Are you a foodie? Or a functional cook? Or perhaps your children’s complaints and picky eating habits have removed any desire that you ever had to cook.
Unfortunately, no matter our feelings on the subject, dinner must be served each night. And I think that most of us seek to be cost-effective and healthy, which means we all need to have some sort of menu ready-to-go that we can serve our families.
As I looked through Katie Workman’s The Mom 100 Cookbook: 100 Recipes Every Mom Needs in Her Back Pocket, I realized that there is something in here for everyone: the descriptions, gorgeous photos, and Katie’s obvious love of fine food will definitely appeal to the more gourmet foodies out there; however, the straight-forward instructions will help and inspire those of us who are struggling; and picky kids don’t stand a chance against her tips to encourage children to try new things (like fish). The title of the introduction explains it all: “How to pick your battles and find happiness in the kitchen.”
But she’s also a realist and knows that some kids are not going to eat what we want to eat, and as adults, we don’t want to eat as simply as some kids do. Instead of making “adult food” and “kid food” each night, Workman offers the ingenious “fork in the road” concept on some of her recipes. Take a pasta recipe with a simple sauce and set some aside for the kids before adding more spices and vegetables to please the adults.
I highly recommend this book whether you are an accomplished cook or simply like to look.
The Mom 100 Cookbook has chapters on
- Breakfast
- Lunches
- Snacks
- Soups and Salads
- Poultry
- Comfort Foods
- Pasta and Pizza (“The Magic Words”)
- Company Dinners
- Desserts
- and many many more
My go to healthy meal is ginger chicken with veggies.
Mine is anything with chicken. Usually a stir-fry. Gets all done in one pot, and the veggies get into the meal. Plus I have experimented with different seasionings to make the same old stir fry just a bit different every time.
Lasagna is my go to meal.
chicken taco!
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I would have to say my homemade chicken pot pie. It is something that I can make that everyone will eat.
Pasta is always our go-to dish.
Healthy? Hmmm. Errr… Uuuhhh… Yikes. Grilled chicken and steamed broccoli.
Baked boneless skinless chicken breast with long grain rice.
Wow that’s sad. I have a go to dinner (spaghetti) but I wouldn’t say it is necessarily all that healthy
I feel desparate most days
baked fish, rice and peas
Spaghetti and salad.
Mine is usually tacos in some way or another
Grilled Salmon!
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My go-to dinner is whole wheat chicken wraps. I bake chicken tenders then put them in whole wheat tortillas with low fat ranch dressing, lettuce and tomatoes.
chef salad with pretty much every raw veggie, meat & cheese in the frig.
I love tuna casarole
My go to dinner is homemade chili!
My kids love salad which is great! Sometimes we just add chicken and maybe a baked potato….simple!
Pasta with veggies and a fresh salad
we usually eat Chicken Parmesan
Chicken, mashed potatoes, and veggies
Chicken tenders and mashed potatoers
Cashew Chicken is our go-to healthy meal.
i like to roast veggies and have that with grilled chicken
I do asparagus with Feta cheese and red onions but yes, desperate and need this book!!
chicken broccoli casserole
Minestrone with pasta and parmesan.
chicken stir fry with white rice
Semi-homemade spaghetti sauce with whole-wheat pasta 🙂
i don’t really have one (yet)
my son is still a baby but i’ve recently been starting to get into cooking
My go-to dinner is shrimp linguine! Super easy, takes 15 minutes, and tastes very gourmet. Butter, fresh garlic, parsley flakes, olive oil, fresh grated parmesan, and a little white wine (I prefer something sweet – New Age). Add raw peeled shrimp that have had the tails taken off, and cook until pink and no longer. Serve over noodles. So good and SO easy!
Our favorite go to dinner is spaghetti.
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Grilled chicken salad.
made ahead turkey meatballs with veggies
Definitely spaghetti with vegetables!
Zucchini stuffed with spanish rice with some chicken in it! Very, very yummy (:
don’t have a go to meal because we have two new vegetarians in the house but we do love baked shells
I can make mashed potatoes and be positive that it will be loved by the family.
chicken and waffles
Our go to dinner is baked eggs. It’s topped with melted parmesan cheese. Yummy! We vary the veggies we serve with the meal.
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Macaroni and cheese!
Waffles and ham!
chicken tacos is my go-to healthy dinner everyone loves!
My go to “I don’t have time to cook” meal is breakfast for dinner – eggs with wheat toast and fruit. mmm
we like to make spaghetti with turkey meatballs
A chef salad! We eat those often, and we add all the great veggies.
My crockpot is what I actually use for go to meals. I’ve learned it doesn’t matter what you throw into it will end up tasting pretty good Ha.. So you see I need this book so my kids don’t have to ask what’s for dinner & I say Crockpot surprise 🙂
Salad with all the fixens. We love just to have salad as a main meal.
I need this book as I don’t have an on the go recipe.
For us, it’s SALMON.
I don’t have one! I’m desperate and tired of take out! lol
My go to dinner is chicken noodle soup
Cauliflower hash – a healthy breakfast for dinner!
Cornflake chicken is a fave in our house!
I don’t have any healthy go to dinners, I have tons of not so healthy go to dinners – pizza, tacos, lasagna…..
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Grilled chicken salad or wraps with lots of veggies.
My go to dinner is spaghetti or tacos. It’s something that everybody likes.
we like rice and beans.
1/2 lb ground sausage, 1lb mushrooms, 1lb pasta, 1/4 cup Alfredo sauce
Cook sausage until brown, add finely chopped mushrooms and sauté until soft. Cook pasta according to directions, we used fiori pasta or the butterfly ones. Drain pasta and add to mushrooms and sausage. Add Alfredo and eat.
my quick go to is to make a giant salad with all the veggies I have
I make chicken or steak burritos when I am in a hurry to get dinner on the table.
I don’t have a go-to meal and could really use this!!
Would spaghetti be counted as healthy? There are vegetables in it!
I don’t have one. I’m about to be a new mom!
a big salad
Mine is Chicken and Noodles.
I make a chicken baked dish that has lots of vegetables in it.
I MAKE WHOLE GRAIN SPAGHETTI THAT EVERYONE EATS
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My family loves omlettes/scrambles I usually add Spinach, mushrooms, cheese, and some chunked chicken.
our go to dinner is pasta and sauce which is healthy but pretty much blah
I like to grill burgers or ka-bobs
pancakes with sausage and/or scrambled eggs.
I’m desperate for new ideas! Chicken Parm works for us and easy to make
My go-to meal is chicken fajitas.
Usually chicken taco salad bowls… eating one right now
breakfast quick and easy (pancakes or eggs)
My go to is spaghetti.
Lemon chicken with a side of steamed broccoli.
Eggplant parmesan. a favorite.
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my kids love baked chicken with potatos
Our weekly go-to meal is taco salad. Full of veggies, lean ground beef and black beans. What I love about it is everyone can make it their own; mine extra spicy, kids’ extra cheesy!
I think that my go-to dinner is probably spaghetti with homemade pasta sauce. I cook up a big batch in the crockpot and freeze it. Sometimes I’ll toss in things like shredded carrots.
Grilled chicken, salad, and baked potatoes.
“functional cook” — yep!!
Green chili chicken in a crockpot. Fool proof, makes enough to eat on all week (tacos, enchiladas, salads) and the kids love it.
The hubby and I make a mean hamburger, but that doesn’t mean that it’s necessarily healthy! Just that the kids will eat it without complaint. 🙂
Baked Chicken with Rice and broccoli!
Tacos are usually a hit with the whole family
My boys actually love eating a big salad as long as I put hard boiled eggs in!
My 8 – year- old son went through a big salad phase recently too!
I think my stir-fry is the healthiest go-to food in our home!
Wow! This book sounds interesting! I’ll prefer the pasta and pizza chapter.
Spaghetti or lasagna. It’s easy to sneak some extra veggies into the sauce too.
Lean chicken tacos are our favorite meal.
My kids love tacos too — actually any kind of Mexican goes over well!
Chicken Enchiladas! My kids love them and they are pretty simple (and a healthy recipe)
My kids and I love Mexican too!
My Go To meal is Pizza. It is healthy with the choice of toppings. The all time favorite is BBQ/Ranch Chicken and Bacon with Spinach.
Taco salad with ground turkey, salsa and avocado
My go-to meal is scrambled eggs & toast.
any kind of pasta, like spaghetti, macaroni
Its not very healthy but the kids love chicken parm. I bake the chicken instead of frying. we always have veggies
Pasta with salad and garlic bread is my easy go-to meal!
Shrimp salad. Love it!
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I make a Cuban dish, picadillo, that I make with more sauteed cut-up vegetables and serve with black beans and white rice. I always have all the ingredients on hand.
I think that’s something my kids would love. I need to try that!
My go to is homemade chicken pot pie. Not sure if it’s amazingly healthy, but it has one pound of vegetables plus one pound of potatoes (I like to keep the skin on). I also make the crust so it’s awesomeness 🙂