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Any pasta with meat and veggies. Store sauce separately and then reheat.

Grilled chicken with steamed broccoli and baked potatoes

I meal plan but I also always have components for a meal on the fly.

We keep rotisserie chicken, Aidell's organic meatballs, turkey pepperoni, Canadian bacon, chicken sausage, and chicken/fish nuggets on hand for quick protein.

Veg is either raw baby carrots and cucumber slices or frozen veg - peas and carrots, mixed veggies, corn - that we can nuke real fast.

Starches are multigrain rice that we always have on hand and some small pasta I boil and toss in olive oil and keep in the fridge. Or peanut butter crackers.

Lots of fruit - clementines, grapes, berries, and bananas are fast.

We usually do a soup for dinner once a week, like Italian meatball or chicken and rice that's a great all in one meal.

I can make a quick pasta dish with the components above. This week we had pasta with meatballs in red sauce with frozen peas thrown in, for instance.

When I make taco fixings I usually make double. So I freeze shredded chicken or ground beef, rice, and beans. I can easily mix up everything with some frozen corn into a taco bowl of sorts. Then I serve it to my kid with milk salsa and chips or a tortilla.

Once a week I make savory rice pancakes with leftovers. We always have some kind of leftover rice so I mix 1 cup of rice (white, Spanish, brown, fried, whatever, even quinoa) with 2 eggs, 1/2 cup of cheese, and whatever meat and veg we have laying around. I usually chop up some leftover meat and throw in frozen spinach and what not. Then we pan fry it and dip in ketchup. They freeze great and are good for lunch too. This week I made them with the taco night leftovers and spinach.

I make a chicken and rice casserole - long grain rice, cream of chicken soup (I make a homemade version usually), chicken, lots of veggies (celery, onion, carrot, shredded zucchini, peas, corn, green beans) and that is also a great all in one meal.

I often make a 3-egg omelet when I'm making eggs, cool it, and cut it up into cubes for the fridge. I can nuke it and serve with toast, ketchup, and fruit for a fast meal. I like putting some chopped ham and spinach in it.

I think if you have 2 or 3 proteins, veggies, and fruits you can just rotate throughout the week. And add some crackers or cheese or rinsed off black beans if it's a really hungry night.
So I'd pick 2 or 3 that my kids enjoy, like

Salmon-flaked
Chicken thighs-diced
Meatballs -quartered
Mild Italian sausage - quartered and then diced
Scrambled or hardboiled eggs
Falafel
Ground turkey with taco seasoning

Broccoli - steamed
Cucumbers
Peas - frozen
Asparagus-sauteed
Brussel sprouts - steamed
Sweet potatoes - diced and roasted
Avocado

Berries
Mandarin oranges
Watermelon - pre cut up
Banana
Applesauce

Pasta
Tacos
Greek chicken (I serve with tzatziki to dip)

My morning sickness go-to for my toddler was 3-4 frozen, cooked, peeled shrimp, and a bunch of frozen veggies. I basically put both in a bowl and microwave them, then add a couple dashes of aminos or vinaigrette. Sometimes I'd serve it with a piece of buttered toast.

Not glamorous but it took me two minutes and I knew she was getting plenty of protein and veggies. It has gotten me through some rough nights!

Mainly just following because my kid eats none of the things so I need ideas.

@travellingbee: I have, which isn't bad. Otherwise I'll buy it at the store. Their store brand is good and so it Cedar's.

I never do actual cooking on weeknights--I mean, not real cooking. I generally "prepare". My go-tos are rotisserie chicken (my kids LOVE all the dark meat, and I pick the white meat off to make in something for me and DH, like a chicken curry), salmon, shrimp or scallops, fish sticks, aidell's meatballs, and beef brisket. Then I use a lot of frozen steamer veggies, the trays of steamer potatos you can buy, or my local supermarket has pre-cut fresh sweet potatos in fry shape, so I buy those and make home made sweet potato fries without having to wash/peel/chop sweet potatoes. I steam broccoli 2-3 nights a week. I rarely take more than 15 minutes to make a meal. I broil salmon in abut 10 minutes. I made pasta 1x a week but always do half jarred sauce/half butternut squash puree so it's healthier. Little night time hacks like that.

Check out weelicious.com - toddler friendly recipes the whole family will enjoy. When my kids were eating seperate meals, I'd double or triple weelicios recipes to stock my freezer. Some of our favorite recipes include blank bean cakes, cottage cheese pancakes, turkey meatloaf bites, chicken Mac and cheese bites, and spinach ricotta bites.