saver

Not a smart dishwasher, but a sensor with the plug and Home Assistant. The kids also get texts when the animal water is low (sensor in their water) and when its trash night.

Sensors for certain lights inside my house. Nothing like walking through the door at night and having the lights automatically turn on.

Motion sensor light in the bathroom. No big light. Just enough to see for late night use.

not the person you're asking,but I've literally run out of gas on the interstate because I forgot I was low between the time I got in the car and saw the light/gage and driving to/past a gas station.

DnD turns on automatically between 10p-7a, and then when I arrive to my work location it turns on. So much more productive lol. Also my lizards tank lights are on an auto switch so it’s impossible to leave on too long or too short!

At night phone auto turns on lights and music when in certain radius of the house in case someone is lurking around to see if anyone’s home; phone auto turns off data when connected to certain wifi (always forget to turn it off); morning briefing when connect to CarPlay, agenda, recent news, stocks and then plays music

Awe man so many good ideas if you have an Alexa. Unfortunately I watched Smart House too many times to ever allow a PAT in my home. 😂

i hate doing dishes (no dishwasher) & ALL my lights are smart bulbs. so i tell Alexa “Time to do the dishes” and she dims the kitchen to 50% & plays celtic music so I can pretend to be a scottish pub owner cleaning up for the night.

Not really what you asked about but something that I highly recommend to anyone who frequently loses their keys and phone at home (especially when the phone is on silent so you can’t call it to find it). I bought a Tile and it’s awesome. The Tile hangs on my keychain and if I lose my keys, I can use my phone to find them. If I can’t find my phone, I can find it with the Tile on my keychain. Even if my phone is on vibrate, it will make a noise. It saves so much time and stress. 🤣🤣 And maybe I might lose both. 🤷🏻‍♀️Then I can just ask Alexa to find my phone & then can find my keys from there.

I can tell Siri to turn on my pc, all the lighting on my setup, and turn all the regular lights off in one command from anywhere in the house

I put an Alexa in my 12 yr old sons bathroom. It has his whole morning routine, reminds him to put on deodorant, wash face, brush teeth and gives him warning on when to get out and catch the bus. No more rushing or arguing in the morning!

Heated blanket on a smart plug. I tell my Alexa goodnight and by the time I’ve brushed my teeth, my bed is toasty. Yes, I have fully embraced my crone phase.

When I’m laying in bed, I say “Alexa goodnight”- she turns off all the lights & locks the front door 👏

if you have anything smart i set my alexa to have a “goodnight” setting where it will automatically turn off everything that’s supposed to be off. whether i remembered to do it or not. i just tell alexa “goodnight” from the comfort of my bed and i know the lights etc. are off. simple but overlooked i feel

Using Alexa to remind my son with Autism of his daily tasks and chores- No more meltdowns. No more getting yelled at. He has some autonomy. Changed our whole family's life.

I think I’m too lazy. I just tell Alexa to remind me about the laundry in an hour.

Alexa, "Add paper towels to my Costco shopping list."

At Christmas time, we have everything on smart plugs. We tell Alexa to “deck the halls” and everything turns on. It’s lots of Christmas spirit 😊

We have the lamp plugged into a smart outlet that’s connected to our google home app. You can set on and off schedules in the app! You can also get smart bulbs too!

My lights turn off and my fan turns on when I start snoring. So if I fall asleep without doing either of those, my Alexa has me covered 🥰

I have Alexa programmed to tell my kids when to go to bed along with a 30 minute warning. It’s a game changer.