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Family Dinner Ideas

This collection of recipes is not just about dinner ideas for kids, its about Family Dinner Ideas that will keep everyone, all ages and happy and satisfied.

The most popular family friendly dinner recipes on my website are my chicken and leek pie, healthy mac and cheese, mince curry and paprika baked chicken drumsticks.

A collage of 6 dinner meals, bright and colourful foods.

Simple Dinner Ideas For Picky Eaters

Six photo collage of family friendly chicken recipes including chicken patties chicken curry, chicken pie and rice bowls.

Quick and Easy Chicken Recipes

Slice of quiche on dinner plate.

Crustless Quiche

Cauliflower alfredo sauce mixed through cooked pasta topped with crispy roasted cauliflower, panko bread crumbs, thyme, parsley and parmesan cheese in a ceramic dutch oven pan on benchtop with green and white checkered tea towel.

Cauliflower Alfredo Sauce

A pan of marinara sauce garnished with basil leaves.

Marinara Sauce

Metal spatula with salmon pattie held up, wooden chopping board with remainder of patties, bowl of fresh salad and corn below.

Salmon Patties

Hand holding a plate with chicken parmesan breast, fresh salad and corn cob.

Chicken Parmesan

Pasta and roasted tomato sauce mixed together on a dinner plate, topped with basil leaves.

Roasted Tomato Sauce

Toddlers hand holding up a chicken meatball bowl in background with baking paper with chicken meatballs inside, green checkered tea towel on benchtop. Sweet chilli sauce in a ramekin.

Chicken Meatballs

A scoop of butternut macaroni and cheese on wooden spoon held up above sauce pan of butternut macaroni and cheese, half a butternut and measuring cup with chopped butternut inside.

Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese

Piece of pan fried fish and potatoes with asparagus on dinner plate, bowl of seasoned potatoes and bowl of asparagus and broccolini with small bowl of lemon slices on bench top.

Pan Fried Fish

Summer roll bowl on benchtop, grated carrot, shredded cabbage, chopped lettuce, vermicelli, sliced cucumber, avocado, shrimp, chicken slices and satay sauce drizzled down the centre garnished with peanuts. Bowl in background with satay sauce and plate with grated carrot and cucmber slices.

Summer Roll Bowls

Marinated steak on a big plate sliced into thin pieces showing a medium cook inside, asparagus and broccolini in a bowl and seasoned potatoes on a bowl on bench top.

Easy Steak Marinade

Hand holding a dinner plate with two zucchini boats. Cooked Zucchini Pizza boats laid on baking paper on wooden chopping board garnished with chopped basil, Tomatoes, basil and a green checkered tea towel on benchtop in background.

Zucchini Pizza Boats

Dinner plate of Crockpot Chicken nachos served on plate with nacho chips, lettuce, cherry tomatoes, mashed avocado and sour cream on top. Small bowls of nacho chips, avocado, lettuce, cherry tomatoes and sour cream on benchtop around dinner plate.

Crockpot Chicken Nachos

Loaded baked potato on a dinner plate garnished with toppings and sour cream.

Loaded Baked Potatoes

Christmas potatoes garnished with bacon and chives, served on a plate with asparagus broccoli and Christmas ham with jam on top.

Christmas Potatoes

Hand holding a piece of Hand roll sushi with Ingredients coming out the top garnished with sesame seeds.

Hand Roll Sushi

Asian Salad served on a dinner plate with garnish on top, Large bowl of asian salad in background and bowl of garnishes.

Asian Salad

Collage, 3 images showing instant pot sushi rice process steps, and 3 images of colourful sushi ready to enjoy.

Instant Pot Sushi Rice

Collage, 3 images showing sushi rice recipe process steps, and 3 images of colourful sushi ready to enjoy.

Sushi Rice Recipe

Portion of creamy tomato pasta served on plate garnished with fresh basil with skillet of remaining pasta, cherry tomatoes and small ramekin of basil in the background.

Creamy Tomato Pasta

Served up portion of Crockpot pumpkin risotto garnished with pine nuts and crumbled feta cheese in a bowl on benchtop.

Slow Cooker Risotto

Six photo collage of different pasta recipes.

One Pot Pasta Recipes