The mum of Australia’s largest family has shared her incredible back-to-school hacks to help make life easier with her 16 children.
After decades of parenting school-aged kids, Jeni Bonell is well versed in the art of getting ready for the classroom come February.
And she sticks to three core rules to help her nail a routine down for all 16 of her kids.
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First, she lives by lists.
A morning routine list is a visual reminder of what needs doing, whereas the “weekly chore chart” helps divide the household load between everyone aged eight and above with clear roles and responsibilities.
Second, Jeni always ensures her kids have a filling breakfast before they head off to school, and she relies on the Ninja XXXL FlexDrawer Air Fryer AF500 to make it.
“I whip up a batch of three ingredient banana pancakes made from standard pancake shaker mix, mashed banana and milk,” Jeni told Best Picks.
“It’s a simple way to add an extra portion of fruit in the morning.
“The Ninja Foodi XXXL is easy for everyone in the family to use and dishwasher safe if you prefer, for a quick cleanup.”
Third, to ensure a seamless morning, Jeni recommends prepping the night before.
She lays out uniforms, packs school bags, fills up water bottles and pulls out freezer lunch box items such as airfryer egg cups and airfryer pizza bites.
“Use silicone moulds to make egg cups filled with veg and cheese,” she said.
“Meanwhile, the pizza bites are made using dinner rolls as a base with your favourite pizza toppings in the airfryer.
“They freeze well too so you can make ahead.”
Jeni relies on the Ninja 10.4 litre airfryer to cook for her large family because it’s able to fit a large number of ingredients inside it.
“The new family-sized Ninja XXXL FlexDrawer Air Fryer 10.4L answers the biggest complaints Australians have about air fryers — and that’s capacity to cook,” Jeni said.
“It can fit a whole chicken and 1.5kg of chips for a set and forget, affordable weeknight meal.
“Anything that can make life simpler during the school week is a win in my books.”
This particular air fryer allows you to remove the dividers and transform two independent cooking zones into one extra large “megazone” to cook larger foods, traybakes and complete meals.
You can cook your mains and sides in one appliance or cater to two different tastes.
The new Ninja XXXL FlexDrawer Air Fryer 10.4 litre is available now and can be purchased for $599.99 in-store and online at The Good Guys, JB Hi Fi, Harvey Norman, Myer, Amazon, Bing Lee or Amazon.
