I often keep an eye out and buy fun shaped pasta for my kids - wheels, alphabets, reindeer (around the holiday season), found these awesome bow pasta hand made with natural food colors, animals, etc. And these days its easy to find all these made of whole wheat, quinoa, brown rice, etc.

Instead of the store bought pasta sauce, I usually make easy vegetable sauces at home. Today I made an organic spinach with herbs and garlic pesto. Other times I mix a variety of vegetables including peas, carrots, onion, green beans, sweet peppers, broccoli, etc. and make a blended sauce.

Topped with cheese, it makes one healthy meal that the kids love and makes mom happy!