Discover quick and easy family dinner recipes that are perfect for busy weeknights! From one-pot meals to kid-friendly favourites, these simple and delicious meals will keep everyone happy at dinner time!
Family Dinner Ideas
Eating together as a family is great, but trying to please the whole family at dinner time can sometimes be tricky!
If you’re looking for family friendly dinner ideas that are kid-approved too, then you’ll love our collection of Easy Family Dinner Recipes.
From pasta dishes to paella, curries and nuggets there’s lots of delicious variety to spice up your usual dinnertime favourites.
Let us know what recipes you try and love!
Smash Burgers
Part of our 15 Minute Meal Collection, these are the easiest burgers you’ll ever make!
They’re also pretty healthy too compared to shop bought burgers.
Lay out all the toppings and let everyone choose what they include in their burger which will keep even the pickiest of eaters happy!
Baked Chorizo Cheese Risotto
You wouldn’t normally expect to see a risotto recipe if you searched for easy family meal ideas, but trust me, I’ve been baking my risottos for years and they are so easy!
If your family aren’t fans of chorizo, then you could always try this plainer Cheese & Tomato Risotto or make it vegetarian friendly with this Baked Mushroom Risotto!
One Pot Pasta Bolognese
One Pot Recipes are brilliant for busy families! Everything cooked together in one pot for convenience and less washing up!
A classic family dinner made easy! Add parmesan and fresh bail leaves to the grown up servings and grated cheddar for the kids.
Gnocchi Sausage Traybake
Family-friendly dinner ideas need to not only be something the whole fmaily will eat, but they need to be easy!
No one wants to be spending ages cooking or prepping meals mid-week when there so many other things you need to be doing.
This Sausage Traybake is super simple and you can customise what goies into it depending on what you know your kids will happily eat!
Popcorn Chicken
If there’s one meal that I know the kids will always eat, it’s chicken nuggets! And to be honest I’m quite partial to this Popcorn Chicken myself! It’s a real family favourite.
For a complete meal, serve this with homemade wedges or even easier, my Airfryer Garlic Fries and a side of corn on the cob or peas!
Slow Cooker Mac & Cheese
Slow Cooker Family Meals are always on my menu, especially during the winter months!
Being able to bung everything in the slow cooker in the morning and forget about it makes life so much easier!
Mac and Cheese always goes down well with the kids when you want to serve them something warm and comforting!
If you wanted a speedier version that you can just whip up, then try my One Pot Mac & Cheese with Hidden Veg which is part of our 15 Minute Meals Collection!
Cheat’s Paella
My Cheat’s Paella isn’t an authentic paella recipe, BUT it’s really quick and really easy which is exactly what you want when you need to feed the whole family mid-week!
Use my time saving cooking hacks to get a really tasty family dinner on the table in no time!
Airfryer Whole Roast Chicken
I absolutely love my airfryer and have a whole host of sweet and savoury Airfryer Recipes on the blog!
Cooking a whole roast chicken in just an hour has been an absolute game changer for mid-week family meals.
You could serve this up with Fried Gnocchi and some frozen mixed veg for a super easy mid-week roast. Or add a side of airfryer chips and these fun Corn On The Cob Pops for a Nando’s style dinner!
Just don’t forget to use the leftover chicken to make this Leftover Roast Chicken Risotto the next day!
Easy Sausage Meat Ragu
Pasta is always a family favourite in our house and this Easy Sausage Ragu always goes down a treat.
It cooks in only 20 minutes as well so it’s perfect for a really quick family meal during the week.
Kid-Friendly Chilli Con Carne
If you are looking for healthy family dinners, then this is one for you! My Chilli con Carne Recipe is mild enough for the kids but still really tasty and is packed with hidden vegetables!
Hidden Vegetable Recipes are great if you’ve got fussy eaters in the house as I know it’s not always easy to get enough veg into kids!
Hidden Veg Katsu Curry Sauce
My last recipe in my easy family dinner ideas collection had to be a curry!
I have plenty of family-friendly curry recipes like this One Pot Chicken Curry & Rice or this Chinese Chicken Curry.
But I love this Katsu Curry Sauce Recipe as it is only the sauce you need to make and the rest of the meal you can use pre-prepared chicken fillets and rice! Super easy!
If you liked this collection of recipes, then please do leave me a comment and a star rating below. You can also share your pictures with me on Instagram. I always love to see your creations!
If you enjoyed this collection of recipes, then you may also enjoy our Family Friendly Comfort Food recipe roundup.
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