Active discussions

Meet the Other Phone. Flexible and made to last.

Meet the Other Phone.
Flexible and made to last.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Food/recipes

For related content, visit our food content hub.

Original poster

Easy Lunches

17 replies

KatieMac · 15/09/2004 22:14

Hi I'm a childminder and I try to do a hot/cooked lunch each day. I want to offer 6 or 7 different meals so that if a child only ever comes on a Monday they don't always have the same meal.

I have
Scrambled Egg
Baked Beans
Pasta & Cheese
Tomato Soup
H/M Veg Soup

I really need 2 more - can anyone help? I tend to stay Veggie and it needs to be manageable by quite young babies. (so no Pizza)

OP posts:
pixiefish · 15/09/2004 22:15

macaroni cheese

Skate · 15/09/2004 22:17

Have you tried eggy bread?

I know you've got scrambled egg on there but it's really easy to make and babies could eat this as finger food. I usually serve it with beans.

lou33 · 15/09/2004 22:18

cheese on toast?

I cook all these big meals for my four kids, and then they go crazy with happiness when they get that instead!

lou33 · 15/09/2004 22:18

Yes mine also love eggy bread (and so do I!)

Skate · 15/09/2004 22:20

Ooh, cheese on toast - I'll try that one.

My kids are majorly picky eaters though so introducing anything new is a right nightmare!

Skate · 15/09/2004 22:21

Ha ha ha - nutritious this one - smiles and sausages!?!?! Mine live on it I'm ashamed to say!!

Hulababy · 15/09/2004 22:21

Quick Pizzas using a flour tortilla or an english muffin as the base. Add tomato and/or cheese as topping, plus anything else you fancy.

Pasta with Pesto

Toastie sandwiches

Chunky omelettes with fillings can be food finger food too.

lou33 · 15/09/2004 22:24

Two of mine like it with chopped ham on and the other two like it plain. I like it with finely chopped tomato, onion, dash of mustard ,mixed into grated cheese, and grilled (smile)

Original poster
KatieMac · 15/09/2004 22:26

I like pasta with pesto - but quite a few of the other are too chunky for weaning we aren't on finger food yet.....Sausages would be my first choice but they're not veggie

I don't agree with veggie food looking like meat iyswim

OP posts:
lou33 · 15/09/2004 22:27

Two of mine like it with chopped ham on and the other two like it plain. I like it with finely chopped tomato, onion, dash of mustard ,mixed into grated cheese, and grilled

Skate · 15/09/2004 22:27

I'm getting some great ideas for my fussy eaters!

KatieMac - you could vary your pasta dishes so use different pastas (sainsbury's do multicoloured pasta wheels which mine like) and different sauces - cheese, tomato, pesto.. then you could add in chicken or tuna and I also put spinach in with my tomato and tuna pasta as it's one of the few ways mine will eat veg!

cab · 15/09/2004 22:28

dd used to love Annabel Karmel's Cherub's couscous - can't quite remember recipe - think it was just couscous in veg stock and peas. Easy to freeze. Or vegetarian risotto?

lou33 · 15/09/2004 22:28

Sorry about double post, pc played up.

Skate · 15/09/2004 22:28

Sorry KatieMac - forgot about the veggie part and I've harped on about chicken pasta too.

Skate · 15/09/2004 22:29

Lou33 - how bizarre - we posted on this just seconds apart but my PC played up at the same time saying the server was temporarily unavailable!

Original poster
KatieMac · 15/09/2004 22:30

Yes the pasta sauces are great cos I can liquidise them.......thanks I'm getting there

OP posts:
Original poster
KatieMac · 16/09/2004 13:49

I decided Pasta with tomato and cauliflower cheese

OP posts:
New posts on this thread. Refresh page
Swipe left for the next trending thread