Cooking for the family...?

Question

Does anybody know of good websites that have fast & easy recipes suitable for the whole family- parents & child of toddler age? I would love to start cooking healthier food for us but finding the time is very difficult! thanks in advance

Answer 1

Pillsbury. I get LOADS of great recipes from them. They even email me new recipes, all the time.

Answer 2

Try this;

Bread Fritters;

Go to the bakery section of the store where you normally buy bread.

Ask the baker for an "unbaked" loaf of bread.

He must put exactly the same amount of dough he would have used to bake a bread with in to a plastic bag for you, and it would cost no more than a loaf of bread.

Take that home and in a pot warm some cooking oil to about half the depth of the pot. (Smaller pots take less oil than bigger ones do)...

The oil temperature should be medium hot. (About half the heat that the stove plate will go)

Now cut from the unbaked dough a slice about the size of your palm, and with a little water on your fingers (to prevent the dough from sticking to your hand), stretch out the dough in all directions until it is about the size of your whole hand including the fingers. That brings the cutting of dough to about twice the size it was when you cut it....

Now with care, drop the stretched out dough in to the hot oil.

It would rise almost instantly.

Fry it in the oil until it is golden brown all over, taking care to turn it over occasionally.

It would be puffy and crisp when done.

With a large ladle or sieve, scoop out the bread fritter and place on an absorbent kitchen towel to rid it of most of the oil still on it.

Repeat this process until all the dough is done.

These bread fritters are extremely filling, and can be cut open and filled with almost anything from grated cheese to mince to poloni or jam.

Try it, you will probably have some left over for two or three days, which your man can take to work if he likes....

Bread fritters can be frozen and warmed up again if you have made too much, but the dough cannot, so rather make the whole lot and freeze what is left over for another day.

Here at home I have a set menu I follow when the kids are home, and Wednesdays are always bread fritter days. My family looks forward to this mid week treat.

Answer 3

One of the best things I've found is Rachael Ray's recipes on the Food Network website.  They're fast, easy, and usually pretty healthy.

Good luck!

Answer 4

kraftfoods.com

I use that to find my recipes and my parents and sisters thinks there all really good. Also they have the nutrition info right for every recipe. and there really easy to make.  

Answer 5

Try the Old Style forum on http://www.moneysavingexpert.com.  

Answer 6

Check out Rachel Ray she has some really good ideas for family meals that are quick and simple.

Answer 7

Love Curtis on TLC for a family w kids he would lay out fresh veggies broccoli,carrots,corn etc,Buy pastry dough in frozen food isle and some cream of chicken soup mixed w little milk.

He would let the kids put in the veggies ,added the cream of chicken  and lay the pastry on top and let them cut out their initials on the top or smiley face so they could tell which one they put the veggies in.

great way of getting them to eat veggies!!

Answer 8

go to foodnetwork.com

Answer 9

Rachel Ray's Yum-o non-profit web has some really good ideas. It is mostly for kids but there are some great recipes that the whole fam will love.

http://www.yum-o.org/index.php

At foodnetwork.com there is the section cooking with Kids.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/lf_kids/...

Then you can always find good meal ideas at www.allrecipes.com and food.yahoo.com

Those are the ones that I use the most when I am cooking for the whole fam, honestly whole wheat pasta, salad, & some tuscan sides are the quickest & easiest for me. Or a cassarole with some sides, there are some rally great & healthy recipes out there now, that are still very quick & easy to throw together.

I second Philsbury, and then Kraft too!!

Good Luck!

Answer 10

i like allrecipes.com..they have fast, easy, cheap and even elaborate meals and desserts

Answer 11

i don't really know sites, but here's something.

Go for some stacks, eg... Mashed potato on the bottom, spinich cooked with some soy sauce, buttered beans, what ever meat you want, and some nice sauce... it's simple and quick. And for the babies, this is what my mother used to do and so do i, what ever you have, (eg. steamed veges and lamb) just pure it. it's so simple and it's fresh and easy to eat.