Dinner ideas for having friends over w kids?

Re: Dinner ideas for having friends over w kids?

• jf198400 member

  October 2013

  Spaghetti and meatballs, I have yet to meet a kid who doesn't like my meatballs.

  
  
  
  
  

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• Karla CS member

  October 2013

  Granted, my kid isn't old enough to eat a meal, so I'm not an expert, but I've typically found kids come in two camps.. The ones who will eat anything and the ones who will only eat 'kid' foods. We tend to just cook what we would anyways, typically just nothing too spicy or messy when we have friends with kids over and haven't had a problem yet.

  

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• jc&cat member

  October 2013

  when i saw the subject line i immediatly thought pasta, with meatballs. kids usually scoop that up without issue. since you are looking for something beyond pasta, its going to depend if the kiddos have adventurous taste buds. Thinking along the lines of chili served with salad and bread or pulled bbq chicken or roast beef sandwiches from the crock with oven baked sweet potato fries....can you tell I had a crappy breakfast!

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• aglenn member

  October 2013

  We have had success with roasting a whole chicken and serving with rice and veggies.  The kids will usually at least eat chicken and rice.
  

  

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• LoCarb member

  October 2013

  Update the grilled cheese sandwich to the adults with premium cheese, avacado, tomato bacon, truffle oil and the classic grilled cheese for the kids. Compliment with chips and fancy dip (for the grown ups).  Enchiladas or quesadillas.
  
  My fave recipe is https://www.skinnytaste.com/2011/08/chicken-rollatini-stuffed-with-zucchini.html
  you can make regular cutlets for the kids and stove top stuffing.
  

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• jc&cat member

  October 2013

  LoCarb said:

  Update the grilled cheese sandwich to the adults with premium cheese, avacado, tomato bacon, truffle oil and the classic grilled cheese for the kids. Compliment with chips and fancy dip (for the grown ups).  Enchiladas or quesadillas.
  
  My fave recipe is https://www.skinnytaste.com/2011/08/chicken-rollatini-stuffed-with-zucchini.html
  you can make regular cutlets for the kids and stove top stuffing.
  

  Wow, great recipe!
  

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• cecilyandgautam member

  October 2013

  We have a rotisserie cooker so rotisserie chicken plus baked yams go over well in my house and most kids will eat that. 

  
  

  I also like a giant taco salad - you could keep some extra meat, beans, and cheese on the side for the kids. 

  

  
  

  
  

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• RachieTK member

  October 2013

  My go to is coated chicken (coconut, cornflake, Parmesan garlic, etc) with home made Mac and cheese and broccoli.

  

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• aeh72 member

  October 2013

  I'm not sure how much time you want to spend cooking when your guests are there, but I like the idea of make your own quesadillas - you have the "insides" in separate bowls - e.g., cheese, peppers, tomatoes, beans, chicken (just get a store rotisserie chicken and shred it) and/or beef - and the kids can pick what they want or maybe they would just want the chicken or beans or veggies separately.  You can make some rice, maybe a salad, and have some chips and salsa/guac and, viola, Mexican fiesta that everyone can have fun making.  Quesadillas on the stove top take a few minutes each to cook.

  

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