Quick & Easy Family Dinner Ideas

Fast food doesn't have to come from a drive thru.

BY VICKI MARTINEZ

Quick & Easy Family Dinner Ideas

Fast food doesn't have to come from a drive thru.

BY VICKI MARTINEZ

Did time spent in quarantine give you the chance to learn new, or fine-tune your existing, home-cooking skills? As kids return to school, you return to the office, and after-school and extra-curricular activities ramp up, maybe you want to maintain the momentum of healthy home cooking.

Here are some fast and easy family dinner ideas to keep those healthy meals front and center on the menu.

Family Dinner Ideas for the Busy Family

To expand your menu of easy dinner recipes for the family, have what you need on hand. Empty pantries lead to panic, which leads to picking up the takeout menu. To prevent empty-pantry panic, plan meals ahead of time so you know what ingredients to stock up on.

For some great tips and tricks for menu planning made easy, check out: “Five Tips for Easy Keto Meal Planning”

For the Love of Leftovers

A quick and simple dinner recipe is one that's already made. Keep in mind, leftovers don't have to be served the next day—not that there's anything wrong with serving a delicious, family-approved meal twice in a row!

Make double batches of family favorites and freeze half. Fill in a day next, or the following, week on your menu plan calendar.

freezer

For the Love of Leftovers

Make double batches of family favorites and freeze half. Fill in a day next, or the following, week on your menu plan calendar.

Find inspiration with these tasty family dinner ideas:

Breakfast Pizza

Roasted Orange & Radicchio Salad Pizza

Burrata-Prosciutto Pizza

Find inspiration with these tasty family dinner ideas:

Breakfast Pizza

Roasted Orange & Radicchio Salad Pizza

Burrata-Prosciutto Pizza

The Freezer Aisle is Very Family-Friendly

Take a trip through the freezer section during your next shopping excursion. There are so many healthy frozen meal options available. From individual portions—kids love options—to family-size entrees and low-carb frozen meals, you'll find a variety of delicious, healthy and quick family dinner ideas.

The Freezer Aisle is Very Family-Friendly

Pizza

Pizza Perfect

If you, or your entire family, practice a low-carb eating style, finding quick and easy family dinner ideas can be a challenge.

With fresh, low-carb, gluten-free ingredients, Cali’flour Foods has the perfect solution. From classic cheese or uncured chicken pepperoni to Margherita-style or supreme veggie pizza, there’s something to please every pizza-lovers palette.

If your family prefers the DIY pizza-making method, their cauliflower pizza crusts and flatbreads are fabulous blank slates.

Pizza

Pizza Perfect

If you, or your entire family, practice a low-carb eating style, finding quick and easy family dinner ideas can be a challenge.

If your family prefers the DIY pizza-making method, their cauliflower pizza crusts and flatbreads are fabulous blank slates.

Of course, don’t think cauliflower pizza crusts are only for pizza. Try:

Cali’coated Chicken Strips

Pizza Bagels

Of course, don’t think cauliflower pizza crusts are only for pizza. Try:

Cali’coated Chicken Strips

Pizza Bagels

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