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Kid-friendly

These easy, kid-friendly recipes are fun, familiar, and picky-eater approved! Here you’ll find family-friendly dinners, after-school snacks, and plenty of sneaky hidden veggies. Everything is adult-approved, too, so you won’t need to worry about cooking special meals just for the kids.

Looking for some quick inspiration? You can’t go wrong with cheesy homemade chicken nuggets (baked, not fried!), mac and cheese, and these lightened-up Big Mac Sloppy Joes that always disappear from the plate.

Chocolate peanut butter overnight oats topped with mini Reese's and a drizzle of peanut butter.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Overnight Oats

Air fryer zucchini fries on parchment paper with a bowl of Greek yogurt dill dip.

Air Fryer Zucchini Fries

Raspberry freezer jam in a jar with a checkered cloth and lid.

Low Sugar Raspberry Freezer Jam

Low sugar strawberry rhubarb freezer jam in a mason jar.

Low Sugar Strawberry Rhubarb Freezer Jam

Protein zucchini muffins on a countertop with a bite taken out of one.

Easy Zucchini Protein Muffins

Carrot cake baked oats in a pan with slices.

Carrot Cake Baked Oats

Strawberry peach cobbler topped with fresh peaches, strawberries and vanilla ice cream.

Lightened Up Strawberry Peach Cobbler

Hidden veggie pasta sauce in mason jars.

The Best Hidden Veggie Pasta Sauce

Scoops of vanilla ice cream in a bowl near a stack of cookies.

Ninja Creami Vanilla Ice Cream Recipe

Scoops of strawberry ice cream in a bowl with a sugar cone.

Ninja Creami Strawberry Ice Cream

Low sugar strawberry freezer jam in jars on a marble slab.

Easy Low Sugar Strawberry Freezer Jam

Slices of healthy chocolate zucchini bread stacked on a wooden board.

Healthy Chocolate Zucchini Bread

No bake chocolate oat bars stacked on top of one another.

Healthy No Bake Chocolate Oat Bars

Cottage cheese eggs garnished with chives on a white plate.

Cheesy Cottage Cheese Eggs (in 5 Minutes!)

A platter with a mix of plain and veggie cottage cheese egg bites.

Cottage Cheese Egg Bites

Chocolate veggie muffins stacked on a plate.

Double Chocolate Veggie Muffins

Blackberry chia jam in a mason jar.

Blackberry Chia Jam

Chicken bacon ranch tater tot casserole baked in a dish.

Lightened Up Chicken Bacon Ranch Tater Tot Casserole

Ninja Creami blueberry ice cream in a white dish topped with extra blueberries and a sprig of mint.

Ninja Creami Blueberry Ice Cream

Protein brownie bites piled onto a small plate.

Protein Brownie Bites

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