7 Fast & Healthy Dinner Ideas Your Kids Will Actually Eat Besides Veggie Pizza

My wife is an amazing cook. But she’s also a busy ER doc who’s not always around for dinner.

So while she’s out saving lives, I have to do something slightly harder: cook a healthy dinner for three picky little kids.

I was told I couldn’t keep feeding them chicken nuggets, mac & cheese, or veggie pizza (my go-to). I had to expand the menu.

To make things a little easier on myself, I’ve put together a list of quick and healthy meal ideas.

Here are 7 of them I’d like to share with you:

1. Not Your Cafeteria’s Spaghetti & Meatballs

Ingredients:

• Chickpea spaghetti noodles

• Fully-cooked turkey meatballs

• Simple marinara sauce

Instructions:

• Boil noodles

• Heat meatballs

• Pour sauce on the noodles

• Mix in meatballs

Insights:

• It’s super fast & easy because you don’t have to make the sauce or cook the meat.

• It’s way healthier than traditional spaghetti & meatballs because of the ingredients.

• Make sure you choose a pasta sauce with simple ingredients that tastes good.

• Looking for a veggie option? Just skip the meatballs. The chickpea noodles are packed with protein.

2. Sloppy Foe (Meatless Sloppy Joe)

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