40 Easy Family Dinner Recipes Everyone Will Love

Full tables, full bellies, that’s the goal! These 40 easy family dinner recipes are kid-friendly, crowd-pleasing, and simple enough for any night of the week.

There’s just something Really special about family dinner time. Bonus if the kids actually eat the meal, the adults can really enjoy it and no one prepares a separate plate at 7 p.m. It’s the dream!

These family dinner recipes are just that: crowd-pleasing, kid-friendly, and delicious enough to repeat. They’re also easy enough to make dinner in under an hour, so dinner feels less like a task and more like the best part of the day.

Make way for full tables and full bellies! ❤️

My favorite recipes for family dinner

Instant Pot Spaghetti

My whole family loves this Instant Pot Spaghetti! Silky, flavorful and deliciously sticky. Easy enough that my kids can do it too!

Delicious Air Fryer Chicken Tenders

These chicken tenders made in the air fryer are a favorite in our house! Golden, tangy and crispy with your favorite sauce on the side!

Burger Bowls with Homemade Sauce and Ranch Fries

A burger in a bowl! Ranch seasoned fries topped with a burger patty and all the fixings, with a drizzle of homemade sauce to top it all off!

Ricotta Meatballs with Crispy Topping

These Ricotta Meatballs are an easy and delicious family favorite! Tender and juicy homemade meatballs with a jar of good marinara and a crunchy topping to finish it all off. YUM!

Ridiculously Good Broccoli in the Air Fryer

This Air Fryer broccoli is both tender and crispy. It’s so simple and done in 10 minutes! We prepare it every evening and my children love it.

Best Cooked Chicken Meatballs Anytime

These baked chicken meatballs are the best! The perfect addition to any meal or to eat alone. Bonus: they are suitable for meal prep to stock up throughout the week!

Skillet Salmon with Dill Potatoes

Simple and delicious salmon and potatoes roasted on a sheet pan and topped with a garlic-dill butter sauce! One of my family’s favorite dinners.

Chicken pot pie with biscuits

Our easy Chicken Pot Pie with Biscuits is topped with a flaky, golden topping over creamy chicken and vegetables. It’s the ultimate comfort food for any night of the week!

Cottage Cheese Pizza Crust

This cottage cheese pizza crust is ridiculous. 4 ingredients, 20 minutes, and really moist, crispy and delicious.

Quick homemade ramen

Upgrade regular ramen with this quick homemade ramen. Fresh vegetables and herbs make this dish even more delicious, healthy and comfortable!

Creamy Florentine Tomato Lasagna

This Creamy Tomato Florentine Lasagna is so deliciously comforting and simple. Noodles, tomato sauce and a creamy layer of spinach!

Teriyaki Chicken Burgers with Sesame Salad

These teriyaki chicken burgers are incredibly simple while still being ridiculously delicious. Caramelized burgers fried in minutes, a pile of sesame salad on top and a perfectly toasted bun. YUM.

Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup

This Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup is SO good! Thick noodles, tender pieces of chicken and creamy flavors of thyme, garlic and vegetables.

Ridiculously Good Air Fryer Chicken Breast

My everyday favorite air fryer chicken! Thinly sliced ​​pieces of chicken breast, coated in maximum spices, with a little brown sugar and cornstarch, and air fried to juicy, golden perfection.

The best Alfredo sauce

Creamy and silky homemade Alfredo sauce! Perfectly smooth, wonderfully creamy and accompanied by twirling pasta.

Three Cheese Baked Ziti

Three Cheese Baked Ziti that is bubbly and golden, extra creamy, extra flavorful and incredibly easy!

Sheet pan chicken and tzatziki pitas

Part bowl, part salad, part sandwich folded in whatever type of bread you like, and I’m here for it in all forms.

Ang’s Creamy Tortellini Soup

Creamy, comforting, cozy and so delicious tortellini soup! Rich and creamy tomato broth, cheese tortellini, fresh spinach and Italian sausage.

Ridiculously Good Chicken Tacos with Green Sauce

Just 20 minutes to get these chicken tacos on the table! Juicy, flavorful and absolutely insane in the best way.

The best Sunday chili

This is the BEST Sunday chili! Beef, bacon, tomatoes, chopped vegetables, beans and spices: it’s a weekend must-have in good weather!

Caesar green beans with avocado

Grab a bag of green beans, make a quick avocado Caesar, toast some panko and off you go! It’s a kind of magic.

Ridiculously Good Air Fryer Salmon

My go-to salmon recipe, perfect every time! Crispy and golden on the outside, buttery and juicy on the inside, and prepared in 15 minutes from start to finish.

Trader Joe’s Turkey Sandwich with Sundried Tomato Focaccia

Soft sun-dried tomato focaccia is filled with pesto mayonnaise, turkey, juicy tomato slices and greens. This sandwich is a beauty and practically a lifestyle!

Avocado, sweet potato and chicken mojo bowls

We’re living our best bowling life this week. Seasoned sweet potato wedges and chicken meatballs or roasted chicken, all piled on a plate with a little puddle of punchy green avocado mojo sauce. Yes, wow, repeat.

Butter Chicken Meatballs

These butter chicken meatballs are covered in a rich, lightly spicy tomato sauce that’s luxurious with just a little butter and cream. Serious weeknight magic!

Baked tortellini with sausages

These baked tortellini with sausage tomato sauce are pretty basic but they are so good. This is my weakness when it comes to comfort food at the moment. I highly recommend dipping some garlic butter bread in it!

Crispy Black Bean Tacos with Cilantro-Lime Sauce

These vegetarian tacos are deliciously topped with black beans, fresh salsa and seasonings, all nestled in a crispy golden tortilla and served with a fresh, creamy cilantro-lime sauce. YUM!

5 Ingredient Tomato Soup

A simple 5-ingredient tomato soup made with butter, onion and canned San Marzano tomatoes. Based on Marcella Hazan’s tomato sauce recipe. It fits perfectly with the warm atmosphere.

Supreme Crunchwrap

Supreme Crunchwrap! OH MY GOD. Layers of taco meat, queso, tostada, lettuce, tomato, salsa, hot sauce and sour cream.

Mash burgers with homemade sauce

The famous Smash Burger! Deeply crispy, rocky, juicy, smashed patties covered in melty cheese, piled high on a buttery bun and topped with a dreamy touch of secret sauce.

Gochujang noodles in chicken sauce

A super easy piece of spicy, peanut and noodle comfort food! These gochujang noodles require just a handful of ingredients — like ramen noodles, peanut butter, sesame oil, and soy sauce — and come together in just 20 minutes.

Easy Slow Cooker Carnitas

These are the easiest slow cooker carnitas and simple enough for everyone to make! Juicy, flavorful and perfectly browned with a crispy crust.

Lo Mein of 15 minutes

15 minutes Lo Mein! Made only with soy sauce, sesame oil, a pinch of sugar, ramen noodles or spaghetti noodles, and any vegetables or proteins of your choice. SO DELICIOUS!

The Best Tinga Chicken Tacos

These Chicken Tinga Tacos are THE BEST! Tasty, spicy sauce, true culinary perfection.

Instant Pot Italian Beef Sandwiches

Instant Pot Italian Beef! Just a few minutes of preparation and total simplicity of preparation. Tender shredded beef, crusty buttered bread, melted provolone, salty and tangy giardiniera and a little broth for dipping.

Ruben Casserole

This Reuben Casserole is a classic sandwich-turned-casserole situation and you don’t want to miss it! Butter-soaked Pumpernickel bread, wafts of Swiss cheese, tender corned beef, briny sauerkraut and lots of homemade Reuben sauce. Let’s go!

The Best Swedish Meatballs

Perfectly tender and spicy Swedish meatballs, served with a creamy, flavorful and tangy sauce. Comfort food at its best!

Crispy Zucchini Spaghetti

This crispy zucchini spaghetti is the perfect end of summer song! There’s nothing better than fresh summer zucchini coated in a crispy, cheesy breading and piled on top of fresh herb spaghetti. YUM!

Chicken Enchilada Casserole

A 5-ingredient stacked enchilada casserole topped with tortillas, beans and chicken and topped with cheese and enchilada sauce.

Instant Pot Chicken and Ravioli

This Instant Pot Chicken and Dumplings is the most comforting and delicious bowl of goodness. Chicken, vegetables, prepared biscuits, seasonings and all made creamy by the humble potato. YUM!