Easy mid-week dinners

[Bellafrenum]

I know this has been done to death but I need some fresh inspiration for when we are back at work to avoid falling into the take away trap.

I batch cook and freeze various curries, bolognaise sauce and chilli. I also use the slow cooker for a sausage and butterbean casserole.

What else can I do for quick and easy mid week dinners? Minimal prep prefered! Thanks!

Macaroni cheese
Fajitas or anything vaguely Mexican in a wrap!
Jackets
Omelettes with wedges and veg or salad

Orzo risotto
Pasta with pesto and cheese
Stir fry
Chicken Kiev with veggie rice

Pasta arabiata
Pasta with cream cheese, smoked salmon, peas and chives
Pasta with bacon and garlic mushrooms
Tuna pasta bake
Chicken, leek and bacon pie (topped with either mash or a sheet of ready made puff.
Chicken, chorizo, and Mediterranean veg tray bake.
Paprika chicken skewers
Cod wrapped in Pruscuitto
Ginger, chilli and lime salmon with rice and stir fried veg
Fritata

Favourites here are:

Veggie shepherds pie
Chicken, leek and chorizo risotto
Chickpea curry
Meatballs in tomato sauce with spaghetti
Sausage casserole
Macaroni cheese
Omellette, chips and beans
Fish with sweet potato mash with poached egg on top

This is one of my new faves.

I never have capers in so just leave those out.
Super quick and easy, and all in one pot!

www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/lemony-tuna-tomato-caper-one-pot-pasta#commentsFeed

@AtleastitsnotMonday, how do you make the pasta with smoked salmon? I suppose I'm not sure how much cream cheese to add 😄🙈. Thanks!

[quote MsEmmeline]@AtleastitsnotMonday, how do you make the pasta with smoked salmon? I suppose I'm not sure how much cream cheese to add 😄🙈. Thanks![/quote]
I just eye ball it but it’s pretty similar to this. Then I just add peas and chives.

Gousto easy lamb biriyani
Steak, salad and oven chips
Joe Wicks' lamb koftas, shop bought flatbreads, salad and tzatziki

Casserole
Shepherds Pie
Sausage tray bake with potato, apple and onion
Jacket potato
Roast ham with mini baked potatoes

Toad in the hole
Pasta Primavera
Spaghetti carbonara
Risotto, chicken & mushroom always popular
Pizza, you can add tuna, sardines, anchovies, artichoke, salami etc to ready made cheese & tomato
Cauliflower cheese with sausages or bacon
Pasta with ratatouille as a sauce

There’s a couple of gousto meals we do often now - a baked biriyani with butternut squash (or whatever veg we have) a d an aubergine lentil dish with couscous. Both very easy. Our quick mid week meals are roasted veg pasta (just chuck a load of courgette, pepper and aubergine in a roasting tray and then mix with pasta and pesto) or a stir-fry. We also do
Teriyaki salmon with roasted veg - a one pan meal in the oven.

We’re not completely veggie or vegan but we aim to eat plant based around 80% of the time with the view that meat is a treat, and we will have fish once a week too.

Traybakes are your friend, if you google you will find heaps. I often do a roast chicken with potatoes cooked beside the chicken served with frozen peas or green beans during the week. Family think this is fab, I think it’s easy as.

Some quick and easy favourites at ours-

Jacket potato with homemade coleslaw (latter easy to make in advance)
Quiche with potatoes & salad
Egg curry/omelette with frozen parathas
Tuna pasta bake
Fajitas or other chicken wraps
Salmon with roasted veg & sweet potatoes
Oven chips, fish fingers, egg and beans
Chicken or tuna paninis
Chicken noodles (and lots of veg) using shop bought chow mein sauce.

Watching for inspiration. We get so bored of the same old meals.

We do a lovely Chinese veg and rice. Coconut and aubergine curry and veg soups.

Hi

Try Simply Cook. I have a
Referral code so you can try for free

All meals take about 20 mins. They supply the
Three flavour pots and easy to follow recipes. You supply the meat/veg/rice etc

If nothing else, it may give inspiration

simplycook.com/invite/0M82VT?via=app

Here’s a few of our absolute easiest ones
Aubergine “pizza”. Basically scoop it out, mix with some tomatoes, tomato paste and top with mozzarella then bake for twenty mins or so.

Hot smoked salmon with mixed beans - literally no prep - open the salmon open the tin of mixed beans. Maybe chop up some cucumber and tomato to go with it.

Chicken with lentils and chorizo
Throw a Nando’s rub over chicken and shove in oven. Tin of green lentils mixed with diced chorizo, diced carrots and onions.
Shepherds pie (batch cooked and frozen).
Soup with cheese on toast
Smoked salmon and asparagus pasta with Philadelphia
Baked cod with pesto and some veg (literally just top the cod with pesto).

Risottos! There are so many and they aren’t as time consuming as people assume, you can also do oven baked ones.

resourcefulcook.com/recipes/view/2zpop-asparagus-pea-risotto

Try this one

Thanks @AtleastitsnotMonday 🙂.

Swedish meetballs with tagliatelle
Beef stroganoff
Lasagna
Meat loaf
Chicken pie
Jacket spuds
Burritos
HM Pizza
Sausage toad
Bangers and mash
Fajitas
Steak, chips and onion rings
Fry up
Fish and chips
Fish cakes
HM Nandos
Shepard's pie
Cottage pie
Lamb hotpot
Stir fry noodles
Stir fry rice
Irish stew w/dumplings & soda bread
Spaghetti carbonara
Enchaladas
Tacos
Katsu chicken curry
HM chicken korma
Quiche and salad
Mac and cheese
Chilli
Egg and chips
Gammon
Lamb chops
Pork chops
Sticky chicken
Tray bake
Pasta bake
Spaghetti and meatballs
HM kebab in skewers
Chicken satay
Fish pie
Hunters chicken
Chicken goujons
Lamb tagine
Lamb mousakka
Lamb stifado
Ribs
Pulled pork
Sausage Platte
Sausage casserole
Crispy duck pancakes
Creamy mushroom pasta
Salmon parcels
Bacon, mayo and sweetcorn pasta
Omelette
Sausage parpadelle

Fish finger baps
Toasties
Tortilini
Soup and bread roll
Gnocci
Cornish pasties
Beans on toast
Hoops on toast
Cheese on toast
Scrambled egg on toast
Tinned ravioli
Hummus with pitta and crudités
Hot dogs
Chicken Kiev
Beef strip baggettes
Pesto pasta
HM Donner kebab
Quesadillas
Falafels
Nachos
Savoury pancakes
Parathas
Goyza
Bao buns
Crispy hoisin duck pancakes
Brie and bacon panini's with chutney
Camenbert fondue
Poutine
Burgers
Dippy egg and soldiers