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Quick Easy Mid Week Recipes

 
 

Very busy during the working week? We provide free quick & easy meal recipes for busy families via links direct to selected NZ website pages containing excellent family dinner recipes.

Quick and easy doesn’t have to mean takeaways. If you have some basic ingredients in your cupboard, then you should be able to make a quick and nutritious meal for the kids and the entire family within a reasonable budget.

The websites below have been selected for providing recipes for the family that are healthy and on a budget. Click through to go direct to the web page of your selected meal type --- chicken, beef, mince, sausagespork, ham, bacon, fishpasta, noodles, rice --- for parents to prepare.

Encourage the kids to become active in cooking dinner (of course, under supervision) with the odd recipe from our "Kids as Cooks" selection.

Free Dinner Recipe Websites

Website Page + Description

Chicken

 

Food in a Minute

www.foodinaminute.co.nz/chicken

100+ nutritious Chicken recipes, including casserole, pies, pita pockets, pizza, wraps, mild curries, pasta, stir fries, etc

 

 www.healthyfood/recipes/chicken

130+ healthy Chicken recipes, including Asian stir fries, Italian dishes, Mexican dishes, casseroles, burgers, etc

Beef

 

 www.healthyfood/recipes/beef

70+ healthy Beef recipes, including stroganoff, casseroles, salads, mild curries, stir fries, wraps, pies, etc

Food in a Minute

 

www.foodinaminute.co.nz/beef

60+ yummy Beef recipes, including homemade burgers, satay, kebabs, stir fry, burritos, pies 

 

 www.recipes.co.nz/beef

100+ mouth watering Beef (& Lamb) recipes, including traditional, pies, stir fries, mild curries, casseroles, etc 

Mince & Sausages

 

www.healthyfood/recipes/mince
60+ healthy Mince recipes
www.healthyfood/recipes/sausages
14 healthy Sausage recipes

 

Food in a Minute

 www.foodinaminute.co.nz/mince

60 Mince & Sausage recipes, including meatballs, mexican dishes, cottage pies, lasagnes, etc

 

 www.recipes.co.nz/babies-toddlers

Lotsa recipes, mostly using Mince, designed for younger children in the family

 Pork, Ham, Bacon

 

 www.healthyfood/recipes/pork
30+ healthy Pork recipes
www.healthyfood/recipes/ham
20+ healthy Ham recipes
 www.healthyfood/recipes/bacon
20+ healthy Bacon recipes

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New Zealand Pork
 

www.pork.co.nz/recipes/pork
Search this Pork recipe database for Trim Pork (including fillet, leg steak, medallion, minced, pickled, pieces/diced, schnitzel) and many other cuts of pork
www.pork.co.nz/recipes/ham
18 Ham recipes
www.pork.co.nz/recipes/bacon
18 Bacon recipes

 Fish

 
 

 www.sealord.biz/recipe

Find 100+ Fish & Seafood dinner recipes, searching their database via Product (Tuna, Salmon, Frozen Fish Fillets, Shellfish, Calamari, and Other Canned Seafood)

 

 www.healthyfood/recipes/fish

80+ Fish dinner recipes, including homemeade fish 'n' chips, fish cakes, pie, bakes, Thai dishes, mild curries, etc 

Pasta, Noodles & Rice 

 
 

Food in a Minute

www.foodinaminute.co.nz/rice&pasta

80+ Rice, Pasta & Noodles recipes, including Asian stir fries, creamy Italian pasta dishes, fettucine, mild curries, salads, etc 

 

 www.healthyfood/recipes/pasta&noodles
110+ healthy Pasta & Noodles recipes
www.healthyfood/recipes/rice
70+ healthy Rice recipes 

 Kids as Cooks

 

Food in a Minute

 www.foodinaminute.co.nz/kidsascooks

70+ easy recipes for "kids as cooks" (under adult supervision), including burritos, pizzas, satays, etc 

       

 www.kiwifamilies.co.nz/quick&easymeals

12 quick & easy meals for the kids to prepare and present to proud parents 

 

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