Help, need inspiration for kids dinners.

[HalloweenDuck]

I have got stuck in a rut with my kids dinners.
They have cereal for breakfast, fruit for snacks and then rolls/ sandwhiches with cheese, cucumber/ fruit youghurt etc for lunch.
All good and happy with that.

However tea time i am stuck with. I am happy with them having same week in week out for breaky and lunch but want more for tea.

My partner and i are obsese and on a diet at the min, so our dinner is seperate.
The children eat well, fish/ meat/ pasta/ veggies.

But it is coming in the same form each week.

We can not have tomatoes, so please avoid those. Most meals need to contain meat or able to have meat added. (youngest needs it) and only eldest eats rice.

We are on a budget as running 2 meals a night ( though tend to match up with veggies/ salads as much as poss)

i am finding it hard to think of meals that have the meat/ potatoe/ veg fix.

Many thanks in advance for any ideas.

Do they eat pasta? You dont say what your usual meals are, so I might be repeating some.

Fish Pie
Chicken, mushroom & pesto pasta
Banger surprise (BBQ beans & sausages in a jacket potato with cheese on top)
Fajitas
Beef & brocolli with noodles

Some of these ideas are on my blog if you want to have a look.

Why not all eat the same healthy things? The only differences between the diet of a child and someone trying to lose weight are going to be quantities and proportions. If you all eat the same foods (and you can't pander to fussy eaters) then not only will you lose weight but your children will get a healthier eating habit and your grocery bill will be cheaper.

Example... grilled fish with vegetables and new potatoes is a healthy meal. The dieters have proportionally more vegetables and fewer potatoes on their plate perhaps. The children have smaller portions of everything on theirs.

Thank you both.
BA they all look good, i will definately be stealing some of those.
CES we do eat meals such as those 3x a week when we eat as a family. However my dh and i eat when they are in bed the other 4 nights and we like meals with tomatoes/ spicy or just not suitable for children due to complete lack of fat/ sugar.
My little one is FTT so needs more than we do in calories and my dd1 is so so active she has lost weight. I do not want to give them weight issues, they know mummy and daddy ate too much choccy and on a diet. But i think it is better for them to have our meals rest of the time as i need it to be healthy for them, not just us.

fish cakes, veg and mash
omelette with sliced potato, spinach etc
soup and bread or baked spuds
lightly spiced curry? Lentils and chickpeas are very healthy too.

You can easily add extra fat and calories to a plate of healthy food for children that need more energy. Knobs of butter on potatoes/rice/pasta/veggies or extra oil stirred into sauces. They get extra snacks between meals where you don't need them. No-one really needs sugar.

If you can get them onto avocado that is a brilliant high calorie super food, soooooo much goodness in avo's!!!!

Pasta with cheese sauce, tin salmon and brocolli (i have been known to blitz the brocolli so its just green flecks rather than florrets in this dish)
homemade chicken nuggets, breast or thighs in chunks tossed in breadcrumbs then lightly pan fried.
homemade meatballs, any minced meat with breadcrumbs and an egg, vary your seasoning to the meat (pork and sage, beef with wholegrain mustard, chicken and pesto)