Why It’s The Great British Baking Show Best quick and easy dinners The U. These will squash your kids’ urges to feed their dinners to the dog.
They love what they love, and sometimes that can make cooking for them, to put it mildly, a challenge. To make things easier on parents, a number of these recipes can be prepped ahead of time or in your slow cooker or Instant Pot. Less time stressing over what your kids will or won’t eat in the kitchen means more time to enjoy, well, kids being kids. Get even more ideas with our easy dessert recipes for kids too! These highlight everyone’s favorite part of grilled cheeses—the crispy, cheesy edge bits. Get the Waffle Iron Grilled Cheese recipe.
The genius shortcut in this grown-up take on Spaghetti-Os? This recipe is super flexible, too. There is no limit to what you can add to a frittata! We love using muffin tins for genius hacks like this. Get the Black Bean Tostadas recipe. Italian night is just so better when your two favorite pasta dishes are combined.
In this case, we layer meat sauce, store-bought ravioli, and tons of melty mozzarella with ricotta. Get the Broccoli Cheddar Pasta recipe. This one involves a simple trick of folding your tortilla to create a wrap that will give you a perfect bite all throughout. Each bite will be crispy, cheesy, and include all of the toppings. And it all stays inside the wrap! Get the Chicken Taco Tortilla Hack recipe. Fire-roasted tomatoes gives the broth a slightly charred and smoky flavor.
But if all you’ve got is a can of chopped tomatoes, no worries! In our opinion, the crunchier, the better. Which is why pretzels make the perfect chicken coating for these nuggets. The obvious and best dipping sauce?
The classic, made infinitely easier in your slow cooker. Get the Crockpot Spaghetti and Meatballs recipe. These are delicious as is, but you can also stuff them into a wrap or pita with your kid’s fave veggies for a more substantial meal. Get the Baked Falafel Bites with Spicy Tahini Dip recipe. Have fun customizing these ramen noodles with your favorite veggies and toppings.
Try using frozen peas or halved snow peas in place of the bell pepper and carrot. Because we believe that summer dinners should be both quick and easy, this skillet pasta dinner requires just 8 ingredients. Let the end of summer season be your guide to this dish, using whatever veggies you have on hand. Get the Summer Bowtie Pasta and Chicken Sausage Skillet Bake recipe. If you’ve ever been to California Pizza Kitchen, then chances are you know the joys of a good BBQ chicken pizza. Our recipe uses tangy gouda, creamy mozzarella, and a hefty dose of red onions and cilantro for freshness.
We happen to think it gives good ol’ CPK a run for their money. Get the BBQ Chicken Pizza recipe. Adding all the best parts of a classic lasagna to zucchini is one of our fave ways to sneak in some vegetables for the kiddos. With the quick cook time, these burgers stay perfectly juicy and basically beg for a melty slice of cheese. Load it up with your favorite toppings and feel like the burger master you are, without all the smoke in your face. Get the Air Fryer Cheeseburger recipe. This baked pasta recipe doesn’t require any pre-boiling of your gnocchi—simply make your cream sauce, pour it over the gnocchi, and bake!
Get the Four-Cheese Gnocchi Bake recipe. This Buffalo chicken wrap is just as easy to customize as it is to make. Get the Buffalo Chicken Wrap recipe. Stuff it with even MORE cheese! It might sound overly indulgent, but trust us when we say that it’s juuust right. Get the Mozzarella Stuffed Chicken Parm recipe. This dish started as way to use leftover fried rice that has dried out some and may not be great on its own, but is still perfectly edible.