Taco bowls, tray bakes and other veggie-packed meal ideas

It is tough to search out family-friendly recipes which might be stuffed with greens and flavour.

Whether or not you are trying so as to add extra veggies to your personal meals — or making an attempt to sneak in an additional serve of veg to your youngsters — listed below are 16 fast and simple recipes.

Household-friendly meals

Switch up your taco night with these taco bowls. They mix spiced beef, beans and greens — and are served with crunchy corn chips.

This sweet potato curry with chickpeas, spinach and lime is mild enough for kids and scrumptious over fast-cooking soba noodles.

This classic cottage pie with beef is a good way to disguise veggies for youths. You may also swap out a number of the beef for lentils, for an additional hit of veg.

These mushroom burgers with loaded mayo and smashed seaweed salt potatoes would possibly simply problem your preconception of cheeseburgers.

The burgers are made with cheese-stuffed portobello mushroom, that are crumbed after which flippantly fried.

Comforting pasta and soups

Mushroom stroganoff is creamy and comforting, and Heidi Sze’s version can be served with pasta, rice, or even mashed potatoes.

This pasta with Tuscan kale, almonds and lemon is cooked in a single pot. It is fast and simple, and tastes pretty much as good because it seems.

For one thing a bit lighter, try this potato, cauliflower and cannellini bean soup. It is wholesome, straightforward to organize and may even be remodeled right into a pasta bake.

Fast and simple dinner concepts

This vegetarian tray bake from Heidi Sze combines roasted potatoes, salty haloumi and fresh rocket and herbs. It is preferrred for busy nights.

Hetty McKinnon’s pad thai salad is crunchy and recent, and it requires minimal cooking.

For one thing you possibly can whip up from the pantry, try this tuna, chickpea and avocado salad topped with quick-pickled red onion for extra bite. It is wholesome, family-friendly and prepared in simply half-hour.

Alice Zaslavsky’s golden zucchini fritters had been our hottest recipe final 12 months. The fritters are made with simply six components, and likewise occur to be gluten-free, dairy-free and egg-free.

Easy and scrumptious salads

Who would not take pleasure in a scrumptious potato salad? This version uses caramelised leeks and is suitable for vegans.

For an inexpensive recipe that requires no cooking, look no additional than this rocket, lentil and pesto salad with feta. When you have a meals processor, you may make your personal pesto and use the leftovers for pasta later within the week.

With roast pumpkin, lentils and honey-miso dressing, this salad is sweet and substantial, full of legumes and veggies. The pumpkin and lentils could be prepped forward of time, making for a fast dish you possibly can throw collectively on a weeknight.

This pasta salad with roasted beetroot, pumpkin and herbs salad is straightforward to drag collectively. Not a fan of beetroot? Swap it for candy potato or further pumpkin.