There's an entire library of books out there to help busy parents cook for their families, who are faced not only with the problem of time, but also health. Some of them focus strictly on lunches, other on a whole days of foods from breakfast to school lunches, to snacks, and dinner. These are just a few I've come across that look helpful:
- Quick Meals for Healthy Kids and Busy Parents: Wholesome Family Recipes in 30 Minutes or Less
- The Healthy Lunchbox
- Family Fun Fast Family Dinners
- Beyond Macaroni and Cheese (but really, is there anything beyond a good macaroni and cheese?)
- Kid Favorites Made Healthy from Better Homes & Gardens
- The Sneaky Chef
- Lunch Lessons
- Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food
Forbes.com recently ran a spread on healthy meals by celebrity chefs. I'm not quite sure I identify with the opening
sentiment: "Just as we like recognizable brands for our clothes, our technology, our cars and our music, we like
recognizable chefs informing us about what to eat." But still, some of the offerings from chefs like Lidia
Bastianich, Wylie Dufresne and Nobu Matsuhisa are fun to browse. Dufresne's dish of course involves sous vide. Others,
like Suzanne Goin's salad of blood oranges, dates, almonds and Parmigiano are much simpler. Emeril, even when pushed to
cook under the guise of health, still manages to incorporate heavy cream and half a pound of butter.
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