What are your home cooked everyday dinners? I need ideas.

[DreamingOfASilentNight]

In need of inspiration. Finding myself cooking the same family meals all the time.
For reference I have DH and Dd7. They eat most things ( obviously the 7 year old would choose plain pasta or pizza margarita daily out if preference!) I don't eat meat but can deal with my own requirements. I'm trying to figure out some alternative options to cook for them which can include meat.

Current regulars are:

Coq au vin,
Boef bourginon
Mushroom risotto,
Baked Ratatouille
Linguine with prawns and tomatoes with rocket
Salmon with sweet chili sauce
Noodles with stir fried vegetables and pressed ( or sometimes steak)
Rigatoni ortalano ( a tomato based sauce with onions aubergines and courgettes)
Jacket potatoes with fillings
Cod loin with baked tomatoes
Occasional macaroni it cauliflower cheese
Bolognese.
Meatball spaghetti

Although there are quite a few options they are just on constant repeat. I'm trying to come up with some other options that are largely unprocessed but additionally don't take an eternity ( it loads if pans and equipment) to cook. Throw me some ideas please.

Chicken and chorizo jambalaya (BBC Good Food)
Harissa chicken traybake with peppers and feta (BBC Good Food)
Baked salmon with new potatoes and salsa verde (use Jamie Oliver's salsa recipe)
Turkey Keema - Pinch of Nom
Tuna pasta bake - Pinch of Nom
Honey chilli chicken - PON

We have others but come back to these a lot -

I was stuck in a rut and looking for something new to make.
I found this creamy mushroom chicken recipe and it's very easy and pretty quick to make.
It's delicious and both kids love it which is a miricle. We have it with rice or mash and vegetables.
https://littlesunnykitchen.com/creamy-mushroom-chicken/

Do you have a recipe for your lentil Dahl/ rice in the oven, that you could share, please?

Marry Me Chicken, I saw a version with Halloumi but haven't tried it
Bangers&Mash
Fajitas either chicken, pork mince or halloumi,
Chicken sharwama
Sausage Pasta
Chicken Parmigiana
Baked Ziti or Lasagna
Pad Thai
Drunken Noodles (a milder version as DD isn't keen on hot)
a variety of curries
lots of stir-fries
Fishcakes
Burger, beef, chicken, halloumi
Pesto pasta with pork, chicken, sausages, halloumi, prawns. I sometimes do it with a cream sauce and tagitelle
Rice and meatball casserole

We’re not veggie but had a lovely paneer curry from hello fresh the other day which I would like to recreate. Other regulars here include sausage and mash or toad in the hole, fajitas, cottage pie, all easy to adapt to veggie.

God I hate meal planning though. Reading all these suggestions thinking they sound great but it’s the thought and prepping that kills me.

Lasagna
Shepherds pie
fish pie
Cheese pie and baked beans
Belly pork in bbq sauce with coleslaw and corn on the cob
crispy pork with onions, spicy noodles and peppers
chicken thighs with peppers, onions, garlic, tomatoes and mushrooms

Dal, rice, pickled veg (and tandoori chicken for any meat eaters)

I cook meals at home every day of the week.
Since I have to come up with a meal everyday, I draw my inspiration from online recipes, sometimes from some of my cookbooks, and even from MN threads like these.

As examples, last week:
Pasta, tomato, mixed veg, cheese casserole.
Butter chicken, my own adaptation of.
Enchilada casserole made with my own taco spice mix and enchilada sauce, tortillas, homemade refried beans, and cheese always cheese.
Cuban black beans with homemade sofrito over the golden coloured and delicious Mexican rice.
Still in the Cuban mood, arroz con pollo.
Pita pizzas with homemade pizza sauce, sliced leftover sausages, pepperoni, peppers,onions and lots of mozzarella cheese and Parm.

https://www.recipetineats.com/chicken-with-creamy-sun-dried-tomato-sauce/

(I use left over roast chicken and sun-dried tomatoes bought in bulk in a bag).

https://cookieandkate.com/vegetarian-chili-recipe/

I do random pesto pasta, which is basically any veg I need to use up, plus sometimes tuna or left over meat, with pesto and cream. Always nice.

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/salmon-pesto-traybake-baby-roast-potatoes
(Any veg will do. Sometimes I use cream cheese instead of pesto).

https://www.sainsburysmagazine.co.uk/recipes/mains/sticky-peanut-pork-with-stir-fried-purple-sprouting-broccoli
(I only use the recipe for the pork, and serve with noodles and separately stir fried veg. My three year old really liked it, to my amazement).

https://www.kiddycharts.com/cook/cupboard-food-for-toddlers-tuna-and-sweetcorn-fritters/
Kids recipe but I love them!!! I add grated cheese.

Oh, haggis, mash and peas. Super quick as haggis can be microwaved in minutes and it's really cheap in Morrisons too!

Your menu is a bit more upmarket than mine! But I will share our meal rotations

Chicken and leek cottage pie
Chicken goujon wraps
Teriyaki chicken skewers
Vegetable enchilladas
Chickpea and sweet potato curry
Chicken balti curry
Pasta bake
Butternut squash risotto
Chilli and sweet potato fries
Homemade beef and pork burgers
Spaghetti bolognase
Shepherds pie
Chicken stir fry
Homemade pizza

Blimey that's posh! and delicious I'm sure!

Mac n cheese
Chicken with mushrooms in white wine and cream sauce (blue cheese optional)
Pasta with sauce made from roasted red peppers and sautéed onions, pureed
Pasta tossed with tinned sardines, capers, and sundried tomatoes
Potatoes au gratin with spinach, cheese, and crumbled bacon layered in

It’s actually my version of a roasting tin book one

200g red lentils
tsp each of ginger , cumin, Turmeric and garam masala
slug of oil
finely chopped red onion
2 unpeeled garlic pieces ( having a mind blank of the proper word .. menopause 😂)
1 litre boiling water with half a coconut block melted into it
all in a pot covered tightly with foil for 45mins at 180/200 - stirring halfway through .
squeeze of lime juice and salt with some spinach stirred through to wilt down

To make rice in the oven I use a lidded Pyrex dish - 1 mug of rice to 2 mugs of boiling water and a small chunk of butter on top which should stop the rice sticking -30 mins - I tend to stir after 20 mins to fluff it up

I also make flatbreads - equal parts Greek yoghurt and flour and a sprinkle of nigella seeds - rather than fry them though I also put them in the oven which seems to work

Thanks very much!! Unpeeled cloves of garlic? Do you just Chuck them out before you eat?

We have:
Sausage mash n onion gravy
Chicken casserole
Homemade pie
Curry
Cornbeefhash
Lasagna
Tandoori chicken n rice
Chicken wraps with salad
Beef stew n dumplings
Chicken n noodle soup

Chicken and vegetables all cooked together in a roasting bag with seasonings and a splash of stock.
Blackened spicy chicken and rice
Pork goulash
Beef stew
Slow cooked belly pork
Chopped up cheese salad (everything you fancy chopped up and thrown into a big individual bowl. Include fruit)
Fry up with everything in it
Fish pie
Cottage pie
Spaghetti bolognese
Leeks/cauliflower in cheese sauce with bacon and crusty bread
Boiled gammon with onion sauce, mash and cabbage

Did this and it was delicious. Cheap frozen sea bass from Lidl.

www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/fish/one-pan-herby-green-rice-fish/

Burito Bowl
Salmon sushi bowl
Gammon, potato skins and coleslaw
Roast chicken, tabouleh, tomato salad.
Cauliflower, broccoli and potato cheesy tray bake.
Tandoori chicken, lemon rice and salad.
Chorizo "paella".
Smoked Basa, crispy potatoes with red peppers and onions, crispy kale.

Roast any vegetables you like (onion, garlic, potato and tomato are always in mine plus whatever is in the fridge) with fresh rosemary, salt and pepper. When almost cooked, put slices of halloumi on top and roast for 10 or so minutes. You can do the same but with salmon too. One pan deliciousness.

@Perseimmion I like the sound of the crispy pork, do you have a recipe or just a rough guide please?

I just signed up to Hello Fresh because I seriously can’t be assed thinking of what to cook every night. I know it’s expensive but I just don’t care anymore. 😂

It's a great book. I got it for Christmas and am using it a lot.

Just to lower the tone when mine were young they liked corned beef hash, unfortunately when I was told to make it I heard it as corned beef mash, so made potatoes, carrots and onion boiled , drain water off , add cubes of corned beef from a tin, mash together with little butter and milk. Serve withe peas/ sweet corn/ red cabbage or beetroot with lots of gravy. Kids loved it, comfort food and it wasn't until they were much older that someone pointed out it is HASH.😂😂