Quick dinner for kids?

[DarcyLongfellow]

Let's share our "I have 10 minutes and need to throw dinner on the table for the kids" ideas.

I have two nights like that this week, and I realized I always feed them the same things. I just thought we could get ideas from each other.

- PB&J
- Grilled cheese or quesadillas
- Hot dogs
- Scrambled eggs

I always put fruit, shredded carrots, and grape tomatoes on their plates too.

What about you guys?

[mainelyfoolish]

Frozen pizza
Pancakes

[shellbear09]

my kid barely eats anything at dinner but I have tried those plus:

english muffin or tortilla pizzas
meatballs
crackers w/ pb or hummus

[lolo]

Black beans and frozen corn, sometimes with zucchini or tomato thrown in
Cottage cheese, sliced veggies, frozen fruit

[shamrockshake]

rice and beans. they love that

[jeaniebueller]

Toast with butter, cheese stick, sliced apple. Boom! My kid is a huge fan of having random snacks for dinner, so when I don't have time to make a real meal, I just go with it.

[niq]

In addition to PPs' ideas, we do ready made dumplings from the freezer.

msniq's parents would sometimes eat dinner "backwards" aka serve ice cream and then not bother with actual dinner since they'd fill up in ice cream. She had 4-6 kids in the house.

[aspentosh]

Naan pizza- get the Naan from Costco (can be made frozen), add some pizza sauce and cheese (fun for them to do!) and pop in the oven for 7 minutes. So good and they have fun making it.

Those Perdue chicken tenders are a hit with her. Same with potstickers I get at Costco.

Salmon burgers on sandwich thins

Tacos

[turtlegirl]

We mostly to pb&j, mac and cheese w/hot dogs and veggies mixed in. Or if we have English muffins around I let them "help" make a pizza with it. Usually just cheese and cut up salami on it and I pop it in the microwave to melt everything a bit.

[deo]

Frozen peas/veggies & Frozen meatballs. Both cooked in the microwave. Served with a bun or slice of buttered bread and BBQ Sauce or Ketchup for the meatballs.

Chicken noodle soup from a can with added frozen veggies, serve with cracker or toast or carrot sticks.

Hummus wrap... a tortilla topped with hummus, cheese & whatever veggies are in the fridge, roll it up and serve.

[Deleted]

Frozen brown rice from TJ's and madras lentils from Costco. Serve with tortillas or pita chips.

[deo]

Also Tuna & crackers & cheese. Mix up tuna with some mayo & spices, put a scoop on the plate with crackers and cheese and fruit.

[MadamePresident]

Waffles, hummas roll (lunchmeat stuffed with hummas), yogurt, random snacks

[qcinoct]

PB&J
Hot dogs
Grilled cheese
Pancakes
Frozen pizzas
Soup
Bagel with cream cheese

will do veggie sticks on the side of all of these (my boys love cucumbers, peppers, carrots, celery). Usually, 3 nights a week are the above meals. We're real gourmands

[qcinoct]

I was going to add tacos, too, but while it's <10 minutes to make, it's about 30 minutes in clean up after my kids eat

[hocus2]

Frozen chicken nuggets or fish sticks
pasta with jarred sauce
meatballs (premade)
premade soups

[brady2012]

Time savers we use often:

These single serve vegetable steamer packs. They come in corn, peas, and brussels sprouts.

 www.birdseye.com/vegetable-products/steamfresh-pure-simple/singles-sweet-peas

These potatoes steam quickly in the microwave.  DD loves the purple ones.  They have sweet potatoes as well.

www.sidedelights.com/our-potatoes/convenience-potatoes/steamables/

A rotisserie turkey breast, more meat than a chicken so you get more meals out of it.  Raviolis are quick and so is the single serve macaroni and cheese.

[namasteak]

We always have easy microwaveable meals in the freezer for DS since I often don't get dinner ready before he eats (he also eats them for lunch).

-Target Simply Balanced brand chicken italian meatballs and spinach garlic turkey meatballs
-Earths Best chicken nuggets and fish sticks
-tuna Mac frozen in large muffin tins
-Plum Organics frozen bread puffs with meat & cheese filling
-uncrustables
-eggs

[mpc]

Leftovers
Deli ham & cheese
Cottage cheese
Pouch
Beans
Toast

[Deleted]

Last night my kids had
Pinto Beans
kiwi
oranges
cucumber
ww toast with coconut butter

I also have organic dairy/egg free frozen meatballs that I can microwave in 2 minutes that we do sometimes with a frozen veggie and fruit.

Things like pizza, eggs, grilled cheese/quesadillas etc are all a no go in our house due to allergies so its a little more complicated.

I always keep these things on hand:
Deli turkey
pinto/black beans
fruit
frozen veggies like snap peas, green beans, broccoli, sweet potato (I roast and freeze), corn, carrots etc.
Sunbutter/almond butter
frozen ww egg/dairy free waffles
Applegate breakfast sausage
coconut milk yogurt
Unsweetened applesauce

Sometimes dinner is just a mixture of stuff I can dump on the plates.

[Ashley&Scott]

mac & cheese
ravioli
pancakes
chicken nuggets

[ladygrey]

Salmon, boxed couscous, green beans (steamed or sauteed). 15 minutes tops. 

[prosecco]

Nachos, we always have shredded cheese, top tortilla chips with that and whatever leftover protein (beans, chicken, ground beef, shredded pork) , I will give them whatever fruit/veggies we have around on the side.

They will always do breakfast for dinner too, cereal or oatmeal or frozen waffles with yogurt and fruit.

[badtzmaru22]

Bag of frozen stir fry veggies and a packet of Wegmans 90 second rice and quinoa (or rice pouch of your choice).

Veggies in some olive oil and soy sauce, nuke the pouch and mix it all together. Also a great way to get DH to eat veggies.

Fancy version: throw in extra veggies you have laying around and 1-2 precooked frozen chicken breasts. (I cook a whole package in the crockpot, and then freeze in 1-2 breast portions.)

[momin2013]

A lot from PP's lists above, but another thing I do is make a big batch of mini quiches (buy the frozen tart shells and fill with a quiche mixture usually containing a bit of meat, cheese, sometimes a bit of a veggie), and freeze in a big ziploc bag. Then I just take out a few at a time for quick lunches/dinners.

[t]

cheese, crackers, turkey pepperoni
annie's mac/cheese cups - I mix in mini meatballs (earth's best) and peas sometimes
frozen nuggets, fish nuggets, meatballs
PBJ
scrambled eggs
cereal/yogurt

[erbear]

Mine eat pasta, breakfast dinner, rotisserie chicken and veg, black bean quesadilla and stir fry on the regular when were short on time. Thankfully, they love fruit and tolerate most veggies so it's a pretty healthy meal.