Family friendly recipes

foldingstarsx
foldingstarsx Posts: 14
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can anyone give me some ideas of some healthy,family friendly meals? my kids are 3 and 5 so nothing too fancy,spicy etc

anything that doesn't contain mushrooms or tomatos

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  • trisH_7183
    trisH_7183 Posts: 1,486 Member
    Soup,baked potatoes,breakfast for dinner,grilled sandwiches using whatever filling you like,mashed potatoes,soup,fritatta.
  • tinkybell16
    tinkybell16 Posts: 6 Member
    Homemade pizza? We make the dough from scratch too, end up with some weird shaped pizza once the kids have rolled them out but who cares!

    Pasta is a great one either with a sauce or cook it, mix with sauce/veg etc then put in an over proof dish and top with cheese for a pasta bake.

    Stuffed chicken works well in our house cut a pocket in a chicken breast fill with some form of cheese (light mozzerella, cheddar etc) and spinach or veg if you like. We have also used light soft cheese with herbs just make sure it is all pushed in so the chicken covers the filling. Then you can either wrap it in ham/bacon or dip it in a whisked egg and then in breadcrumbs and bake in the oven for about 20 mins. I serve the kids with chips or jacket but I just have salad. If you are being really good stick to light cheeses and wafer thin ham with egg white not a whoel egg - helps bring down the cals a bit!
  • JDURPS
    JDURPS Posts: 53 Member
    Have you ever checked out these cookbooks. Favorites made healthy. I love these

    Bonus all the recipes have nutritional info!

    http://janetandgreta.com/cookbooks
  • maasha81
    maasha81 Posts: 733 Member
    check out http://www.skinnytaste.com/ for ideas. She also has a little one that does 'taste tests' sometimes :)

    Her recipes are really delicious too.
  • foldingstarsx
    foldingstarsx Posts: 14
    i'll check those books out once i get a few minutes to myself.

    so depressed with not being able to exercise properly so going to put a little extra into the eating part this time
  • disneygallagirl
    disneygallagirl Posts: 515 Member
    the new thing my kids like are sweet potato fries, buy or make them from scratch.
    Another version is to bake thin slices or BBQ thick slices with olive oil. My picky 7 year old loves these.
  • nmf062174
    nmf062174 Posts: 171 Member
    I second skinnytaste-we made her turkey meatloaf last night and my 9 year old inhaled it!

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