Instead of serving your family the same meals over and over, bring a bit of excitement to your family’s meals by trying out a few of the unique family meal ideas which are listed below.
Fun Family Meals for Adventurous Families:
Chorizo lasagne:
Instead of opting for a traditional lasagne, it’s well worth experimenting with preparing a chorizo lasagne. Especially if your kids love chorizo sausages. To cook a mouth watering chorizo lasagne that your whole family will love you’ll need dry lasagne sheets, chorizo sausages, garlic, carrots, rosemary sprigs, mince, tomato paste, diced tomatoes, basil leaves, parmesan cheese and mozzarella cheese. Just be sure to peel your chorizo sausages before you get started as its best to use skinless chorizo sausages.
Pita pocket pizzas:
If you’re looking for a healthier alternative to cooking traditional pizzas, it’s well worth purchasing a packet of pita bread pockets which you’ll be able to use to create customized pita pocket pizzas for each member of your family. Which is great as if one of your kids loves pineapple and ham and their sibling prefers pepperoni and olives, each kid will be able to help make their very own custom pita pocket pizza! As an added bonus pita pocket pizzas are smaller in size than normal pizzas and are the ideal size for hungry children.
Fish pie:
In the cold winter months, it’s well worth preparing a hearty fish pie for your family. Even fussy eaters will love eating a hot fish pie as most kids love eating potato top pies. To create a mouth watering fish pie that your whole family will love you’ll need 1 kg of peeled potatoes, milk, butter, flour, spring onions, fish pie mix, mustard, sweet corn and cheddar cheese. If your family isn’t too keen on fish you can also substitute fish for mince.
Mashed potatoes, served with sausages and gravy:
Another hearty dish that will quickly become one of your children’s favorite dishes is mashed potatoes served with sausages and gravy. Which you can choose to serve with roasted vegetables or a healthy side salad. If one or more of your family members is vegetarian, simply swap out sausages for vegetarian sausages which are readily available at most grocery stores.
Ground turkey spaghetti:
While your kids may be used to eating traditional spaghetti which is served with meatballs, it’s well worth using ground turkey to create a more gourmet version of spaghetti, which is still family friendly.
Mouth watering turkey burgers:
If your kids discover that they love the taste of turkey, you may want to get their help creating home made turkey patties which you’ll be able use to create home made turkey burgers. Other examples of ingredients that you may want to purchase to add to your turkey burgers include pineapple, beetroot, cheddar cheese, pickles, tomatoes, lettuce and relish. Instead of serving potato chips with turkey burgers, it’s a great idea to try to pair home made sweet potato chips with your turkey burgers.
So if your kids are adventurous when it comes to trying new foods, they’ll love experimenting with some of the delicious family friendly meals which are listed above.
