Your favourite quick recipes

[BearSoFair]

For 18yo DS1 to learn please!

Lockdown has given him a sudden interest in cooking which I definitely want to encourage but we seem to be a bit caught up on the same old pasta, grilled chicken or salmon, and stir fry recipes. Lockdown seems to have killed off some of my imagination for me as I'm struggling to come up with many suggestions for him! What are some tried and tested quick dinners you love?

DH and DC are unfussy and will try most things, I have IBS and can't touch citrus or shellfish, also limited with egg.

I haven't tried it but Jamie Oliver did a "corner shop" Curry in his "lockdown" series which I've earmarked. Seemed simple and the idea was its corner-shop ingredients. Give it a google, probably a good one for him to try.

Shepherds pie?

Sheps pie
Veg crumble
Soups
Baked potatoes with whatever
Savoury pancakes with whatever
Casseroles
Japanese noodle - type dishes

Frittata
Ramen
Soups
White sauce/cheese sauce
Potato skins

www.hairybikers.com/recipes/view/sausage-and-white-wine-risotto

Would have said also tortilla/omelettes but eggs unfortunately. He could make them to have with say rice and you could have a small piece?

Frittata was what I meant not tortilla.

Thai red salmon fish cakes (recipe on bbc good food website) - you don’t need egg to bind them as the red Thai paste does that job

Easy paella (again, recipe on bbc good food website) with chicken and chorizo (add more garlic and chilli)

Meatballs

Fajitas, quesadillas, enchiladas, burritos, tacos etc!

Wagamama released their katsu chicken recipe last week. I made it and it is really authentic. The only egg would be to coat the chicken before rolling it in flour and then breadcrumbs. Would that be too much egg?

The Wagamama sauce freezes well, so you could double up and freeze enough for another day.

Beans.

Buttered Toast.

I would suggest a simple curry using tomato purée, coconut milk and whatever level of spiciness you all like?

Thai green curry
Homemade escalopes / nuggets / salmon fishfingers

Big fan of Nigella's Express. You can look up the recipes online. Favourites are chilli and chicken curry in a hurry.

Lasagna
Fried chicken

My 15 year old made Jamie's five ingredient chicken tikka the other day and it was delicious. It's basically a whole chicken with tikka paste on you put it on a wire rack with a tray of new potatoes and cauliflower underneath and the cook in the chickeny tikkary juices add coriander at the end and that's it

In fact looking at the picture I don't think she bothered with the coriander

Ooo fish pie's a good'n OP!

Thanks all, he likes the sound of several ideas here, especially the Thai fish cakes and Jamie's tikka!