I am sort of in the same boat but have learned that with a toddler that getting her to eat right is a daily struggle….off the top of my head, I would suggest tacos- you can do beef, turkey, tofu, etc, plus veggies and cheese. My little one is too young for this- she still separates all her foods- even sandwiches but it is usually a kid favourite and kits make it easy…Check out websites like http://www.momswhothink.com/easy-recipes/easy-recipes.html
and   http://www.delish.com/recipes/cooking-recipes/quick-kid-friendly-recipes

This site has things for kids with special dietary needs, too. http://kidshealth.org/kid/recipes/index.html

You can also make healthier pizza and have your kid help make it for fun together…

For veggies when kids won’t eat them, I would suggest a snack of veggies and dip before lunch and dinner. Again, my kid is still kind of young for this- choking hazard and all- but it seems to work for my friends with kids who are a bit older…

Hope this helps a bit and good luck!

Try cookinglight.com or thekitchn.com (or its sister website apartmenttherapy.com/family)—they both tend to have easy family-friendly recipes that are pretty healthy. Also, Every Day with Rachael Ray (the magazine, or its website, rachaelraymag.com) has a feature every month on a kid-friendly healthy recipe. And as for pancakes, grilled cheese and pasta, even those can be healthier if you use whole grain flour, bread or pasta (and pack the pasta/sauce with veggies!). Good luck—it may seem daunting at first, but cooking doesn’t have to be that hard!

My boys are toddlers and love pasta.  I feed them whole grain pasta which I also like a lot and it’s good for you.  Plenty of fiber and other good stuff.  Also, I buy bags of baby spinach and mix it into many of my dishes.  You don’t have to cook it.  Just add it raw to cooked noodles that are still hot and it will completely wilt as though it was cooked.  You can add a lot and it will wilt down to nearly nothing.  The other night I made shrimp scampi with whole grain noodles and wilted spinach.  My kids loved it!  I add veggies wherever I can like orange or red bell peppers to quesadillas made with whole grain tortillas.

i also suggest whole grain everything.  makes a huge difference for me personally.  one thing that goes over well in our house is quesadillas - i buy whole grain and use only cheese on it because my 5 yr old hates anything else on his.

both of mine eat tons of fruit but very little veggies.  there is a mac n cheese made with veggies!  i also buy the fruit/veggie juice. 

we make french toast too - whole grain bread of course.  the kids don’t get syrup.

good luck!!

When we were growing up in the 70s, my mother made what she called “Impossible Pie”.  It consisted of 1 cup of flour, 1 tsp. of baking powder, 1 cup of milk, three or four eggs & whatever vegetables she could find to chop very finely & put into it—especially onions, garlic, spring onions, parsley, leeks, carrots, zucchini, celery, etc.—all mixed well with just a fork.  Then she put a very thin layer of grated cheese on the top at the end of oven baking—about 45 minutes.  I have made this in the m/wave—pricking it every few minutes.  (I cook it in a quiche dish & my kids thing it is quiche!) 

I see that you can find something similar on Google, but some of it has bacon in it.  Any leftover chicken, hamburger, etc., would go well in this.  The name was from the idea that you could get your kids to eat vegetables when it seemed impossible!

Good luck!