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Please help me with super easy, super quick and super tasty meals for the entire family

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SecondsAreTheBest · 12/09/2022 20:32

Hi. DC1 is 7 and very fussy (and significantly underweight). Dc2 has just turned 1, loves food (and according to HV we need to watch the portion sizes) but isn't really good with anything that's slightly hard to bite off or chew. Both kids love pasta, vegetables and plain rice.

I'm a vegetarian, have very little time and am a lousy cook. Dh and me aren't fussy though and are happy to eat what the kids are eating.

I'm looking for a few easy and healthy recipe ideas that I can prepare for all of us that both kids (especially the older one) will eat. The only staples I've got are pasta with tomato sauce and grated cheese or rice with vegetables. Sometimes ready made food or take away but I'd like to cut down on those. Ideally something that I can quickly adapt to add more calories for dc1 or add meat at a later stage.

Thanks so much!!

OP posts:
cataline · 13/09/2022 17:41

CatSpeakForDummies · 13/09/2022 10:58

The Green Roasting Tin cookbook has been a lifesaver for easy, veggie ideas for us!

I love this one too!

Any Bosh book also

lightisnotwhite · 13/09/2022 19:32

SecondsAreTheBest · 12/09/2022 22:43

This sounds intriguing. I cannot for the life of me make any kind of white sauce without the milk curdling.

Do you just crack an egg into the tub of yogurt? Do you still cook then the whole thing?

I whisk up the yogurt and egg in a separate bowl! Don’t want my muesli with bits of egg. You might want the whole tub and two eggs if your’re doing a middle layer.
It doesn’t curdle but remember to add plenty of salt and pepper otherwise it’s tasteless.

I find the advantage over white sauce is you can gauge the amount better. I do the flour and butter thing for white sauce and never get the quantity right for the right consistency.

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