Dinner Tonight - Easy, Tasty and Healthy Meals for The Whole Family in Under 40 Minutes

Subscribe to my Twitter feed @ecomeg to see what we're eating each evening, but every now and then I'll elaborate on one meal I made that my family enjoyed. I love to cook and my husband says I'm good at it - I hope you enjoy these meals, too!

My meals typically take 30-40 minutes to prepare, from first stepping into the kitchen to calling everyone to the table. This includes time for a diaper change, to apply bandaids and to mediate a sibling squabble or two. They are well-balanced, largely from scratch and largely organic. I try to incorporate locally-grown items whenever possible. I know you're all busy people - but you do not have to choose between healthy meals and quick meals!

I am not a professional cook. In fact, I didn't really start cooking until I married eight years ago. Now I cook three meals a day for my family, all of them fairly simple. I prepare only one dinner for the entire family. At dinner, my children eat what the adults eat. That said, I do make an effort to appeal to the entire array of palates, so might tweak each plate a bit. For instance, one child loves grapes and the other won't touch them.

If you have suggestions for this column, please let me know! Send me an email at: ecomeg@ecomeg.com. If we try it and like it, I will write about it!