Dad's Got This | Parenting the (in)correct way

So, the kids are away with their Mum for a few days, finally giving me a chance to catch up with the house work and work. If I get another phone call about accepting the game request from the App Store, or asking for more data I'm going either scream or sit in the corner shaking......... Anyway, ignore my ramblings....... This recipe we had the day before they left. Easy, quick and very popular, so we will have again I'm sure. I did have a lot of this in the cupboard and only needed to buy the Chicken, also I have lost the receipt. So you will have to take my word for the fact it came to less than a fiver!

Fresh & Tasty Cucumber Salad

Easy Potato Wedges

Technically not a bake off! But the middle boy asked me to buy the ingredients for a lemon drizzle cake for him to make. We have a kiddie friendly cook book called The little dish family cookbook and he found the recipe there. So after work I popped into the supermarket to pick up a lemon and some ground almonds. Literally as soon as we were back from school he made a start. I kinda left him too it, stopping by every now and again to take pictures…

With my original meal plan going out of the window today and with the help of the BBC good food guide I settled on this little one pot dish instead. With a park play date, school production rehearsal and a lazy pre-teen refusing to walk or ride to school this week I needed something fairly simple. I knew I had some chicken in the freezer and Thai green paste left from another recipe, so this is where I ended up. One pot – two steps – three feed children and a happy daddy!

Right, todays meal was always needed to be quick and simple, World Cup fever had hit the house, not only with the boys, even the little lady was spurting out random football facts on the way to school this morning. So after a quick look through some cooking magazines I found this one. I knew I had a pork fillet in the freezer from a yellow sticker haul at the supermarket and most other ingredients in stock. The only problem would be hiding the sweet potato element as sweet potato is a not a favourite for some reason. After a little consideration I decided to go down the just not telling them route.

Beef with Leeks, Miso Dressing and eggs, served with Japanese Sticky Rice

Another quick and easy meal from the BBC Good Food Magazine. This would make a great lunch, or as part of a dinner with other bits perhaps. I had everything for this dish except the lettuce, so really cheap for me. However all in you shouldn’t be paying much more than £4 for this meal.