lazy nutrition

If you read my interview with The Wholefood Mama, you'd know I'm quite devoted to healthy eating. In the days that followed after Nikki published the interview, I reflected on how my family was portrayed and realised I never made it clear that I don't actually *enjoy cooking. Nor did I point out that my adorable loving **husband does ninety percent of meal preparation around here!! Yeah, I tell him what's good and what isn't and he nods and says "As You Wish". Hee ha ha...actually it's not like that I swear...Ben has his finger on the pulse and his ear to the ground on good nutrition as much as I do - if not more so. 

But anyway...where was I?....Oh yeah, so about me not enjoying time in the kitchen! Maybe you clued in when I was harping on about not over thinking healthy food or perhaps alarm bells went off around the bit where I pretty much said it's OK to give your kids the same boring lunch everyday for a year (so long as it's healthy!). I still stand by what I said because yes, I AM seriously passionate about good nutrition, but the truth is, I'm sometimes hopelessly lazy about meal prep too! Ben had footy tonight so I took charge of dinner for the munchkins. To prove how lazy I am, here's what I threw together for my kids dinner tonight.

It took all of, hmmmm, maybe ten minutes to dish up this meal. Honestly, I AM NOT exaggerating!

So what's my point exactly? Well, I want to inspire you! I desperately want folks to know it's easy to feed kids well and that creativity is (at times) truly overrated! I want to shout from the rooftops that a simple healthy meal can be quick, effortless and totally lazy...a complete no-brainer!

I know everyone has off days, frantic days and just plain 'I-can't-be-bothered-days' (that was me this afternoon)...but truly, driving up the street to buy take-out would have taken longer than it did for me to chop, slice, open a jar and arrange a plate of simple foods - that my kids wolfed down without so much as blinking!!!!

Are you interested in a little plate breakdown?

OK, so on the menu tonight we had cucumber and carrot sticks, whole olives, a few slices of cheese, a wedge or two of tomato, a glop of hummus, a dollop of sauerkraut, a sprinkling of lettuce and some sliced cold left-over roast beast! 

I used what was on offer...and took into account what I know my darlings will eat (Harry loves olives...Matilda does not). Some other ideas are: a few boiled eggs, tinned tuna or salmon, and any other seasonal veg. See, it's EASY!

So, does anyone else have super lazy but seriously nutritious dinner suggestions to share?

* once in a blue moon, the cooking-up a storm mood strikes

** Ok, so HE cooks...but I do hang out in the kitchen too - a lot. Think of me as the behind-the-scenes gal...you know, the person who keeps the kefir fed, the vinegar fermenting and the nuts soaking!!!