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Dinner inspiration please

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goodcharIotte · 26/05/2023 08:49

I'm a single mum to a 1 year old, she's a fairly good eater for her age, not very fussy. I need some dinner inspo, what are your fav dinners you share with your little ones?

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WeirdPookah · 26/05/2023 10:59

A tray bake of roasted vegetables is really versatile.

You can season your end a bit more spicy, doing extra peppers, tomatoes and onions at the same time and leaving them for lunch the next day is delicious. Then add a simple oven-cooked protein of choice and it's all good!
Last night we had sweet potato, pepper, toms, courgettes with chipotle seasoning. Any difference in seasoning can really change the meal, we eat it once a week without fail, but never boring as it's so easy to change up. Easy to cut the veg how your child manages best (sticks, wedges etc).

Rainbowqueeen · 26/05/2023 11:21

Salmon or strips of chicken with mash and steamed veges

Spag bol

Macaroni cheese

Scrambled eggs with toast

Fivemoreminutes1 · 26/05/2023 11:22

Naan pizzas www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/recipes/naan-bread-pizza I use mini naans and do 1 for my LO and 2 for any adults eating. Any not used can be frozen for another day.

Omelette/frittata realfood.tesco.com/recipes/kids-sweet-potato-and-chorizo-frittata.html I swap the chorizo for cooked chicken or ham

Sesame chicken noodles www.myfussyeater.com/sesame-honey-chicken-noodles/

Egg fried rice - www.annabelkarmel.com/recipes/veggie-egg-fried-rice/ this recipe is really easy to halve. It’s speedy too!

PinkMimosa · 04/06/2023 17:52

How about a curry @goodcharIotte?

You could always miss out the chilli and you'd have some to freeze for another night Wink

GenAndWine · 08/06/2023 12:00

Salmon bites (I use the wonky packets that aren’t evenly sized if you know what I mean and cut into bit sized bits for them). Plain for the kids, some sort of spice or rub for adults with rice or grains (often a cheat microwave pack) or new potatoes and a veg or two (something green usually but tomato’s/peppers/courgette roasted together also works).

’mexican’ - rice, homemade refried beans, cheese, salsa plus hot sauce or jalapeños for the adults. Depending what I have in it’s served as a bowl meal, a burrito (kids get it deconstructed style), tacos or quesadillas. I stick pepper sticks, baby sweetcorn and baby tomatoes on the side to up the veg quota. Homemade beans because apparently the pre-made tins have a texture one of mine won’t touch. You could add avocado or guacamole but none of us like it.

Omelette. Great way to use up all the random bits of veg in the fridge.

Traybakes as someone already mentioned.

roast dinners are a winner so if I do them I do enough to get a mid week roast out of the leftovers.

Barbecue. Chicken or pork steaks and a couple of salads. Eaten outside. Picnic is also popular with mine. Doesn’t really matter what it is. The importance is in eating it on a picnic blanket on the grass.

pesto pasta. Mac n cheese. We’ve recently convinced ours to try lasagnas. Spinach and ricotta lasagna is particularly fast to pull together.

Homemade kabab. Pitta (the one year old gets strips of pitta with the stuff next to it instead of stuffed into it). Lamb koftas or chicken skewers or falafels. Salady stuff - lettuce, white or red cabbage, etc. Quick pickled red onions. Hummus/garlic sauce/chilli sauce/whatever you like really.

SiouxsieSiouxStiletto · 08/06/2023 16:11

GenAndWine · 08/06/2023 12:00

Salmon bites (I use the wonky packets that aren’t evenly sized if you know what I mean and cut into bit sized bits for them). Plain for the kids, some sort of spice or rub for adults with rice or grains (often a cheat microwave pack) or new potatoes and a veg or two (something green usually but tomato’s/peppers/courgette roasted together also works).

’mexican’ - rice, homemade refried beans, cheese, salsa plus hot sauce or jalapeños for the adults. Depending what I have in it’s served as a bowl meal, a burrito (kids get it deconstructed style), tacos or quesadillas. I stick pepper sticks, baby sweetcorn and baby tomatoes on the side to up the veg quota. Homemade beans because apparently the pre-made tins have a texture one of mine won’t touch. You could add avocado or guacamole but none of us like it.

Omelette. Great way to use up all the random bits of veg in the fridge.

Traybakes as someone already mentioned.

roast dinners are a winner so if I do them I do enough to get a mid week roast out of the leftovers.

Barbecue. Chicken or pork steaks and a couple of salads. Eaten outside. Picnic is also popular with mine. Doesn’t really matter what it is. The importance is in eating it on a picnic blanket on the grass.

pesto pasta. Mac n cheese. We’ve recently convinced ours to try lasagnas. Spinach and ricotta lasagna is particularly fast to pull together.

Homemade kabab. Pitta (the one year old gets strips of pitta with the stuff next to it instead of stuffed into it). Lamb koftas or chicken skewers or falafels. Salady stuff - lettuce, white or red cabbage, etc. Quick pickled red onions. Hummus/garlic sauce/chilli sauce/whatever you like really.

Oh mine used to love salmon bites when they were little. I used to dip the salmon in egg and then in breadcrumbs and bake them in the oven.

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