Yummy Toddler Food: Dinnertime SOS: 100 Sanity-Saving Meals Parents and Kids of All Ages Will Actually Want to Eat: A Cookbook

by Amy Palanjian

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • 100 quick and easy dinners that the whole family will enjoy and take 30 minutes or less to make, from the creator of the leading kid-friendly food site Yummy Toddler Food.

You rush home from work, tired but looking forward to sharing a meal with your family. You’re short on energy—but you need to pick a recipe, chop and prep ingredients, and tend to the kids. How are you supposed to juggle these responsibilities and make a meal that everyone at your table actually wants to eat?

Enter Dinnertime SOS, a collection of super-fast, accessible, and delicious family meals that appeal to both kids and parents. As the founder of Yummy Toddler Food and a nationally recognized expert on feeding families well, Amy Palanjian is here to help customize meals for even the pickiest of eaters, sharing recipes the whole family can enjoy together. This is your playbook to make the most of your limited time in the kitchen, embrace quality shortcuts, and ditch the guilt. 

With recipes that are all super-fast—we're talking twenty minutes max—or that can be prepped ahead of time and thrown into the oven, slow cooker or Instant Pot, you'll find everything you need to prepare healthy meals on a budget from a trusted source. Nourishing weeknight dinners include Broccoli Mac and Cheese, Flatbread Pizzas, Slow Cooker Chicken Sandwiches, Instant Pot Burrito Bowls, and the Ultimate Family Charcuterie Board.

This is the cookbook that parents with little kids have been waiting for. With strategies to cut down on cooking time, healthy shortcuts, and meal planning tips, Dinnertime SOS shares tried-and-true cooking advice and recipes to help parents win dinnertime.

Genres: Cookbooks, Parenting, Cooking, Nonfiction

253 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 22, 2023

About the author

I'm a writer, editor, and crafter who lives in a small town near Des Moines, IA. I also love to cook, bake, sew, and run around with my toddler.

Reviews

[Traci Thomas · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book seems pretty straight forward. The author smartly uses frozen and precooked items since this is all about weeknight quick meals. I think the foods look a little bland. I will try some but there is a lack of seasoning in the recipes for sure.

[Laney · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a great family resource! Love her site and loved this just as much. Excited to try many of these!

[Abbigail · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book because I heard her interview on Burnt Toast, and I was very curious about the types of meals she included. I think for normal families with kids that are trying to feed their children and get through the day, this book offers some great ideas. I think people with picky boyfriends that only want to both cooking if it is the best meal of their life, this might not be the ticket.

I think this would be a good gift to a new parent because the meals really did seem so simple and approachable

[Colleen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Often recipe books that claim to be for picky kids or families have recipes that no kid would ever eat. This book had many recipes my kids wanted to try. There were creative hacks and techniques. We made the pizza bread rolls and the giant sheet pan pancake. Looking forward to trying more recipes!

[heidi canton · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a fantastic cookbook!!! I loved this lady from the start, when I found her on Instagram. Her recipes are simple, nutritious and tasty for EVERYONE. This book has kickstarted me eating like a human again, instead of a trash panda. Thank you!!

[Crystal · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun, easy, new ideas.

[Claire · Rating 3 out of 5]

She makes some very points at the beginning of the book, which are things I forget I can do. Some good looking recipes here. I like the sausage and egg breakfast burrito. I should do that more often.

[Jifu · Rating 3 out of 5]

I grabbed this off the new reads shelf at my local library, and it was only when I got home that I saw the "Yummy Toddler Food" part of the title. At first I though to maybe just put it aside to return, as I have zero children, but decided to give it a chance. And I am happy I did, because honestly I ended up coming away a good number of both specific and general ideas to try out for future weeknight dinners.

[Stephanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

A decent family cookbook to introduce your kids to some new cuisines.

[Shelby Workman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excited to try these very easy recipes and tricks for my family, especially my toddler!

[Kat · Rating 5 out of 5]

Honestly, everyone needs this cookbook, whether they have kiddos or not. Approachable & versatile, with most recipes using pantry staples. ✨

[Lindsay Maclachlan · Rating 4 out of 5]

great for kids and emergency dinner ideas

[Reader · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love this book! I borrowed it from local library, and now I have to buy one because it can save so much effort. This book makes preparing dishes and cooking a good habit for me. And I spend less time since then. Besides the recipes are so good and simple. If you are not sure what to cook for your kids, try this book out.

[Jaime · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favorite food bloggers!
Tons of recipes and ideas in this book. To be honest there are not a ton that I’ll be able to try for my kids but definitely some good ideas! I’ve had so much success with her snack and breakfast recipes (especially the waffles!) …maybe that book will be next?!

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Made butter chicken and sweet potato burrito bowls.

Love her on instagram.

[Trish · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love the authors blog. She makes great food for kids.

[Katie · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5⭐️

[Emma · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really like this cookbook! It’s got tasty, simple recipes that my kids like.

[M. E. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun book with fantastic meal time ideas