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With 3 kids and a hectic evening schedule, having go-to healthy meals for kids that are easy and quick to prepare is a must-have. Even better, when they’re delicious, and they’ll actually eat them!
If you like visuals, watch this video or, scroll down to the list of kid-friendly recipes.
If you’ve been making multiple meals and want dinner ideas for kids and adults, you’ve landed on the right website. I used to cook this way too, years ago, so finding recipes my kids would eat was really important.
The recipes below are the ones my family and website visitors have loved and are healthy and nutritious for the whole family. The relief of cooking one meal is huge.
Healthy Dinner Ideas for Kids
The dinner ideas below will help you avoid pulling out the chicken nuggets from the freezer once again and solve the what should I make for dinner tonight dilemma.
Click on any recipe below to print it, save it, and read all the tips to make them:
Best Healthy Kid-Friendly Dinners
Ultimately, the best healthy dinners are those made with ingredients kids enjoy eating. Whether it’s chicken, ground beef, breakfast night, pasta, and more, check out these other healthy dinner ideas:
- Recipes with Ground Beef
- Dinner Ideas with Chicken
- Shrimp Dinner Ideas
- Breakfast for Dinner Ideas
- Taco Night Dinners
- Chicken Pasta Dinners
If coming up with dinner ideas each week is a chore and want to learn the shortcuts to getting dinner on the table, I’ll send them to you!
Healthy Meals for Kids
Watch how it’s made:
Ingredients
For the chicken tacos:
- 2 ½ cups shredded rotisserie chicken, about ½ chicken
- 12 crunchy taco shells
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese, divided
- ⅓ cup salsa verde or regular salsa
Toppings:
- Guacamole, sour cream, shredded lettuce, shredded cheese, salsa.
Instructions
Prep the oven:
- Preheat your oven to 375F and position your oven rack in the middle of the oven (if it's too high your tacos could get too toasty).
Fill the tacos:
- On an oven safe 9×13 baking dish, line up 12 taco shells, vertically, so they’re easier to fill. Fill with cooked chicken and top with cheese.
- In a medium bowl, combine the shredded chicken, the ⅓ cup salsa or salsa verde, and half of the shredded cheese. If the chicken is very cold, warm it up for a minute in the microwave.
- Fill the taco shells with the chicken mixture and sprinkle the remaining cheese over the top.
Bake:
- Bake the filled tacos for 10 to 12 minutes until the taco shells are crispy and the cheese is melted.
Add toppings:
- Once the tacos are ready, load them up with toppings and serve immediately.
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