I seem to be constantly wheeling out the same things for sheer ease. DDs are 5 and 1.5. I used to cook much more complicated stuff for DD1 but over the past couple of years I seem to have reduced my repertoire because DD1 got fussier and I got busier.
Here's my list of weekday stalwarts:
- Scrambled eggs on toast
- Dippy egg and soldiers
- Pasta (pesto/peas, tuna/sweetcorn)
- Fish fingers/breaded fish fillets, chips and peas/baked beans
- Baked beans on toast
- "Picnic" (sandwiches, humous, yoghurt and fruit etc in front of the TV)
- Chicken drumsticks, chips and peas/sweetcorn
- Veggie hot dogs in bun with corn on the cob
- Heinz tomato soup and toast
- Pizza (homemade because DH makes dough and freezes it)
Occasionally:
- Chicken in breadcrumbs with mash and veg
And at weekends, if we all eat together, we might have:
- Roast (chicken or lamb) with roasties and veg
- Casserole (lamb) with mash and veg
- Chicken pie with mash and veg
That's pretty much it! I feel a bit embarrassed looking at the list now. Looks so limited and not a lot of rainbow veg going on - veg for the DDs is mostly sweetcorn and peas. They do eat A LOT of fruit and plain natural yoghurt.
What I really want are things that are as easy as beans on toast, but more of them so I can vary it up a bit!
TIA