This post is going to talk about dinner, not women (sorry, guys).
We're a busy family, but one of the most important things on the to-do list is still feeding the kids healthy food. When there was one child in the family (who slept a lot), we used to have lots of good home-cooked meals. With two children (one of which doesn't particularly like to sleep), the definition of a good home-cooked meal has changed. Basically, anything that doesn't come from a drive-thru will work.
Breakfast consists of cereal, oatmeal, or toast with butter or peanut butter. Lunch is home-cooked by their daycare center during the week. Dinner is a little more complicated. I try to make a dinner with three basic components - proteins, carbs, veggies. Here are some typical dinners:
Spaghetti with pasta sauce, no meat: the spaghetti noodles have protein and carbs, and the sauce has veggies. This often gets topped off with dinner rolls for a treat.
Chicken nuggets or fish sticks, veggies (green beans, corn, or peas), and rice or potatoes.
Mac & cheese with veggies (green beans, corn, or peas)
Snacks are usually yogurt, fruit, or cereal.
What are some of your quick and easy dinners? How about healthy snacks?
Breakfast consists of cereal, oatmeal, or toast with butter or peanut butter. Lunch is home-cooked by their daycare center during the week. Dinner is a little more complicated. I try to make a dinner with three basic components - proteins, carbs, veggies. Here are some typical dinners:
Spaghetti with pasta sauce, no meat: the spaghetti noodles have protein and carbs, and the sauce has veggies. This often gets topped off with dinner rolls for a treat.
Chicken nuggets or fish sticks, veggies (green beans, corn, or peas), and rice or potatoes.
Mac & cheese with veggies (green beans, corn, or peas)
Snacks are usually yogurt, fruit, or cereal.
What are some of your quick and easy dinners? How about healthy snacks?
A cheese crisp (from the microwave) or half a jam sandwich are some of Jade's after school snacks. She also loves baby carrots, grape tomatoes, or cucumber slices.
ReplyDeleteWe eat a lot of meat, so none of our dinners are "quick", but I usually make enough for leftovers to save effort another day. We also have applesauce at pretty much every dinner - not as healthy as fresh apples, but at least it doesn't cause me to have an allergic reaction. :)
We eat a lot of meat too, but the quickest thing -- your favorite meat and barbecue sauce in the crockpot. Voila! :)We do tacos a lot which have all the food groups and are pretty easy. The kids like chicken parmesan and potato-chip chicken. Just coat it in sour cream, roll in crushed Lay's chips and bake.
ReplyDeleteWe have taco night too. I also like using the crock pot. I'm usually the chef so we also like pork chops and homemade pizza is a winner with our kids. Ill also use the pressure cooker for beef roasts it only takes about 40 minutes and while it cooks i'll make the sides. I don't make anything that takes more than an hour.
ReplyDeleteOne of the kids does like meat, one doesn't. But I definitely like meat dishes, especially ones that are baked and can be made the night before.
ReplyDeleteOne of the easiest crockpot dishes is salsa chicken: throw in any chicken (frozen or not, breasts or thighs) a jar of salsa and a packet of taco seasoning. Cook on low all day and you have really tender, shredded chicken for tacos, burritos, tostadas, etc.
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