The twenty-minute kid-friendly dinner challenge is turning out harder than I expected. I haven’t had much time on the computer lately to look for recipes, but the biggest question is, what is your definition of kid-friendly? Could it include beans or lentils? Cooked vegetables? Does everything need to be in tiny pieces?

This microwave recipe for baked beans takes less than twenty minutes only if you prepare the beans in advance. Preparation time is short.
White Beans Boston-Baked Style

Source: The Well-Filled Microwave Cookbook, Victoria Wise and Susanna Hoffman.

These instructions are for the microwave, but you can easily adapt it to the stove or crockpot.