New ideas for evening meal

[NotSoJollyChristmas]

Can anyone give me some ideas for tea, I’m sick of eating the same things week in and week out

@AtLeastThreeDrinks merci beaucoup!

I find Asda, Tesco’s & Co Op free magazines have some great recipes although the curries tend to be on the mild side. Also google BBC Good Food. DH found a simple recipe for sausage pasta & now it’s one of our favs. Basically wholemeal pasta, tinned toms, onion, chilli powder & sausages. Will post the recipe later.
Will your partner eat fish OP? I like to coat salmon fillets with rosemary & bake then serve with rice & broccoli.

The Christmas Asda mag had a simple chicken thigh & plums sticky traybake recipe ( it’s still online)

He likes tuna and homemade fish cakes made with white fish

If I am having people to stay for a few days, I often do meals based around one country per day.
So, for example, day 1 local, day 2 France, day 3 Italy, day 4 Britain, day 5 Greece, day 6 Sri Lanka, day 7 Austria.
Could you do something like that?

Here’s our menu for this week in case something would work for you:

Yesterday we had large skewered king prawns in a coriander and chilli sauce (2 each), along with roasted Romano peppers stuffed with leftover basmati rice topped with a few smaller king prawns, lemon, spring onion, parsley, red chilli, garlic, black pepper & drizzled with olive oil.

Today we’re going to have ham (we did our Christmas ham yesterday), egg & homemade chips.

Tomorrow we’ll have leftover lamb curry with rice & dahl & maybe some flatbreads.

Wed: Teriyaki tuna steaks with a noodle salad

Thur: Pork goulash

Fri: Jacket potatoes or wedges, chilli, avocado & pico de gallo

Sat: Korean chicken and mushroom stew

Sunday: Roast. Haven’t decided what yet, probably loin of pork, or maybe duck.

Next week’s menu will be quite different as we will be back to less feast-based eating and will have at least one veggie meal. We do have a packet of Parma ham that didn’t get used over Christmas and I’m probably going to do haddock fillets wrapped in that, and have the rest with some melon.

We are trying to be healthy here, so this week we are having:

Breakfast: Overnight oats or scrambled eggs with toast
Lunch: Mushroom and rice or tomato soup/leftovers from the previous nights dinner/baked potatoes
Dinner: Beef and bean casserole, teriyaki salmon with noodles and veg, pork tenderloin with apples and parsnips and green veg, fish pie, chilli and rice, gammon egg and home made wedges, ricotta and spinach stuffed chicken.

I’ve just redone our meal menu this week !!
My daughter is cooking slow braised beef casserole tonight !
Tuesday Greek style roasted fish
Wednesday Mexican beef rice dish
Thursday steak chips and peas
Friday easy dinner posh fish finger sarnies 🤣
Sat lamb shepherds pie
Sun Roast dinner !

@steppemum

Purple Daisies, Can you share your dahl recipe? Thanks

Of course! The easiest one I make most often (and have shared on here a LOT!) is this one... www.tinnedtomatoes.com/2013/10/spinach-and-coconut-dal.html?m=1

This aubergine one is more work but worth the effort...
thehappyfoodie.co.uk/recipes/aubergine-dal-with-crispy-cauliflower-green-chutney-dosa-and-a-crunchy-salad

Vegan Richa’s site is excellent for daal recipes.

I tend to make a big batch and freeze portions.

Lasagne
Tacos
Beef ragu
Honey chicken
Sausage tray bake (with carrots, potatoes, mushrooms, spinach onions and seasoning)
Tex mex chicken
Garlic and paprika salmon with veg and roasties
Spaghetti and meatballs
Chinese chicken and broccoli (pinch of nom)
Sausage and butter bean casserole
Joe wicks has a good chickpea and spinach curry recipe

We’ve found menu planning, as a family, made a huge difference to bringing variety in our meals. I started doing it because we were repeating the same things frequently.

BBC Good Food is a great website. You can pick and choose by various criteria - cuisine, main ingredient, difficulty level, etc.

We’re big fans of one-pot dishes and have learnt to tweak recipes according to tastes. One isn’t a fan of mushrooms but if we keep them big and chunky they can pick them out. Another doesn’t like peppers so we either substitute or they pick them out.

Currently, we aim for 1 fish, 2 meat and 4 vegetarian/vegan dishes a week. Engaging the family in the process means far fewer battles. If we try something new and someone doesn’t like it there’s usually leftovers or beans/eggs on toast they can have.

I'm just doing our weekly menu to do the online shop:
2 of these are by special request from kids!

Mon - Indonesian beef curry, rice and naan
Tues - beef casserole and dumplings
Wed - stir fry, probably sweet and sour chicken
Thurs - hutsput - (Dutch dish, potatoes, carrots, onions and smoked sausage)
Fri - fish and chips
Sat - pizza
Sun - beef pie made with the beef casserole from Tuesday
Mon - chicken thighs in plum sauce form here!

Last weeks menu was:

Mon - soto ayam - Indonesian dish made with chicken/veg/soup
Tues - lasagne and salad
Wed - wraps - fajittas make as you eat
Thurs - (New Year Eve, so was party food)
Fri - spagheti bolognese
Sat - pizza
Sun - salmon tagliatelle

looking bakc we have also had
fish pie
sausages and mash
tuna pasta bake
shepherd's pie
goulash
enchilladas
paella
nasi goreng (fried rice dish)
toad in hole
omlette and chip/wedgies
chicken kiev
quiche and salad
patatas bravas (traybake with chorizo, cherry tomatoes, new potatoes, peppers, onions, tin toms)

Thank you @hello

@RaspberryCoulis or maybe he just doesn't like vegetables thats allowed as he is an adult so can choose what he eats also

Tina pasta bake
Pesto chicken pasta
Steak and pots for quick meal
Homemade chicken and bacon pie

Oh! My mum used to do somethingv she called 'Italian sausages'.

She would tip an entire punnet of green and red grapes into a roasting tray, add raw sausages and bake in the oven for however long it took the sausages to cook. Eat with mashed potato. Really u epxectedly good.

www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/sticky-pan-roasted-sausages-grapes

I have steak fillets in the fridge that need to be used but no idea what to do with them

Meal plan for this week:

Fajitas (chicken, two differnt colour peppers, carrots and red onion; wraps; tesco dry spice fajita mix)

Green thai curry with green beans, rice and sharwoods thai crackers

Burgers with roasted vegetable fries (beetroot, parsnip, carrots and sweet potato - would he eat these? they're quite sweet and oven chip like)

Jacket potatoes with chilli and grated cheese

Chicken korma with rice and onion bhajis

Pizzas (I make my own dough and tomato sauce - really easy, and then top with mozzarella, and then toppings - we liked ham and pineapple, anchovies, pepperoni etc) and salad

Beef and ale pie with roast parsnips and mashed potato

well tidy, do you make your own veg fries?
Any tips? I think my kids would like them

Thanks PurpleDaisies!

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I try and do a mix. Meals with hidden veg are good like Bolognese, chilli, lentil curry.
This week we are having veggi pies, cod and lentils, wraps with pulled pork, jacket potato and chicken, quorn nuggets.

Hallomi burgers with roasted pepper and tartar sauce.
Roasted veg and feta tart.
Tartiflette
Bacon and leek pasta.
Cinnamon lamb with cous cous.
Hotpot.

step I make my own sweet potato wedges, but I buy the veg fires from the supermarket. The brand is Strong Roots, they come froze. I mix the sweet potato ones with the mixed root veg ones. I think they're 25% off in waitrose this week. My eldest loves them.

If you're interested in sweet potato wedges, I cut sweet potatoes into wedges and then I coat them in a mix of olive oil, salt, paprika, onion granules, garlic granules and thyme. And then roast in the oven on a baking tray (one with small sides, or the oil will fall off and make a mess of the oven). We all really enjoy them.

I make sweet potato fries like that too ^^