40 Back to School Recipes - PaleOMG (2024)

• August 19, 2021

Whenever I write a post about kids, kid-friendly recipes, after school snacks…well I feel like a bit of a fraud. I don’t have kids, I don’t know what it’s like to have kids, and I definitely don’t know what it’s like to feed kids. But I have one hell of an imagination so I’m good at playing pretend, thinking up what I might feed my children if I had them. I’d love to believe that I could feed them leftover salmon, kale, and some sort of salad fixin’s each day when they got home from school, but based on how I was as a child and my love for cheese fries and oatmeal cream pies, it may not go that way. It’s hard to say. From what I’ve seen, you really never know what you’re going to get when you have a child. It may be a carrot eater, it may be a cake eater. I hope my child loves both, just like me.

Did I seriously just make that entire paragraph about my theoretical children? I’m exhausting. This is about you and YOUR children. Your children that need to be fed. I have no idea if this post will help you, but I hope it does! I put together some delicious breakfasts I think kids will like, some of my favorite easy and kid-approved (via instagram) lunches and dinners, and then some snacks (sweet and savory) that will keep that full and happy. Let me know if your kids try any of these recipes and if they like them! If not, tell them to grow up and expand their palate. Are you allowed to say that sort of thing to children? Again, don’t have any and still working on that skill of how to talk to them. It’s a work in progress. Enjoy!

Breakfast Ideas

Breakfast Burritos

Strawberry Cheesecake Overnight Oats

Chocolate Sea Salt Granola

Chocolate Peanut Butter Baked Oats

Chocolate Blueberry Protein Shake

Peanut Butter Protein Oats

Pizza Egg Bites

Chocolate Chip Pancake Bites

Pancake Breakfast Sandwiches

Breakfast Protein Cookies

Avocado Toast Three Ways

Lunch & Dinner Ideas

BLT Pasta Salad

Taco Pasta Salad

Curried Chicken Salad

Creamy Tomato Pesto Soup

Fajita Chicken Salad

Mexican Street Corn Salad

Strawberry Chicken Salad Sandwiches

Taco Pasta Soup

Easy Asian Stir-Fry Noodles

3 Bean Chili

Cauliflower Alfredo

Pizza Spaghetti Pie

Lasagna Soup

Chicken Rice Soup

Burger Bowls

Bacon Cheeseburger Casserole

Afternoon Snack Ideas

Cookie Monster Nice Cream

Secret Ingredient Brownies

Blueberry Zucchini Muffins

Chocolate Chip Oat Bars

Pizza Fries

Chocolate Collagen Energy Balls

Chickpea Blondies

No-Bake Protein Brownies

Cobb Dip