Tips for Fast Family Meals

A few time-saving steps can help you prepare an easy family meal — with less stress.

  • Keep meals simple. Food that keeps your family healthy can be quick to fix. Unless it’s a special occasion, spend time together, not on making time-consuming meals!
  • Cook when you have more time. If weekends have a less demanding schedule, use them to make soups, stews or casseroles to freeze for the next week.
  • Do some tasks ahead. Wash and trim vegetables a few hours ahead. Cook noodles for pasta salad. Cook lean ground meat for tacos.

Three Quick-to-Fix Family Foods

  • Hearty soup: Add canned or frozen vegetables to tomato or chicken soup.
  • Pasta dish: Mix chopped lean ham or deli meat and cooked vegetables into macaroni and cheese.
  • Hearty stuffed potato: Serve homemade or canned chili over a baked potato or rice.

Stock Your Kitchen
Get foods that you can make and serve in a hurry, such as:

  • Canned fruit
  • Canned meat, poultry and fish
  • Canned or frozen vegetables and beans
  • Canned soups or stew
  • Whole-grain bread
  • Pasta
  • Rice
  • Cheese
  • Low-fat yogurt
  • Frozen meals

To find fast meal recipes, visit the Food & Recipe Center.

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