10 Simple And Healthy Weeknight Dinners The Kids Will Love

When you're short on time, short on inspiration, and short on energy, cooking up a healthy, balanced, and tasty meal for the kids on a weeknight can seem like an impossible task. But you don't need to resort to ordering takeout, opening that box of mac and cheese, or defrosting a frozen dinner. These 10 simple and healthy recipes are here to help you out when you need them most. 

Fill corn tortillas with vegetables, beans, and cheese. Warm them through in a skillet until the cheese is melting, and fold up into quesadillas that are perfect for dipping in a simple salsa verde or guacamole.

For the Broccoli Rabe and Black Bean Quesadillas recipe, click here.

A frittata can be filled with whatever vegetables your kids love most, or just whatever vegetables you have around, to make a quick and satisfying dinner.

For the Easy Vegetable Frittata recipe, click here.

Tacos may have a reputation for being rich and unhealthy, but if you fill them with grilled fish and fresh coleslaw, they make a healthy weeknight meal.

For the Grilled Fish Tacos With Lime Cabbage Slaw recipe, click here.

Top grits with white beans, sautéed greens, and a fried egg for a filling, simple, and totally delicious dinner that will definitely become a weeknight staple.

For the Grits, Greens, Beans, and Eggs recipe, click here.

Feeding your kids salmon, a protein-rich brain food, doesn't have to be complicated. Simply wrap up the fish and thinly sliced vegetables in parchment paper and bake for 15 minutes.

For the Mediterranean Salmon en Papillote recipe, click here.

To transform this incredibly easy pasta dinner into an even healthier meal, swap the regular pasta for whole wheat spaghetti.

For the Pasta With Tuna and Tomato Cream Sauce recipe, click here.

This dish may sound fancy, but it's actually super simple. Stuffed chicken breasts make a tasty dinner that you and the kids will all love.

For the Ricotta Pesto Stuffed Chicken Breasts recipe, click here.

Fried rice is a go-to weeknight dinner. It only takes minutes to make and can be easily improvised upon. Adding some shrimp gives it a slightly indulgent edge.

For the Shrimp Fried Rice recipe, click here.

Bland, dry chicken breast never has to be served on an exhausted evening ever again, thanks to this sticky, sesame-coated recipe.

For the Sticky Sesame Chicken With Broccolini and Brown Rice recipe, click here.

Don't resort to ordering mid-week takeout when you run out of time to cook dinner. These peanut noodles take almost no time to prepare and are so much tastier and healthier than the ones from your favorite Asian restaurant.

For the Takeout-Style Sesame Noodles With Cucumber recipe, click here.