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Family Dinner Ideas

Get delicious family dinner ideas and recipes, 30 minute meals, 5 ingredient dinners and family friendly dinner ideas, from our families to yours. Whether you need dinner ideas for tonight or are planning in advance, we’ve got you covered.

We made meal planning easy with 8 weeks of free meal plans for dinner with recipes. Use our quick, easy and family friendly meals to plan ahead for stress fee suppers.

Pressed for time (or just don’t want to spend hours in the kitchen)? Check out the quick and easy 30 minute meals! They’re entire meals that go from kitchen to dinner table in 30 minutes without sacrificing taste.

All of the recipes have been served on our own family dinner tables, we hope you enjoy our dinner recipes as much as we do.

Some Our Favorite Dinner Ideas

Find some of our favorite dinner ideas below, with full recipes and related ideas for your next family dinner!

Chicken Dinner Recipes

We have all your favorite family chicken dinner recipes such as:

Quick & Easy 30-minute meals

From entree to sides, dinner is done in 30 minutes or less with our quick & easy meals. Some of our family’s favorites include:

8 Weeks Of Meals Already Planned for You

Get 8 weeks of free family dinner plans with easy recipes included.

Soul-Soothing Soup Recipes

Whether the storms are outside or inside, soup is good for the body and soul. With these hearty, easy soup recipes you can nourish both deliciously.

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If you’re looking for other collections of dinner ideas & recipes outside of food type, be sure to check these out! You can find easily-created dinner ideas, healthy recipes and of course, the family favorite: Mama Shirley’s recipes. They are truly old-fashioned family meals!

Included as well are our most popular, pinned and “liked” recipes of all time. They’re the only recipe stash you’ll need on nights you want dinner ideas…fast. With a few ingredients, a homemade dinner is easy.

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These are the kids favorites, meals that adults love too. Your next dinner idea doesn’t have to be something complicated, or something you’d ever order from a restaurant.

There’s sometimes a certain comfort to just eating what you loved as a child, and introducing your children to it as well. Only every once in a while of course!

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One of the hardest things about following a low carb diet is incorporating it into your family dinnertime. Well, we’ve gathered 55 low carb dinner ideas just for you. ‘

And if you want to go in a completely different direction, dinner can be hand held and fun when you make it in a muffin tin. Because they’re so portable, they’re fantastic for lunches too. We also tested each recipe in double batches for the big eaters in the family and they all made a very hearty dinner.

Lastly, chicken can be a dowdy dinner companion. Give boring chicken a tantalizing makeover with these 10 recipes we’ve included for you.

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One Dish Dinners

Easy one dish dinners the entire family will love.

Casserole Recipes

Slow Cooker Suppers

Fresh, easy crock pot dinners.

Crock Pot Recipes

Grilling Recipes

Great dinners from the grill all year.

Barbecue Recipes

Freezer Meals

Home cooking in a flash.

Freezer Cooking Meals

Side Dishes

Every meal shines with our family favorite side dishes.

Easy Sides

Easy Dessert Recipes

These are all the best sweet endings to the perfect meal.

Dessert Ideas

Easy Family Dinners
Our most popular dinner recipes over the last 14 years.

Chicken Alfredo

Meatloaf Recipe

Lasagna Recipe

Easy Pulled Pork

Healthy Dinner Ideas

Healthy Dinner Meal Plans

Use the free 8 weeks of healthy weekly meal plans we put together, along with our Healthy Recipes section for an easy way to plan your family’s dinners.

Even your picky eaters will enjoy these delicious dinners while getting nutritious meals at the same time.

8 Weeks of Healthy Dinners

Whether you don’t like to cook or don’t have the time, you can have flavorful dinners with easy to find ingredients.

12 Simple Savory Dinners

Date Night Dinners

Elegant Entrees

These are the memorable recipes for those special occasions. An anniversay, birthday or maybe just a date night without the kids…any one of these dishes will help make your evening a night to remember. From Simmering Scampi to Sizzling Steak, your luxurious feast awaits.

A Meal to Remember

Shrimp Dinner Ideas

16 Shrimp Dinners

Shrimp is versatile, healthy, and absolutely delicious. Try it with one of our 16 recipes to add variety and superb flavor to this wonderful main dish.

From scampi to slow cooker, you’ll find the perfect way to make and enjoy this seafood favorite.

16 Dinner Recipes with Shrimp

Chicken can be a dowdy dinner companion. Give boring chicken a tantalizing makeover with these 10 recipes.

10 Easy Chicken Favorites

Mama Shirley’s Biscuits

Buttermilk Biscuits

Mama Shirley’s Potatoes

Creamy Scalloped Potatoes

Mama’s Fried Chicken

Southern Fried Chicken

Midnight Velvet Cake

Shirley’s Chocolate Cake

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Easy Dinner Recipes & Meal Plan Favorites

Easy Family Dinner Ideas

Crispy Baked Pork Tenderloin

Easy Family Dinner Ideas

Philly Cheesesteaks

Easy Family Dinner Ideas

Scalloped Potatoes and Ham

Easy Family Dinner Ideas

Baked Spaghetti

Easy Family Dinner Ideas

Spicy Shrimp and Broccoli

Easy Family Dinner Ideas

Honey Glazed Ham

Easy Family Dinner Ideas

Crockpot Burgundy Beef

Easy Family Dinner Ideas

Penne in Vodka Sauce

Easy Family Dinner Ideas

Easy Chicken Cordon Bleu

Easy Family Dinner Ideas

Easy Chicken Stroganoff

Easy Family Dinner Ideas

Italian Sausage & Peppers

Easy Family Dinner Ideas

Biscuit Pizza

Easy Family Dinner Ideas

Classic Tater Tot Casserole

Easy Family Dinner Ideas

Parmesan Chicken and Rice

Easy Family Dinner Ideas

Crispy Coated Butter Chicken

Easy Family Dinner Ideas

Chili Coke Roast

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55 Low Carb Dinners

One of the hardest things about following a low carb diet is incorporating it into your family dinnertime. We gathered 55 of the best family-friendly low carb dinners from around the web along with a few of our own.

You don’t have to give up family mealtime, and you don’t need to cook different meals to follow a low carb plan. These are delicious recipes the entire family will love.

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The question is heard in every household nearly every day…what’s for dinner? And though this question is one that is asked commonly, the answer might not be so simple. If you are a busy parent who is responsible for putting food on your family’s table every night, finding a meal that is healthy, relatively easy to make and that will please all your family members can be trickier than it seems.

Moms Who Think knows how hard it is to come up with meals to feed your family every night. That’s why we provide our readers with a vast Dinner Ideas and Recipes section.

When it comes to dinner ideas, the possibilities are endless. You can choose a meal based on the ingredients you want to use or the way you would like to prepare your meal. Our dinner ideas are divided into categories like Healthy Recipes, Freezer Cooking Recipes, Chicken Recipes, Easy Recipes and more.

Once you decide what type of vibe you are going for, you can explore the recipes we have in each category. Some delectable options include our African Chicken, our 30 Minute Mexican Lasagna, our Baked Potato Soup and more. Each recipe lets you know exactly what ingredients you will need and provides step by step directions that are sure to help you prepare your meal successfully.

So, the next time your family asks you what’s for dinner, don’t stress. Just look at Moms Who Think for easy recipes you can prepare to bring variety to your table every night.