Is this enough for an evening meal

[pyjamagirl]

I's carrott soup with bread substantial enough for kids evening meal ?

Chocolate cake for afters

I would think so yes.

how old are the kids?? mine would probably still be hungry after.

Wouldn't have thought so... not much protein in there. Unless they'd had a steak for lunch! Well seriously it does depend on what they've eaten earlier in the day.

Add a hunk of cheese and/or yogurt maybe.

They are 9,8,6,4 and 22 months

2 of them asked if they could have soup for tonights meal

Depends what they have had for lunch I guess.

I think DD would probably still be hungry after soup. What else is in the carrot soup - any pulses or anything?

Well depends what else they've had.

Could you add a cheese and ham toastie perhaps if it's something 'snacky/quick' you want to do?

I would do just the soup for lunch, but not enough for dinner.

Mine have had vegetable soup with bread before for dinner and been fine, this was homemade with lots of veg and pasta in it though.

chunky (almost stew type) soup would be fine.

it's got pasta in I was also thinking of doing potato cakes to go with it aswell
they have had meat dishes all week

Just want to do something quick as they are all coming in at diffrent times tonight

Soup and a cheese sandwich.

If plenty of past a in I think it will be i=fine. Else serve with a cheese, egg or meat sandwich.

Sounds good. I make a very chunky bacon, veg and bean soup (liquidised for the kids so they can't object to any of the ingredients) and it is a very substantial meal for the children with hunks of bread.

Rather than carrot soup,make what my ds calls 'red soup' - onions, red pepper, carrots, potato, red lentils and tinned tomatoes all cooked together and whizzed in the blender. Really easy to make and really filling and nutritious. I use two tins of tomatoes and 8 oz of lentils with a couple of each sort of veg - serves loads.

Oh, add two tins of water too.

You know, this may be a bit late, but I thought I'd just put in my 2 cents - one lower protein meal won't do any damge whatsoever, and as well as this, if you used ww bread/pasta, that is high in protein too. As vegans, we often eat this type of meal and none of us have a protein deficiency!
If I did want to boost the calorie/protein intake in such a meal, then I puree butter beans,lentils or chickpeas/whatever pulse you like in to the soup to make it very substantial. Or you serve the bread with hummus. Enjoy...