Give me your ideas for dinners that kids don't moan at, please :)

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Stuck in a bit of a dinner rut. Going shopping in the morning, and just making my list, so please chuck your ideas at me!

Judgy "my kids never moan/eat everything" people need not apply :D xx

Toad in the hole, mash and veg
Chicken katsu curry with rice and broccoli with sesame seeds
Sweet and sour prawns egg fried rice with extra veg
Any type of ramen
Bolognaise and garlic bread
smoked salmon pasta
paneer curry with poppadums and chutneys
Nutella wrap and a packet of crisps!

Mince and potatoes
fry up mince / onion / carrots / peas, add an oxtail soup mix, bring to boil and then let it simmer so it’s a nice stew / pie base type
Eat with mashed potatoes and use leftovers for a cottage pie for freezer
Yum!

mine eat pasta and sauce when we need a quick dinner.
Make your own pizzas
Really struggling with dinner ideas here too so shamelessly following along for ideas!

Following for ideas! We are stuck on a rotation of things like
toad in the hole
spaghetti with beef or turkey bolognaise
quesadillas
chicken fajitas
sausage and mash

My kids moan and one of them has food issues related to SEN and medication.

I chop up veg sticks and chuck it at them while cooking dinner. They are usually more hungry then and will eat a fair amount before they get to the main event. But generally meals;

• macaroni cheese
• spagetti bolognese with all the veg I an possibly put in and blended
• chicken fillet burgers with lettuce and tomatos
• chicken and veg fried rice
• tacos with all the trimmings- for some reason one of mine will eat guacamole but won't touch avocado in any other form
• roast chicken or gammon with potatos and broccoli
• jacket potatos but only with cheese and sour cream

These are the old reliable. We might branch out to more exciting things at the weekend like persian lamb plov or chicken with a dijon mustard cream sauce. But during the week when I have to get them fed I tend to stick to what I know they will eat.

Spicy chicken in various forms but usually chicken thigh meat with yogurt and mild curry powder, mix it all together and oven bake on a tray- with rice and veg or in wraps
sausages in buns
my older son loves tomato soup and about 6 slices of bread and butter 🤷‍♀️

Pitta pizza (tomato puree and what ever toppings) literally two minutes under the grill served with fruit of veg of choice
Pesto pasta and cheese

Veggie burgers and sweet potato fries
Quesadillas
Chicken fajitas
Chicken escalopes, tomato sauce and greens
Meatballs and noodles

Fajitas
Carbonara
Shepherd pie
Noodles with prawns

Kedgeree
Jacket potatoes
Roast chicken

We have:
Mince abd tatties
Spaghetti bol
Fried rice with some sort of saucy chicken
Fajitas
Mac and cheese
Beans on toast
French toast with fruit

Sausage roast (basically a roast dinner but sausages instead of other meat) you can make this as easy as you want with frozen yorkies, peas and maybe one other veg. Good for using up any leftover veg or buy carrots that are cheap. Make loads as it reheats quite well.

pesto pasta I hate it they loved it. Add a few peas near the end of cooking time. Stir in grated cheese or Philadelphia.

also tuna pasta just stir tuna and mayo in

add garlic bread to basic meals

Plain pasts, cold hot dogs from a jar then whatever veg alongside. Usually cucumber or brocoli in our house. Not the most nutritious but quick, easy and the meal that gets eaten the most in this house but DD doesn't eat much so the struggle is real.

Sweetcorn and cheddar fritters with avocado.

Fish pie
Shepherd's pie
Spag bol
lasagne
roast chicken
Kedgeree
Paella
Risotto
Omlette and wedges
sausage and mash
Spaghetti carbonara

Pasta with a sauce made of jar of tomato sauce/can of tuna stirred in is one of my son's favourites. It's a go to if we need a quick meal or don't have any fresh shopping left.

Chicken fajitas
chicken curry rice naan and poppadoms
any kind of roast
panko chicken (basically homemade chicken nuggets)
spag Bol but mine don’t love mince so swap it for shin beef and slow cook
ramen
stir fry chicken noodles and broccoli
sausage and mash serve in a giant Yorkshire pudding with gravy
ready done roast chicken on a baguette with gravy and chips
fish and chips
posh burgers (basically everyone gets to add their own toppings not sure why they are named posh 😆)
homemade pizzas…. I buy aldis ready done bases

Build your own sushi, own toppings of homemade pizza, soft tacos, fajitas etc, basically things you can pick up!

Macaroni
Alphabites from Aldi take literally 5 minutes ish in air fryer
cheese wraps more of a lunch thing really

Burritos
fishfinger tacos
toad in the hole
chicken kiev
butter chicken
pizza
scampi

Spaghetti Bolognese with garlic bread
Roast beef, Yorkshire puds, roast potatoes, carrots, broccoli and peas with wine gravy.
All day breakfast sausages, hash browns, bacon, fried egg, grilled tomato and baked beans.
Lasagne and part baked crusty rolls.
Breaded cod, mashed potatoes and peas and beans.
Salmon in lemon and lime juice with boiled rice and peas.
Gammon, pineapple and egg with roast potatoes and frozen mixed vegetables.
Shepherds pie, carrots, and broccoli.
Pork steaks in BBQ sauce with spicy wedges and sweet corn on cob
Ham salad with mixed leaves, tomatoes, coleslaw, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, rocket, hard boiled egg and a few Jersey Royals with butter.

Fast lunches
Pasta pesto
Jacket potato with grated cheese
Cheese and ham toastie
Mozzarella and tomato panini
Margherita pizza
Pasty
Homemade soup and part baked bread rolls or french stick.

DS happily eats (9/10 times, allowing for days when Nothing Is Right):
• cooled pesto pasta, with added chopped cucumber, peppers, feta cheese, and olives if we have them
• rice and dhal - a halved hard-boiled egg is a bonus
• simple mee goreng or mee hoon style noodles with chicken, broccoli, sweetcorn
• salmon, herbed new potatoes, broccoli
• buttered bagels or wraps with chicken ‘ham’, spinach leaves, and mustard
• chilli prawn linguine (or spaghetti, not bothered)
• baguette, cheap Brie, Cornichons, ham, olives, veg crudités, that sort of DIY spread

DD (10) & DS (6) don’t object to:
chicken Katsu
Bacon Egg Fried Rice
Paella
Tomato Mascarpone Pasta
Carbonara
Hot Smoked Salmon Salad
Chicken Fajitas
Toad in the Hole
Homemade pizzas
Frittata
Fry Up
Gammon, veg & chips
Chinese Crispy Duck
Chicken Fried Rice
Chicken Chow Mein
Cottage Pie
Pasta Bolognese
Green Thai Chicken Curry
Jool’s Easy Chicken Curry

Anything! Everything! The joys of still growing 6 foot something teens. My kitchen usually looks like crime scene.

I was warned about this but I didn't really understand until recently. Now I feel like I need a second maternity leave just so that I have time to keep on top of the catering requirements 😨