Healthy and Filling Dinner Recipes for Teenagers

17 Healthy (and Filling) Dinner Ideas for Your Bottomless Pit Teenager

Photo: Liz Andrew/Styling: Erin McDowell

Having teens in the house is like living with a pack of rabid raccoons (or so we imagine): They’re hungry all. The. Time. It’s tough enough keeping them fed, but (damn this parenting thing) you also have to worry about making sure they ingest a vegetable or two from time to time. Here are 17 dinners that are healthy, hearty and picky-teen approved.

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Photo: Liz Andrew/Styling: Erin McDowell

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Slow-Cooker Chicken Potpie Soup

Your secret weapons: store-bought biscuit dough and a Crock-Pot.

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17 Healthy (and Filling) Dinner Ideas for Your Bottomless Pit Teenager

Slow-Cooker Chicken Potpie Soup

Skillet Blackened Shrimp Fajitas

Skillet Gnocchi with Sausage and Broccoli Rabe

Chicken Chili

Beef Taco Salad

BBQ Chicken Sweet Potato Pizza

Greek Turkey Burgers with Tzatziki Sauce

One-Pan Honey Garlic Chicken and Veggies

Tortellini Soup with Italian Sausage

Spicy Baked Chicken Parmesan

Cauliflower Alfredo Pasta

The Best Healthy Turkey Lasagna You?ll Ever Eat

Mexican Rice Casserole

Easy Chicken Shawarma Salad Bowls

Everything Chicken

15-Minute Cheater?s Pad Thai

Polenta and Meatballs

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