| I'm looking for ideas, both quick and easy dinners and anything time-intensive but worth it. What does your family love to eat? What makes your kids say "yay" when they walk in the kitchen and see what's for dinner? |
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For a simple dinner: Mac and Cheese with peas. It's my kids' favorite and if I'm being honest it was my favorite at the same age.
Butter chicken with naan. If I'm feeling up for something more complicated, I make the naan, but it's by far the most labor intensive aspect of it. Peanut tofu stir fry. It's the peanut sauce that makes it a bit hit with the kids. |
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Lasagna.
Mississippi pot roast. Pizza. |
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Tacos
Egg roll in a bowl Red beans & rice |
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chicken cutlets
An Ina Garten recipe of chicken with mustard sauce that's super simple but seems nicer than it is spaghetti and meatballs |
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This breakfast for dinner, made with frozen hashbrowns:
https://www.spoonforkbacon.com/simple-cheesy-skillet-hash-browns-and-eggs/ Tofu bowls, using either mango or pineapple. No sauce for the kid. Tofu cooked in air fryer: https://www.budgetbytes.com/mango-coconut-tofu-bowls/ Pizza beans from smitten kitchen Also chili or black bean soup with cornbread, because everyone loves cornbread. |
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Pizza
Spaghetti and meatballs Smitten Kitchen chicken marsala meatballs Yeah, there's not much my picky youngest will eat. |
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Quesadillas, with sides of refried beans and sliced avocado
Cooking Classy’s Cheddar Broccoli Potato Soup The viral Boursin cheese pasta |
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Mac n cheese, homemade, DD likes chicken added so I add rotisserie chicken to hers.
Pesto salmon ( bake 15-20 mins) with rice and broccoli Black bean and cheese quesadillas |
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*Tacos (we buy hard taco shells), and fill with lettuce, corn, cheese, tomatoes, shrimp or ground beef, with taco sauce on top.
*Lasagna *Noodles and pasta sauce * Homemade pizza made with flour+ one of those yeast packets *Brisket made in crockpot (simple) |
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--box Mac and cheese with tuna and peas mixed into it
--swedish meatballs with egg noodles and whatever vegetable is handy --shrimp scampi with spaghetti and broccoli We obviously eat more than pasta, but we have at least one of those pretty much every week. Both my kids really like baked potatoes too. |
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Tacos (in tortilla, on chips, or on lettuce for me). Add corn (frozen or canned), tomatoes and black beans to your ground beef/turkey/pork
Shrimp scampi is quick and easy Any steamed veggies, baked fish (salmon, cod, tilapia), and rice, potato or pasta Spaghetti and Costco meatballs with a steamed veggie Quessadillas- everyone chooses their own fillings, cheese + beans, spinach, chicken |
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Salmon with a soy/sesame glaze
Tacos Chicken cutlets with an arugula,parm, tomato salad |
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Quesadillas
Spaghetti and meatballs ( mine like Raos red and Alfredo together over meatballs) Meatball subs ( easy leftover ) Chicken Caesar salad Chili Short ribs braised with noodles I try to make one of these every week to appease. |
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Chicken enchiladas
Pasta with meatballs Salad wraps |