Any ideas for children's dinner, age 9 and 10?

Question

I am getting worried about giving them too many chips and nuggets and fishfingers, it seems to be all they will eat, any ideas for something quick, simple and tasty please

Answer 1

yes
for one idea
get the crescent roles ( the triangle ones ) and hot dogs,
have your children perform the putting together

PIGS IN THE BLANKET

You will each need a biscuit from a can of biscuits and one hot dog. Take the biscuit and flatten it with your hands. Try to make it into a rectangle so that it is bigger than your hot dog. After it is big enough, wrap your hot dog in the biscuit.
Place the pig in the blanket on a baking sheet. Carefully put the sheet into the oven. Cook for 10 to 12 minutes. Using the hot pads, take the sheet out of the oven. Carefully, using a spatula, remove the pig in the blanket and when it has cooled a little, eat your pig.

PIGS IN THE BLANKET

You will each need a biscuit from a can of biscuits and one hot dog. Take the biscuit and flatten it with your hands. Try to make it into a rectangle so that it is bigger than your hot dog. After it is big enough, wrap your hot dog in the biscuit.
Place the pig in the blanket on a baking sheet. Carefully put the sheet into the oven. Cook for 10 to 12 minutes. Using the hot pads, take the sheet out of the oven. Carefully, using a spatula, remove the pig in the blanket and when it has cooled a little, eat your pig.

MINI PIGS IN A BLANKET

Lil Smokie Sausages
Pillsbury Crescent Rolls

Cut each crescent roll square into 4 pieces, wrap around sausage, cook according to crescent roll package directions. Serve with dipping sauces such as mustard, ketchup, sweet & sour sauce or whatever you like.

let the kids make them, and maybe slide the cookie sheet into the oven with your help of course

good luck
smile

Answer 2

Make Over 200 Juicy, Mouth-Watering Paleo Recipes You've NEVER Seen or Tasted Before?

Answer 3

Tater Tot Casserole
Brown 1 pound hamburger with salt & pepper & 1/2 diced onion if your kids will eat cooked onion
Add 1 can Mushroom soup and half can milk
Add 1 can of your kids favorite veggie (I use green beens)
Stir together and add 1/2 c. grated cheddar cheese
Place in casserole dish
Layer Tater Tots on top
Bake 350 degrees for 40 min
Add a little more grated cheese on top and bake another 5 minutes

Answer 4

Spaghetti bolognese is quite quick to make.
Also pizza can be healthy if you make it or get a very thin crust one.
Egg solidgers and brown wholegrain bread, or wholegrain bread with beans.
Make chicken burgers that are just made of chicken breast but put them in pitta bread instead of an unhealthy white bun, fill with lettuce etc and make sure you grill the chicken breasts.
Try to grill or boil food instead of frying.

Answer 5

How about chicken wraps, give then some cooked strips of chicken, some fajita wraps and a selection of salad, strips of lettuce, cucumber, sliced tomato etc and let them make their own its fun and healthy. Also you could get a jar of mild salsa to put on rather than using sugary sauces or high in fat mayonnaise and to serve with them potato wedges, skin on, done in the oven with just a drizzle of olive oil.

Answer 6

Pizza is a good answer, because you can control what goes in it., Just like all of the food items you listed. you can choose healthy versions of all products and be fine.
the problem will arise that when they are not around you they will eat those foods in restaurants.

when i was trying to loose weight, i realized that i care more about BBQ sauce and ketchup, and A1 steak sauce. which are not that bad for you. So use some good sauces and they will eat anything.

Best of luck

Answer 7

Lasagna. You may think it's complicated to make. No way. Try it. It's good. Use the ready made sauces to mix with the meat/vegies and buy seperately the cheese sauce. Alternate and layer the instant lasagna sheets and bake them. This is just one of the few things you can do.

Answer 8

My sis has 4 and 3 step.She has to put her foot down and refuse to make 6 different meals(too expensive).The rule is if you don't like it then you don't eat. Pizza,pasta,and hot dogs (cheese and chili) are always crowd pleasers and pretty inexpensive.

Answer 9

These are some recipes from the Kraft internet site. They give a lot of great ideas.
This is Creamy Chicken Rotini :
http://www.kraftcanada.com/en/recipes/recipetemplate.htm?recipe_id=92289&ctx={7B3ABBD8-D8F2-4B9A-8C5F-6401F33502DA}

Maybe pasta, like spaghetti, or lasagna. Or just bacon & tomato :
http://www.kraftcanada.com/en/recipes/recipetemplate.htm?recipe_id=88204&ctx={DFBA9D6F-B5FE-4A47-BA84-DBCE159C66FB}
Lsagna :
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Worlds-Best-Lasagna/Detail.aspx

If they like chicken fingers, just made them homemade, with white chiecken, and for the top, corn flakes. Or some pizza, still homemade, on Englis Muffin or Tortillas, to change. With cheese, ham, and vegetables, that's good. You can find a lot of good ides on internet, just typing what you like in google.

Answer 10

Macaroni with cheese, some carrot sticks to dip in the remaining cheese and grilled/roasted chicken. This should be simple and filling enough. Healthy too as the food is not fried