Help! Please suggest a healthy meal that I can easily cook in 3-5 minutes.

Philippines
May 11, 2010 12:38am CST
Hello guys, I'm not really the designated cook (my husband is) and I'm not really into cooking (I only cook to survive, hehe).. Anyway, when I started to work from home (after more than 15 years doing office work), having to cook meals for my children became one of my responsibility. It's been months since I started cooking for my kids and all I can served them are fried dishes (eggs, chicken, hotdogs, etc.), instant noodles (pancit canton, yakisoba), canned goods (corned beef, meat loaf, sardines). I know it's not healthy cooking so I've done a bit of experimenting to make it more healthier like adding cabbage to instant noodles,adding petchay leaves to sardines, and adding potatoes to corned beef. Can you suggest other easy to cook recipes that I can do within 3-5 minutes? or can you suggest other ways to make my cooking more healthier?
2 responses
mspitot
@mspitot (3824)
• Philippines
13 May 10
pancake is good and you don't have to stick to plain pancake. i love oatmeal pancake cause it's healthier. you can add fruits to your plain pancake to make it more special. it is easy to do and it tastes good too!
mspitot
@mspitot (3824)
• Philippines
13 May 10
you're welcome! there are many videos on youtube about pancakes with different variations. you may watch them to have ideas on cooking. goodluck to you!
mspitot
@mspitot (3824)
• Philippines
26 May 10
thanks for rewarding me the best response! i hope you and your kids enjoyed eating pancakes!
Eppie2010
@Eppie2010 (509)
• Philippines
13 May 10
My kids love pancakes esp. the chocolate-flavored kind, but I never thought of adding oatmeal or fruits to it before. Thanks! I'll give it a try too. (^_^)
zedrick_11
@zedrick_11 (931)
• Philippines
11 May 10
vegetable salad would be good.. though your children will not like it that much but its very nutritious.. Ü
Eppie2010
@Eppie2010 (509)
• Philippines
12 May 10
Veggie salad is good but you're right my kids won't like it, the only vegetable they eat is potato as in "french fries". ^_^
Flashpointer
@Flashpointer (784)
• Philippines
17 Nov 11
if your kids love to eat potatoes, why not try mashed potatoes mixed with melted cheese and a little bit of salt.. The taste is like french fries though it is not fried. Try to create something new with the mashed potatoes. It is very nutritious, the content of cheese fortified with vitamins, the healthy benefit of salt and the potato itself. If your kids don't like it, form mashed potatoes into a flat round burger patty and fry it.