31-year old mom, Megan Paley, hacked her way through getting her kids some "McDonald's". Cleverly, she made her own. Mother to an autistic son, she found a loophole to give her son his favorite fast food. With a lot of things being put on hold because of the coronavirus situation, she finds little ways to put some normalcy back in her children's lives.
Lockdown Got You Down? Not This Mom!
Megan Paley, a stay-at-home mom of two from Leeds, UK, shares how she recreated her son's favourite McDonald's meal which cost her almost nothing. She explains how she used a piece of card and a felt tip to recreate the box for the fries.
She looked up a template and did a cut-out on a piece of card. After forming the box, she just glued and coloured it in. She used some frozen chips, nuggets, and burgers from M&S to create the "fake McDonald's".
She further says that printable templates for similar boxes are found online and could be easier for those who want to do the same. The mom of an autistic 10-year-old boy, Ben, expressed her delight when her son was over the moon about her creation and even asked her to prepare it for him regularly.
Paley shared with the money-saving community, LatestDeals.co.uk, how it cost a lot less than going out to eat or having a takeaway. Others also thought of the same idea and recreated their favorite fast food meals at home.
A Life Without Fast Food
No one thought it would be possible, but here we are, living through it. Leeds mom, Paley, was way ahead of us when she thought of ways to provide her children with their favourite meals despite fast-food chains and restaurants closing down.
Boris Johnson has enforced a lockdown on the United Kingdom with strict new measures to battle the coronavirus outbreak. He ordered schools, restaurants, businesses, and other establishments under the new lockdown standards.
A silver lining to having fast food currently inaccessible is that we can all try to live healthier. The World Health Organisation urges people to maintain a healthy lifestyle and observe proper eating habits to boost the chances of a speedy recovery, should you be contracted with COVID-19.
Dr Kate Stephens, gut microbiologist from OptiBac Probiotics, explains how social isolation can have adverse effects on one's immune system, which is why it is crucial to keep the mood up during the lockdown. She reveals some tips on Express about how to boost the immune system while in isolation.
In addition to this, WHO says maintaining a healthy diet is also crucial in determining how well people bounce back after contracting the virus. Bridget Benelam, a senior nutrition scientist at the British Nutrition Foundation also shares that planning meals in advance helps in practising healthy eating habits.
The UK government is currently facing calls to start a healthy eating campaign to educate its people on how eating healthy can boost the immune system during the lockdown.
