Seeking Help for Quick Recipes

Ask your mom what she feeds him, and stay close to his usual diet.

I can't imagine how much you have been missing him! At about 14 months of age, he is probably eating the same types of things that you and your husband eat. He will most likely eat a lot of snacks throughout the day, my 19 month old son like cheese, banannas, eggs, strawberries, apples, deli meat, baked potatoes...

We eat a lot of baked chicken, pasta, stir fryed vegitables in butter and garlic and seasonings. Or, we grill steak or chicken on our George Foreman grill alongside some mushrooms, green bell pepper and onions, and make fajitas.

Get some boneless ribs and simmer them over medium heat on the stove with some bbq sauce. In the meantime, make some rice and veggies on the side.

Also, chicken or shrimp tossed into some cheese tortallini, add a can of green beans and some chopped walnuts and red peppers, garlic, salt and pepper with heavy whipping cream as the sauce all heated through together is amazing!!

Instead of chopping fresh veggies all the time to throw into dishes, I buy them frozen and ready to cook, it's so much faster and easier.

Also, www.allrecipes.com or www.kraftfoods.com has some good recipes.

Get a little slow cooker book/casserole book that is small and usually at the check out stand at the grocery store. Those issues usually have great, easy, quick and healthy recipes.

Also, I make tuna salad in a big bowl and we snack on it between meals for a couple of days. We just put it on rolls for simple sandwiches.

2 large cans albacore tuna packed in water
1 small can chopped black olives
4 chopped celery stalks
3 large chopped sweet pickles
about 2 cups Real Mayonaise
1 tb lemon juice
salt and pepper

Just mix it all up... my son loves it on sandwiches.

Good luck getting your son back, you will do fine. The fact that you worry so much proves it!

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Congrats on finshing school and finally getting more time with your son! You must be so excited...and nervous!

Relax! Most 14-month-olds are pretty adaptable. Definitely find out what your mom has been feeding him. He should be able to eat most of the same things you do (as long as he has enough teeth!). Pasta, soft meats, steamed vegetables.
Steamed broccoli and canned green beans have been my son's favorite veggies. Spaghetti is a big hit as well.

We also use www.allrecipes.com

As far as family meals when you're working, if you don't have a crock pot already, I'd highly recommend one. You just load it with your meal in the morning, turn it on low, and dinner cooks itself while you're away. All you have to do is come in and serve it on plates.

I also found it helped to cook a couple meals at once. When I was working we always made sure to cook enough for two meals. We'd freeze the extra and have it another day. Also, we often cooked an extra meal on Sunday (or whatever days you have off) and would freeze it or put it in the refrigerator for another day. It was nice to have a fully cooked meal that only had to be reheated in the microwave!

Good luck, and congrats again!

I second kraftfoods.com. Their receipes are quick, easy, inexpensive, and tasty. Good luck and congrats! :)

I love kraftfoods and allrecipes, as well. But, I also found this website recently that will e-mail you a week's worth of menus each week, and help you to make out your grocery list based on the menu. I haven't tried it yet, but thought it was a good idea and the recipes look pretty good and kid-friendly...

http://www.menus4moms.com/