Give your gluten free kiddo the meal they really want! Choose from over 30 fun, cheesy, easy, and satisfying recipes ranging from pizza to pancakes, cozy soups and casseroles. All are gluten free, super satisfying, and kid-friendly too.
As challenging as it is to be an adult with Celiac Disease, it is (in my opinion) infinitely more difficult helping a child through a food-centric autoimmune disease, food allergy, or intolerance.
While my kids don’t have CD, my oldest lived with a dairy allergy for several years before growing out of it, and my youngest has severe food allergies to eggs and dairy.
Navigating birthday parties, classroom celebrations, and restaurants can feel scary for the parent / caregiver, not to mention the stress and frustration that children feel when they realize their diet is restrictive and different from that of their peers.
All that said, let home can be the place where your gluten free kiddo feels confident and excited to eat all their favorites! From pizza to corn dogs, pancakes and pasta, these 30 gluten free recipes are not only delicious and easy to cook, but kid-approved by my crew!
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Pizza Fries
Pizza Fries are a fun and delicious way to crush a pizza craving! These ooey-gooey, hot and cheesy fries are perfect for kids (and kids at heart!), game day, or a party.
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Skillet Tater Tot Casserole
Skillet Tater Tot Casserole is an updated childhood classic made in one skillet and without condensed soup! This gluten free dinner recipe is always a smash hit.
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Mini Corn Dog Muffins
The original Mini Corn Dog Muffins! These fun and poppable bites are perfect for snack time, dinner, or game day, and are a hit with kids!
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Gluten Free Pizza Crust
Gluten Free Pizza Crust is light, chewy, and vegan too! This perfect pizza crust is made in minutes using everyday ingredients.
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Gluten Free Cheeseburger Bombs
Gluten Free Cheeseburger Bombs are soft and chewy, ultra cheesy, and best served with homemade Special Sauce!
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Cheeseburger Quesadillas
Ditch the bun for Cheeseburger Quesadillas! This quick, fun, and crispy spin on cheeseburgers goes from fridge to table in just 30 minutes.
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Easy Gluten Free Pancakes
Easy Gluten Free Pancakes are light, fluffy, and made with fridge and pantry staples. Meet your new, go-to gluten free pancake recipe!
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Creamy Ham Peas and Pasta
Creamy Ham Peas and Pasta is a quick-cooking dinner recipe that's creamy, satisfying, and made with everyday ingredients. As filling as it is delicious!
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Pastina Soup Recipe
Pastina Soup, aka Italian Penicillin, will nourish your body and soul. This brothy, comforting soup recipe is packed with good for you ingredients.
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Gluten Free Pizza Breadsticks
Gluten Free Pizza Breadsticks are soft and cheesy, freezer-friendly, and best of all, EASY! Get your gluten free pizza fix in 20 minutes!
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Easy Chicken and Rice Soup
Easy Chicken and Rice Soup is a quick and simple soup recipe that the entire family will love. Nourishing, satisfying comfort food in a bowl!
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One Pot Chicken and Rice
One Pot Chicken and Rice is part soup, part risotto, and wholly comforting. Your family will ask for this easy yet irresistible gluten free dinner recipe again and again.
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One Pot Gnocchi Chicken Pot Pie
Chicken Pot Pie filling meets Chicken & Dumplings in One Pot Gnocchi Chicken Pot Pie! This ultra comforting recipe cooks in one pot in under 30 minutes.
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American Goulash
My easy American Goulash recipe will be a hit with the whole family! This one pot dish is made with fridge and pantry staples and it comes together in just 30 minutes.
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Homemade Crunchy Taco Hamburger Helper
Homemade Crunchy Taco Hamburger Helper is as hearty and satisfying as the box mix, but made much healthier at home. Packed with flavor, made in 1 skillet, and ready in 30 minutes – it's a family favorite!
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Creamy Chicken Wild Rice Soup (Panera Copycat)
Creamy Chicken Wild Rice Soup is thick, hearty, comforting, and made from everyday ingredients. Plus it tastes just like Panera's Chicken & Wild Rice Soup!
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How to Make Burgers in the Oven
Skip the mess of pan frying burgers and bake them instead! I’ll show you how to cook burgers in the oven for the perfect burger, every time.
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Sesame Peanut Sauce Noodles
Sesame Peanut Sauce Noodles are saucy, slurpy, and crave-worthy! This flavor-packed, take out style pasta recipe is ready in minutes.
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Cheesy Ham and Hash Brown Casserole
Cheesy Ham and Hash Brown Casserole is the ultimate comfort food! Your family will lick their plates clean of this easy, cheesy, casserole.
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Hamburger Soup
Hamburger Soup is packed with vegetables and TONS of flavor! This satisfying, wholesome soup recipe will bring you back for bowl after bowl.
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Easy Baked Chicken Thighs
Baked Chicken Thighs are incredibly easy and family friendly. Try my #1 secret for baking the best, juiciest chicken thighs of your life!
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Egg Bites Recipe
This easy Egg Bites recipe is packed with protein and flavor! Make a batch for an easy breakfast or snack option.
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Pink Sauce Pasta
Switch up pasta night with Pink Sauce Pasta! This decadent, 10 minute, 3 ingredient pasta recipe will leave you licking your plate clean.
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Skillet Shepherd’s Pie
Skillet Shepherd's Pie is pure comfort food! This easy, 1 pan dinner recipe comes together with fridge and pantry staples in no time at all.
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Cheesy Chicken Burrito Skillet
Cheesy Chicken Burrito Skillet is the tortilla-less version of a cheesy, stuffed burrito. Add everything into a skillet then simmer – so easy!
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Easy Chicken Fried Rice
Easy Chicken Fried Rice is a cinch to make at home with a few kitchen staples. This simple, 20 minute dish tastes just like take out!
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Italian Rice Ball Skillet
Italian Rice Ball Skillet is the the deconstructed version of Italian Rice Balls (arancini). Easy, gluten free, and zero chopping required!
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BBQ Chicken Quesadillas
BBQ Chicken Quesadillas are sizzling, simple, and satisfying. This easy, cheesy chicken dinner recipe comes together in minutes!
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Crock Pot Sausage and Peppers
Crock Pot Sausage and Peppers are perfect for feeding a crowd on game day, or enjoying as a slow-cooked cozy Italian supper at home. Serve in a variety of ways.
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Cheesy Ham and Broccoli Rice
Cheesy Ham and Broccoli Rice is made in 1 pan, in 20 minutes, with 5 ingredients. An easy, family-friendly dinner doesn't get easier than this!
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Can I just tell you how really really awesome you are? You are helping more people than you know! My son was just diagnosed with Celiac disease and your website and recipes have been most helpful!!!
Ugh, I’m so sorry to hear it, Kim!! I hope you guys are all doing ok, and I’m so glad the site is helping you guys out!
Some great ideas here.
Always looking for easy, creative and healthy food and meal options for my 6 and 7 year olds.
I never thought I’d be the type of parent to need kid-friendly recipes, and now I’m eating crow because it has nothing at all do to with the parenting and everything to do with children. So thanks for sharing!
Amen – I’ve eaten *so* much crow over the past three years! ;)
Mine just turned 4 and is back to trying new things – that “eat with the eyes and everything looks gross” stage was the pits!
Great post! No kiddos here, but I enjoy a go-to, quick meal list. This is perfect!
Just made your mini BBQ meat loaves for my mom and I on Sunday! It was as great as I remembered. Reheats well too!
There are a lot of great recipes here! I’m going to have to try some of them. I’ve gotten out of habit cooking lately, but I need to get back at it!
THANK YOU. my son is allergic to wheat & it is always great to find new recipes that work for him! :) we are also heading up to vail soon & really appreciated that post as well!
So glad you can find recipes that will work for him here! FYI, all recipes from Feb 2014 are gluten-free (and therefore wheat-free.) Here are all my gluten-free AND kid-friendly recipes, in case you want to bookmark! https://iowagirleats.com/recipes/?course%5B%5D=toddler-friendly&diet%5B%5D=gluten-free
True fact: my husband never left the “picky eater” phase, but he will eat almost all of these. Don’t tell him that there are veggies in some of them! Thanks for the wonderful additions to the menu!
My daughter is actually pretty willing to try just about anything and she LOVES Brussels sprouts-I never made them until I saw yours. Now they are a weekly staple. We also love the crock pot Italian Beef Sandwiches-but I cut down on the spicy relish for her taste. And any soup is a hit-looking forward to Fall and soup season. Easy and delish!
Your crock pot spaghetti sauce and the homemade crunchy taco hamburger helper recipes are on regular rotation here. Usually I double a recipe and make one or the other every week since they reheat well and work great for my 2nd grader’s lunch box in a thermos. I added corn (canned or frozen) and black beans to the taco hamburger helper to bulk it up a bit. Its awesome!
Love the corn + black bean additions – I’ll have to try that!
Thank you for this post! More great recipes to try. My family loves Spicy Turkey Soup with Ditalini. We put shredded cheddar on top of each bowl and call it “pizza soup”. I love that you add the jar of marinara to help flavor the soup quickly and easily! And it’s not too spicy for kids. And we all love the Homemade Cheeseburger Helper. My husband thought I really made hamburger helper, haha.
I was *this close* to adding that recipe as I’ve gotten a lot of feedback that it’s family friendly too. We love that soup!
So first off, I’m pretty sure you are a mind reader. Last night, as I was feeding my 14-month old yet another PB&J, I was thinking I need to find more Emma approved recipes. Some days she is very picky, others not so much. So thank you for this very timely post! Also, she LOVES your minestrone, we make it a few times a month because it’s quick, easy and packed with veggies.
Oh my gosh, too funny – so glad this was timely! If she likes the Minestrone Soup, I bet she’ll love the vegetable beef too, as they have similar flavors. Just in case you need a change of pace! :)