5 lower fat meals for kids
Easy teatime dishes your children will love.
Healthier food doesn’t have to be hard work! Making your own pizzas, baking or grilling instead of frying, and choosing smaller, leaner cuts can all really help.
Turkey pasta bake
AT A GLANCE: Use turkey (lower in fat and nutritious) minced and cooked with onion and garlic, stir in cooked penne. Put in an ovenproof dish, cover with a 400g tin of chopped tomatoes and put in the oven for 25 minutes at gas mark 5 (190°C, 375°F).
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Baked potato wedges
AT A GLANCE: Wash and cut medium potatoes lengthways into about six wedges, drizzle with a little olive oil and bake for 35-40 minutes at gas mark 6 (200°C, 400°F). Serve with baked beans or fish fingers.
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Homemade pizza
AT A GLANCE: Mix up a pizza dough (flour, warm water, yeast and a little sugar and salt) then leave it to rise for about an hour, roll it out onto an oiled baking tray, add chopped tomatoes and other toppings to taste, bake for about 10-15 minutes at gas mark 7 (220°C, 425°F).
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Baked chicken nuggets
AT A GLANCE: Cut skinned, boned chicken into nugget sizes, dip in egg white and roll in well-seasoned breadcrumbs (put two or three slices of fresh bread in the blender). Place on a greased baking tray and put in the oven at gas mark 6 (200°C, 400°F) for about 15 minutes.
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Spaghetti and meatballs
AT A GLANCE: Roll homemade meatballs made with lean beef or turkey mince, a little onion and fresh breadcrumbs, then bake these rather than frying them, adding the tomato sauce once the meatballs are browned and well-cooked. Add to cooked spaghetti.
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Savvy tip
Look at the nutritional content on packaging. In the ‘per 100g’ column, a product that has at least 20g total fat per 100g is very high fat – less than 3g per 100g total fat is considered ‘low fat’.
Pass it on – making nibbles healthier
If your children often want something to ‘keep them going’, try these Savvy Snack ideas.