Same dinners all the time!!!???

[sillysausage40]

Hello. Just what the title says haha!
I've got 3 children between age 6 and 14
Every day the big question is what's for dinner lol

I find we have the same things every week.

Jacket potatoes
Spaghetti bolognaise
Roast dinner
Pasta bake
Fajitas
Shepherds pie
Lasagne
Curry
Soups & crusty bread

These all have sides weather it's a bit of Salad / rice / chips

Does anyone else feel the same? I want to spice up the menu .... xxxxx

These are some of my staples as well

Paella?

Pizza?

Stir Fry?

Toasties with extras ?

Homemade pizza night
Kebabs
Quesadillas (chicken, cheese and veggies)
Sausage casserole
Chorizo and bean stew
Tacos

I get stuck in a rut with meals too. For your list, you could add some kind of tray bake? Roast veg, topped with salmon/halloumi/chicken.
Also, do you like eggs? Maybe add an egg dish. Baked eggs with leeks, or a frittata, or a Spanish omelette served with salad, crusty bread and Greek yogurt.

I meant to add Omelettes as well.

Tacos or Enchiladas instead of Fajitas?

Gnocci and chilli (not too spicy) and Spanish chickpea and (veggy) sausage stew are reasonably plain dishes that go down well here.

Chicken portions traybake with roasted vegetables

Kebabs

Sausage, mash & onion gravy

Scampi & chips with peas

Sweet & sour pork

Meatballs

Risotto - chicken, salmon, prawn or vegetable.

Stew cooked in the slow cooker with Yorkshire pudding or dumplings.

Quiche or tart - my favourite is cheese and onion.

That’s not a bad list OP

Our list for DS 12 and 9 is
Roast dinner
Curry
Pizza
English breakfast
Pasta pesto
Pasta with tomato and bacon/ chorizo
jacket potatoes
Fishfingers and chips
Chicken and chips
sausage sandwiches
Bacon sandwiches

They also like calamari

won’t do
shepherds pie
lasagna
spag bol
fahitas
soup
salmon
gravy / sauces

DS 12 is just beginning to try new things

Do you eat fish?

Our main two reoccurring meals are fish on Friday and Sunday roast.

It works great for me because it means twice a week I don't need to think about meal planning, it's just a given, and all the family look forward to it.

When we're on holiday we'll even have "fish on Friday" in different locations 😆.

It's only five days a week I need to be "diverse" and get creative.

Nothing wrong with a bit of repetition and predictability, then mixing it up the rest of the time.

Paella

Cornish pasties

Fish cakes

Chilli pie - chilli con carne made like a cottage pie & topped with potato wedges instead of mash

Hot dogs

We have pretty much everything on that list, but we also will have
burritos
fajitas
Lasagna
Shepherds pie
Stirfry
Asian Pork meatballs
Carbonara
pork chops

I've put a ban on mince for a few weeks, there's only so many time I can eat it.

Gammon and mash
Pho
Stir fry
French dip sandwiches
Paella

That sound like what everyone has. When me and DH met we laughter we were brought up on mini kievs and potato waffles, chicken tonight and so on . It's kind of a culinary trend. Very typical family food

Sausage and mash
Stir fry
Rice kit from old El Paso
Salmon and roast veg and potatoes
Stroganoff
Schwartz Slow cooker curry
Dirty rice
Chicken orzo
Fish pie
Egg on toast
Deli sandwiches
Soup and crusty bread
Southern Chicken and chips and gravy
Katsu curry

Pesto topped salmon with oven roasted cherry toms and little skin on roasties. So simple and totally delicious.

I often do chicken green Thai curry ( jar of the blue dragon sauce, coconut milk sometimes so sweet potatoes, courgettes/ broccoli) can make it more spicy with some dried chillies and lime leaves. Usually served with rice or naan with mini spring rolls.

Fajitas always quick and easy

I use leftover bolognaise mix and top it with mash and cheese- + green veg- yum!

Italian style chicken stew is quick and easy cooked in the slow cooker. Nice with rice, mash or crusty bread

Chicken casserole with lits of carrots and herbs or tarrogon and potatoe
s or pasta in the casserole
Fish curry and rice and veg..just add white fush or salnon 10 mins before serving

This is my dinner list that I have on my phone, I still get moaned at that we have the same stuff!

Bolognese
Prawn noodles
Sea bass
Ham, egg & chips
Fish, jacket & corn on the cob
Fajitas
Tacos
Quesadillas
Salmon
1 tray curry
Chilli
Sweet & Sour Chicken
Scampi and chips
Pasta bake
Shepherds pie
Prawn pasta
Chicken burgers
Pie and Mash
Quiche and salad
Sausage and mash
Toad in the hole
Orange chicken & flatbreads

Much the same here! I also sometimes do:

Sausage casserole (the hairy bikers recipe is great)
Creamy lemon pasta
Massaman curry
Egg fried rice
Spanish tortilla
Salmon with ginger and garlic; rice and roasted veg

Beef stew/chicken or sausage casserole
sausage, mash and yorkshires (and veg)
macaroni cheese
fry up/sausage McMuffins/ breakfast wraps
chicken thighs (different marinades)
stir fry (change up the sauce and meat)
hunters chicken and mash/chips
pie, mash and veg
thai red/green chicken curry with rice
chilli con carne with rice/nachos and cheese

Ooh, i definitely need more ideas. It gets so samey.

An all day breakfast is something we enjoy. Also, potatoes, Yorkshires, sausage and gravy.

I've just done our meal plan for this week:

S - sausages, Yorkies, mash, veg
M - gammon & chips
T - pasta & garlic bread
W - steamed fish, rice, veg
T - shepherd's pie
F - chicken kievs & rice
S - lasagne

I hate food planning, shopping, cooking but at least we know what to crackers on with when we get in from work each day.

I don't plan as such. I buy a variety of veg each week, and every night just cook veg, meat (whatever I pull out the freezer) and potato / rice. Chuck in whatever herbs or spices I feel like chucking in.

Nothing is ever repeated. Which is a real shame when I've produced something everyone likes, as I can never remember what I put in it😂

Could you make variation of those dishes though?
E.g pasta bake could be tuna pasta bake with a tomato sauce, peppers and sweetcorn, chicken and leek pasta bake, macaroni cheese, Mediterranean veg pasta bake with garlic, courgettes, peppers, red onion. Etc etc
Curry- that's a massive category, use different meat, veg, make different pastes, Thai, Indian, etc

I had a limited repertoire so once a week I learned something new and cooked it, didn't add anything else until I could do it from scratch and memory.
Used a basic veggie cook book and Google.
Recently added

Spinach and ricotta cannelloni
Parmigiana
Carbonara
Lasagna

Made nice salmon fish cakes today. Just mush up a can of pink salmon with egg, seasoning (and I use chives) and cover with breadcrumbs and shallow fry. Yum.
Also second a Spanish omelette! Making one tomorrow with uneaten chips.