Sometimes cooking at home can feel overwhelming. It can feel like it either requires a lot of time and ingredients, or you fall into a rut of the same "simple" meals over and over again. I want cooking at home and family meals to feel possible, fun, and encouraging. So here are 3 quick and simple meal ideas to add to your menu rotations. Remember, I am not a professional recipe developer or writer - at all! These are just real meals that I make for my family. 1. Taco Bowls
*It's also super tasty to open up a can of refried beans to add to the bowls too! 2. Sloppy Joes
Preheat oven to 400F. Coat vegetable with oil, garlic powder and salt. Spread out onto a baking sheet. If roasting broccoli, roast for 20-30 minutes. If roasting asparagus, roast for 5-10 minutes. While the vegetable is roasting - Combine meat, onion, pepper, and water in a large skillet. Cover over medium-low heat and cook for 15 minutes or until mea reaches 160F. Add ketchup and mustard. Heat 5-10 minutes on low heat. Serve on hamburger buns, or sometimes I like to eat the meat over a steamed potato (sweet or regular). Serve with the vegetable. 3. Spaghetti Squash and Meat Sauce
While the squash is roasting, make the sauce. In a skillet, cook the meat to 160F. Once the meat is cooked fully add the tomatoes, salt, and seasonings to the skillet. Let the mixture heat through and simmer until the squash is ready. When the squash is ready, combine squash and sauce in a bowl and top with lots of parmesan cheese! Spaghetti squash alone is not a great a carb source. I recommend serving this with more carbs, like bread and butter, or you could add beans to the sauce. Otherwise, this meal probably won't keep you full for very long. A few notes on how to serve these meals to your whole family: ~ When serving to babies <1 year old, don't salt their portion. Set a portion aside without salt for them. Their kidneys are still developing, and they aren't quite ready for added salt yet. ~ For pickier eaters, or when serving meals your child has never seen before, serve meals deconstructed. Let them pick and choose what they want to add to their plate, and what foods they want to combine. ~ Every ingredient and amount is a loose recommendation. Play around with these things to find what is right for your family! ~ Never force your child to eat a food or finish their plate. Give them the autonomy to make these decisions themselves. At the same time, remember you're not a short order cook. They can choose from what is offered to the whole family. You're a loving parent, you did provide at least 1 food you know they feel safe around. See my blog post on Division of Responsibility in Feeding (linked below) for more information about how to handle family meals. Please reach out with an questions you have about these "recipes." Have fun in the kitchen, and enjoy have fun at family meals!! I WORK 1:1 WITH CLIENTS WHO ARE TRAPPED IN DIET CULTURE AND WANT OUT, WANT TO IMPROVE THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD, OR WANT SUPPORT RAISING THEIR CHILDREN TO HAVE A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN WORKING TOGETHER SEND ME AN EMAIL AT [email protected]
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