Meals-in-minutes for families

Feeding a whole family can be a painstaking, tiring task; and feeding a whole family with meals they’ll actually like is even tougher! After raising a few kids myself and making more than my fair share of family-friendly dinners, I know the struggle. With all of these years however, I’ve picked up a few handy tricks along the way and mastered the formula for family cooking, so I’d like to share some of my top-hit dinners with you that have always been knockouts with the family. In this blog, I can show you that with just a little forward-planning and a clever shopping list, family dinner time no longer needs to be a dreaded to-do.  

We’ve comprised a shopping list for you, along with some standard staples we think every pantry should have including 7 of our versatile spice blends that help you add maximum flavour the quick and easy way. We’ve made our list based on Woolworths supermarket prices to give you a basic ballpark but you can adapt it to any grocer you like.

Each meal has an easy-to-follow recipe guide with never more than 6 simple steps and never more than a 15-minute prep time. At the base of each recipe are protein-alternative and dairy-alternative suggestions as well as a veg option included to suit a range of diets and tastes. As with all of our ‘easy meals’ instalments, these recipes have been developed to suit even the most novice of cooks and have all been husband and kid road tested and approved, so they’ll have no excuse not to lend a helping hand. Our recipes have been made for a family of four, however you can easily adapt to include more people or augment by double or even triple so you can have leftovers for a hearty lunch the next day or ready-to-go meals in the freezer on stand-by.