Quick and Easy Helps Parents Reclaim the Kitchen

“Quick & Easy” is a recipe book for people with busy lives and young families and is particularly useful for those with kids at school.

It features a host of nutritionally balanced meals to tempt your kids to the table that can be made in advance and frozen. Many come from one simple bolognaise base.

Jennifer Robertson, registered Dietitian Health and Education Coordinator for Quality Meat Scotland, said: “If you have a busy household it can be a nightmare getting meals on the table some evenings. With so many activities, appointments and commitments busy mums are not only stretched for time, they can be stretched for ideas too.

“These recipes offer a variety of important nutrients necessary for all the family, but especially for active growing kids. Red meat is rich in protein, which is vital for energy and the body's growth and repair.

“When you include the iron, zinc, B vitamins and other dietary essentials you can see why red meat has such an important role to play in a healthy, balanced diet.”

All the recipes in the book have a full nutritional breakdown so mums can see exactly what they are feeding their kids.

Quick & Easy is published as research is showing that parents are wresting back control of what their children eat, and health is at the top of the agenda.

Figures from independent retail analyst TNS show that in 2008 more than 55% of the parents surveyed said a child should eat what he or she is given, a rise of 5 percentage points between 2004 and 2006.

Further information from: Carol McLaren, Director of Communications, Quality Meat Scotland. Tel: 0131 472 4040.

Attachments:

QUICK EASY.pdf