What are the most nutritious meals that are quick and easy to make?

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I would say eggs, they are full of protein, and you can mix it up a bit by putting vegies in them if your kids are vegie eaters.

I whip up some “beanie weenies” Thanks mom and dad when I want something quick and healthy using vegetarian baked beans and turkey hotdogs. Sorry, that’s all I got

Fish cooks up pretty quickly. Try catfish or flounder. You can do that on the stove top in a pan with some cooking spray in 10 minutes. Add some salt (pinch), pepper, and lemon juice or a low salt cajun seasoning near the end. Steam some frozen veggies. Pop a small/medium potato in the microwave, two minutes on one side, one minute on the other. If your fork goes all the way through to the center it’s done. Daisy brand light sour cream tastes just as good as regular. YUM.

Prepare a variety of fresh vegetables; carrots (wash but do not peel), several different kinds of lettuces, thinly sliced turnips, celery, green onions, sliced garlic cloves, tomatoes and so forth. Top with fruit/yogurt mix and chopped nuts.

For variety over the week, vary the type of vegetables, going for greens and reds one day, and other colors another day, and top with tuna fish, bacon, cheese, ham or cubed turkey.

Serve with couscous, rice, baked potato or any variety of pasta.

Salad! It’s crunchy water.

Tequila, Lime, Triple Sec (if you must) and ice. Nutritious.

Soy-lent Green.

A quick stir fry of chicken and whatever vegetables your kids will eat, flavored with ginger and possibly garlic. Instead of soy, use a bit of low sodium chicken broth to make the sauce that you can then thicken with a touch of corn starch. Serve with rice.

Make a huge batch of homemade marinara sauce, divide into appropriate sized portions and freeze. Then when you want to make dinner, pull out a portion, thaw it and bring it up to a light boil. Then add whatever veg you want (I sneak in finely diced zucchini and carrots) and serve it over whole wheat pasta.

For dessert make cupcakes of zucchini or carrot bread with raisins in it and powdered sugar on top. Another possible dessert would be for your kids to make their own fruit kabobs from fruit you cut up in advance. Kids love to do this, but it is best done during good weather outside as it gets sticky in a hurry. Also, let them dip apple sections in Nutella.

For breakfast I usually have a whole wheat english muffin with fat free or low fat cream cheese and a slice of smoked turkey ham. I also have my coffee with fat free coffee mate. It’s really good and it keeps me satisfied until lunch time.

Oh, and for dinner I really like grilled chicken mixed with bell peppers and onion. You can also put a little bit of low fat teryaki sauce and serve with steamed rice. It’s delicious!