What's on the menu in your house this week?

[MistyMinge]

Not the most thrilling topic I know, but I am in need of inspiration. I've lost my cooking mojo. Hoping for some ideas before I head off to do the weekly shop.

This thread is so cringey.

Pizza, shop bought
Lasagne, made from scratch
Chicken pie (made by DH, his pastry is excellent) broccoli and chips
Takeaway curry
Steak pie and chips, courtesy of DH’s work as he had to do 4 hours unexpected overtime so they paid for it.
Chicken Kievs, veg and steamed couscous.

I’m going to Aldi tomorrow and the focus will be on the aisle of wtf veg.

@incorruptibledream how it is 'cringey' ?

Red lentil dhal and rice
Pasta and veg sauce
Tuna pasta bake
Veggie chilli
Masala chicken thighs

@incorruptibledream Take your snootiness elsewhere.

Half term here so I've pre prepped a few meals so I can save time. We're having
Chicken Korma
Sausage & mash
Shepherds pie
Pizza (with Halloween embellishments)
Beef stew, mash & veg
Might sub the sausage and mash for a lunch out at nandos or somewhere and have sandwiches that night instead.

@incorruptibledream how it is 'cringey' ?

They don't cook and can't see the point of meal plans?

Homemade cottage pie,
Slow cooker beef and root veg stew,spag bol,jacket spuds

Mon - lamb stew with dumplings
Wed - ditto
Tues thurs fri - whatever gets taken out the freezer to go with mash & veg. I have sausages, chicken and pork. I like to be surprised else it gets boring. 😆
Weekend - i have chilli and curry cooked in the freezer ready to go.

No matter what i plan tho, it never fills my teens up so there is always home made veg soup of some description in the fridge. They have a mug with toast when the mood strikes after school or before bed.

My food bill is massive! 😕

Such great ideas here!! I am crap about meal planning but this has inspired me to try!

At some point this week, we will have:

• homemade veggie curry & rice
• jacket potatoes with beans, cheese and salad
• picnic tea with hummus, veg, cheese, pitta and fruit (inexplicably this is the kids favourite)
• dippy eggs with soldiers and some random veg
• veggie soup / stew
• grilled mackerel with rice and broccoli
• some sort of aubergine tagine thing I saw on Ocado recipes!
• noodle and veg stir fry with salmon or tofu
• a take away at some point

This is basically the same as what we have every week, just not in a formal planning sort of way! More in a boring “HELP WHAT THE HELL DO I FEED THE KIDS TONIGHT!?!?” sort of a way!

Spanish omelette and salad
Fish &cous cous, veg
Jacket potatoes
Chilli &rice, nachoes
Pizza
Roast

Saturday nights always pizza with strictly
Sunday always a roast.

First few days it is just me and the kids as DH works away, so something easy like fish, omelette etc works well.

Moroccan lamb tagine
Chicken fajitas
Sausage and bean casserole
Chicken noodle soup
Macaroni cheese and broccoli

Loving all the meal ideas on here. I love meal planning, it is the execution I’m not quite so good at!

Rough plan of meals:

Beef and ale stew with dumplings
Massaman veggie curry with basmati rice
Chicken enchiladas with salad and spicy rice
Tagliatelle and meatballs

Will probably play the rest of the dinners by ear, I’ve got stuff to make lasagne or baked cannelloni, and a second chicken meal (stir fry etc.)

I’m trying to make things my 11 month old DD can have too most days. Lunches I’ll make as I go, most likely will be puff pastry pizzas, leek and bacon quiche, savoury eggy muffins, pesto pasta etc stuff that she and I can have together.

Puddings I’ve made blackberry crumble tonight so will have that tomorrow and got to make something good for Bake Off Finale on Tuesday! Maybe a ginger biscuit chandelier (joke)...

Is anyone else hungry now?!

I'm so embarrassed to click in "threads I'm on" to see that I posted on a similar thread two days before posting on this one, and my dc had Pizza both days

Horrendous parenting.

Today is green lentil stir fry with mushroom, leek and courgette
Tomorrow is sweet potato anf white bean chilli
Wednesday; lentil spag Bol
Thursday: spinach and chickpea curry

This weeks meals are:

Yesterday was a lamb roast dinner
Monday: homemade chicken and chickpea curry
Tuesday: beef and ale stew with stilton dumplings
Wednesday: homemade salmon, spinach and dill tarlets with couscous and veggies
Thursday: baked potatoes with cheese and tuna
Friday: Malaysian chicken soup with noodles and pak choi
Saturday: takeaway

Meatballs and pasta, chilli, thai curry, garlic kievs and cottage pie

I've just gotten my cooking mojo back after a summer long hiatus! I love being in the kitchen so feels good to be back

Last night we had Hainanese chicken with the leftover stock and chicken from Sunday's roast
Tonight HM Caribbean burgers with HM sweet potato fries
Black dhal and buttery parthas tomorrow
Thursday 'floor picnic' featuring carnitas tacos, guac and nachos, refried black beans and maybe a margarita
Friday 'just one negroni' then 'oh go on then just one more' followed by 'yeah I'll split a bottle of wine with you' topped with 'tequila is a great idea' with a side of McDonald's chicken nuggets

Yesterday we had veg Thai green curry with coconut rice, rest of week is:

Tonight: baked potatoes with roast veg and hummus
W: omelette and sweet potato chips
TH: sushi take away
F: lentil cottage pie
Sat: penne arrabiatta
Sun: stuffed peppers