Are you looking for some healthy family dinner ideas? Do you stress over what to cook over dinner? I know as a brain befuddled mum, sometimes I need some serious injection of inspiration….it’s like we all need to have a massive recipe swap!
So for those time when you literally have not a clue what to cook for dinner, I’m going to start sharing these round ups of my favourite health family dinner ideas – enough to see you though a whole week (yup, I’ve done all the searching and testing, so you don’t need to – hurrah!).
So without further ado, let’s get down to business…
MONDAY
Slow cooker lamb
This is the most amazingly minimal effort dinner which tastes absolutely divine. Just bung the lamb in with the rest of the ingredients in the morning and let it do its thing until the evening, and then serve with mash potato and veggies – hurrah!
See the recipe here on the All Recipes website.
TUESDAY
Easy oven roasted sausage ratatouille
This one is so quick to put together – you can literally get it ready to put it into the oven in 10 minutes. If you’ve got fussy eaters then a good trick with this is when it’s ready to move the sausages aside and blitz the sauce with a hand blender. Serve up with some sweet potato wedges!
See the recipe here on the Waitrose website
Picture courtesy of Waitrose
WEDNESDAY
Teriyaki salmon noodles
Kids love noodles and this is a really accessible way of bringing a little bit of Asian flavour to your family table. It’s also super quick to make!
See the recipe here on the Tesco Food website
THURSDAY
Hidden veggie meatballs
Meatballs….mwah ha ha! My cunning partner in crime in being able to cram a whole load of veggies into dinner without anyone suspecting. Serve up with some tagliatelle and home made tomato sauce (I love Annabel Karamel’s Vegetable Sauce here for some extra veg goodness). I mean, how else are we going to get them to eat courgette?
See the recipe here on the BBC Food website
FRIDAY
Fruity chicken curry
It’s no mean feat trying to get the littles to eat curry, but this amazingly tasty chicken curry will have them licking their plates clean….promise!
See the recipe here on the Annabel Karmel website
Picture courtesy of Annabel Karmel
SATURDAY
Slow cooker beef tagine
If you’re anything like us, then you are mostly out and about all day Saturday and the last thing you feel like doing when you come back is cooking and so once again, thank goodness for the slow cooker. I I adapt this recipe by putting all the ingredients on low for seven hours in a slow cooker and the results when you get back at the end of the day are scrumptious! All you need to do is put on some rice when you get back and enjoy the declicousness of it all.
See the recipe here on the Jamie Oliver website
SUNDAY
Cheesy chicken and rice casserole
There’s nothing that screams comfort food like a casserole and I loving popping everything in an oven dish and letting the oven do the rest of the work…which is exactly what is involved in this yummy recipe!
See the recipe here on the Campbells website
Picture courtesy of Campbells
Well I hope that’s given you a little family meal inspo for this week and a little less brain ache wondering what on earth to make for your brood. Let me know which of the recipes you like the sound of the best, and how you get on! And in the meantime, stay tuned for the next round up.
Still looking for healthy family dinner ideas? I found many other great dishes on the Italian recipe site Marcellina in Cucina while I was browsing the site. Why not also take a look over there?
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The slow cooked beef tagine sounds lovely Talya. Do you actually do it in your slow cooker and if so, how have you modified the recipe for it?
Oh yes sorry I should have said! I basically take all the ingredients and bung them in a slow cooker on low for seven hours – scrumptious! Have just updated the entry to reflect that. It really is very yummy x
A great selection of recipes. I love anything that can be made in one pan or the slow cooker. I never seem to have enough time when it comes to cooking.
These all look so good! I’m particularly partial to salmon so I may have to try that first!
I put all the veggies in the slow cooker with the lamb too so then you just need the potatoes. If you do jackets you can just put them in the oven and forget about them too
they look so delicious and not that difficult to make! I’ll some, specially the chicken and curry ones 😀 x
Whoo all these meals look nice and tasty. I could just try some now and its breakfast time 🙂
I am always struggling over what to cook. I forget about using sausages differently, so I think that’s tea for us sorted
Slow cooked lamb is my favourite. I LOVE lamb and the kids too too. Although I have to tell them that’s its chicken, haha! xx
Sounds like a great week for fabulous food! Both my folks don’t get back from work until 6pm so don’t have time during the week for slow cooker dinners. But would like to pre-cook and serve up these dishes! The curry sounds yummy!
Yum! I make a weekly food plan…will be adding a few of these for next week 🙂 Thanks! #coolmumclub
Slow cooker lamb is fab. Just chuck it in with loaslds if garlic and it turns out perfect and falling off the bone. Grest ideas thanks for sharing and hosting #coolmumclub
hmmm hidden veggie meatballs sounds good, might try it out for my family, thanks for sharing #coolmumclub
I literally cannot thank you enough for this! I bought a meal planner this week and have been looking for inspiration! Brilliant! xx #coolmumclub
Oh these look fantastic! I’ll definitely be trying some! #coolmumclub
This confirms it, I really need to buy a slow cooker. I blame you for any overspending this may lead to! Haha!
I love some of these ideas. It really is so tricky to keep thinking of new recipes to try. Bizarrely though my little one LOVES courgette (especially courgetti) and curry. Go figure! #CoolMumClub
I’ve been thinking about getting a slow cooker, the recipes always sound delicious. I like the idea of using it for a tagine. Great inspiration for next week! #CoolMumClub
Oooh loads of seriously delicious recipes!! Salmon teriyaki is one of my faves but I need to try the beef tagine. Thank you! #coolmumclub
These look really yummy! We would all enjoy the sausage ratatouille in our house X
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SOme great ideas, love my slow cooker and the oven stuff looks lovely! #coolmumclub
I’m tempted to give the salmon recipe a go. I love salmon. Sadly my husband isn’t too keen on it but I can occasionally get him to eat it. Maybe this recipe will turn him around? I can dream. #coolmumclub
SUCH a useful post Talya! Thanks for sharing. Now, let’s get cooking!
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I love this…us Mums will light up when offered easy healthy midweek meal ideas! I recognise a few of my trusty faves here but will definitely try some of the new ones too – slow cooker lamb? Sounds epic!
Thanks for being the #coolmumclub co-host with the most – you couldn’t pop over and knock these up for me too could ya? 😉
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Oooh the cheesy chicken and rice casserole looks very interesting! #coolmumclub
The fruity chicken curry looks delicious! Will be adding that one to our weekly meal plan 🙂 Thanks for hosting #coolmumclub!!! If you need a good desert to top off the week, check out my recipe for chocolate quinoa cake (on my blog)!!!
This has made me so hungry! Yum! Will be using a few of these ideas to spice up my usual boring cooking!
Thanks for sharing!
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Some great ideas here. I love meatballs but usually but mine pre-made because I’m lazy! Definitely going to give these a try though because they sound yummy! #coolmumclub
This all looks delicious and really easy to make! I need some new recipes to cut through my cooking!:) #coolmumclub
Oh I love this! Will certainly be pinning this for our midweek meal times! Xx #coolmumclub
I just may pull out that slow cooker today and give something a try…Amazing, you cook too! #coolmumclub M’wah!
I love my slow cooker, it helps so much! Great recipe ideas here:) #CoolMumClub
I am loving the slow cooker recipes – ooh and the casserole sounds nice too! Anything topped with cheese is a winner for my tribe. I love Annabel Karmel for a few stealth veggies too haha. Thanks for these Talya! Xx #coolmumclub
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