Dave and I were both fortunate to grow up in homes where meals together as a family were very important.
Yes, our families were busy with lots of extracurricular activities, but even still, it was rare for either of our families to eat dinner anywhere other than at the table together.
Now, many years later, we’ve both made an effort to prioritize dinner together with our own children each night.
We do realize this will be more challenging as our children get older! That’s one reason we’re even more committed to making family dinners work while the kids are little and at home with us all the time!
We know that if we develop that routine and standard NOW, it will be easier to maintain in future years.
Two ways I make family dinners easier to implement:
- I plan ahead (hello meal planning!) and…
- I have an ‘arsenal’ of simple meals I can get on the table in 30-minutes or less
This recipe for 5-minute Pigs in a Blanket is one of those super simple 30-minutes-or-less recipes our family loves… I think your family will too!
However, before I get too far into the recipe, I want to share a fun resource I added over the weekend!
I created a new page on my blog with 30-Minute Meals!
Every recipe featured on this page is one I can make in 30-minutes or less… many of the meals are 10 and 15-minute meals!
The image above is now featured in my sidebar, and the page will update automatically whenever I share a quick recipe (like the one in this post!)
If you need a little extra inspiration to get dinner on the table in record time, you’ll love these 30-minute meal ideas!
Back to today’s 30-Minute-Or-Less Recipe…
Homemade Pigs in a Blanket
Believe it or not, this SUPER simple weeknight meal can be ready for the oven in roughly 5 minutes.
Seriously — even my kids can make it in less than 5 minutes! (See resource at the end of this post for links to all my other “Kids in the Kitchen” recipes.)
I first shared this recipe in my Instagram Stories — and I immediately got SO many requests to “officially” share it on the blog!
If you’re looking for an ultra-simple, family-friendly weeknight meal to get your family around the table together, try these homemade pigs in a blanket!
5-Minute Homemade Pigs in a Blanket
This simple meal requires roughly 5-minutes of hands-on prep work so you can get dinner on the table in record time. Plus, everyone loves these easy homemade pigs in a blanket!
Ingredients
- 1 package refrigerated crescent roll dough
- 8 hot dogs
Instructions
- preheat oven to 400ºF
- unroll crescent roll dough and divide it into 8 triangles.
- wrap one triangle around each hot dog and place on baking sheet
- bake in preheated oven for 12-15 minutes (or until dough is your desired "brownness")
Notes
We Serve our Pigs in a Blanket with:
Nutrition Information
Yield
8Serving Size
1 hotdogAmount Per Serving Calories 295Total Fat 22gSaturated Fat 9gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 11gCholesterol 30mgSodium 341mgCarbohydrates 17gFiber 1gSugar 1gProtein 7g
Nutritional information is approximate and does not account for additional ingredients or added toppings.
That’s it!
I told you it was a simple recipe (if you can really even call it a “recipe”!)
NOTE: We love the all-beef hotdogs from Costo. They are larger than traditional hotdogs, more filling, and more flavorful. Plus, they’re all beef!
Simple Side Dish Ideas for Pigs in a Blanket:
We serve our pigs in a blanket with:
- fresh fruit
- broccoli bacon salad
- oven-roasted potato wedges
Related Resources:
If you’re looking for a little meal planning inspiration, check out the links below!
- all my meal-planning posts
- all my recipes (organized by category)
- 30-minute-or-less recipes
- kids in the kitchen recipes
I know how much simpler my life feels when I have a plan for dinner — and simple meals make it feel much more doable!
Add this 5-minute meal to your weekly menu plan and enjoy a little extra family time around the table!
Tammy Peters says
Can one make the ahead of time and perhaps reheat in an air fryer?
Andrea says
I think you probably could Tammy. Air fryers are amazing!
D Atchison says
Just tried this last night and used crescent roll sheet as thats what I had available. They made a definite hit! Yay!
Then we split the hotdog/crescent roll “bun” down the middle and put our mustard, onion etc in the slit. Yummy yummy!! We will be doing this again soon. Thank you for sharing.
Andrea says
yay — glad you enjoyed them. My kids LOVE these! and they are so easy 🙂
Kathy Sisler says
When my kids were at home (they are both in their 30s now) we made pigs in the blanket, too.
We would make a slit in the top of the hot dog and place a strip of cheese in the slit. They also liked for me to heat the hot dogs before baking, so I would pop them in the microwave for about a minute, then add the cheese, wrap and bake.
Amanda says
Our children always cheer when we have Pigs in the blanket! We don’t have them often so it’s a treat 🙂 sometimes we make soft Pretzel dough and wrap the hot dogs with that instead of Biscuits or crescent rolls. That is really good too. Thanks for sharing the 30 minute recipes. That will be super helpful for my week. I’m feeling exhausted with home schooling 3 kids and having 3 preschoolers. Some ladies do it all the time, I know. Hats off to y’all!! 🙂 it’s a totally different schedule and we just have to adjust. Praying your family can stay well and healthy. ❤
Andrea says
we don’t have them often either — but yes, they are always excited!
sounds like we’re in the same boat with the “homeschool overwhelm” too — wow, am I thankful for our kids’ teachers!