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Quick healthy meals that kids will eat for parents short on time!

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Tiredtom · 08/08/2025 15:33

Please give me your best meals that you cook for your young children that do not take much time and are nutritious!

I work full time and so does my partner so I don’t have much spare time to meal plan or do a considered food shop. It all feels a bit all over the place if I’m honest and I’m embarrassed to admit I don’t know ‘how to cook’. I grew up in a diet of fried chips and butties and even now my diet is awful and I’m trying my best to make sure my child’s isn’t!

Please give me inspiration with failsafe meals that a) don’t take much time to cook, b) that are healthy and balanced and c) and probably most importantly that your child always eats!!

Thank you in advance!

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CoffeeCakeAndALattePlease · 17/08/2025 20:58

My kids are both super picky but pasta pesto is always popular. 10 mins to cook and will cook extra and put in a tub for another day.

can add grated cheese, sweetcorn, tuna, cooked chicken pieces, peas. Have with cucumber, tomato, celery and peppers on the side. Garlic bread. So many ways to quickly mix it up.

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