Easy Meals

I love to cook, but sometimes I don't have the energy or time or two hands to chop, saute, and assemble. Now that our 1-year-old is eating what we eat, I also have to make sure that it is manageable for him to self-feed as finger food and that there are enough fat and nutrients. Here are some easy meals that we all like:

• Ready made tamales from the fresh food section
• Tubetti pasta, Brussels sprouts, and ground hazelnuts
• Boxed butternut squash soup with cheesy toast
• French fingerling potatoes with raclette cheese or with tapenade (blended olives, olive oil and garlic)
• Angel hair pasta, frozen peas, and crumbled hard boiled eggs
• Black rice, tofu, and Thai peanut sauce

Basics to have on hand: variety of pasta shapes, boxed soups, hazelnuts, olive oil, cans of olives, variety of interesting cheeses, frozen peas and Brussels sprouts, eggs, tamales, dried black beans, black rice, tofu