Healthy Meals for Kids
When you need easy, kid-friendly recipes to feed the family for dinner, this list of healthy and simple meals comes to the rescue!
Ingredients
For the chicken tacos:
- 2 ½ cups chicken about ½ chicken, shredded rotisserie
- 12 taco shells crunchy
- 1 cup cheddar cheese divided, shredded
- ⅓ cup salsa verde or regular salsa
Toppings:
- guacamole guacamole, sour cream, shredded lettuce, shredded cheese, salsa
- sour cream
- lettuce
- cheese
- salsa
Instructions
Prep the oven:
- Preheat your oven to 375F and position your oven rack in the middle of the oven (if it’s too high your tacos could get too toasty).
Fill the tacos:
- On an oven safe 9×13 baking dish, line up 12 taco shells, vertically, so they're easier to fill. Fill with cooked chicken and top with cheese.
- In a medium bowl, combine the shredded chicken, the ⅓ cup salsa or salsa verde, and half of the shredded cheese. If the chicken is very cold, warm it up for a minute in the microwave.
- Fill the taco shells with the chicken mixture and sprinkle the remaining cheese over the top.
Bake:
- Bake the filled tacos for 10 to 12 minutes until the taco shells are crispy and the cheese is melted.
Add toppings:
- Once the tacos are ready, load them up with toppings and serve immediately.
Nutrition Information
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4 Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 375
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 3 tacos | |
| Calories | 375kcal | 19% |
| Carbohydrates | 25g | 8% |
| Protein | 31g | 62% |
| Fat | 16g | 25% |
| Saturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 3g | 18% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Trans Fat | 0.1g | 5% |
| Cholesterol | 72mg | 24% |
| Sodium | 491mg | 20% |
| Potassium | 340mg | 7% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 2g | 4% |
| Vitamin A | 218IU | 4% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 164mg | 16% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.