For working parents, providing healthy and affordable meals that are easy to cook are difficult to come by these days. Having to clean after cooking is just more added stressful and time consuming chores.

While most “instant meals” are unhealthy and not to mention expensive, there are many cooking solutions that can be a healthy meal for the family and can be a quick fix.

One quick and easy meal is chicken. Try chopping up some potatoes and some onions and top the chicken with seasoning in the oven. Also, you can use the chicken wings to makes a soup.

Once you throw the chicken in the oven, the rest of the time is yours to do whatever you need to or want to do while you wait.

Are you a vegetarian? If so, you can always cook up some pasta and add some tomato sauce, onions, spices, and cheese.

There are many different pasta sauce options. By putting different combination of vegetables and spices, you can create countless different sauces. Try adding some mushrooms or some fresh chopped tomatoes to your sauce.

Another quick, healthy, and cheap meal the kids will love are eggs. There is a middle eastern dish that has grown in popularity in homes called “Shakshuka,” which is eggs mixed with tomatoes and onions and served on top of rice. This is a meal that is healthy and the whole family will love.