The good news about “family-friendly” dinners? They can be whatever you want them to be. Loaded sweet potato wedges eaten straight from the sheet pan? Absolutely. A dose of nostalgia by way of movie-night sloppy Joes, updated with a fiery kick of gochujang? No question about it. These are dinners for cautious eaters and adventurous ones alike—some familiar, some a little unexpected, and all worth bringing to the table.
Whether tonight calls for a cozy soup (that you can set and forget in your Instant Pot) or easy fish tacos (we have a hunch they’ll become part of your regular weeknight dinner rotation), we’ve got plenty of ideas to keep dinner interesting all year long.
