Since starting this blog people are constantly asking me what I feed my kids. They presume that I never give them anything processed and that every meal is full of couscous, quinoa and vegetables! I tell them they are very much mistaken and my kids, like most others, happily chomp on fish fingers, oven chips, ready made pizzas and peanut butter sandwiches. However I do try to limit the amount of processed food they eat and ensure that the majority of their food is home cooked. 

They eat together for dinner during the week and at every meal on weekends and I refuse to make different meals for each of them. This does invariably mean that, due to his limited palate, those meals are dictated by The Boy’s wishes so this is where more processed or simple food (like pasta with bolognaise, beans on toast, jacket potatoes, burgers etc) is eaten. But on weekdays for lunch I always make sure Little Lady (16 months old) has something home cooked, nutritious and full of veggies. I thought you may (hopefully) find it interesting to see what she has in a typical week to give you an idea of yummy, healthy things to make that take no time at all.

(I don’t think she was impressed that I was taking photos while she was waiting patiently for her food!)

Day 1:

Tuna melt couscous muffins and Lentil and Sweet Potato Cheese Pie.

Day 2: 

Butternut Squash Cheesey Sauce on wholemeal pasta

Day 3: 

Lamb Any Mince Burgers with pasta and cucumber

Day 4: 

Spinach and Cheese Polenta Finger, Omlette, Broccoli and Sweetcorn

Day 5: 

Wholemeal pasta with Microwave Tomato and Vegetable Sauce and grated cheese

Day 6: 

Tuna and sweet potato fishcakes (recipe below) with Broccoli

1 can of tuna in spring water (if in brine rinse it well)

1 egg

1 sweet potato

Cook the sweet potato in the microwave or in peeled cubes in a pan of water until soft. Mash potato then mix with egg and tuna. Form into small patties and bake in oven for 20 minutes on 180 degrees c. Can be frozen by wrapping individually in clingfilm and defrosted by either leaving out a few hours or zapped in microwave for a couple minutes.

Day 7:

Cheesey Fish Pie and Cauliflower Sauce (recipe below) with pasta 

1/4 pack of fish pie mix (salmon, smoked haddock, cod)

Handful of grated cheese

Splash of milk

Couple florets frozen or fresh cauliflower

Cook the fish pie mix in microwave with some milk for 4 minutes. Cook cauliflower either on hob in a pan of water or in microwave. Finely chop cauliflower and flake the fish. Mix them together with the milk and cheese until it forms a thick “sauce”.