15+ Easy Dinner Recipes Kids Can Make (2024)

Chopping all of the vegetables for this salad gives kids a chance to practice their cutting skills. You can keep it meatless or easily add some cooked chicken to it.

There are so few ingredients in this pasta salad that it takes about 15 minutes to assemble. Just make the simple dressing, halve some tomatoes, and cut up the basil. Precook the pasta since it needs to cool anyways and keep it in the fridge ready for the kids.

The easiest way to make this is to use leftover BBQ chicken or a rotisserie chicken tossed with BBQ sauce. The rainbow of veggies include kid favorite broccoli and there's yummy chunks of mozzarella too!

Although some might think of this as only an appetizer, it is a delicious meatless meal, especially during summer. You can serve it with some bread with olive oil and vinegar to dip it in. Pair it with some summer fruits and you have a really easy healthy meal.

This easy chicken sheet pan dinner has kid friendly flavors paired with ingredients they may still be unsure about. The maple dressing on the chicken is also delicious if you want to drizzle some over the veggies.

This is another easy sheet pan dinner idea. Although I used fresh pineapple for this, feel free to substitute canned pineapple when making with kids or buying a package of precut fresh pineapple from the grocery store.

This is a really easy fall or winter meal that kids can make! You can easily swap the chicken thighs for rotisserie chicken meat to make it even easier to prepare for younger chefs.

If you haven't noticed yet my love for sheet pan dinners, maybe this will catch your eye. This one is so ridiculously easy and it's a huge favorite on Pinterest. Slice some sausages, lay out frozen pierogies, and add some sliced cabbage. Delicious!

Sorry, not sorry for another sheet pan dinner. This is a good dinner for kids practicing their knife skills, even the little ones. You can use kid knives to have them slice bell peppers and green beans while older kids can try their hand at cutting everything. Mushrooms also make a good addition to this and are perfect for tiny chefs learning to use a knife since they can be easily cut with a butter knife.

Using sourdough bread is an easy shortcut for these easy pizzas. I like to toast them in the toaster oven but you can just as easily bake them on cookie sheet.

This chicken salad is chock full of kid favorite fruits like crunchy apples, juicy oranges and mandarin oranges, along with cashews for extra crunch.

This fresh tomato summer pasta sauce is perfect for kids to make since it requires no cooking! If you happen to have a small garden you might be able to find most of the ingredients already growing which just enhances the whole experience.

Beans may not be your first thought for kids, but many kids are happier with beans than meat (including my son). They are also a great source of protein and fiber!

This rice salad is a great way to use leftover rice and means it's a super quick dinner kids can make. Add tomatoes and cucumbers to add a little more color to the dish.

You can find naan at most grocery stores now and they are a great basis for these delicious wraps. Have the kids set up an assembly line for adding ingredients as they make this.

Bright and gorgeous colors are so enticing for these tortilla wraps. Kids can help cut the veggies if they are old enough and if not they will still have fun making sure they got all of the colors of the rainbow in each one.

These are a very kid-friendly introduction to sushi! By keeping the ingredients simple and the sushi wrapped in a cone shaped that make it easier for little hands and mouths to eat.

This sushi has a few more ingredients than the last and are made with cauliflower rice instead of regular rice. They are a good next step for kids learning to like additional flavors and textures.

Who knew that cucumbers would be such a tasty vehicle for yummy toppings! Give kids a spoon at let them hollow out each half before they fill them in with yummy tomatoes and olives.