Making family dinners using vegetables from your very own garden

When you’re a mother, there’s nothing more important than making sure that your children are happy and healthy. A great way to be 100% sure of this is by feeding them nutritious and organic food, knowing exactly where it comes from.

Trying to encourage kids to eat healthy can be hard as well as finding the time and money to keep stocking up the fridge with fresh products. With a polytunnel from Premier Polytunnels you can grow your own fruit and vegetables in your garden to create delicious healthy meals whilst making it a fun task for kids to look after the vegetables and learn about where their food comes from.

Here’s some recipe inspiration to get you feeling inspired:

Soups

With a polytunnel you can make a number of delicious and nutritious soups for all the family. From carrot and coriander to winter vegetable and cream of tomato, by growing all your own delicious fruit and vegetables you’ll be able to make whatever kind of soup you fancy every time. You can be extra healthy and even have a go at baking your own seeded crusty bread to go with the soup with this bread maker from. Don’t forget to add plenty of salt and pepper for seasoning and a sprig of basil or coriander for extra flavouring.

Main Meals

Tomato and onion gratin, courgette ratatouille and vegetable curries are all really healthy meals that are easy to make and kids will like. It’s sometimes hard to find a vegetable based meal that children like if they’re used to eating processed foods. Cutting out meat entirely isn’t necessary, just be sure to buy high quality meat from the butchers rather than cheaper processed cuts. You can then use the vegetables on the side with a roast dinner or create a pasta dish incorporating them.

Puddings

Puddings aren’t exactly healthy but we all need to eat a balanced diet so the occasional sweet treat doesn’t hurt. Using a polytunnel means you can grow some gorgeous fresh fruit perfect for making delicious puddings. Try making an apple crumble or how about an apple and blackberry pie. There are so many fruit based deserts that it’s really easy to incorporate all your fresh fruit into a meal. Make an Eton mess or strawberry tart or be extra cheeky and drizzle a little chocolate over poached pears, there’s so many scrumptious fruit based puddings that it’s hard to choose.