What's your quickest, easiest meal for children?

[abigaillockhart]

I always end up serving gnocchi when I'm not eating with children. Tonight they had it with veg (frozen) and salmon fillet (microwaved). Took about 4 mins in total.

Would love some new really quick ideas for those days when you don't get in until 5 and need something speedy.

pasta and pesto (10 mins)

Tin of mackerel in tomato sauce

Cooked pasta

Mix together

Ta-dah

I know it sounds gross, but it's actually rather yummy

Macdonalds

French toast

Fried rice (with cold rice, handful of chopped veggies/meat and a beaten egg or two.)

Pasta with ham and chickpeas.

Boil Pasta
Add chopped ham (or tuna etc)
Add tin of chickpeas
Add cream
Warm through.

10 minutes!

eggs of any description, on good thick toast

cheese on toast

pasta with peas and parmesan

Wow! You were all quick. Never thought about tinned mackerel - yum.

What on earth would we do without pasta???

pasta, pasta, pasta

today pasta with cheese sauce, frozen peas and sweetcorn.

bad day - pasta with tomato puree!

x post, you are so right!

Chopped cooked chicken breasts
Stock with a dash of soy sauce
Microwave noodles
Peas Grated raw carrot

Easy peasy

cous cous is a great standby - with any veggies/tin of tuna/chicken etc

pasta, broccoli, ham, sweetcorn and cheese sauce! 10 mins! Thats what they had for lunch today!

Pasta and pesto
Chicken stir fry with noodles
Wrap
Tuna steak

omelette

make your own pizza with proper muffins sliced in half and topped then grilled

pasta/pesto

eggy bread

You don't get in 'til 5 and you need something speedy? What are you talking about, we don't get in 'til 6 most nights and we still manage to cook properly. DD is still in bed by 7pm.

omelette - also one of the few ways I can get veggies into my son if I mix it in.

indiechick - do they get time to digest? htf do you do dinner, bath and bed that quick? Takes me hours.

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indiechick, I take it you only have the one child then? And she is quite co-operative about eating and bedtime etc?

pitta (fropm freezer)
grated cheese
cuc
houmous
beetroot
cherry toms

stick it all on the table nad assemble your own

Microwave rice, frozen peas put in a bowl with boiling water for about 3 mins, grated cheese and some kind of meat (left over roast chicken, chopped up ham/cocktail sausages etc).

All mixed together - done!

oh and if I know it is a crap meal (e.g. pasta and butter) then they are presented with a 'starter' of a bowl of beetroot, cuc, cheery toms, ham, cheese etc and a cocktail stick.

Eat your heart out gordon fing ramsey.