Easy Dinner Ideas for Family
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We all live busy lives and need some inspiration for easy dinner ideas. Here are some easy, nutritious, and kid-friendly easy dinner ideas for family to enjoy together.
After a long day, the last thing you want to stress about is what to make for dinner. So, let’s simplify the task and make the most of your family meals with these easy, nutritious, and delicious recipes. Each dish is designed to be straightforward and uncomplicated, yet satisfying and full of flavor.
With these recipes, you can create hearty dinners that are sure to please everyone in the family. From one-pan wonders to slow cooker masterpieces, these meals are designed to give you more time around the table together instead of slaving away in the kitchen. We all want easy dinner ideas for family that bring everyone together at the end of a long day.
If you are looking for inspiration for great meal ideas for young kids, check out this collection of Daycare Lunches for toddlers and preschoolers (even the picky ones!). Easy, simple, and tasty enough for the whole family to enjoy!
We all need inspiration for some quick weeknight bites that the kids will also eat. So here are some ideas to get dinner on the table quickly. Whether it’s a dump meal in a crock pot that you set in the morning, a sheet pan meal that you pop in the oven and walk away from, or a quick skillet meal, we have you covered! Here are some of our favorites.
Easy dinner ideas
Chicken Fajitas: Bake sliced chicken breasts, bell peppers, and onions in the air fryer oven with a mix of flavorful spices. Serve with whole grain tortillas, sour cream, cheese, and guacamole.
Pepperoni Pizza Pasta: Cook pasta, dump it in a pan with some pizza-flavored toppings, mix, and bake! Super easy dinner.
Pork Chop Tacos: Use leftover pork chops, and offer a variety of toppings like cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, beans, and guacamole.
Chicken Stir-Fry: Stir-fry a mix of your family’s favorite vegetables (like bell peppers, broccoli, and snap peas) with tofu, chicken, or shrimp. Serve over brown rice or quinoa. You can even make it ahead and freeze it like we do.
Taco Soup: This is a favorite with the kids at my daycare. They love my taco soup. It’s asked for over and over again. And you just dump it in the crock pot and it’s ready for after work! You can even make it in a pan on the stove in 10 minutes with all canned goods!
Cheap and Easy Bean Burritos are another favorite around here that is begged for over and over again. You can even use canned beans and have them ready in minutes.
Tossing a big ole pork roast in the crock pot will give you meals for days! You can cook one pork roast and make 5 meals for your family (or more!) and the best part is they are packed with flavor. This meat has infinite possibilities and it’s inexpensive!
You can do the same thing with a whole chicken. Buying them whole saves you big bank, but you can pull off all the meat at once and divide it up into several quick easy dinner ideas for family that they’ll love!
Easy dinner recipes
These are some of our favorite simple dinner ideas, check out some more ideas:
Cheeseburger meatloaf is a delicious twist on traditional meatloaf with all of the good stuff left in it. It’s a crowd-pleaser because cheese makes everything better!
One pot chili mac and cheese is a family favorite for all the right reasons. Everyone loves chili and everyone loves mac and cheese. They are a match made in heaven!
Chicken alfredo stuffed shells is a yummy creamy combination in a casserole dish. Just toss it in the oven while you do bath time or homework and keep your hands free.
This sheet pan meal of crispy chicken thighs with veggies is another favorite. Everyone loves chicken!
Goulash is definitely a kid and adult pleaser! It’s savory, full of flavor, and has stuff you probably have around the house! This is Paula Deen’s recipe, so you know it’s packed with flavor!
Slow cooker pot roast is a great meal that everyone loves. And the slow cooker is the secret ingredient for easy. You don’t even have to be home to make dinner!
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