Kid-Friendly Recipes

Address the eating habits of your children with our kid-friendly recipes. Nutritious and safe, find quick and easy recipes such as make-ahead mac and cheese, tacos, chicken fingers, and sloppy joes that will be sure to satisfy even the pickiest eater.
Four openface sandwiches on a plate decorated to resemble faces using eggs vegetables and deli meats
Open-Faced Sandwiches
30 mins
Instant pot shrimp boil
25 Fun Things to Cook When You're Bored in the Kitchen
Hot dogs with various toppings
15 Delicious Ways to Top a Hot Dog
English muffin pizza snacks
English Muffin Pizza Snacks
15 mins
skillet chocolate chip cookie
Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie
30 mins
The Best Banana Bread
The Best Banana Bread
1 hr 25 mins
Vanilla Pound Cake
Vanilla Pound Cake
1 hr 15 mins
Raspberry Swirl Cheesecake
Raspberry-Swirl Cheesecake
10 hrs 5 mins
Lasagna with Meat Sauce
Lasagna With Meat Sauce
2 hrs 30 mins
Potato Croquettes
Potato Croquettes
Simple Homemade Breakfast Sausage Patties on plate with eggs
Simple Homemade Breakfast Sausage Patties
35 mins
Creamy Tomato Soup
Creamy Tomato Soup
25 mins
Coconut Cookies
Coconut Cookies
1 hr
Tray of decorated sugar cookies in festive shapes like snowflakes candy canes and Christmas trees
Sugar Cookies
2 hrs 30 mins
Two stacked waffles with a butter pat on a plate with a fork a drizzle of syrup and a syrup container in the background
Buttermilk Waffles
30 mins
Basic Sugar Cookies
Our Favorite Sugar Cookie Recipe
2 hrs
emerils oven roasted chicken wings
Emeril's Oven-Roasted Chicken Wings
35 mins
panko breaded fish sticks on a platter with dipping sauce and lemon wedges
Panko-Breaded Fish Sticks
broccoli pasta with lemon in Dutch oven with wooden spoon
One-Pot Pasta With Broccoli and Lemon
25 mins
Blueberry Cupcakes
Blueberry Cupcakes
1 hr 25 mins
A slice of chocolate layer cake with icing on a plate accompanied by a fork and beige napkin
Best Chocolate Cake
1 hr 25 mins
Chocolate chip cookies arranged on a plate
Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies
2 hrs
Chicago Dogs
Chicago Dog
marshmallow fudge
Marshmallow Fudge
2 hrs 20 mins
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Simple Layer Cake With Vanilla Frosting
2 hrs
Chewy Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies
Chewy Chocolate-Gingerbread Cookies
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Kitchen Sink Cookies
banana avocado smoothie
Avocado-Banana Smoothie
salmon sushi
Baked Salmon Sushi
1 hr 25 mins
Six vanilla cupcakes with frosting and sprinkles arranged on a white oval plate
Magnolia Bakery Vanilla Cupcakes
1 hr
Chewy and Crisp Chocolate Chip Cookies
Crisp and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
1 hr 20 mins
Gingerbread men cookies with icing and raisin decorations on a cooling rack
Basic Gingerbread Cookies
2 hrs
bacon pancakes on plate
Bacon Pancakes
40 mins
Peanut Butter and Jelly Thumbprint cookies
Peanut Butter and Jelly Thumbprints
gluten free oatmeal
Gluten-Free Oatmeal Cookies
1 hr
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Hot Cocoa with Almond Milk
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Red Velvet Chocolate Cake
sloppy joes
Classic Sloppy Joes
40 mins
homemade marshmallows
Homemade Marshmallows
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Oven-Baked Blueberry Pancake
40 mins
Several chocolate cookies with one partially eaten
Mexican Hot-Chocolate Cookies
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Healthy Oatmeal Cookies
35 mins
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Easy Any-Juice Ice Pops
40 mins
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Classic Peanut Butter Cookies
outrageous chocolate cookies
Outrageous Chocolate Cookies
45 mins
homemade hot chocolate
Homemade Hot Chocolate
Various chocolate covered bananas
Chocolate-Covered Bananas
40 mins
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Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
30 mins
savory cheddar scallion pancakes bacon
Cheddar-and-Scallion Savory Pancakes
35 mins
hummus with vegetables and pita chips
43 After-School Snacks Your Kids Will Love
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No-Bake Peanut Butter Rice Krispies Cookies
A bowl of rectangular and circular shortbread cookies on a textured blue surface
Shortbread Cookies
2 hrs 5 mins
Chocolate Thumbprints
Chocolate Thumbprints
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Eggs Goldenrod
30 mins
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Savory Chicken Pocket Pies
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Alexis's Brown Sugar Chocolate Chip Cookies
vegetable sushi
Avocado Sushi
1 hr
Caramel Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies
Caramel-Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies
1 hr
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Pizza with a Sunny-Side-Up Egg and Herb Garden Pesto
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Malted Milk Shakes
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Pumpkin-Chocolate-Chip Bars
2 hrs 30 mins
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Oatmeal Cookies
Turkey Meatloaf Muffins
Turkey Meatloaf Muffins