Healthy recipes for family?!
Healthy recipes for family?
any good healthy family recipes anyone... need to rethink my eating plan for the children its gone down hill over the last few months as a result of some issues.. i really need some help for some tasty ideas they will enjoy.. thanks verymuch xx
Additional Details3 weeks ago
these are fab will print them all off thanks
Answers:
3 weeks ago
these are fab will print them all off thanks
Pita pizzas
take flat pitas and spread pasta sauce and cheese or whatever healthy toppings. bake at 350 for about 10-15 mins.
Italian pasta chicken bake
Saute 3-4 chicken breasts
cut up when cool
boil 1 lb fusilli, drain and add cut up chicken, can of italian diced tomatoes, green pepper, salt, pepper
mix in low fat chedder cheese
sprinkle bread crumbs and parmesan cheese on top
Bake for 30 mins at 350. serve with salad
Turkey burgers
1 pound lean ground turkey
1/2 cup bread crumbs
pepper, chili powder and garlic
couple of shakes of soy sauce
1/4 cup egg beaters
mix and shape patties
you can grill or saute them, put slices of low fat swiss cheese and tomato on a bun, Serve with baked fries.
all green vegetable.
Sneaky Veggie Spaghetti Recipe:
2 - 15 ounce cans organic tomato sauce
3 - 2.5 ounce jars first stage organic baby food (Must be completely pureed)
? cup shredded Italian cheese
2 tablespoons garlic powder
2 tablespoons Italian seasonings
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon sugar
Organic, whole wheat angel hair pasta
Dash salt (Optional)
1. In a saucepan, combine all ingredients except angel hair pasta and salt.
2. Cook over medium heat. Stir frequently, until simmering.
3. Reduce heat. Continue to stir frequently.
4. Prepare desired amount of angel hair pasta, according to package directions.
5. Optional: Add salt.
6. Sauce will be ready when pasta is drained.
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Tomato Zucchini Bake Recipe:
1 medium onion, chopped finely
1 clove garlic, minced
2 T butter or margarine
1 T olive oil
? teaspoon salt
? teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
? teaspoon dried basil
2 medium zucchini, ends trimmed, sliced ? inch thick
3-4 medium tomatoes, sliced ? inch thick
20-25 pieces of partly skim mozzarella cheese, each 1 ? inches square, ? inch thick
1. Heat butter and olive oil in a medium skillet.
2. Add onion and sauté gently until tender, 5-7 minutes.
3. Add garlic and sauté another minute.
4. Add salt, pepper and basil.
5. In a round, non-greased baking dish, layer alternate slices of tomato, zucchini and mozzarella cheese, spiraling in to the center.
6. Spoon the onion-garlic mixture over top.
7. Bake at 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes, until hot and slightly tender.
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Famous Shamus Stews Recipe:
Basic ingredient recipe*
2 cups each of previously cooked**:
Pinto Beans
Potatoes
Red Cabbage (you may also use green, or mix some of each, but red is best)
Beef or Chicken Broth (made either from bullion or stock)
1 cup each of previously cooked:
Hamburger
Spaghetti Sauce
Chicken, Pork, or both
? cup each of:
Bacon pieces
Catsup
Brown Sugar
Cider Vinegar
Salt and Pepper to taste.
1. Mix all ingredients into one large pot.
2. In a large pot, over medium heat, warm ingredients.
3. Add your own story.
4. Pour into bowls and serve up a hearty meal.
*The recipe can also be “enhanced” by any other leftovers you would like to add to it.
**Previously cooked includes whatever spices (garlic, onion, green pepper, etc.) your own family particularly prefers.
Think a meat and two veg, or a protein and two veg if you are vegetarian.
Fish is super quick to get on the table, and so are marinated chicken breasts. You can serve these in taco shells, or on top of pizza, if you are adventurous!
Have the kids make up a salad each night for you -- they love cutting cucumbers, washing lettuce and cutting carrots. Another great veggie dish is crudites -- simply put, carrot sticks, celery sticks etc. on a plate. You can make a dip with plain yogurt -- or add a little French Onion Soup mix or Italian Dressing powder to the yogurt to make a fancier dip.
I'm very lucky that my kids like fresh spinach, boiled for three minutes, and steamed broccoli (steamed for four minutes). Try these -- you can dip the broccoli. Spinach is great with a little canned tuna and some soy sauce.
Don't be afraid to ask your kids for their opinions -- they may have some great ideas. And make up a menu for a week -- that will help with meal-time panics.
Good luck!
Here are some healthy recipes for kids and I hope they like them for summer!
<<<<<<<< Roasted chicken salad >>>>>> Serves 4
2 gloves of garlic, crushed
2 slices of fresh ginger, crushed
2 stalks of green onions, finely chopped
1 red chili, seeded, finely chopped
3 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon rice vinegar (or balsamic vinegar)
a pinch of salt
1 teaspoon of sugar
1 teaspoon ground peppercorn
1 tablespoon of sherry, cooking wine
2 teaspoon of sesame oil
1 store bought roasted spring chicken, shredded
1) Heat frying pan or wok on low heat, add sesame oil and stir fry garlic & ginger till golden, add all other ingredients into the pan / wok. Bring to boil. Remove from heat. Let it cool.
2) Serve dressing at the table with warm roasted chicken pieces top on bed of lettuce and garnish with cherry tomatoes.
<<<<<< V8 Beef Soup >>>>>> cooking time 60 mins+
Serving : 4
800 g Beef (cut into a 2 inches pieces)
1 big onion, sliced
1/2 cabbage (cut into 4 quarters)
3 stalks of celery (cut into 2 inches long)
1 big carrot, cut into 1 inch cubes
2 tablespoons of butter
2 cloves of garlic
800 cc of V8 vegetable juice
2 litre of water
2 tablespoon of cooking wine (optional)
salt & pepper
1) Boil water in a stock pot.
2) Heat a sauce pan with some cooking oil, melt butter in the pan, stir fry the onion and garlic over medium heat till fragrant, add beef into the sauce pan, stir fry quickly then pour wine in the pan, stir fry for 1 minute
3) Add the cabbage, celery, carrot and the beef mixture into the boiling water, then add V8 into the pot, bring to boil, reduce heat to low and simmer for 40 minutes to 1 hour, stir occasionally
4) Add salt and pepper to taste, serve hot. with garlic bread or bread sticks
<<<<<< Beef Stroganoff >>>>> Serves 4
500 g beef tenderloin, cut into strips
2 cloves of garlic, minced
1 onion, sliced
10 butter mushroom, sliced
1 green pepper, cut into strips
2 tablespoon olive oil or cooking oil
2 tablespoon cooking wine or sherry or red wine
20g butter
7 tablespoon plain flour
5 tablespoon tomato paste or Campbell cream of tomato soup
1 small pack Beef Bouillon (powder)
2 tablespoon fresh cream
150 cc sour cream
salt & pepper to taste
sugar (optional, to adjust the sour taste of tomato paste, if desired)
1) Marinate beef with salt & pepper, set aside
2) Heat a big sauce pan over medium heat, add olive oil & butter, stir fry garlic and onion till fragrant, stir in mushroom & beef, stir fry quickly for 1 minute (till beef turned colour)
3) Sprinkle cooking wine on beef mixture, then add flour, stir fry quickly for 1 minute or till mixture is hot enough, add tomato paste and beef bouillon, stir quickly and cook till mixture is thicken, add salt and pepper to taste.
4) Mix fresh cream & sour cream then pour into sauce pan, bring to a boil, add green pepper, toss to combine, turn off heat.
5) Spoon beef mixture over butter rice, serve hot.
<<<< Fruit -filled Pork Chop >>>>> Serves 8
1 Rack of pork, containing 8 cutlets
500g blueberries or blackcurrants
6 tablespoons garlic salt
5 tablespoons freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons olive oil
250 ml dry white wine
1) Preheat over to 200 degree C/400 degree F/ Gas 6.
2) Using a sharp knife to separate bones from meat, leaving both ends intact, to make a pocket. Trim excess fat from outside of rack.
3) Mix garlic salt with 3 tablespoon of black pepper in a bowl, rug mixture on the meat, mix 2 tablespoon of black pepper with the blueberries in a bowl, place half of the fruit mixture in pocket of meat.
4) Place meat in a flameproof baking dish, brush pork with olive oil and bake for 30 minutes.
5) Reduce oven temperature to 180 degree C / 350 degree F / Gas 4 and bake for 1 hour longer or until cooked. Remove meat from pan, place on a warm serving platter, cover with foil and set aside to stand for 15 - 20 minutes.
<<<<< Greek Spinach Rice >>>>>> Serves 4
90g butter
1 cup long grain rice
2 cups chicken stock (rich one is better)
sat and freshly ground black pepper to taste
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 gloves of garlic, finely chopped
2 large onions, finely chopped
250g frozen chopped leaf spinach
4 stalks of spring onions, chopped
1) Heat butter in medium heavy-based pan over low heat; stir fry chopped onions till fragrant, add rice stir fry for about 10 minutes or until lightly golden.
2) Add chicken stock in the pot, turn up heat to high, bring to boil, reduce heat, add salt and pepper, simmer with cover for about 20 minutes, stir constantly. Cover and set aside.
3) Heat oil in a small frying pan, stir fry garlic till fragrant over low heat, add spinach (thaw) and stir in 2 tablespoons of chicken stock, covered and cook for 3 minutes or till spinach is hot. Add spring onions, turn off heat.
4) Mix spinach mixture to rice. Stir until just heated through.
This Spinach rice is very good to serve with Seafood dishes. You may use fresh spinach leaves, about 1 kg, just boil the spinach then blend the leaves with olive oil and chicken stock to puree it. Then you can just pour the mixture in the rice and stir till they combine well. I always like to use fresh ingredients, they taste wonderful
<<<<<<< Stir-fried Salty and Crispy Prawns >>>>>>>>
600g tiger prawns, with shell
3 gloves garlic (finely chopped)
2 small Thai red chili (seeded, finely chopped)
green onion (finely chopped)
1/2 cup cooking oil
1/2 egg white (slightly beat)
1 tablespoon of cooking wine
1/2 tablespoon cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon salt
a dash of five-spice powder
a dish of black pepper
1) Rinse the prawns and pat dry, cut off antennae and all appendages from the prawns (still in shell), devein and mix with egg white, cornstarch for about 15 minutes, set aside.
2) Heat the wok in high heat, then add oil till hot, reduce heat to medium high, deep-fry the prawns for 1.5 minutes or until the shell is crispy, remain and drain.
3) Remove oil from the wok, reheat the wok then add 1 tablespoon oil, stir fry garlic & chili till fragrant, add salt, five-spice powder and black pepper to the wok, return prawns in wok and stir quickly for 1 minute or till mix well, sprinkle green onion.
3) Transfer to a serving plate, serve immediately.
<<<<<<<< Grilled Chicken Wings >>>>>>> (this is a Hong Kong style of BBQ wings)
800 g Chicken wings
1 clove of garlic (crushed)
2 slices of fresh ginger (crushed)
2 tablespoon of honey mix with 1 tablespoon of boiled water
Marinade:
5 tablespoon of soy sauce
2 tablespoon of cooking wine
3 teaspoon of sugar
2 teaspoon of cornstarch
Mix the chicken wings, garlic, ginger with the marinade, marinate in the refrigerator overnight or at least 2 hours
Pre-heat the oven 180 degree C, bake the chicken wings for about 20 mins or until golden on all sides (turn occasionally). Reduce heat to 100 degree C, brush honey water over the chicken wings and bake for 5 mins. Serve with garden green salad or potato salad
If your kids like seafood, you may try this summer recipe, it is fast and delicious!
<<<<< Salmon Cutlets with Pineapple Salsa >>>>>> (Serves 4)
4 Salmon cutlets, cut 2.5 cm in thick
pepper + salt
1) Preheat barbecue (oven) to a medium heat.
2) Sprinkle salt and pepper on Salmon cutlets
3) Cook salmon cutlets on lightly oiled barbecue grill for 3-5 minutes each side or until flesh flakes when tested with a fork.
Pineapple salsa
160 g fresh pineapple, roughly chopped
2 spring onions, finely chopped
1 fresh red chili, seeded and finely chopped
2 tablespoon lemon juice
2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh mint
Put all the ingredients in a food processor or blender and process to combine. Serve at room temperature with salmon cutlets & boiled vegetables (broccoli or crauliflowers, baby corn, etc.)
If you want your children to eat better, here are some easy things to switch that they won't hardly notice. If you are making breakfast for them such as bacon, don't use regular bacon. try low fat turkey bacon. it tastes better, less fat to gag on, and it is way healthier for you. if you are making scrambled eggs. take two eggs, use one regular egg, but get rid of the yolk in the other egg. this allows the scrambled eggs to still keep its yellow color, and taste better, as well as being better for you. instead of drinking 2% milk, switch to 1% or lowfat. instead of trix yogurt, switch to lowfat yoplait. Just little things that the kids won't notice. Stock up on apples and cut them into slices, maybe mixing in strawberry slices and grapes. It's sweetly satisfying and I eat it all the time. If they want cookies, no problem. Use lowfat butter, lowfat milk, and use dark chocolate chips rather than milk chocolate. it is a well known fact that dark chocolate is better for you. If they want a croissant for breakfast, maybe convince them to go for toast and jam, a much healthier alternative. Croissants have as much fat as two glazed dognuts! If they want mayonaise and ham on their sandwich, try asking if they would rather have mustard with turkey and lettuce on it; which is much lower in fat, or maybe put on less mayo when they have turkey and lettuce on their sandwich. Try buying lower fat pudding packs for the kids, and instead of chocolate muffins, try blueberry or strawberry muffins. cranberry juice is very tasty and healthy for you, as well as grape. So try and replace that Koolaid or Tropical Punch Juice with Cranberry, Grape, opr Apple Juice. Buy mini carrots with low fat ranch dip, and shrimp is very good. When you are cooking meat, try grilling instead of baking or frying. Try to get all of the fat you can off of the meat before cooking, and add spices and maybe some lemon for a little zest. If you are going out to eat, look for words that say grilled or filleted, then go for that. Stay away from nonos like fried or bathed. If you are out at chinese, don't get that greasy stir fry dish. try wonton or miso soup, or the beef and broccoli. Those are my favorites. The stars in hollywood often eat edamame, filled with lots of soy. add some salt, and they kind of tast like chips in a weird way. Christina Aguilera and Jessica Alba are fans of edamame. I love edamame a lot! If you want a crunch, try chex mix or baked lays potato chips( I like the barbeque) :) Try not having as many snacks in your pantry, so you can resist the temptation. Pies are extremely unhealthy for you, but if you are a pie fan, try healthy ones with fruit, and lay off the whip cream, and go for a smaller slice. If you want cake, go for strawberry shortcake. If you are a chocolate freak, then go for a little ammount each day and make sure it's dark chocolate. Also, try EmergenC, which is a good replacement for soda. It fizzes, comes in different flavors, and you can buy it anywhere. I find it extremely refreshing. If you just can't get away from soda, drop that coke and go for ginger ale, such as the Canada Dry. It is said to help an upset stomach and is much better for you. If you follow these tips, you will lose weight and stay healthier. It worked for me; I lost 9 pounds in 10 weeks just by doing this healthful habits, and you don't even have to exercise! I feel much happier and healthier.