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Family Friendly Dinner Recipes

Break free from dinner boredom with these healthy, delicious family-friendly recipes that everyone at your table will actually eat!

From quick weeknight favorites like garlic chicken bites and ranch chicken to comforting classics like brown sugar pork chops, these easy dinner ideas will transform your mealtime routine.

For busy evenings, try time-saving solutions like Instant Pot butter chicken or air fryer tilapia that deliver big flavor with minimal effort.

With plenty of variety available, you can serve meals that work for your family’s needs without sacrificing taste or spending hours in the kitchen.

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Thai-flavored turkey meatballs garnished with herbs in a creamy sauce with sliced red onions and bell peppers.

Featured FAVORITE

Thai Meatballs

Even picky eaters will love this flavorful combination. Pro tip: keep the sauce on the side if you’ve got an apprehensive eater, the meatballs are amazing on their own!

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Plated air fryer tilapia fillets with lemon slices and a fork.

Air Fryer Tilapia

Plate of seasoned, cooked chicken pieces with a fork, garnished with parsley, surrounded by small bowls containing spices and a striped cloth.

Garlic Butter Chicken Bites

Mexican zucchini boats filled with keto ground beef, presented on a white plate.

Zucchini Taco Boats

A plate of sliced air-fried grilled chicken breast with golden potato slices and steamed broccoli. In the background are a bowl of seasoning and a small plate with more food. Forks are placed on the plate.

Air Fryer Grilled Chicken

A chicken salad sandwich with lettuce on multigrain bread is on a white plate. Green apples and a bowl of chicken salad are in the background.

Apple Chicken Salad

Top down of the finished Pizza Chicken Skillet on a white board with basil leaves surrounding it.

Pizza Chicken

Bowls

A keto-friendly bowl of salad with ground beef, lettuce, and pickles.

Big Mac Salad Bowl

A white bowl with salmon stir fry and vegetables, served with rice.

Salmon Stir Fry

A bowl filled with chicken and rice soup.

Instant Pot Chicken & Rice Soup

Cottage Pie on a white platter with a serving spoon.

Healthy Shepherd’s Pie (or Cottage Pie)

A fork holding a bite of coconut lime chicken and vegetables over a black bowl filled with the same ingredients.

Instant Pot Coconut Lime Chicken

A bowl of lasagna soup with a tomato-based broth, spiral noodles, ground meat, and topped with a dollop of ricotta cheese. A spoon is in the bowl. Chopped herbs are visible in a dish nearby.

Healthy Lasagna Soup

One Pan Meals

Designed for minimal clean up!

A white dish with cooked chicken breasts on a bed of rice, topped with spinach, sun-dried tomatoes, and bacon pieces. A fork is placed beside the dish.

Marry Me Chicken Skillet

Close up of a bowl of poor man's stew with a spoon.

Hamburger Stew

Chicken sausage and vegetables on a sheet pan.

Sheet Pan Sausage and Vegetables

Cooked Thai Ground beef served in lettuce cups with cauliflower rice and sliced avocado

Thai Lettuce Wraps

Whole30 Beef and Broccoli Stir Fry, an easy Paleo weeknight dinner made with Flank Steak. I top it with sesame seeds and sliced green onions. Gluten Free!

Beef and Broccoli Stir Fry

Meatballs

What kid doesn’t love meatballs?! You’ll find our growing collection of meatball recipes in a variety of flavors!

A bowl filled with lettuce, meatballs, red pepper hummus and cauliflower tabbouleh on a white board.

Mediterranean Meatballs (No Breadcrumbs)

Thai-flavored turkey meatballs garnished with herbs in a creamy sauce with sliced red onions and bell peppers.

Thai Turkey Meatballs

A gray plate with air fryer meatballs, marinara sauce and green beans.

Air Fryer Turkey Meatballs

Keto meatballs with green beans.

Keto Turkey Meatballs

Instant Pot Swedish meatballs drizzled with a creamy gravy and sprinkled with fresh herbs.

Instant Pot Swedish Meatballs (Dairy & Gluten Free)

A long blue serving tray filled with meatballs, burst cherry tomatoes and broccoli rabe.

Skillet Lamb Meatballs Recipe

Paleo Orange Chicken Meatballs served over steamed broccoli in a large gray bowl on a white marble board. The meatballs are sprinkled with sliced green onion, orange zest, and sesame seeds.

Easy Orange Chicken Meatballs – Whole30, Paleo

Half a spaghetti squash filled with meatballs, marinara sauce, and garnished with fresh basil leaves on a white surface.

Spaghetti Squash & Meatballs Marinara

All Family Friendly Dinner Recipes

Top down of the finished Pizza Chicken Skillet on a white board with basil leaves surrounding it.

Pizza Chicken

A white bowl with salmon stir fry and vegetables, served with rice.

Salmon Stir Fry

Plated pork kebabs with bell peppers, red onion, and zucchini.

Pork Kabobs

Whole30 sliced steak fajitas cooked and served on a sheet pan with mixed vegetables and lime slices

Sheet Pan Steak Fajitas

A salad with sliced grilled chicken, hard-boiled eggs, avocado, cherry tomatoes, red onion, bacon, and blue cheese on a bed of greens, with dressing and ingredients on the side.

Cobb Salad

A plate with white rice sprinkled with black sesame seeds, air-fryer salmon bites, and green snap peas.

Air Fryer Salmon Bites

Close up of four cooked and assembled lettuce wraps on a wooden board.

Pork Lettuce Wraps

Top down of the cooked, crispy butterfly chicken on a sheet pan, surrounded by crispy Brussels sprouts and potatoes.

Roasted Spatchcock Chicken and Vegetables

A plate with grilled pita bread, rice, Greek chicken meatballs topped with white sauce, and a cucumber-tomato salad.

Greek Chicken Meatballs

Plated air fryer tilapia fillets with lemon slices and a fork.

Air Fryer Tilapia

Close-up of cooked chicken breasts in a creamy sauce with wilted spinach and sun-dried tomatoes.

Slow Cooker Tuscan Chicken

A large bowl filled with romaine lettuce, sliced chicken, pickled onions, cooked bell peppers, and garnished with slices of lime and cilantro.

Chicken Fajita Salad

Top down of a whole roasted chicken inside a dutch oven.

Dutch Oven Chicken

Plate of seasoned, cooked chicken pieces with a fork, garnished with parsley, surrounded by small bowls containing spices and a striped cloth.

Garlic Butter Chicken Bites

A bowl filled with lettuce, meatballs, red pepper hummus and cauliflower tabbouleh on a white board.

Mediterranean Meatballs (No Breadcrumbs)

A white dish with cooked chicken breasts on a bed of rice, topped with spinach, sun-dried tomatoes, and bacon pieces. A fork is placed beside the dish.

Marry Me Chicken Skillet

Plated lamb shoulder and roasted vegetables.

Slow Cooked Lamb Shoulder

Ranch chicken breast with grill marks. Lemon wedges on a beige tray, garnished with herbs.

Ranch Chicken

A bowl of lasagna soup with a tomato-based broth, spiral noodles, ground meat, and topped with a dollop of ricotta cheese. A spoon is in the bowl. Chopped herbs are visible in a dish nearby.

Healthy Lasagna Soup

Top down of a large white platter on a white marble board filled with 5 grilled chicken breasts topped with diced apriums, mozzarella pears, sliced basil, and drizzled balsamic vinegar.

Fresh Apricot Chicken

Easy Instant Pot Pineapple Pork Chops served with Cauliflower Rice, lime slices, and cilantro.

Pineapple Pork Chops

Cottage Pie on a white platter with a serving spoon.

Healthy Shepherd’s Pie (or Cottage Pie)

Thai-flavored turkey meatballs garnished with herbs in a creamy sauce with sliced red onions and bell peppers.

Thai Turkey Meatballs

Plate of lasagna with cherry tomatoes and basil, served with sautéed spinach. Jar of pesto and fresh tomatoes in the background.

Baked Pesto Chicken

Salmon fillets on a cutting board, topped with peach salsa.

Blackened Salmon with Peach Salsa

Paleo Buffalo Chicken Nachos, served over roasted sweet potato rounds and topped with ranch, herbs, and celery.

Buffalo Chicken Nachos

Orange Sesame Chicken and broccoli, plated and topped with sesame seeds.

Healthy Orange Chicken

Whole30 Lobster Tail Salad, served in a white bowl with diced celery, mayo, shallots, and garnished with lemon slices.

Lobster Stuffed Avocado

A whole roasted rotisserie style chicken in an air fryer basket.

Air Fryer Whole Chicken

Cooked snow crab legs on a platter with melted butter and lemon slices.

Instant Pot Crab Legs

Cooked Thai Ground beef served in lettuce cups with cauliflower rice and sliced avocado

Thai Lettuce Wraps

Hot dogs topped with ketchup and mustard in buns, accompanied by small bowls of ketchup and mustard.

Air Fryer Hot Dogs

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