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Home » Recipe Collections » Easy Dinners For Picky Eaters

Easy Dinners For Picky Eaters

July 29, 2024 by Bianca Carey Spencer, Updated March 4, 2025

All of our Easy Dinners for Picky eaters are just that. EASY! No complicated ingredients or cooking methods, just easy meals for fussy eaters.

Pitta Pizza Bread With Hidden Veggies

When you need something for tea that’s quick and easy, then this is the one!

I often serve this at the end of the week when I’m a bit over making breakfasts, packed lunches, dinners AND snacks!

Pitta Pizza Bread With Hidden Veggies served on a blue divided plate with a side serving of cucumber and cherry tomatoes and a mini heart shaped cake.

Airfryer Creamy Hidden Veg Pasta Sauce

If your picky eater will eat pasta but won’t tolerate chunky bits of veg in it like a lot of kids, then this recipe is for you!

The veggies are all blended into the sauce so they won’t notice them in there and the sauce is wonderfully creamy just like a mac and cheese.

Airfryer Creamy Hidden Veg Pasta Sauce mixed with pasta and served in a light bowl bowl with a blue polka dot fork in it.

Mini Chicken Burgers

One food that a lot of picky eaters seem to struggle with is chicken. Serving up chicken in it’s breast meat form just won’t cut it with my kids!

So I’ve come up with some recipes to serve chicken in different ways to my fussy eaters like these fun Mini Chicken Burgers.

Mini Chicken Burgers served held together with Pick Sticks and served on a wooden chopping board with a side of peas, carrot batons and chopped fruit.

Chilli Con Carne For Kids

Don’t be put off b y the list of ingredients for this one! It’s actually super easy to make and is mild enough for kids without compromising on flavour.

As well as having some hidden veggies it also contains some veggies in their whole form.

This is a great approach with picky eaters as it’s still giving some exposure to children of vegetables in their whole form.

Creamy Ham & Pea Pasta

This easy pasta recipe is perfect for picky eaters as you can customise the ingredients that you use to suit what they will eat.

Change out the ham for bacon or cooked chicken pieces or swap out the peas for sweetcorn!

A close up shot of the Creamy Ham & Pea Pasta in a bowl with a fork in it.

Oat Crusted Chicken Goujons

If there is one thing a lot of picky eaters WILL eat, it’s chicken nuggets! And there’s absolutely nothing wrong with serving your kids chicken nuggets or goujons!

If I’m serving them on a regular basis because I know they will get eaten, then I try to make my own at home so I know that they are pretty healthy.

These oat crusted chicken goujons can also be frozen before cooking, so you can make up a big batch and have them in the freezer ready to cook straight from frozen.

Oat Crusted Chicken Goujons in a white enamel serving dish with a side serving of chopped carrots and cucumbers and a glass ramekin filled with a dipping sauce.

Slow Cooker Ten Hidden Veggie Sauce

Quite often one of the biggest struggles with picky eaters is getting enough veggies into them.

This easy slow cooker sauce packs in TEN hidden veggies and is as easy as putting all the ingredients into the slow cooker and letting it do its thing.

Slow Cooker Ten Hidden Veggie Sauce mixed with cooked linguine in a white bowl and garnished with a sprinkling of finely grated cheese.

Cheesy Chicken Meatballs

My kids are not big fans of chicken so I’m always trying to find ways to get them to eat it with minimal fuss!

These Chicken Meatballs are great as they present chicken in a way to kids that they might find more appealing.

Cheesy Chicken Meatballs served in a  colourful divided kids plate from Pick Plates with chopped veggies, fruit and a chocolate flapjack.

Waffle Omelettes

Eggs are really good for kids but trying to convince your fussy eaters of that can be difficult!

For some picky eaters, it can be a matter of texture so serving up scrambled eggs or an omelette just won’t cut it.

But by changing the texture of the cooked egg, it makes it more appealing to kids.

Waffle Omelettes

One Pot Mac & Cheese With Hidden Veggies

If your kids love plain cheesy pasta but aren’t so keen on veggies, then this is the recipe for you!

I’ve created a really easy one pot Mac & Cheese with secret courgette that you can’t see or taste. Perfect for the pickiest of eaters! 

A delicious Mac & Cheese recipe with hidden courgettes, made in one pot with Arla Organic Free Range Milk

Looking for ways to get your fussy eater to eat a better variety of food? Try these Plates for Fussy Eaters.

These round divided plates have five compartments to be filled with a wide selection of food groups and choices of ingredients.

Perfect for making food fun, interesting and appealing to picky eaters.

The Pick Plate Midi compartment plate for kids.

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  1. Jayne Wright says

    January 24, 2025 at 12:39 pm

    Thanks this has been very helpful.

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