Dinner time in our house always involves chaos. Even though I’ve learnt that being prepared is the best way to combat the whinging, tears and general crankiness of the late afternoon/early evening witching hours there are still those days where I’m hopelessly unorganised and scrambling to put something together for dinner.
I was recently looking through the dinner recipes I have shared on the blog (I was really looking for some inspiration for our meal that night!) and was more than a little surprised to find so many easy family dinner recipes. While they are certainly greatly outnumbered by sweet recipes, there are still plenty of recipes to suit the tastes of most families.
To make my life just a little easier (and hopefully yours too!) I’ve put together a collection of my favourite easy Family Dinner Recipes so they are all in the one easy place to find. I’ve made all of these recipes for our family and they are all relatively easy and best of all – toddler approved!
Our Family Favourites
Soups
Ham, Potato & Lee Soup (Guest Post from Bake Play Smile)
Minestrone Soup with Green Beans
Chicken and Corn Soup (Guest Post from Bake Play Smile)
Chicken
Zucchini and Quinoa Chicken Nuggets
One Pot BBQ Chicken Pasta Bake
Chicken, Bacon and Baby Spinach Pasta
Salads and Stir Fries
Roasted Vegetable and Fetta Salad
Roast Pumpkin, Tomato and Green Bean Salad
Pasta
Spinach and Ricotta Cannelloni
Copycat Kung Pao Pasta (Guest Post from Bake Play Smile)
Chicken, Tomato, Asparagus Pasta with Pesto
Tomato, Eggplant and Bacon Pasta
Italian Sausage and Broccoli Pasta Bake
Oven Baked
Cheesy Corn, Pea and Pumpkin Baked Risotto
So there you have it, a collection of my favourite easy Family Dinner Recipes. Most of these recipes take no time at all to put together and some are also freezer friendly. I hope you enjoy them xx
What is your favourite family dinner recipe?
Toni @ Finding Myself Young says
OMG Lauren this post has made me so hungry! I’ve made a few of them but Im going to have to go through and pin others to try as well.
Lauren says
Sorry Toni!! I hope you enjoy them 🙂
peregrinationgourmande says
This is a very good idea! thanks! xx cathy
Lauren says
I’m glad I could help Cathy x
Vicki @ Boiled Eggs & Soldiers says
This is brilliant Lauren – months worth of dinner ideas all on one page! Thanks so much for linking up too. x
Lucy @ Bake Play Smile says
This is brilliant! You could keep me going for a whole month! These all look great! Definitely going to try your poached chicken in the Thermomix too – very clever!
Eva @ The Multitasking Mummy says
OMG thank you for some inspiration. Mine has been completely lacking lately!