This easy chicken tikka masala recipe has three stages: marinating, cooking the chicken and making the sauce. That means you can break it up and do any part when it works for you. It’s not necessarily a traditional tikka masala recipe but this simplified version is zesty without being too spicy. That’s why this easy…
4 Yummy Recipes to Use Ripe Bananas
Need yummy recipes to use ripe bananas? Buying bananas is always a struggle for me. Either my 9YO eats all of them in two days, or we have five or six stragglers on the counter, getting browner every time I glance their way. That’s why I have all four of these options in my mind,…
Chicken with Cabbage and Olives Sheet Pan Dinner
Is there anything better than a sheet pan dinner where everything cooks politely in one pan? How about a sheet pan dinner that’s hearty, something you feel good about serving AND a dinner that everyone likes! Our sheet pan chicken with cabbage and olives is exactly that. What you need for this sheet pan chicken,…
Coconut Curry Soup with Chicken & Noodles
This coconut curry soup is like traditional chicken noodle soup that just got a creamy infusion of spices and flavor. It’s so good. For kids who aren’t sure about trying new flavors like curry, chicken noodle coconut curry soup is a perfect place to start: mild, familiar and sweet. Scroll down for more ideas on…
Greek Chicken Sheet Pan Dinner
All the mediterranean flavors of Greece — olives, tomatoes, feta cheese, onions — in one sheet pan dinner your whole family will love as much as mine did. As you know, the rules for adding a recipe to foodlets.com is that three out of four kids must love the dinner. They gotta give it a…
Easy Chicken Coconut Curry: Ready in 30 Minutes!
This easy chicken coconut curry comes together in only half an hour. But that’s not the best thing. Here’s the crown and glory: All four of my kids loved it. *And the crowd goes wild…* What I Like About This Easy Chicken Coconut Curry It’s not too spicy, making this a great Intro to Curry…
30-Minute Lemon Chicken with Tomatoes & Kale
This 30-minute chicken dinner is packed with flavor — and healthy ingredients! Use kale, spinach, baby spinach or mustard greens. Anything works. Serve it over a bed of spaghetti and you’ll have a dinner everyone asks to make on repeat. Yes, cook the herbs first. I use boneless, skinless chicken thighs because they’re full of…
10-Minute Buttery Chicken with Zucchini & Herbs
The fastest chicken dinner I’ve ever made started yesterday at 4pm, when we finally rolled through the door. A sweaty group of kids fussing at each other. You know, the basic after-school mode. And on Wednesdays — hooray! — there’s an extra hurdle to leap over: gymnastics starts at 5pm. I don’t even have to…
A One-Pot Dinner That’s the Best of 2 Favorite Dinners: Chili-Roni!
I’ve made this easy one-pot meal twice in the last two weeks. Because I love Chili-Roni. And so do the kids. If you’re looking for a fast and easy meal your whole family will love, add Chili-Roni to your list. Because: One pot! That means the smallest amount of cleanup possible. It’s fast. The whole…
Super Simple BBQ Chicken Tenders
I love this BBQ chicken so much that I’ve served it every week for the last three weeks straight. You can prep it days in advance or in the middle of a busy morning to eat later that night. Both make delicious results. For the marinade, make a shortcut and use your favorite Italian dressing…
Buttermilk Roasted Chicken from “The Farmhouse Chef”
(Excerpted from “The Farmhouse Chef” by Jamie DeMent.) This recipe is the happy result of a late afternoon meltdown. I had planned to cook fried chicken for a crowd at the farm and, as often happens, the day ran away with me. Pigs got loose and tore up a freshly planted bed. I spent the…
20-Minute Smokey Pasta with Turkey Sausage, Zucchini & Cheese Sauce
“I can’t believe you just made up this recipe,” she squealed. “It’s so good!” That was my third grader last time I made this smokey pasta with turkey sausage and zucchini. No big deal. Your kids say that all the time, right? Ha! Me neither. That’s why I decided this one was a keeper. With…
Easy Sour Chicken Kids Love: A Takeout Recipe Makeover!
My kids love sweet and sour chicken–and this recipe is easy. You get easy sweet and sour chicken that’s also healthier than takeout! Every time we order Chinese, sweet and sour chicken is our kids’ go-to request. But all that deep fried chicken and food coloring isn’t my favorite thing to serve for dinner, so…
Kid-Friendly Slow Cooker Chicken Chili
This kid-friendly slow cooker chicken chili is one of the easiest dinners I’ve ever made. But it didn’t start out that way. Back when this chicken chili was a Barefoot Contessa recipe, there were more steps, fewer veggies and certainly more spices. But this DELICIOUS version couldn’t be simpler, or a bigger hit with my whole…
Baked Turkey Pesto Meatballs (AKA Magical Pesto Meatballs!)
What makes these baked turkey pesto meatballs magical? Like our mac & cheese by the same name, it’s all the veggies that are built right in. That’s the magic. What makes these baked turkey pesto meatballs special Our meatballs are baked, not fried. So you pop one pan into the oven and never once worry…
Chicken & White Bean Chili with Swiss Chard: My 4 Kids’ Favorite Way to Eat Swiss Chard
I did it again. With the Swiss chard in the garden. It always starts so small, this Swiss chard project. Just a handful of tiny seeds, some dirt that I bought dirt from a farmer down the road who swears it’s organic and more than a little hope. (Honestly, buying dirt? That’s when you know your farming dream has gotten…
Your Secret Weapon for an Instant Dinner: DIY Rotisserie Chicken Sandwiches
Sometimes a dinner is so fast it makes itself. That’s the case with one of our favorite ways to use rotisserie chicken: DIY rotisserie chicken sandwiches served along with raw veggies. And for that last part, we like to make things interesting. But still it is not like the one we get in the popular…
Sliced Cucumber Sandwiches
No bread here, just crunchy slices of cucumber. The cucumber IS the bread. Why? Because we have 457 million cucumbers growing in our garden right now. Plucking 4, 8, 12 cucumbers out of the yard every day means my fridge is overflowing with the darn things. (Are they mating in there? Raising happy little families right…
Saucy Meatball Sliders from “Real Baby Food”
I love mini food for kids. It’s easy for them to handle and the portion sizes are perfect. But there’s something I like even more than mini food, versatile food. Meatballs can be served straight-up, in pasta or on small buns as sliders. Like these! Whole wheat dinner rolls make the excellent “buns” and bonus, you…
One-Pot Mexican Quinoa Casserole (Plus a Fancy Serving Suggestion for Kids)
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I NEED A LITTLE HELP getting the kids to try something new. Part of my goal here is to create a great relationship between our kids and the food we eat. Part of that is nutrition, cooking fresh and healthy meals. Part of that is fun. Enter, egg cups. They’re just…