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Quick Kid-Friendly Dinner Recipes the Entire Family Will Love

We're sharing family-friendly dinner recipes guaranteed to appeal to even the most finicky eaters. Try our easy stovetop mac and cheese, sheet-pan fajitas, pork and pineapple kebabs, and more.

By Lynn Andriani

Quick Comfort Food Recipes That Make Delicious Dinners

Get a cozy dinner on the table in no time with these easy recipes.

By Laura Rege

15 Classic Italian Pasta Recipes Everyone Should Know How to Make

Go beyond Bolognese. Here, we have recipes for all the heavy hitters—the big names of pasta, plus the sauces to pair with each. (Don't worry, we've included our favorite Bolognese, too.)

By Victoria Spencer

21 Kid-Friendly Chicken Recipes for Dinner Tonight

Nuggets and tenders aren't the only kid-approved chicken dinner options—but don't worry, we have recipes for them, too.

By Kelly Vaughan

These 15 Quick Pork Recipes Are Weeknight Dinner Heroes

Put dinner on the table in under an hour with these quick and easy pork recipes including broiled pork chops, dan dan noodles, and meatball skillet bake.

By Janet Taylor McCracken

Our Best Burger Recipes for All of Your Summer Cookouts

From classic diner-style patties to meatless masterpieces and bunless beauties, here are more than two dozen of our best burger recipes.

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Creamy Lemon Chicken with Spinach and Artichokes

Like your favorite dip reinvented as a meal, and made healthier to boot! Sauteed chicken cutlets cook fast, and cream cheese provides a little richness with less fat than heavy cream.

Classic Meatloaf

Good meatloaf is about as comforting as comfort food gets. Thankfully, meatloaf doesn't have to be complex to be good. It just needs to be tender (from breadcrumbs soaked in milk and gentle handling) and flavorful (from onion, garlic, and ketchup).

Vinegared Pork Chop Milanese with Radish Salad

Reminiscent of the kind of flavors you'd find in a salt-and-vinegar potato chip, this quick and easy weeknight dish starts with zizzling a pounded, breaded pork chop in a thin layer of olive oil, and ends with a splash of white vinegar to infuse its crust with a pop of acidity. A salad of radishes, dill, parsley, and shallot introduces a different kind of crunch, one that’s bright and fresh.

Grilled-Eggplant Parmesan

Our light, summery take on classic eggplant parmesan skips the breading and relies on the grill to do all the cooking. Flame-kissed tomatoes and shallots are turned into a quick sauce, then spooned over charred eggplant and gooey mozzarella for a memorable dinner.

Baked Fish with Summer Squash

Think baked fish is boring? One taste of this catch of the day, and you'll be hooked. Thinly slice the squashes so they cook as swiftly as the cod or halibut, and combine them with capers, thyme, and olive oil. Covering with foil for most of the cooking time is key: The protein stays tender, the vegetables get soft and juicy, and every forkful bursts with flavor.

Sheet-Pan Chicken Fajitas

Boneless, skinless chicken breast plus yellow and green bell peppers sizzle together on a sheet pan while tortillas warm in the same oven. Topped with sour cream, salsa, and ripe avocado, this one-pan dinner is sure to become a regular weeknight fix. Fajita Friday, anyone?

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One-Pot Meals That Are Perfect for Summer Dinners

One pan, skillet, sheet pan, instant pot, or the grill is all you need to prepare these no-fuss family dinners, including chicken, salmon, pasta, and so much more.

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Grilled Skirt-Steak Salad

Some dishes are so adjustable, they're more a concept than a recipe. Exhibit A: this grilled-steak salad. The trick is to drizzle on a little vinaigrette when the meat comes off the heat, to give it a savory brightness. Lay the sliced steak and grilled vegetables on top of crunchy romaine and anything else that beckons at the farm stand, then top it all off with briny feta and more vinaigrette.

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Shrimp, Tomato, and Basil Pasta

The summery flavors of cherry tomatoes and fresh basil pair perfectly with sautéed shrimp in this light pasta dish.

Flank Steak and Arugula Salad

For a tasty salad dressing without oil, we mixed salsa with some vinegar. You can use any prepared salsa: hot or mild, red or green, plain or fruity.

Buttermilk Chicken Caesar Salad

Unlike traditional Caesar salad, ours uses no oil in the dressing. Instead, it relies on tangy low-fat buttermilk. Multigrain croutons also help save on calories and splurge on flavor.

Chicken Scarpariello

Many Italian-American families have their own riff on this homey chicken-and-sausage dish: Some add sweet peppers, others white wine. Flour dusted on the chicken thighs helps them brown; it forms a nice crust and also thickens the sauce at the end. Braised in a broth that is infused with rosemary, shallots, and pickled peppers (plus a splash of pickling brine for zip), the meats get super-tender—and the aroma is sublime.

Linguine with Shrimp and White Wine

This 20-minute shrimp pasta recipe is sure to become a favorite. All you need for the sauce is a flavorful and fragrant combination of butter, garlic, white wine, and lemon juice.

Lighter Chicken Enchiladas

Shredded chicken, corn tortillas, plus a smoky chipotle sauce -- a delicious dinner in three steps.

Herby Broiled Swordfish With Roasted Cherry Tomatoes

For this delectable seafood dinner, Martha puts fresh swordfish steaks in a citrusy, herby marinade before cooking them under the broiler. For an extra lovely presentation, use cherry tomatoes on the vine.

Chopped Salad with Spicy Pork and Buttermilk Dressing

Low-fat buttermilk is surprisingly creamy; in this Southwestern salad, it's mixed with light mayo, scallions, and garlic for a perky dressing.

One-Pan Cuban Chicken with Rice and Beans

Juicy roast chicken thighs are paired with our take on moros y cristianos, the Cuban version of rice and beans, in this easy dinner recipe.

Chipotle-Shrimp Tacos with Fennel and Beans

For this easy weeknight dinner, shrimp tacos get smokiness from the grill and also from canned chipotles in adobo, a hardworking pantry item that does its job spectacularly in small doses. A fennel slaw, tossed with lime juice and salt, adds zesty crunch to every mouthful.

Chicken Schnitzel with Dill and Sesame

All the delicious crunch of fried chicken, with less mess—that's the elevator pitch for schnitzel. Pounding the breasts into thin cutlets helps them cook in a flash. We season the flour and the panko mixture, not just the meat, and add sesame seeds for a nuttier crunch. Serve the dish with Watercress-Apple Relish for a bright, peppery counterpoint.

Salmon-Shiitake Rice Bowls

Here's a sure-fire way to up your rice bowl game for an easy weeknight dinner. Umami, the fifth flavor we can't get enough of shows up in both the sautéed shiitake mushrooms and the miso paste that is used in the glaze on the buttery salmon.

One-Pot Pasta with Broccoli and Lemon

Less is more in this quick and easy weeknight dinner. It calls for just five main ingredients (penne, broccoli, garlic, lemon, and Parmesan) and requires minimal cleanup.

Spicy Shrimp Fajitas with Grilled Pineapple Pico

Get tropical with these citrusy shrimp tacos topped with charred pineapple salsa. It's a Mexican-inspired recipe and family favorite dinner for any night of the week, not just Tuesday.

Pasta with Prosciutto and Peas

Prosciutto -- air-dried Italian ham -- combined with peas and Parmesan cheese is a classic pasta topping.

Rotisserie Chicken with Yogurt Sauce and Herb Relish

Easy to prepare, this quick weeknight dinner is also rich in flavor. Spend a few minutes making the savory yogurt sauce and herb relish, then let your supermarket take it from there. A store-bought chicken will make this recipe a breeze, but you can also roast your own.

Cauliflower-and-Chickpea Pitas with Creamy Yogurt Sauce

Eating more plant-based meals just got easier, and even healthier. This falafel-inspired pita sandwich gets its crunch from chickpeas that are roasted, not fried. A bright, zippy lime-jalapeño yogurt sauce is drizzled on right before digging in and compliments both the crunchy chickpeas and spiced roasted cauliflower.

Roasted Chicken with Kale and Tomato Panzanella

For an easy summer dinner, chicken thighs and drumsticks are crisped up on the same sheet pan as the crusty bread, lacinato kale, and cherry tomatoes in the panzanella that's served alongside.

Chicken Fettuccine with Pesto Cream Sauce

Use our Basil Pesto to whip up this crowd-pleasing creamy pasta dish.

Grilled Butterflied Leg of Lamb

A butterflied leg of lamb, which cooks quickly and evenly on the grill, has been split down the center, then unfolded and spread open to resemble a butterfly.

General Tso's Chicken

Invented in 1950s Taiwan by chef Peng Chang-Kuei, this crowd-pleasing fried chicken dish was adapted for American palates with a chile-spiked sweet-and-sour sauce and has since become a Chinese takeout classic.

Baked Ziti with Crunchy Italian Salad and Garlic Bread

The classic Italian supper comes together remarkably quickly -- garlic bread bakes alongside the ziti, and a green salad is tossed in mere minutes.

Linguine with White Clam Sauce

From your kitchen, tested and approved in ours. One of our Danish fans, Henrik Dan Jensen, perfected this classic meal and says, "White wine, my special ingredient, adds a tiny spark to the sweet clams."

Summer-Veggie Melts with Caper Sauce

A colorful mix of grilled vegetables—bell peppers, onion, and Broccolini—is packed into a hoagie that gets a toasty crust on the grill but stays pillowy-soft in the center. Provolone, the perfect melting cheese, melds it all together. The final touch to take this vegetarian sandwich masterpiece over the top is a generous smear of a zesty basil-caper aioli.

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