Satay Cous Cous with Baked Eggs

This is an easy and quick fix dinner. I made cous cous pretty much as normal, except I heated coconut cream on the stove top then stirred a whole wheat cous cous through and let it soften and swell (heat off, lid on, per normal on cous cous). Add a heap of frozen vegetables and a scoop of peanut or cashew butter, and then place in a baking dish. Dig some little holes in, crack some eggs and cover in foil. Bake at around 200'c for fifteen minutes until eggs are cooked. Serve once cooled enough for small fries to eat. 

Three cheese pasta

All kids seem to love those types of stodgy foods that we think of as comfort foods. My little guy will frequently go into the pantry, pull out the pasta jar and request it for dinner.

This is absolutely the quickest dinner in my repertoire- it takes about ten minutes to prepare and is always a hit.

In the lead up to Christmas, I discovered a great wholegrain organic pasta in the shape of little elk heads. Reindeer pasta- how festive! Where else for this delicious little product but ikea? While normally we try to buy more local (!) I couldn't resist this Christmassy pasta.

Ingredients

1 cup dried pasta
1/2 cup grated cheese- mix vintage cheddar and Parmesan
1 tablespoon ricotta or chèvre
1 free range egg, whisked

Prepare the pasta according to the packet instructions. Drain once cooked, add the cheese and egg and stir constantly over low heat until melted. This should be enough for at least two meals.

I like to make sure I follow this serve of stodgy goodness with some fresh fruit for dessert, but this is such a good dinner for those days when you're just too tired to do much more than boil water!

NB, of course you can stir through some tinned tuna or sliced chicken breast, frozen peas or herbs to keep your little one's taste buds guessing.