Full tables, full boxes – that’s the goal! These 40 easy family dinner recipes are kid-friendly, crowd-pleasing, and simple enough for any night of the week.
there is just something In fact Special about family dinner time. Bonus if the kids actually eat the food, the adults can actually enjoy it, and no one is making separate plates at 7pm. This is the dream!
These family dinner recipes are just that: crowd-pleasing, kid-friendly, and delicious enough to keep on repeat. They’re also easy enough to get dinner on the table in less than an hour, so that dinner feels less like a chore and more like the best part of the day.
There are full tables and full stomachs here! ❤️
My Favorite Family Dinner Recipes
Instant Pot Spaghetti
My whole family loves this Instant Pot Spaghetti! Silky, delicious and delightfully sticky. It’s easy enough for my kids to make, too!
Delicious Air Fryer Chicken Tenders
These chicken tenders made in the air fryer are a favorite in our house! Golden, hot and crispy with your favorite sauce!
Burger Bowl with House Sauce and Ranch Fries
Burgers in a bowl! Ranch-seasoned fries topped with a burger patty and all the fixings, topped with a drizzle of house sauce!
Ricotta Meatballs with Crispy Toppings
These Ricotta Meatballs are a family favorite, easy and delicious! Tender, juicy homemade meatballs with a jar of good marinara and crispy toppings. Yum!
Ridiculously Good Air Fryer Broccoli
This air fryer broccoli is both tender and crispy at the same time. So easy and done in 10 minutes! We are making this every night and my kids love it.
Best Baked Chicken Meatballs Anytime
These Baked Chicken Meatballs are the BEST! The perfect addition to any meal or eaten on its own. Bonus: They’re meal-prep-friendly for the entire week!
Sheet Pan Salmon with Dill Potatoes
Simple and delicious salmon and potatoes roasted on a sheet pan, and covered in garlic dill butter sauce! One of my family’s favorite dinners.
Chicken Pot Pie with Biscuits
Our Easy Chicken Pot Pie with Biscuits features creamy chicken and vegetables with a flaky, golden topping. This is the best comfort food any night of the week!
Cottage Cheese Pizza Crust
This cheese pizza crust is ridiculous. 4 ingredients, 20 minutes, and really chewy, crunchy, and delicious.
Quick Homemade Ramen
Take regular ramen up a notch with this quick homemade ramen. Fresh veggies and herbs make it extra delicious, healthy, and comforting!
Creamy Tomato Lasagna Florentine
This Creamy Tomato Lasagna Florentine is so delicious, comforting, and simple. Layers of noodles, tomato sauce, and creamy spinach!
Chicken Teriyaki Burgers with Sesame Crumbs
These Chicken Teriyaki Burgers are surprisingly simple yet insanely delicious. Caramelized burgers that are fried in minutes, piled high with sesame seeds on top, and a perfectly toasted bun. Yam.
Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup
This Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup is so good! Thick noodles, tender pieces of chicken, and creamy flavors of thyme, garlic, and vegetables.
Ridiculously Good Air Fryer Chicken Breasts
My everyday favorite is air fryer chicken! Thinly sliced chicken breasts, coated in the maximum amount of spices, plus a little brown sugar and cornstarch, and air-fried to golden, juicy perfection.
Best Alfredo Sauce
Creamy, silky, homemade Alfredo sauce! Perfectly smooth, wonderfully creamy, and with swirly pasta.
Three Cheese Baked Ziti
Three Cheese Baked Ziti that’s bubbly and browned, extra creamy, extra tangy, and incredibly easy!
Sheet Pan Chicken Pitas with Tzatziki
Part bowl, part salad, part sandwich that you can turn into any type of bread, and I’m here for it in every form.
Ang’s Creamy Tortellini Soup
Creamy Tortellini Soup that is comforting, comforting, and oh so delicious! Rich and creamy tomato broth, cheese tortellini, fresh spinach, and Italian sausage.
Ridiculously Good Chicken Tacos with Green Chutney
Only 20 minutes to get these chicken tacos on the table! Juicy, delicious and downright goofy in the best possible way.
Best Sunday Chili
This is Sunday’s Best Chili! Beef, bacon, tomatoes, chopped vegetables, beans, and spices – this is a cozy-weather weekend essential!
Avocado Caesar Green Beans
Grab a bag of green beans, prepare a quick avocado caesar, toast some panko, and let’s go! This is a kind of magic.
Ridiculously Good Air Fryer Salmon
My favorite salmon recipe that turns out perfect every time! Crisp and golden on the outside, buttery and juicy on the inside, and ready in 15 minutes.
Trader Joe’s Sun-Dried Tomato Focaccia Turkey Sandwich
Pillowy sun-dried tomato focaccia piled high with pesto mayo, turkey, juicy tomato slices and greens. This sandwich is a beauty and practically a lifestyle!
Avocado Mojo Bowls with Sweet Potatoes and Chicken
We’re living our best bowl lives this week. Spicy sweet potato wedges and chicken meatballs or rotisserie chicken all paired with a little tangy green avocado mojo sauce on one plate. Yes, wow, repeat.
Butter Chicken Meatballs
These butter chicken meatballs are covered in a rich and mildly spicy tomato gravy that’s made fabulous with a little butter and cream. Serious weekend magic!
Baked Tortellini with Sausage
This Baked Tortellini with Sausage Tomato Sauce is quite simple but it is so good. This is my comfort food weakness right now. I highly recommend dipping there with some buttery garlic bread!
Crispy Black Bean Tacos with Cilantro Lime Sauce
These vegetarian tacos feature deliciously satisfying black bean filling with fresh salsa and seasonings, nestled in a golden crunchy tortilla and served with a cool and creamy cilantro lime sauce. Yum!
5 Ingredient Tomato Soup
A simple 5 ingredient tomato soup made with butter, onion and canned San Marzano tomatoes. Based on Marcella Hazan’s Tomato Sauce recipe. It has the perfect effect on the relaxing atmosphere.
Crunchwrap Supreme
Crunchwrap Supreme! Oh God. Layers of taco meat, queso, tostada, lettuce, tomatoes, salsa, hot sauce and sour cream.
Smash Burgers with House Sauce
The famous Smash Burger! Deeply crunchy, crumbly, juicy, crumbled patties covered in melted cheese, piled on a buttery bun, and topped with a dreamy zip of secret sauce.
Saucy Gochujang Noodles with Chicken
A spicy, peanuty, noodley super easy comfort food! These gochujang noodles require just a handful of ingredients — like ramen noodles, peanut butter, sesame oil, and soy sauce — and come together in just 20 minutes.
Easy Crockpot Carnitas
These are the easiest Crockpot Carnitas and are simple enough for anyone to make! Juicy, delicious, and perfectly browned with a crispy crust.
take 15 minutes
Take 15 minutes! Made with just soy sauce, sesame oil, a pinch of sugar, ramen noodles or spaghetti noodles and any vegetable or protein of your choice. so yummy!
Best Chicken Tinga Tacos
These Chicken Tinga Tacos are the BEST! Tangy, spicy, real food perfection.
Instant Pot Italian Beef Sandwiches
Instant Pot Italian Beef! Just a few minutes of preparation and it’s totally easy to make. Tender shredded beef, crispy buttered bread, melted provolone, salty spicy giardiniera, and some broth to dip it all in.
Reuben Casserole
This Reuben Casserole is a classic sandwich-turned-casserole situation and you won’t want to miss it! Butter-soaked pumpernickel bread, bridges of Swiss cheese, tender corned beef, brined sauerkraut, and homemade Reuben sauce with lots of flavor. Let’s dive in!
Best Swedish Meatballs
Swedish meatballs that are perfectly tender and spicy, served with a creamy, salty, spicy gravy. Great comfort food!
Spaghetti with Crispy Zucchini
This Spaghetti with Crispy Zucchini is the perfect song for the end of summer! It doesn’t get much better than fresh summer zucchini coated in a pile of crispy, cheesy breading on top of spaghetti with fresh herbs. Yum!
Chicken Enchilada Casserole
A 5-ingredient stacked enchilada casserole layered with tortillas, beans, and chicken and covered with cheese and enchilada sauce.
Instant Pot Chicken and Dumplings
This Instant Pot Chicken and Dumplings is the ultimate comforting, delicious bowl of goodness. Chicken, vegetables, pre-made biscuits, seasoning, and it’s all made creamy by simple potatoes. Yum!
