Dinner at my house can be quite the production. Between being short on time, picky eaters, and trying to avoid a massive clean up after meal-prep, finding easy dinner ideas that please both my husband and kids can be a chore.
Here are some recipes we’re going to try to make dinnertime easier and less stressful.
Easy crunchy chicken toes are a great way for kids to get in on the dinner prep.
Just getting a second to get dinner going without kids underfoot, asking when dinner will be done and if I can come watch their new gymnastics trick, is never easy. One great solution is to prepare dinner as a family.
This crunchy chicken toes recipe is perfect for getting little hands involved in the cooking. It is even written to be followed from a child’s perspective. We will definitely be trying this one at my house!
to recipes.rememberstuff.meTurkey Pad Thai is a super quick and easy way to get kids (or picky husbands) to try new things.
This dish is very quick to prepare and cook. It’s fairly mild in flavor, meaning it has the power to please the whole family.
Using leftover turkey, or even precooked chicken if you’re fresh out of turkey, makes for very few steps and fewer dirty dishes to get this Thai dinner on the table quickly.
Maybe it’s just me, but I literally plan meals based on how many dishes will be created. It definitely meets my easy criterion!
Fewer ingredients make shopping and dinner prep easy.
My kids absolutely love dinner that comes neatly packaged. When there is no need for silverware, they are all more likely to eat.
These Venetian pizza rolls bring together a little more sophisticated flavor than my kids would typically enjoy, and a fun presentation that might just get them to eat it despite the spinach. Use marinara as a dipping sauce to make this easy dinner idea even more appealing to kids.
Butternut squash and bacon pasta make for a one pot wonder dinner that appeals to kids.
Pasta-based dishes are my kids’ favorite, and everyone in my family loves bacon. This easy butternut squash and bacon pasta, chock full of vitamin A and fiber, is a great hearty fall dish that kids and parents can agree to love.
Using the butternut squash takes advantage of a delicious seasonal veggie that will keep for a while after purchase, in case you don’t get around to making this dish as soon as you’d hoped.
Recipes that easily allow for customization are a great idea for well-received dinners.
This Round and Round Pasta is great for kids. Add in veggies that they love, leave out the ones they don’t care for, and you’ve got a dinner that they’ll gobble up!
It’s easy to make and uses lots of ingredients already found in many kitchens. You could leave out the sausage and add a little sage and fennel to the dish to replicate the flavor and make this dish vegetarian.
Making a quick and easy dinner for your kids doesn’t have to come at the expense of flavor. Use Remember Stuff’s Remember Recipes feature to keep track of the great recipes you find here on the blog.
If you decide to try some of the above ideas, let me know how your kids liked them!
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