Start early,plan ahead & prepare as much in advance and freeze as possible, for example double your kugel recipe freeze 1 for the next week. I make one huge batch of soup once a month and freeze appropriate sized containers.The only thing that can’t be done ahead of time is the cleaning especially if there a children in the house.Yes,ALL of my kids(girls&boys 2-22) pitch in and we speed clean even a 2yr old can pickup toys or stack books,if you can buy ready made things to take off some burden do it guilt free,the kids don’t care if the shabbos party is homemade or store bought as long as it happens.Story tapes or DVDs to keep little ones busy help,(my 2yr old loves to “make cholent” she takes from the cutting board and puts in the pot. yeah it would be done 5 times faster without her help but this is what life is all about.hatzlacha.
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