Ten meals your kids should know how to cook before they move out

Corn fritters with crispy bacon and roasted tomatoes. Photo / Bite magazine

They may not have mastered a soufflé but it's a comfort, as your kids leave home, that they know more than the quickest way to the takeaway bar when it comes to getting themselves a meal. These 10 foods are their starter dinner stalwarts: they're nutritious, not too hard to make, will appeal to young appetites and are cheap enough that they will want to cook them. Plus, none requires a whizz-bang kitchen or utensils.

These recipes, from bite.co.nz, range from eggs to roast chicken and potatoes. Roast chicken will really impress their friends (and, hopefully, you too when you finally get an invitation to visit).

1: Eggs: poached, scrambled, boiled and a cheesy omelette

From left: Eggs poached, scrambled, in an omelette and boiled. Photos / Bite magazine

• How to poach an egg
• Scrambled eggs for one
• Boiled eggs and toast soldiers
• Exam day breakfast: Cheese and herb omelette on wholegrain toast

2: Roasted potatoes and other veg

• Crispy roast potatoes
• Hearty roast vegetable platter with stuffing balls

3: Roast chicken

• Roast chicken

4: A classic tomato spaghetti - and meatballs

• Classic tomato spaghetti
• Parmesan meatballs

5: Steak

• Pan-seared beef fillet with cafe de Paris butter

From left: Beef stir-fry, roast chicken, meatballs and steak. Photos / Bite magazine

6: Sweetcorn (or other veg) fritters

• Corn and pumpkin seed fritters with bacon

7: A spicy meat and veg stir-fry

• Red curry stir-fried pork, beans and basil

Roast vegetables. Photos / Bite magazine

8: Hamburgers

• Big homemade beef burgers

9: A vegetable soup - learn the basics with pumpkin

• Easy pumpkin soup

10: A store cupboard quesadilla

• Black bean quesadillas

Hamburgers and quesadillas. Photos / Bite magazine

- nzherald.co.nz