by popular demand:

the two nutritious meals my kids ate (bear in mind I am VERY lucky and both my kids LOVE broccoli and lettuce and most veggies).

High Pasta - cook and drain some angel hair pasta (not low carb but can be made low fat by reducing the butter or using 1/2 olive oil)

in a skillet lightly brown about 1tbs butter per serving, add salt, pepper and about a clove (or more if you like it) of chopped garlic. Toss in a LARGE handfull of spinach leaves (torn) and a couple of tbs of chopped roma tomato, when spinach is wilted toss in 1 serving of the pasta. Heat thru, dump on a plate and sprinkle with parmesan. Served this with steamed broccoli... I've also done it with cubes of firm tofu added at the beginning for protein (yum!)

chicken taco salads - boil 2-3 large chicken breasts in well salted water until done.

In a skillet shred the chicken with two forks and add taco seasonings and water as instructed on the packet (we go for msg-free and fairly mild for the kids). Put some chopped or chiffonnade of letuce in a bowl, spoon some chicken over top throw on tomatos, olives, shredded cheese a dollop of sour cream (lf) and a few baked tortilla chips! I add salsa and only use a little cheese on mine.

Lots of veggies and happy kiddies! (and a very happy mommy)

Posted by Lexy at March 28, 2004 12:49 PM