Easy Dinners for Picky Eaters – Meals Everyone Will Enjoy!
If you have picky eaters in your family, you’ll love these easy dinner ideas!
These easy dinners for picky eaters are full of different ideas that are sure to please everyone in the family–say goodbye to short order cooking!
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Dealing with picky eaters can be maddening at times. It seems that their never-ending preferences can get the best of us, as we try to please everyone.
However, as a busy mom, it simply isn’t possible (nor is it your responsibility!) to be a short-order cook!
That will put you on the fast-track to exhaustion, and put your kids on the fast-track to entitlement.
No thank you.
Dinner Ideas for Families with Picky Eaters
Children can be picky eaters for a lot of reasons, but regardless of the cause, it still presents a dilemma for most families.
Because I know meal planning with picky eaters can be a challenge at times, I wanted to provide you with a list of some dinner ideas for picky eaters.
Will all of these be a home run with every person in your family? Probably not. Let’s be realistic here.
But these recipes don’t use any strange ingredients, and most of them are easily customized for your family’s preferences.
These are straightforward, simple comfort food type recipes that are easy for you to make (#momwin) and easy for families to love!
Add a few of these to your meal plan this week!
More Resources for Encouraging Picky Eaters:
- Best Kids’ Books for Picky Eaters
- How to Create a Eating Time Schedule for Kids and Toddlers
- Healthy Meals for Picky Eaters
- Lunch Ideas for Picky Eaters
Dinners for Picky Eaters
I’ve rounded up some favorite dinners for picky eaters, so you can keep this list handy.
Reference it any time you need a little inspiration to help simplify meal planning!
Dinners for Picky Eaters
These dinner ideas are sure to please even the picky eaters in your family!
Move over Hamburger Helper, this homemade version is everyone's favorite classic casserole!
Beef enchilada tortellini is a saucy, cheesy dish that cooks in the Instant Pot, making it a super quick and easy meal for your picky eaters.
Pizza turned into a pasta casserole? Yes, please! Cheesy and saucy, this pepperoni pizza tortellini casserole cooks in the Instant Pot.
This delicious pressure cooker chili mac in the Instant Pot is a quick and easy, frugal weeknight dinner your family is sure to love!
Sloppy Joes are the epitome of childhood favorites! Making homemade Sloppy Joes doesn't require a can of sauce--you can whip these up with some pantry staples, making a quick meal your family will love!
This easy chicken tetrazzini is a chicken spaghetti baked in a parmesan cream sauce!
These baked homemade meatballs are a simply delicious addition to your favorite pasta and sauce. They're full of flavor but easy to make.
This copycat recipe for Cracker Barrel's chicken and dumplings is practically the definition of home-cooked comfort food!
These easy recipe for Instant Pot chicken and dumplings with noodles is a simple way to enjoy the classic comfort food kids love, but with minimal effort!
You can enjoy Rice-a-Roni and chicken casserole as a family-friendly, quick and easy meal, thanks to the Instant Pot!
Skip the blue box and make homemade macaroni and cheese in your Instant Pot! You can also add in some leftover ham to round it out.
This hamburger soup is an easy meal that uses frugal ingredients--a great way to use what you have on hand!
Instant Pot chicken and rice is your favorite creamy, cheesy casserole comfort food, except it's made faster and easier in the Instant Pot pressure cooker!
Broccoli is always better with cheese, and this rich and creamy broccoli cheese soup is loaded with both!
Cheesy chicken, rice, and broccoli cook together in the Instant Pot, creating a comfort food casserole your family will love!
Pita bread pizzas are super easy to put together, and you can customize them according to individual preferences!
Kids who love hot dogs will love this dinner made with smoked sausage!
Bacon ranch chicken is perfect for sandwiches or serving over rice!
Everything you love about tacos, baked into one dish!
Spaghettios were my jam when I was a kid! Find out how to make them at home!
Bite-size pizzas are perfect for little hands!
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