When it comes to healthy eating, it’s a great idea to try and eat a wide variety of fruits and vegetables.
A great way to ensure you are getting a good mix of vitamins and nutrients is to try and serve lots of different colours on the one plate. This is also ideal when you are trying to lose pregnancy weight.
Today we have a great mix of family friendly meals that all offer a rainbow of colours and flavours.
The only place you don’t need a lot of colour is with your drinks – plain water is always the best choice. We also loves sparkling water with some lemon or crushed berries for a kick of flavour.
Pad Thai
The great thing about stir fries and noodles (which most kids love) is that you can really freestyle it and use whatever you have on hand.
Don’t feel as though you need to stick too closely to the recipe – just use up the last of the zucchini if you don’t have a capsicum; or go overboard on the carrot if they were on special this week.
Just try and use plenty of different colours in order to make the meal as nutrient dense as possible.
Choose your own favourite for this recipe – it could be vegetarian, prawns, tofu, chicken or beef.
Recipe here.
Healthy Nachos
All that corn, capsicum, avocado, cheese, beans and tomato make for a taste explosion that the family will love.
Plus this recipe uses a healthier option for the crunchy base, rather than corn chips.
This healthy version packs in plenty of goodness and only has 310 calories per serve – that’s a winning recipe in our books.
Here’s the recipe.
Roast Chicken with Quinoa Tabbouleh
A colourful side to go with a classic family favourite dinner. You don’t always have to serve chicken hot either – you can prepare the meal ahead of time and enjoy cold on a warm night.
Here is the roast chicken recipe and here is the tabbouleh.
Homemade Pizza
Find a kid who isn’t a fan of tomato. Place slices of tomato on a pizza and they normally gobble it up.
Strange but true – you can often get fussy eaters to try new things by
a) getting them involved in making the dough;
b) helping you to prepare the pizza toppings; and
c) eating the pizza as a family.
Our Tomato and Bocconcini pizza was a massive hit during our January 28 Day Diet and Exercise Challenge.
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Rainbow Frittata
Here’s another ‘clear out the veggie crisper’ recipe that is totally customisable.
Use the vegetables that your family love to make this frittata, and serve it with a tossed salad for an all-colour meal.
If you want to customise from the start – just try to use 2 cups of vegetables of your choice (or better yet, use leftovers from a roast the night before).
Get inspired with the following ideas:
- Roasted sweet potato chunks
- Brussels Sprouts, raw, thinly sliced
- Roasted onions
- Carrot, raw, grated
- Corn on the cob, cooked, then cut off
- Roasted butternut squash chunks
- Mushrooms, raw, sliced
- Baby spinach leaves, raw, torn
- Shallots, raw, diced
- Red capsicum, raw, diced
- Zucchini, raw, grated
Ingredients:
- 2 cups of vegetables
- 1 tsp olive oil
- Handful of freshly chopped basil or parsley
- 6 eggs, lightly whisked
- Salt and pepper
- ¼ cup grated cheddar
Method:
- Preheat your grill to high.
- Heat a 20cm ovenproof frying pan to med/high (or you can use a regular frying pan and then transfer the veggies to an oven safe pan such as a round cake tin later) and add the oil.
- Add all of your vegetables and stir until they are all warmed through.
- Add the herbs, eggs and seasoning and give a gentle stir.
- Allow the mixture to set slightly around the edges before sprinkling over the cheese.
- Place under the hot grill and cook until the top is golden and there are no wobbly bits of egg left.
- Serves: 6.
Calories per serve: approx 270 (this will vary depending on veggies used).
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