My god its relentless (lighthearted)

Do you DDs eat eggs? Scrambled eggs, omelette, eggs & soldiers etc are great options for a quick meal.

Sometimes I find that serving more than one dinner is actually easier and quicker than the time I used to spend trying to plan seven dinners that all of us can have (for our house, it's allergies, preferences plus my own on/off attempts to eat more vegan meals!)

I'll batch cook chilli, chicken casserole, pulled pork, curry, etc etc and freeze in individual portions, then for nights where I don't have a magic dinner that suits all, the portions get reheated in rotation so takes 10 mins all in, and there will be veg/carbs that we generally all like and can pick quantities that we like.

I also find that putting everything in bowls on the table has decreased fussiness because DS is in control of what he puts on the plate. Also, sometimes eating in the lounge means that he will snack on pieces of salad for an hour afterwards, whereas if I plonked it on his plate there would be hardly any eaten.

We have a chicken pie night (shop bought!) with veg and potatoes, some kind of fajita/greek wraps with chicken, veg and rice, spaghetti night (bolognese sauce for me and ds, cheese for dd!) with salad, or some roast chicken breasts in some kind of sauce. They also like sausages and roast potatoes but I hate making them processed meat things.

I'd put some of the burden on the DDs to come up with at least one meal each that would fit all the criteria.

Also, can you (or they!) batch cook and freeze huge amounts of basic bean/chickpea stews that can be tarted up with various spice combinations to make curry, mexican, cajun meals to go with rice and vegetables?

Crustless quiche or spanish omelette is good for being simple and quick to make.

I live downunder, so maybe this isn't a thing in the UK?

It's a sausage casserole with a sweetish tomato-based sauce, with chopped-up apple in it. It's delicious! Lovely served with mash or rice, and green beans on the side.

Lots of recipes if you Google it. I usually use a store-bought sauce.

How old is everyone? Can you make everyone responsible for a meal for one night?

does your husband also do half of you both work full time?

What is a devilled sausage

Also, devilled sausages (use store-bought sauce if in a hurry).
I have taken to cooking the sausages separately from the sauce recently. Then the kids will usually have a sausage in bread, while us adults have devilled sausages.

Drives me insane too.

Going on holiday in a few weeks and bracing myself for being expected to have inspiration for and resource three meals a day for everyone.

I now understand why old people judge eat bowls of soup and cakes. So easy, no thought.

I swear some days that dinner will be the death of me. Both of mine are like your DD3. Super super picky.

Do you do homemade pizzas as well? By homemade, I mean store-bought bases, and then just add the toppings. Then can easily make them to suit different tastes. My kids often have them as a half and a half, because of course it would be impossible for them to like the same toppings! Then we make a nice pizza for the adults.

It’s bloody awful isn’t it. From a previous dinner thread on mumsnet I’ve added
chicken adobo
chicken pulao
to the rotation. Sadly I over added so can’t make adobo now for a long time, we over-ate it.

I have an adult daughter who makes like bowls for dinner. Oven roasts a piece of salmon, eats with rice and various vegetables or vegetable side dishes in a bowl, maybe with large pieces of nori sheet to make little wraps for each bite. Or mince fried with hoisin and oyster sauce.