To ask those who like food and cook from scratch without getting bored what meals do you cook most often, what does a typical week look like and what is your most used cookery book?

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Chi11iFlak3 · 07/05/2025 19:05

I’m bored of meal planning, also how do others who cook from scratch every night plan the week?

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Letsummercommence · 07/05/2025 19:15

I think you go through stages. Winter it's all 20 ways to do a pie or slow roast. Summer it's all fresh salads and cheese or whatever.
I'm on the jab so it's only marinaded meat and salad in my house. Pre jab it was lots of different lasagne.
I like the same meal everyday actually. I don't get bored I look forward to it.

InternetRandoms · 07/05/2025 19:13

we write a menu/ meal plant at the beginning of the week and pretty much stick to it.
Bbc good food has lots of good recipes.

Leek & bacon risotto is ready in 25 mins
Chicken tikka can be ready in 20 mins
we have the meat base of cottage pie batch cooked & portioned in the freezer so we just have to make mash to top.
Bolognese we also batch cook & freeze
Salmon fillet with Cajun seasoning, jacket & mange tout can be on the table in 20 mins.

We tend to plan menus based on what activities we have planned, how busy we are & how knackered we are likely to be.

Ionacat · 07/05/2025 19:12

I like the roasting tin cookbooks and tend to cook one night and then it’s left overs for night 2 or lunch. Sometimes I’ll batch cook - curry, bolognaise etc. if I need some quick easy go tos in the week.

TokyoKyoto · 07/05/2025 19:12

I also don’t like meal planning. We plan for about 4 days then start over. Mostly I cook rice bowls with veg and protein. Dh makes pasta. If we make something like chilli, we freeze a portion so that one night when inspiration is lacking, that’ll make a low effort meal

MrsPinkCock · 07/05/2025 19:11

Three Hello Fresh meals, three Gousto meals and a takeaway…

Crikeyalmighty · 07/05/2025 19:10

I like the simply cook spice kits so do a lot from those and I also use lots of recipes from Hairy bikers- I’ve got multiple books from them quick/diet

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