{"id":1997,"date":"2009-07-22T13:33:49","date_gmt":"2009-07-22T12:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/?p=1997"},"modified":"2009-07-22T13:33:49","modified_gmt":"2009-07-22T12:33:49","slug":"guilt-free-easy-meals-viva-la-cooking-sauce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/food-drink\/guilt-free-easy-meals-viva-la-cooking-sauce\/","title":{"rendered":"Guilt Free & Easy Meals – Viva la Cooking Sauce"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When it comes to being fed, my children are fairly easily pleased. Well, obviously not all of them all of the time, but they are used to a \u2018one meal fits all\u2019 approach and have learnt to live with it. I am a functional cook, not terribly adventurous, but can be relied upon to get a hearty nutritious meal on the table most days. I shop on the basis that I will be feeding 7-8 people at each mealtime, so rarely even contemplate ready meals – heating individual meals for so many is inconvenient and the cost is prohibitive. Anyway, I\u2019m a bit of a control freak and like to know exactly what goes into the meals I provide.<\/p>\n

This may seem like a full-time job but to be honest, most meals on our table follow a set formula:- some kind of meat (chopped up small for the child who can\u2019t chew meat) and whatever vegetables are to hand magically transformed into a recognisable dish by a jar of organic cooking sauce<\/a> – and generally served with fair trade pasta<\/a>, rice<\/a> or organic noodles<\/a>. Chilli, spaghetti Bolognese, stir fry, sausage pasta, sweet and sour, curry\u2026the variations are numerous. Moreover, the advantages of such a system are endless:-<\/p>\n