22 Slow-Cooker Recipes That Will Make Your Kids Ask For Seconds

Kids can be a handful, but dinner doesn't have to be! With all the after-school extracurriculars on the calendar (not to mention those picky eaters we know and love), we love relying on our slow-cookers to make some seriously kid-approved dinners (and sneak in some vegetables). Best of all? All of these easy slow-cooker recipes only require a short amount of prep time before you can get to setting and forgetting. So whether you've got a mac and cheese-loving toddler or a pizza-obsessed teenager, all of these recipes will have your kids begging for seconds.

Cooking for kids can often make you feel like a short-order cook, cooking for all kinds of cravings (chicken noodle soup! lasagna! breakfast casseroles!). Thankfully, these slow-cooker recipes are tried-and-true crowdpleasers that even the grown-ups at the table will enjoy. Some of our favorites? We might love our slow-cooker beef chili, slow-cooker chicken Alfredo, and Crockpot chicken fajitas as much as our kids do. And let's be real, no one is ever mad about seeing Crockpot enchilada soup on the menu.

We also have plenty of tips on expert tips on how to get your kids to eat better, our favorite bento boxes for kids, and healthy snacks to add to those lunch boxes. And if your kid loves getting involved in the kitchen, they'll go nuts over these kids' cooking kits, best cookbooks for kids, and play kitchen sets.