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What regular meals do you make?

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SameOldMeals · 20/09/2024 15:35

I’d appreciate it if people could please list the meals that they regularly make as I really need to find some to add to my repertoire and I’m tired of making the same old thing.

TIA

I’ll list mine..

Cottage pie
Chilli
Paella
Cajun prawn and chorizo pasta
Chicken enchiladas
Macaroni cheese
Chinese chicken curry(Sometimes I just use veg)
Fish with potatoes/and or cauliflower cheese and green vegetables
Chicken Tetrazzini
Soup
Quesadillas
Fajitas
Mushroom stroganoff
Shakshuka
Omelettes

I think that’s about it.

OP posts:
Crispynoodle · 11/01/2025 23:37

I forgot
Chilli
Cottage pie

walkingismedicine · 11/01/2025 23:40

SameOldMeals · 20/09/2024 15:35

I’d appreciate it if people could please list the meals that they regularly make as I really need to find some to add to my repertoire and I’m tired of making the same old thing.

TIA

I’ll list mine..

Cottage pie
Chilli
Paella
Cajun prawn and chorizo pasta
Chicken enchiladas
Macaroni cheese
Chinese chicken curry(Sometimes I just use veg)
Fish with potatoes/and or cauliflower cheese and green vegetables
Chicken Tetrazzini
Soup
Quesadillas
Fajitas
Mushroom stroganoff
Shakshuka
Omelettes

I think that’s about it.

Try Gousto or similar for a few weeks/mouths and it will give you some low cost easy recipes you would never thought of that you can continue to create

Wintersoltice · 11/01/2025 23:42

Mine are all veggie

Lasagne
Macaroni cheese
Jacket potato and veggie chilli (batch cooked)
Vegetable curry
Tofu stir fry with
Baked marinaded tofu with roast potatoes and veg
Roasted veg and couscous
Faijtas
Black bean and sweet potato quesadillas with guacamole and salsa
Rice and beans
Lentil shepherd's pie
Moussaka
Veggie fingers, chips and peas
Veggie sausages, mash and peas
Pasta and sauce
Falafel, pita and salad
Homemade pizza

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Ilovelurchers · 11/01/2025 23:55

Off the top of my head:

Pie (chicken or beef)
Lasagne (beef, chicken or veggie)
Pasta bake with whatever I have left over
Pasta with a simple tomato sauce
Pasta with pesto
Pasta carbonara
Pasta with marmite
Spag Bol
Baked potatoes with coronation chicken
Baked potatoes with cheese and bacon
Omelettes of various kinds
Home made pizzas
Fajita
Steak and chips
Whole range of curries
Whole range of risottos
Various flavours of quiche
Duck breaswith a plum sauce and dauphinoise potatoes
Pork chops with apple, and dauphipise potatoes
Paella
Soup and home made bread of some kind (usually do root veg - carrot, parsnip or sweet potato).
Stir fry of some kind, with either egg fried rice, or noodles.
Tandoori chicken and saag paneer
Home made burgers
Roasts with some or all of the trimmings - usually a chicken, but could be beef or a nice bit of pork, or when times are leaner, toad in the hole......

My ex (with whom I am hoping to reconcile) made a number of the above, plus cottage pie/shepherd's pie......

TheMamaYo · 11/01/2025 23:59

Burgers
Tuna salad
Feta pasta
Meatballs and spaghetti
Stir fry
Steak, mushrooms and asparagus
Chicken salad
Fajitas
Curry
Chilli
Chicken wraps

Paradoes · 12/01/2025 00:04

Not exciting

fajitas
pork chops (roasted with veg and baby potatoes in a tin with bbq seasoning)
steak and mash
curry
stew
chilli / spaghetti bol
gammon and mash
pizza
pork fillet
salmon
roast beef or roast chicken

dh is a fussy eater so that’s why I sort of stick to these

heidi345 · 12/01/2025 00:13

Vegetable curry & naan bread
chicken curry & rice
chicken & veg stir fry in plum sauce
salmon stir fry with sweet chilli sauce
sweet & sour chicken
pork medallions , potatoes, veg
steak & chips
spicy sausage pasta
spaghetti bolignaise
chilli
baked potatoes
chicken satay
sausage, chips, beans
beef stew
hake with steamy greens and beans

minipie · 12/01/2025 00:20

Curries:

Thai red curry
Satay curry
Butter chicken
Korma
Keema
Dal

Casseroles:

Chorizo, chickpeas, butterbeans & greens
Short rib & stout
Moroccan chicken
Spiced lamb shoulder
Lentils, bacon & veg
Pearl barley, leeks & peas
Sausage & lentils

Soups:

Minestrone
Leek & potato or leek & butterbean
Spiced carrot
Spiced butterbean
Spinach & pea
Pea & ham
Noodle soup

Risottos:

Leek & goats cheese
Butternut squash & pine nut
Pea & prawn
Smoked salmon, spinach & lemon
Mushroom

(most of these also work as a puff pastry tart)

Pasta;

Tomato & mozzarella bake
Creamy mushroom
Creamy leek & cheese
Tomato & meatballs
Roasted red pepper & goats cheese
Carbonara
Stuffed pasta (bought)
Smoked salmon or bacon, peas & cream
Spinach, blue cheese, cream & walnuts

Salads:

Waldorf with chicken
Chickpeas & crunchy veg
Three pea & feta
Beetroot & goats cheese & walnuts

Meat, potato & veg (many variations)

Stir fry (need to get better at these)

Schnitzel

Burgers
Chilli
Fajitas
Quesadillas
Chicken wings w honey & soy, stir fry noodles/rice & veg

Roast veg, cous cous, halloumi.

Omelette, scrambled eggs, toasties, baked potatoes

Curryingfavour · 07/02/2025 08:30

Regularly make

  1. Pork mince with aubergine ( Chinese )
  2. chicken soboro ( Japanese)
  3. granny’s chicken fried rice ( Chinese )
  4. Singapore noodles
  5. mirin glazed salmon with rice and pakchoy ( Japanese )
  6. miso cod , rice and green veg ( Japanese)
kikisparks · 07/02/2025 08:54

Try to eat the same as toddler but she’s fussy so:
Veggie mince, mash and peas
Baked potato beans, hummus and cheeze
Scrambled tofu on toast (mushrooms and tomatoes in mine, cucumber and tomatoes on the side for DD)
Veggie sausages, potato and carrot waffles and corn on cob
Tofu noodles veg and sweet and sour sauce (DD has no sauce)
Veggie curry, rice and naan (DD has dippers and peas instead of the curry)
Pizza
Mac n cheese (with hidden butternut squash)
Lentil soup with bread
I also love a tomato based pasta but DD won’t eat it any more so have that usually when we’re not eating together.

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 07/02/2025 08:54

Egg fried rice, with bits of leftover roast chicken or small prawns. Stir fried mixed veg on the side.
Cauliflower cheese, either with jacket potato or pasta (cauli/mac cheese)
In winter, main course soups, lots of seasonal veg (not blended) plus one or more of red lentils/pearl barley/orzo
Also in winter, a mulligatawny with bits of chicken or turkey, onion, carrot, celery, curry powder, chopped apple,
A minestrone, plenty of veg and pasta, a tin of tomatoes
Sausage and mash, with green veg
Salmon (tinned) and broccoli pasta, sauce with a bit of cheese and a splash of white wine
A simple roast, usually chicken, with roast potatoes and plenty of veg
Stir fries with noodles. Lots of mixed veg, bits of leftover chicken or small prawns, a packet sauce plus ginger and red chilli pastes, and garlic.
Shepherd’s pie
Fish pie (smoked haddock, any white fish, prawns, lots of mash with cheese on top.,
Risotto, with prawns, mushrooms, or e.g. asparagus in season
Curried kedgeree with smoked haddock.
NB, I always have a packet of Asda’s Smartprice mini prawns in the freezer, v useful.
Spag Bol
What we call ‘school dinner mince’ with potatoes and veg - only my SDM contains red lentils and a lot of finely chopped veg
Chilli with tortilla wraps, salad and grated cheese

ZoeSed · 07/02/2025 13:28

Cottage pie and crusty bread or ciabattas
Tuna pasta bake with garlic bread
Chicken shawarma with pittas and salad
Fakeaway kebabs and cheesy chips or curry naan and sides
Spag bol
Jacket potato cheese beans and salad

hopeishere · 07/02/2025 13:42

Following for ideas!!

Inextremis · 07/02/2025 13:48

Sausage, egg & chips
Sausage, mash & beans
Pasta Bolognese
Cheesy pasta bake
Pasta with salmon and broccoli
Delia's shallow-fried fish, mushy peas and chips
Home-made pizza
Steak and kidney pie
Chicken, leek & mushroom pie
Chili Colorado
Chilli con carne
Chicken balls, sweet 'n sour sauce, egg fried rice
Singapore noodles
Chicken fried rice
Chicken chow mein
Chicken Parmigiana
Aubergine Parmigiana
Roast chicken, potatoes, broccoli, carrots
Char siu pork
Twice-baked potatoes with cheese, spring onions and chorizo
Boston baked beans with smoked ham hock
Moussaka
Minestrone soup with garlic bread
Chicken Madras
Chicken dhansak
Chicken tikka masala
Curry goat
Lamb dopiaza
Dhal
Vegetable soup with home-made bread
Paella with chicken and prawns
Chicken risotto
Mushroom risotto
Pea & prawn risotto
Burgers, salad, chips
Steak, mushroom sauce, garlic mushrooms, salad and chips
Irish stew
Beef stew with Guinness
Stew with dumplings
Roast beef, Yorkshire puds, horseradish, veg
Roast lamb, roast potatoes, veg
Roast chicken, stuffing, roast potatoes, veg
Roast pork, apple sauce, roast potatoes, veg
Roast crispy duck with Chinese pancakes, spring onions, carrots and cucumber
Home-cured bacon and eggs on toast
Various omelettes
Pan-fried sea bass &salad
Vietnamese fried spring rolls
Sausage casserole (with black beans, peppers and garlic)
Quiche Lorraine, salad
Meatloaf, mash, beans
Liver & onions

henlake7 · 07/02/2025 13:56

Stir fry
chilli
curry
stew/casserole
soup

basically whatever I can cook in a giant pot and eat all week....I really CBA with cooking!

BigDahliaFan · 07/02/2025 13:59

Stirfry
Spag bol
fish and chips from the freezer
fish tacos
prawn or chicken curry
fishcakes from the supermarket
chicken fajitas
meatballs
sea bass with sizzled ginger
veg chilli
protein, salad and baked potato

We are stuck in a bit of a rut.

Nannyfannybanny · 07/02/2025 14:04

This time of year,if it's cold, casserole in the slow cooker,beef or chicken, whatever veg I have to hand. Beef has a dash of red wine, chicken cider and apple making a French casserole. Cauliflower and macaroni cheese for me. Normally I make my own curry, but I have a hiatus hernia, so don't dare even eat tomatoes or onions at the moment.😐

Felicityjoy · 07/02/2025 14:10

Spag bol
baked salmon/white fish with traybake veg & soy sauce
spaghetti carbonara
pasta with smoked salmon, lemon zest & creme fraiche sauce
burnt aubergine chilli
chicken & cashew nut stirfry, sometimes with black bean sauce
beef or lentil lasagne

CyanMaker · 22/04/2025 22:12

salmon cakes
honey garlic chicken
shrimp teriyaki with broccoli and carrots over basmati or jasmine rice
bbq pulled chicken
lemon chicken
red beans and rice
eggplant Park
beef stroganoff
taco pie or taco salad
baked ziti
stuffed peppers
pasta salad
wedding soup
chicken gnocchi soup
lentil soup
tomato tortellini soup with chopped spinach

TheTwirlyPoos · 22/04/2025 22:30

God as a mother of a fussy four year old this is seriously depressing!

boredwithfoodprob · 22/04/2025 22:36

seabass fillets fried in butter & garlic with veg & new potatoes.
salmon tacos
fennel/sausage tomato pasta
curry - Indian and Thai
peanut/satay stir fry noodles with tofu or chicken or just toasted cashew nuts.
tuna pasta bake
coconut dhal
minestrone soup with loads of veg & beans
Ramen with either salmon or chicken or tofu
Pasta putenesca
Miso stir fry
chicken & spring greens pie
fish finger wraps with sweet potato wedges & salad.
paella
some kind of recipe involving orzo

eurotravel · 22/04/2025 23:10

Spaghetti carbonara - really easy

caringcarer · 23/04/2025 02:54

Toad in the hole
Roast beef and Yorkshire puddings
Beef stew
Pork steaks, mash or baby boiled potatoes and mixed vegetables
Homemade soup and french stick
Fish, mashed potatoes and peas
Spaghetti Bolognese
Homemade lasagne and garlic bread with a green salad.
Cheritzo, bacon lardons, in a fromage frais with a blob of blue cheese over tagliatelle.
Hunters chicken and chips and peas
Shepherds pie with carrots and green beans and gravy

Occasionally if in a hurry as limited time before sports practice with DC then an omelette, cheese and ham toastie, sausage sandwich, quiche.

Sunshineandgrapefruit · 23/04/2025 07:25

Chilli/ tacos/ chilli jacket/ chilli burrito
Roast chicken/ chicken chorizo pasta/ chicken peri peri pasta/ chicken and sausage pasta bake
Roast beef/ lamb, leftover curry/ leftover pasta/ leftover kebabs
Breakfast dinner
Thai curry
Fish and chips
Omelette chips and salad
Salad bowls

MissyB1 · 23/04/2025 07:39

Morrocon chickpea stew
Veggie chilli
Salmon teriyaki
Prawn noodles
Prawn spaghetti
Chicken enchiladas
Chicken paprika casserole