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Dinner

Dinner is often the toughest meal with toddlers — but it doesn’t have to be. These easy toddler dinner ideas focus on balanced nutrition, soft textures, and flavors kids actually enjoy. You’ll find simple pastas, veggie-loaded skillets, and protein-packed favorites the whole family can share.

Make weeknights easier with healthy, homemade dinners that toddlers love (and parents don’t have to fight for).

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Dinner

Dinner is often the toughest meal with toddlers — but it doesn’t have to be. These easy toddler dinner ideas focus on balanced nutrition, soft textures, and flavors kids actually enjoy. You’ll find simple pastas, veggie-loaded skillets, and protein-packed favorites the whole family can share.

Make weeknights easier with healthy, homemade dinners that toddlers love (and parents don’t have to fight for).

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A bowl holds an ideal first stir fry for toddlers: chicken, eggs, celery, onions, and peppers cooked in a light sauce and served over noodles or rice. pinit Eat your Veggies High Protein cup Toddler Favorite

A First Stir Fry For Toddlers

40 mins Beginner
A toddler chicken curry, flavored with mango, is plated next to a heaping pile of coconut rice. pinit Sour Good for Picky Eaters High Protein cup Toddler Favorite

A Toddler Chicken Curry With Big Mango Flavor

30 mins Beginner
garlicky and cinnamon-y buttered noodles are topped with stuffed meatballs. pinit Easy to Make Sour Good for Picky Eaters High Protein

Upgrade Your Buttered Noodles For The Best Toddler Pasta

35 mins Beginner
Moroccan flavored chicken fingers, wrapped in phyllo and split in half. pinit Easy to Make Sour Good for Picky Eaters High Protein

Introduce Spices With These Moroccan Chicken Fingers (Bastilla)

45 mins Intermediate
Fingers of the best toddler salmon cakes line a plate; a ramekin of ketchup sidles up next to them. pinit Sour Good for Picky Eaters High Protein Quick Meals

The Best Toddler Salmon Cakes

20 mins Beginner
puff pastry for toddlers, in the form of chicken tikka masala stuffed into a calzone. pinit Easy to Make Sour Good for Picky Eaters High Protein

How To Use Puff Pastry For Toddlers: Chicken Tikka Calzone

40 mins Beginner
Orecchiette pasta, broccoli, and meatballs are on display in a bowl of an easy pasta recipe for toddlers. pinit Easy to Make Eat your Veggies Quick Meals

An Easy Pasta Recipe For Toddlers

20 mins Beginner
Half of a toddler meatloaf sandwich is held up to show its cruster, interior, and a pickle for some added zing. pinit Easy to Make High Protein cup Toddler Favorite

This Toddler Meatloaf Makes The Best Sandwich

1 hr 10 mins Beginner
pinit Easy to Make High Protein cup Toddler Favorite

Easy Ginger Scallion Chicken Rice For Toddlers (Hainan Chicken)

30 mins Beginner
Chicken kiev for kids is shown split, with its butter sauce and herb filling at center; peas and mashed potatoes are included on the plate. pinit Sour Good for Picky Eaters High Protein

How To Make Chicken Kiev For Kids

1 hr 10 mins Intermediate
Toddler beef and broccoli presented in a small ramekin, with pieces of steak and broccoli intermingling. pinit Eat your Veggies High Protein Quick Meals

How To Make Toddler Beef and Broccoli

40 mins Beginner
Chicken in a creamy sauce over rice--otherwise known as brazilian chicken stroganoff--is shown on a toddler plate. pinit Easy to Make Sour Good for Picky Eaters Quick Meals

What To Make For Dinner When Your Kid Wants McDonald’s

8 mins Beginner