Quick and Easy chicken and vegetable stir-fry
As we approach Christmas we tend to get busy so here is an easy and nutritious meal the family will enjoy.
Recipes To Bring the Family Together
Making it easy to get the family together.
Recipes
Minestrone
Here’s a dish invented by Italians. It is a comforting and wholesome soup and although it is soup it is really is a meal in a bowl!
Parmesan chicken with minted zucchini
This crunchy crumbed chicken tastes fabulous paired with the fresh flavours of zucchini, mint and olives.
Make Beef Lasagne like an Italian
Beef lasagna is a well-loved family meal all over the world and my version with a trio of cheeses, béchamel and homemade tomato passata in a word is: SUBLIME. Between each moist layer of fresh egg pasta sheets is a mixture of veal and pork mince, smothered in sweet tomato sauce. There are two key things to make yours as good as mine – you need patience and quality ingredients, no shredded mozzarella or cheap passata here. No need to thank me, just make it, eat it and share it.
Pumpkin, silverbeet and mushroom bake recipe
This delicious bake is a like a lasagne, without the pasta. It’s rich, creamy and low in calories.
There are so many benefits!
Researchers have found that families who share meals together on a regular basis, whether it’s breakfast, lunch or dinner reap many benefits.
Family meals provide an opportunity for family members to come together, strengthen ties and build better relationships. They build a sense of belonging which leads to better self-esteem. Family meal time gives parents a chance to be role models where they can set an example of healthy eating and engaging conversation. Most importantly, it helps build family relationships and harmony.
Research shows that people tend to eat less during family meals because they eat more slowly, and talk more thereby preventing obesity.
Research also shows that kids who eat family meals have a lower chance of engaging in high risk behaviours such as substance use and violence, and fewer psychological problems.
Tips for eating more meals together:
- Make family meals a priority in your household. Focus on the importance of being together as a family more than on making an elaborate meal.
- Start with small steps. Increase the number of family meals by one extra meal a week.
- As a family, plan a menu for the week and make a grocery list.
- Let the kids be involved. Let them help prepare food or set the table.
- Work as a family to clean up afterwards.
- Turn off the TV.
More family mealtime could mean large rewards for your family.
Family meals are more nutritious. A university study found that families who eat together are twice as likely to eat their five servings of fruits and vegetables as families who don’t eat together.
Kids who eat family meals tend to eat a wider variety of foods and become less picky eaters
On this page you will find a wide range of recipes that you family will love to prepare, enjoy eating and want to come back to the dinner table more often.
One-Pan Parmesan Chicken Dinner
One pan and dinner’s done. This yummy baked chicken comes with green veggies and a whole lot of flavour.
Minestrone
Here’s a dish invented by Italians. It is a comforting and wholesome soup and although it is soup it is really is a meal in a bowl!
Rosemary Steak With Caramelised Onions & Mushrooms
As the weather improves you may be looking for a delicious, quick and easy meal to cook on the BBQ. What a great way to have the family enjoy a meal together! Have everyone help in the preparation.
Caramelised Onion, Pumpkin and Goat’s Cheese Tart
An easy tart to put together and a great way of using up leftover roasted vegetables.
Simple sweet and sour chicken
A stir fry that’s a lot healthier than the fried, take away version.
Quick and Easy chicken and vegetable stir-fry
As we approach Christmas we tend to get busy so here is an easy and nutritious meal the family will enjoy.
Sausage pasta
Kids will love this quick, easy and super tasty Sausage Pasta for dinner. Better still and add some chilli to the adult portions for a bit of extra spice.
Recipes
Family meals provide an opportunity for family members to come together, strengthen ties and build better relationships. They build a sense of belonging which leads to better self-esteem. Family meal time gives parents a chance to be role models where they can set an example of healthy eating and engaging conversation. Most importantly, it helps build family relationships and harmony.
Pesto salmon with rice salad
This punchy-pesto salmon with rice salad recipe is made using only 5-ingredients. Making it speedy to cook and even quicker to shop for.
Pumpkin, silverbeet and mushroom bake recipe
This delicious bake is a like a lasagne, without the pasta. It’s rich, creamy and low in calories.
Maple caramel pork belly skewers
Maple syrup is the secret ingredient in this Asian-style caramel, putting a flavoursome twist on sweet and sour pork. Delicious!
Parmesan chicken with minted zucchini
This crunchy crumbed chicken tastes fabulous paired with the fresh flavours of zucchini, mint and olives.
Easy Tuna Casserole
Tuna casserole is cheesy, creamy, and decadent. In fact, it’s hard to imagine that such a dish could be Lent-appropriate.
It’s full of tasty cheese and veggies, and the buttery breadcrumb topping.
It certainly isn’t something you should be eating every night. However, it’s high in calcium and potassium and tastes amazing.
Sweet and Sour Pork Sausages
The speedy weeknight dinner that only costs a few dollars per serve and is on the table in 25 minutes.
Impossible Quiche
Don’t let the name deceive you: this ham and cheese quiche is actually incredibly possible to make. What we love about impossible quiche is that it requires no puff pastry base – you simply mix all the ingredients together, pour into the dish and voila – during cooking a quiche with golden edges forms! For this reason – and the fact it needs only 10 minutes to prep and a handful of ingredients – it’s easily become one of our favouite easy dinners and best lunchbox fillers to make. What’s more, you can make it ahead and freeze for up to 2 months.
Fish with lemon butter sauce
An easy and healthy meal to suit the vegetarians in the family.
Soy caramel-glazed pork ribs
Marinate ribs in a sweet and salty soy caramel to give them a sticky richness. You can marinate the ribs for up to 24 hours to give them even more flavour
Roast vegetable frittata
An easy and healthy meal to suit the vegetarians in the family.
Pea and Ham Hock Soup
Experience the comforting embrace of a bowl of homemade Pea and Ham Hock Soup. A delightful harmony of flavours that will warm your family’s soul and tantalise the taste buds. Tender, smoky ham hocks simmered to perfection, releasing their rich essence into a vibrant sea of vibrant green peas. Each spoonful reveals a velvety texture and a symphony of flavours for the chilliest of days.
Easiest lamb roast ever!
This is the easiest Lamb recipe ever! You can’t go wrong and it tastes amazing. This ‘set and forget’ recipe will have the lamb literally falling
Greek style stuffed capisicums
Change up your next weeknight meal with these super easy Greek-styled stuffed capsicums.
Beef Stew
Beef stew is a cold weather essential. It is an ultra-comforting stew that will warm the cockles of your family’s heart.
Beef Stroganoff
Absolutely delicious and will be loved by all the family. Very easy to make!
Salted caramel & apple pudding
This week we have a dessert for you to enjoy with you family.
Whip up this warming, family-friendly dessert in under an hour using apples and golden caramel. Serve hot from the oven with a scoop of ice cream
Honey mustard chicken thighs with spring vegetables
This self-saucing one-pot is like a roast dinner without the fuss. Plus, it’s rich in iron, fibre and folate so a healthy meal for the family.
Pot-roasted chicken with strawberries
A simple meal of a whole chicken well-seasoned and roasted to golden, juicy perfection is truly hard to beat. The flavour is rich and earthy, and wonderfully succulent!
The aroma of this dish as it roasts away in the oven is utterly divine and typically your family will want very little alongside of it apart from some rustic roasted vegetables or salad, and crusty bread.
So for a cosy and comforting roasted chicken dinner, take inspiration from traditional beef pot roast and prepared this chicken pot roast with a whole tender roasted chicken, in a pot with lots of scrumptious juices to dip warm bread into. What a perfectly warming meal!
The chicken pot roast is a classic “peasant-style” dish, one where a few very simple ingredients are cooked together in one vessel, their delectable flavours mingling together until all is cooked to rustic perfection.
Ultimate spaghetti carbonara recipe
It’s World Pasta day! Here is how to make superb spaghetti carbonara. This cheesy pasta dish is an Italian favourite and with the right technique, you can make it perfect every time
Slow-cooker beef brisket with sweet barbecue sauce
Use your slow-cooker to make melt-in-the-mouth beef in sweet barbecue sauce.
Traditional Christmas Pudding
Even in these hard and strange times, Christmas will be celebrated and traditions upheld. And for many Anglo Saxons, Christmas dinner would not be complete without a Christmas pudding – traditionally served with brandy sauce, brandy butter or custard.
A Christmas pudding should have 13 ingredients – that represent Jesus and the 12 disciples.