From time to time, like any working mum, I have given my kids dinners that I cringe at, including, occasionally, fast food. I've said it before, I don't think that junk food is a huge evil as long as it's balanced by a predominantly healthy diet. But what I really, really hate, what makes me want to scratch my eyes out in frustration, is meals that are marketed at children, or at parents who are too time poor to properly read the labels and google search every ingredient, as being healthy fast foods for kids. I don't think there is any "fast food" that can be consumed on a regular basis and justified as meeting all the nutritional requirements of growing babies and toddlers. Or adults, for that matter. It is so cynical for big supermarkets to make a range of products, put zoo animals on the packaging and laud them as healthy dinners for kids. The particular range that earned my ire included a microwaveable bacon & cheese pasta- don't even get me started on the packaging of the container- and had approx 70 ingredients. To make pasta. Cheese pasta with bacon. The recipe I posted last week takes less than ten minutes and includes organic pasta (two ingredients) and three cheeses (three ingredients).
I am not unrealistic. Life is busy, we are busy, and often it's about choosing the lesser of two evils. But meals like this dressed up as a good "first choice" just make me want to weep.
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