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What’s your favourite easy mid week meal?

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Jessforless · 26/11/2023 16:34

I’m sure I’m not alone, but we’ve fallen into a rut of eating the same meals every week. We do our meal plan Sunday and it’s always bolognese, fajitas, some kind of ramen… we’re bored of it.

I’d love to hear your favourite mid week meals for inspiration?

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minipie · 26/11/2023 20:10

Quick from scratch meals:

Fried up tomatoes, peppers, aubergine, garlic mixed with cous cous and topped with fried halloumi
Bavette steak or chicken thigh fillet sliced and served on salad
Schnitzel & potatoes, greens
Carbonara
Pasta bake with tomato sauce & mozzarella
Pasta with cream, bacon and courgette
Quick cheat curry using red curry paste, with coconut milk frozen prawns and green beans
Curry using Spice tailor curry kit
Stir fry
Noodle soup
Chorizo stew with butterbeans, chickpeas, greens
Fajitas
Salmon fillets with either teriyaki (bought) or pesto & creme fraiche sauce

I also do a lot of batch cooking for the freezer so at least one midweek meal will be out of there, freezer meals include

peanut chicken curry (recipetineats)
lamb casserole with spices & chickpeas
short rib casserole
sausage & lentil stew (Lancashire simmer from bbc good food)
sausage butterbean stew (hairy bikers)
Chilli
quesadillas (recipetineats)
Soup (lots from bbcgoodfood)
Pasta basic tomato sauce
Pulled pork

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