For breakfast, lunch and dinner, it is important to know meal options that are both fast and healthy. Those with children, a busy work life, and even those with a thriving social life all have to know how to make fast, nutritious food for themselves and their family. Instead of buying frozen, processed meals, which are often full of salt, these fast and easy meal suggestions will help families to fit a decent meal into their day no matter what.
A meal must have few ingredients for it to fit the category of a quick. As such, most of the suggestions included here consist of a short list of components.
For example, a quick breakfast recipe is the smoked salmon breakfast scramble; the only ingredients for this quick recipe are bread, eggs, salmon, butter and milk. Of course, seasoning is also a must. This recipe takes only a few simple steps, and anyone who can make scrambled eggs can whip up this tasty meal.
For those with children, a good breakfast option is banana pancakes. This is a breakfast that is both sweet and nutritious. Only two tablespoons of sugar are needed for one batch of banana pancakes, since the sweet flavour of the ripened bananas is usually enough to appeal to the tastes of young children.
Moving on to lunchtime – a period of the day that for some is synonymous with fast food – one healthy and quick meal is almond and celery chicken salad. This dish consists simply of mayonnaise, chicken meat, lemon juice, and celery. The bonus of making this simple meal is that almonds are a super food, and so aid in the body’s health by contributing energy. Despite the fact that some children do not like almonds, this sandwich filler is often a hit with the kids.
Another lunch recipe is the vegetarian Asian-inspired noodle salad. There is no meat in this dish, which helps to make it suitable for a wider variety of people. This dish consists simply of vermicelli pasta, sesame oil, soy sauce, crushed chilli flakes, a red pepper and coriander. Egg noodles can be substituted for the vermicelli pasta, and other vegetables can be added to the recipe to taste.
For a quick, healthy dinner that the kids can enjoy, naan bread pizzas can be made in a flash. The standard toppings include diced tomatoes and chopped garlic, but parents can substitute a wide variety of toppings in order to make the pizza more tasty or healthy. The key ingredients are olive oil, garlic cloves, and a tomato puree to be used as sauce. The naan bread is easy to load up with toppings, and also cooks quickly.
A final quick dinner option is barbecued citrus garlic prawns. This is a summery flavour, with the featured ingredients including lemon, orange, Dijon mustard, white wine and olive oil. This recipe is as simple as covering the prawns in the marinade, and then grilling them on skewers for about five minutes to taste.
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