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Kid Friendly

Here you will find delicious kid-friendly recipes for your family. Some of my family's and reader's favorites include Slow Cooker Cranberry Meatballs, yummy Instant Pot Mac and Cheese and my son's personal favorite is my Healthy and Easy Pumpkin Smoothie.

Platter filled with golden breaded pork schnitzel garnished with lemon wedges.

Pork Schnitzel Recipe

Large white pot filled with simmering beef tips in gravy.

Beef Tips and Gravy

A whole cooked air fryer chicken in an air fryer basket.

Air Fryer Whole Chicken

Large skillet filled with creamy shrimp alfredo with fettuccine pasta.

Shrimp Alfredo

Cast iron skillet filled with cooked beef and broccoli recipe garnished with slice green onions.

Beef and Broccoli Recipe

Large white skillet filled with arroz con pollo with peas and finely chopped red bell pepper and garnished with fresh mint and lemon slices.

Arroz con Pollo

White plate with a fluffy buttermilk biscuit topped with creamy sausage gravy.

Biscuits and Gravy

Three large cooked chicken thighs in an air fryer.

Air Fryer Chicken Thighs

Large stainless steel skillet filled with cooked fettuccine noodles tossed in alfredo sauce.

Best Alfredo Sauce Recipe

Close up image of a pan filled with gnocchi cooked in homemade tomato sauce and topped with bubby melted cheese and fresh basil.

Gnocchi alla Sorrentina

Wooden serving spoon scooping a large serving of cheesy hashbrown casserole from a white baking dish.

Hashbrown Casserole

Stainless steel soup pot filled with creamy chicken and gnocchi soup filled with carrots, celery, and fresh spinach.

Chicken Gnocchi Soup

Overhead image of a large soup bowl filled with beef barley soup topped with fresh oregano.

The Best Beef Barley Soup

White soup bowl filled with carrots, shredded chicken, celery, and noodles, in a creamy chicken broth.

Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup

Large white ceramic Dutch oven filled with homemade hamburger helper made with ground beef and macaroni noodles.

The Best Homemade Hamburger Helper

A bowl of Italian wedding soup

Italian Wedding Soup

Tray filled with four carne asada tacos made with corn tortillas and topped with a fresh onion, cilantro, and lime juice salsa.

Carne Asada Tacos

Potato skins filled with cheese, bacon, chives, and some with sour cream on a wire cooking rack.

Potato Skins

Cast iron skillet filled with creamy chicken a la king surrounded by buttermilk biscuits.

Chicken a la King

Two bowls filled with beef stew made in the Instant Pot and filled with juicy chunks of meat, carrots, and potatoes.

Instant Pot Beef Stew

Large pot filled with simmering beef stew made with beef, potatoes, carrots, onions, in a red wine broth and garnished with fresh parsley.

Beef Stew Recipe

Large skillet filled with cooked browned beef and pork meatballs in swedish meatballs sauce and garnished with chopped parsley.

Swedish Meatballs

Close-up image of mini cocktail hot dogs wrapped in crescent roll dough and baked until golden.

Pigs in a Blanket

Large white baking pan filled with cooked porcupine meatballs in a hearty tomato sauce.

Porcupine Meatballs

Shredded cooked pork shoulder mixed with bbq sauce in a large slow cooker.

Pulled Pork Recipe

White dinner plate with creamy mashed potatoes topped with chicken madeira and mushrooms and a creamy madeira sauce with a side of asparagus.

Creamy Chicken Madeira

Wood serving spoon pouring homemade marsala cream sauce over a cooked chicken cutlet in a large pan filled with marsala cream sauce.

Creamy Chicken Marsala

White serving bowl fllled with chicken, rice, and veggie souop seasoned with salt, pepper, and dried Italian seasoning.

Chicken and Rice Soup

White shallow bowl filled with broccoli cheddar soup topped with blanched broccoli florets.

Broccoli Cheese Soup

White soup bowl filled with broccoli cheddar soup.

Broccoli Cheddar Soup (30 Minutes!)

Small while plate filled with lemon chicken orzo.

Lemon Chicken Orzo

A bowl of Snert

Split Pea Soup

White plate filled with cooked lemon rice filled with artichoke hearts and olives and topped with a bone-in skin-on chicken thigh.

Chicken and Rice Bake

A close up of food, with Butter Garlic steak

Garlic Butter Steak Bites

White rectangle serving plate filled with bacon wrapped shrimp and garnished with fresh parsley.

Bacon Wrapped Shrimp

Twice baked potato on a baking sheet topped with cheese, bacon, and fresh chives.

Twice Baked Potatoes

Round serving bowl filled with small yellow boiled potatoes.

Garlic Butter Boiled Potatoes (How to Boil Potatoes)

Two white bowls filled with cheesy grits topped with cooked shrimp and garnished with shreddd cheddar cheese and fresh parsley.

Cheese Grits and Blackberry Cobbler

Cooked seasoned butternut squash cubes in the basket of a large air fryer.

Air Fryer Butternut Squash

A bowl of food on a plate, with Garlic Butter Chicken

Garlic Butter Chicken Bites with Zucchini Noodles

A bowl of soup made with cauliflower leeks and potatoes

Cauliflower Leek and Potato Soup (Dairy-Free)

Easy Chicken Gyros

20-Minute Chicken Gyros

A person holding a bowl of food, with Roasted Red Pepper Soup and Tomato

Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato Soup

Overhead image of a large white pot filled with homemade spaghetti sauce made with onions, ground beef, garlic, and tomatoes.

Spaghetti Sauce Recipe

White bowl filled with lasagna soup and topped with ricotta cheese.

Lasagna Soup Recipe

White soup bowl filled with homemade tomato basil soup.

Tomato Basil Soup Recipe

White baking dish filled with red bell peppers stuffed with rice and spaghetti sauce and baked.

Stuffed Peppers Recipe

White bowl filled with creamy classic hummus.

Hummus Recipe

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