Two Family-Friendly Dinner Recipes for an Easy Evening Meal

The article offers two simple dinner ideas meant to please the whole family, published by Yarden Weiss on June 17, 2026 and updated on June 18, 2026. It asks whether readers would rather end the day with a potato salad topped with a soft-boiled egg, tuna and peppers, or with a mashed-potato-based bake with yellow cheese and peas.

The first recipe is a potato salad with tuna and preserved lemon, described as a cross between salade niçoise, tuna salad and potato salad, while still standing on its own. The small potatoes can even be cooked in the microwave, and the egg is boiled for exactly five minutes to achieve the color and texture shown in the photo. The distinctive flavor additions are preserved lemons and pepperchuma, which give the dish a more unusual profile. Lettuce and green beans are also part of the salad.

The second recipe is a mashed potato and pea muffin bake. The article says mashed potatoes and peas work so well together that it makes sense to combine them in another form, and suggests these muffins as that answer. With eggs and grated cheese, they are presented as a family-friendly savory snack that is easy to eat on the go, but also substantial enough to serve as dinner alongside a small salad.