Quick, Easy, and Healthy Family Recipes

Get inspired to make more quick, easy, and health family recipes! The recipes below are simple to make, in many cases with ingredients you already have in your fridge and pantry. 

In 2014, I joined an live broadcast with other food-focused online creators to chat about realistic food choices and recipes for busy families. Back then, blogging was a different beast, and bloggers (now “creators”) banded together as a community in a grassroots way you don’t see much anymore.

With this chat, we aimed to collaborate and share our methods for getting quick and healthy homemade meals pulled together — a feat that often seems insurmountable, even for the most organized home cook.

This hour-long livestream was informative, light-hearted and, most of all, fun! (It also looks a little vintage at this point, seeing as 2014 seems like eons ago in the online world.)

The video has since been taken down, but the family recipes I shared back then still remain. 

Quick, Easy, and Healthy Family Recipes

These tips, recipes, and takeaways will help inspire you to make more quick, easy, and health family meals.

Zucchini Bread

Zucchini bread is a simple way to use up all those end of summer zucchinis from your garden or the farmers' market.

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Easy Homemade Pizza Dough

Homemade pizza dough is something you can make with a few simple ingredients and a little time.

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Instant Pot Chicken Stock

Instant Pot chicken stock is ready in an hour and tastes just like a slow cooked stock that's been simmering away for hours and hours.

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Homemade Applesauce in the Slow Cooker

You'll never go back to jarred applesauce after trying this easy slow cooker recipe!

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Easy Oven-Fried Chicken Thighs with Perfectly Crispy Skin

These easy oven-fried chicken thighs with perfectly crispy skin are really easy to make and so good!

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Last Updated on May 21, 2023 by Liza Hawkins