What is your best super fast healthy meal?

[suziek]

What is your best fallback meal? You know, the one you make when you haven't given dinner a moments thought, your kids (and you) hve been active ll day and NEED something really yummy and nutritious to eat and it's 4:55 pm?

[Snuzzmom]

Hmm... this usually ends up being served in the morning, but we've done it at night on occasion. It's quick and my 2.5-year-old can actually help and it's certainly nutritious.

SPECIAL JUICE!

* Green juice (we use the one from Trader Joe's)
* Spinach
* Protien powder
* Whatever fruit is available, fresh and/or frozen
* Vanilla yogurt

There are no set quantities to these. It's just a smoothy, after all.

DS is a picky eater and we like to give him these when he's had an especially food-free week. Knock on wood, he will ALWAYS drink this, at least.

[limabean]

Yeah, a smoothie is a good one, or lots of times we'll have eggs on toast and fruit if we're starving and need something nutritious that takes just minutes to prepare.

[Tigerchild]

Hummus or bean dip (I have canned beans and other incredients in my pantry all the time) and fresh veggies.

We also do plain cheese (sometimes with lunchmeat or leftover veggies chopped up and put in) quesadillas.

Onigiri (rice balls) are super easy. You can fill them with whatever you wish, squish them into cool shapes, and if you don't like nori just don't add it.

Also, pancakes. (we always have flour and the basic ingredients for those in the pantry too!)

[sparklefairy]

Canned black beans with cheese and either rice or whole wheat tortilla. Kids don't like salsa but I add some to mine (it's the kind that's all veggie).

[karne]

We have hens, so eggs of any style are a good last minute meal for us. My kids like "Toad in the Hole"=basically an egg cracked into a piece of whole wheat bread with a circle cut out of the middle. I cook it on the griddle and serve with a fruit or veggie. I love to scramble an egg, serve it over salad greens with a dressing like Annie's goddess dressing too. Yum.

Smoothies too!

[jeanine123]

I have pre-cooked chicken on hand, either roasted or grilled. I use it to make either vegetable red curry or chicken and mushroom quesadillas.

[IncaMama]

for my picky kid: eggs and fruit, or rice and fruit

for the rest of us: pan fried salmon (coconut oil), rice, steamed broccoli (salmon cooks so quickly). we usually have salmon on hand.

[Norasmomma]

I usually do "planned overs" so i'll have an extra chicken or turkey breast in the fridge waiting to be used.

I make a great stir fry that is WW linguini noodles(or spaghetti), chop up that chicken and whatever veggies are on hand. Cook that up while the pasta is cooking and mix them with sesame ginger dressing. It's my 15 minutes meal. LOVE IT!!!!!

I also love Chicken caesar for a fast dinner. We usually have all the ingredients for that too.

[Dahlea]

Cheese quesadillas or a salad with cheese and a fake chikn patty crumbled on it.

[BarnMomma]

Either Sunday evening or Monday morning I can be found in the kitchen making a huge pot of soup. Into this soup goes every single kind of veggie I can get my hands on including things like sweet potatoes and kale plus some form of protein liek chicken, beef, or lamb. Then guess what's for lunch every day, or dinner in a pinch? I can also make small batches of pasta or barley or rice to add to it on a daily basis. Also, I can toss it into a container and put in in the cooler to take with us if I kknow we''l be far from healthy options.

I also keep a healthy stock pile of local grass fed burger patties in the freezer. They take minutes to defrost in warm water and then I can do burgers, or chili, or whatever pretty quick.

[SparklingGemini]

Quesadillas with whole wheat tortillas, black beans, cheese and bell peppers!

YUM!



(Seems like quesadillas are pretty popular for quick healthy food.)

[alicia622]

cheesy triangles (aka quesadillas)

[Aubergine68]

Just made my kids pizzas for dinner, on ww pitas, with our fave canned tomato sauce on top, and small chunks of the ham I crockpotted and froze in pizza-portions and mozzarella pre-grated and frozen as well.

Asperagus (on sale this week) on the side, water to drink, cherries (on sale this week) for dessert.

It is Canada Day here, so the temptation to eat out at the fairgrounds was hard to avoid, but we did!

ETA eggs and quesadillas of all kinds are also major fast-food over here, too.

[bezark]

Peanut noodles. I make a simple peanut sauce (PB, soy sauce, ginger, red pepper flakes, garlic & water) and toss it with Barilla Plus or whole wheat spaghetti and cucumbers or bell pepper.

[nerdymom]

either a "rainy day" random casserole or soup from the freezer, or pancakes and eggs. We always have the stuff to make pancakes and eggs.

[Storm Bride]

I always have storebought curry paste and coconut milk, so one of our favourite quickies is just chopped chicken thighs, cooked in a coconut curry sauce. DD1 doesn't like it much, but the rest of us do.

[crowcaw]

Saute onions, ginger, garlic, dash cinnamon in olive oil. Add frozen spinach, canned rinsed garbanzos, and canned fire roasted tomatoes. Season and serve over brown rice or quinoa.

[tinyblackdot]

I buy the microwave bags of brown rice (i knwo its not great but a screaming child that doesnt eat + trying to wait on rice is not fun times) and then grean peas, and then chop up chicken into cubes add lemon pepper and stirfry.

[Oonah]

some of our favs

we throw some rice, spices leftover meats and veggies (fresh or frozen) into the rice cooker - takes about 15-20min

tortilla pizzas - flour tortillas topped with pizza sauce, cheese & whatever else is on hand - toss them in the oven or on the grill - ready in 10 min

refried beans - 2 cans pinto beans in the food processor with cilantro, garlic, lime juice & onion and cumin, warm the mixture on the stove or in the micro and serve with on chips or tortillas with cheese and veggies