Recipes for Dads!

Hi,
  So, every so often I come across hapless dads of small children not knowing how to cook.  Being alone with the little ones at mealtimes can be so overwhelming for some newish dads, so I figured I'd offer some ideas about what worked for me and my kids (now 4 and 6).

  My goals (as of 1/19/2012) for this blog are:
- To provide some easy ways to cook a reasonably healthy dinner meals for small kids old enough to voice opinions.
- Did you see that I said "reasonable"?  Everything here is going to be something that I feel that anyone can make, in a way so that you don't need measuring spoons or have to take out the pasta at exactly 8 minutes in slightly salted water brought to a rolling boil.  In other words, there's room for error, just like there's room for error in your kids' taste buds and stomachs.
- Nothing I call for is going to ask for a bazillion ingredients.  No Dad (including me) is going to want to haul 20 different spices and use a dash of each just for tortellini.
- I don't know your kid allergies, so you'll still want to watch out for things that they can't eat.  Don't give your nut-allergic kid my recipe for pesto pasta; he'll like it for exactly 3 minutes before the anaphylaxis sets in.
- Not everything's going to be about pasta.  That will be boring for your kids and they'll tell you.

  A few ground rules though:
- I offer no warranties about anything I post here.
- I assume you have a kitchen with a microwave, oven, and stove.  If you don't have a full sized oven, a good toaster-oven will likely do, but you might not make enough food for yourself.  (Read: you'd go hungry, not your kids.)
- I assume you can get to a grocery store or Costco on the weekends and can have a few (keyword: few) items the fridge or freezer beforehand.
- Everything that I post is going to take 30 minutes or less to prepare and cook.  That's enough time for your kids to watch the latest episode of Wild Kratts.
- I reserve the right to change the goals of the blog whenever I want.

  In the meantime, if you have a recipe that is easy to make and has worked for a Dad flying solo with passengers, feel free to send them to runforyourlives@gmail.com.  If I like them, I might try it myself, and then post it.  Otherwise, look here for some posts from me.