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Wraps, beans, cheese, cucumber and salsa served separately beside two differently assembled dinner plates.
Picky Eaters

Build-your-own dinners that give fussy eaters control

Give children a say in assembling dinner without opening a restaurant at…

Dovelyne editorial team
Dovelyne editorial team
Shared spinach and tomato pasta beside a reserved plain portion, separate sauce and cheese on a family dinner table.
Picky Eaters

Serving one dinner when one child eats nothing green

Keep the family's dinner on the menu while changing when ingredients are…

Dovelyne editorial team
Dovelyne editorial team
Vegetable flatbread pizzas on baking trays beside salad leaves on a home kitchen bench.
Quick Family Dinners

10 Quick Family Dinners You Can Prep in 15 Minutes

Choose from ten family dinners with short preparation steps, starting quantities and…

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Dovelyne editorial team
Slow cooker holding a potato, carrot and beef casserole beside a filled bowl and family serving bowls.
Slow Cooker & Air Fryer

How to Use a Slow Cooker for One-Pot Family Meals

A slow cooker main can still leave several jobs for dinner time.…

Dovelyne editorial team
Dovelyne editorial team
Five simple dinners: tuna pasta, bean quesadillas, chickpea couscous, tomato gnocchi and egg rice.
Quick Family Dinners

5 Quick Family Dinners that Use Only 5 Ingredients

Choose from tuna pasta, bean quesadillas, chickpea couscous, tomato gnocchi and egg…

Dovelyne editorial team
Dovelyne editorial team
Slow cooker casserole beside a saucepan of thicker gravy and a small bowl of cornflour paste.
Slow Cooker & Air Fryer

Why Slow Cooker Meals Turn Out Watery, and How to Fix It

A thin slow cooker sauce needs a different fix from a bland…

Dovelyne editorial team
Dovelyne editorial team
Tomato sauce in meal containers beside separately prepared pasta and grated cheese.
Meal Planning

Freezing cooked meals without ruining the texture

Better freezer meals start before packing: decide which components belong in the…

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Dovelyne editorial team
Tomato sauce beside lentil pasta, a bean and rice bowl, and chickpea curry on a kitchen bench.
Quick Family Dinners

Batch-cooking one sauce base into three different dinners

A mild tomato sauce can become pasta, bean bowls and chickpea curry.…

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Dovelyne editorial team
A shared bolognese sauce served separately from a bowl of plain pasta and a small bowl of grated cheese on a dinner table.
Quick Family Dinners

Dinners for a household with one fussy eater

Cooking a second dinner every night is not sustainable long term. A…

Dovelyne editorial team
Dovelyne editorial team
Three separate containers of meat, rice and vegetables on a kitchen bench, kept apart so each can be served at a different sitting.
Quick Family Dinners

Feeding a family when everyone eats at a different time

When nobody in the house eats at the same hour, the fix…

Dovelyne editorial team
Dovelyne editorial team
A filled and covered slow cooker insert sitting on a fridge shelf beside ordinary groceries.
Slow Cooker & Air Fryer

Slow cooker meals you can prep the night before

Prepping the night before is what makes a slow cooker actually get…

Dovelyne editorial team
Dovelyne editorial team
A frying pan on the stove with an unlabelled tin and a jar of dry pasta on the bench beside it.
Quick Family Dinners

Beating the 5pm what-is-for-dinner panic

The 5pm problem is a decision problem, not a cooking problem, and…

Dovelyne editorial team
Dovelyne editorial team