Kid Friendly Recipes

For every kid who’s an adventurous eater, there’s a picky eater. We rounded up our sure-fire family favorites that are kid-tested so you can pull off making just one recipe for dinner…and feel confident everyone will love it.

A plate of Peanut Butter Cookies.

Peanut Butter Cookies

A plate of quesedillas and toppings.

The Ultimate Quesadilla

Red striped paper cartons overflowing with popcorn recipes

Perfect Popcorn

Best homemade hummus in a white bowl

Easy Homemade Hummus

Overhead view of Oatmeal Raisin Cookies cooling on a rack.

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Lemonade

Perfect Lemonade

Rice Pudding

Best Garlic Bread EVER on a round plate

Sweet potato fries on a baking sheet.

Oven Baked Sweet Potato Fries

Salmon patties set on a plate with a dip and lemon.

Side view of a brownie in a white mug and topped with ice cream and with a stir spoon inside.

Brownie in a Mug

Baked Apples

Sloppy Joe

Best Ever Sloppy Joes

Applesauce

Homemade Applesauce

Kraft mac and cheese - a silver spoon is scooping homemade mac and cheese our of a white casserole dish

Creamy Baked Mac and Cheese

Mango Lassi

Overhead view of blonde brownies scattered on a counter with a butter knife next to it

Butterscotch Blondies

Tapioca Pudding

Tapioca Pudding

Side view of a stack of grandma's cookies.

Grandma's Oatmeal Cookies

Chocolate Covered Pretzels

Chocolate-Covered Pretzels

Potato Bread

Homemade Potato Bread

Root Beer Float on Simply Recipes

Root Beer Float

The best popover recipe baked in a muffin tin.

Avocado Chicken Salad

Avocado Chicken Salad

Cheesy Bread

Easy waffle recipe served on a round plate with maple syrup

Easy Buttermilk Waffles

Top view of a homemade king cake on a white plate. Forks and a green linen are to the left. A small plastic baby figurine is above as well as Mardi Gras beads

Green Chicken Chili recipe made in the slow cooker

Easy Green Chicken Chili

Meatballs in a slow cooker filled with tomato sauce with a spoon lifting a meatball out of the sauce.

Slow Cooker Meatballs in Tomato Sauce

Mac and Cheese with Chicken

Easy Chicken Mac and Cheese

Fish Sticks Recipe for Kids

Crispy Panko Fish Sticks

Scooping Easy Cauliflower Bake out of a glass casserole dish.

Cheesy Baked Cauliflower

Veggie-lovers pizza sliced.

Vegetarian Pizza

Overhead view of sheet pan chicken thighs with tomatoes, potatoes, capers, and basil on a sheet pan.

Sheet Pan Lemon Chicken with Potatoes, Tomatoes, and Capers

Overhead view of extra flaky broccoli cheddar hand pies set on a platter.

Broccoli Cheddar Hand Pies

Sheet pan meatloaf dinner on a plate with broccoli and potatoes.

Sheet Pan Mini Meatloaves with Crispy Broccoli and Mustard Glazed Potatoes

Overhead view of Korean pork and chives dumplings on a plate.

Mandu (Korean Dumplings)

Crispy Golden Air Fryer Chicken Tenders on a plate with a dipping sauce.

Air Fryer Chicken Tenders

Overhead view of Homemade Air Fryer Chicken Nuggets with ketchup and mustard.

Air Fryer Chicken Nuggets

Tilapia with Salsa Verde on a plate and served with rice.

Salsa Verde Baked Tilapia

Homemade Chicago-Style Deep Dish Pizza

Chicago-Style Deep Dish Pizza with Italian Sausage

Easy Pepperoni Calzones on a plate

Pepperoni Calzones

Lemon Chicken Piccata Recipe

Chicken Piccata Pasta

Beef and Broccoli with Ramen Noodles

Beef and Broccoli Ramen Stir Fry

Hot Dogs with Kimchi and Gochujang

Hot Dogs with Spicy Kimchi Slaw

Baked Ranch Pork Chop Recipe

Oven Baked Ranch Pork Chops

Green Goddess Mac Cheese

Green Goddess Mac and Cheese

Beef Noodle Casserole

Beef Noodle Casserole

Danish Pork Burgers

Danish Pork Burgers

Broccoli Cheddar Bites

Broccoli Cheddar Bites

Sheet Pan Pizza with Pepperoni

Meat Lovers' Sheet Pan Pizza

Pasta with Pepperoni

Pepperoni Pizza Penne Pasta

Grilled tuna sandwich cut in half and stacked on top of each other. The bread is toasted and tuna, melted cheese and tomatoes are visible in the filling.

Classic Tuna Melt

Cheesy Baked Hot Dogs

Ham and Cheese Pasta Bake

Ham and Cheese Pasta Bake

easy chicken alfredo with linguine

Rotisserie Chicken Alfredo

Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Italian Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

Air fryer avocado slices on a blue plate with dipping sauce

Air Fryer Avocado Fries

Pistachio White Chocolate Cookies

Pistachio White Chocolate Chip Cookies

Sausage Spinach Ricotta Stuffed Shells

Sausage, Spinach, Ricotta Stuffed Pasta Shells

Bowl of buffalo chicken chili with toppings

Buffalo Chicken Chili

Date almond butter coconut balls

Almond Butter Date Balls

Slices of homemade stromboli on a cutting board

Easy Stuffed Stromboli

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