These family-friendly dinner ideas are perfect for spring: they use simple and fresh ingredients and yield delicious meals.
You’ll find simple skillet recipes, one-pan dishes, oven favorites that require minimal prep, and all the tips that make each easy to make any night of the week.
Spring Dinner Recipes
When spring rolls around, and we have more hours of daylight, most of us spend more time outside or stay late at those after-school activities! The recipes below are the perfect dinner recipes families love to eat! Click on each post to print/save the recipe.
Pulled Pork Tacos
Psst. This recipe is epic. This is one you don't want to scroll past since the slow cooker does ALL the work!
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Garlic-Herb Salmon in 20 minutes
The recipe for perfectly cooked salmon in the oven + EASY CLEANUP in one.
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Pesto Chicken Thighs
2 ingredients is all it takes to make dinner for the fam on a busy weekenight. Serve them with rice, a side salad, veggies, or pasta!
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Jerk Chicken Drumsticks
An adult-favorite flavors in a kid-friendly vessel makes a meal everyone loves.
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Chicken Pita Wraps
Grab a rotisserie chicken or what's left of it and make this hand-held meal that each person can assemble.
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Mediterranean Bowl
A fresh, easy, and delicious meal you can easily prep ahead and have ready to eat!
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Chicken Pot Pie Pasta
A quick and easy recipe that tastes like comfort food made in one skillet!
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Quick Mango Shrimp Stir Fry
The rice takes longer to cook than making this epic stir fry from start to finish!
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Chicken Caprese Salad
Breakup with boring salads today! Layers of crisp lettuce, blackened chicken, juicy tomatoes, avocado, and mozzarella await.
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Skillet Spinach Tortellini
A kid-favorite one-pan dish that packs lots of nutrition and tastes delish!
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Avocado Chicken
Juicy chicken breasts thanks to the BEST marinade loaded up with ripe avocado!
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Cauliflower Shrimp Fried Rice
The perfect low-carb or veggie-rich dish that tastes as good as the original!
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Lemon Garlic Chicken Pasta
A filling dish that's of citrusy flavors that are perfect for spring.
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Garlic Chicken and Green Beans
The simple garlic sauce makes chicken EXCITING to eat! Green beans are optional -although they're in season!
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Easy Quiche
Frozen puff pastry lines the dish, you pour the egg mixture on top, and the oven does the rest!
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Salmon Pesto Pasta
A filling meal with lots of protein that only requires 2 pieces of salmon -helping you stretch your food budget!
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Delish Pesto Salmon
Whether you've got pesto in a jar or have loads of basil to use up, it will transform salmon!
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Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Make the filling ahead and you'll have an Asian-inspired dinner ready to eat in the fridge!
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Bell Pepper Nachos
Everything you love about nachos without the chips -and a lot more filling too!
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Oven Beef Kabobs
Still too cold to grill? No problem. Make kabobs inside with this simple recipe! Includes an epic marinade too.
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Chicken and Broccoli Alfredo
A quick and easy 30-minute meal that families love and make on repeat!
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Pineapple Pulled Pork Tacos
A winning slow cooker recipe that yields a delicious taco night!
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New Orleans Fried Catfish
You'll find this recipe every Friday during lent here in NOLA.
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Sheet Pan Sausage and Peppers
Throw everything on a baking sheet and let the oven do the cooking.
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Turkey Burgers
This turkey burger includes the best tip to making them juicy and tasty every time.
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Sheet Pan Shrimp Fajitas
It's never been easier to make this restaurant favorite at home.
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Easy Jambalaya
Upgrade the Zatarain's box from just ok to EPIC with this simple recipe!
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Bruschetta Chicken
Mouthwatering-melty mozzarella cheese, fresh basil, and juicy cherry tomatoes take chicken breasts to the next level.
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