box is delivered to the subscriber's front door. Inside, protected by ice packs, are fresh meals packaged safely and ready to eat. Older children get wholesome meals such as baked chicken nuggets with mashed potato and steamed vegetables; a hearty cottage pie; or homemade cheese pizza with fresh tomato sauce. Parents with babies who are being weaned can choose from stage-one purées, which are based on fruits and vegetables, and include combinations such as sweet potato and orange purée or a carrot, tomato and basil mix, or move on to stage two, which introduces animal-based proteins in dishes such as braised beef with sweet potato or chicken and lentils. Ellis and Lewis have left their full-time jobs to concentrate on Yum by Mum. Every morning, they can be found in their kitchens, supervising the preparation of the day's meals and tasting along the way. While all food is cooked in a completely nut-free environment, substitutions or a tailored meal plan are not yet offered by Yum by Mum. Instead, parents can check the website ahead of time to see what is on the menu. The meals are delivered across Dubai; service to Abu Dhabi and Sharjah is slated to begin in the next two weeks. Meal plans cost from Dh156 for a three-day plan, which includes two stage-one baby purées a day. \"Ninety per cent of the mothers we talk to say that they would love to cook their children's meals from scratch,\" Lewis says. But for a multitude of reasons, it often proves too difficult. Children in different age groups have different needs, and require food with different textures. Or parents may not, for example, like to eat seafood, but want to expose their children to fish despite not eating it themselves. \"Whatever the reason,\" Lewis says, \"Yum by Mum is here to help by giving families a way to feed their little ones without that all too familiar 'mummy guilt'.\"","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The National","url":"https://www.thenationalnews.com","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://www.thenationalnews.com/pf/resources/images/logo_rectangle.png?d=279"}},"articleSection":"Family","keywords":["Carla Lewis","Antonia Ellis","Scarlett","United Arab Emirates","Family","Wellbeing","Jemima","food","Sharjah","Dubai","food preparation","Lifestyle","Mum","Abu Dhabi","United Kingdom","Article"],"description":"Working mothers Antonia Ellis and Carla Lewis have launched a new service that will remove a little bit of that mummy guilt","thumbnailUrl":"https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/56Fi7sHhGmpebavM0c2iciK4Huw=/400x267/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/thenational/UZX3V5UXZ3YQSGE47Y52LIA22A.jpg","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://www.thenationalnews.com/lifestyle/family/yum-by-mum-nutrition-for-the-little-ones-delivered-straight-to-your-door-1.628006"}}