...to ask you your family’s favourite five meals?

[AndOfCourseHenryTheHorse]

Just out of interest, as I’ve really been enjoying the fridge contents threads! Also, I’m in a bit of a recipe rut, so could use some inspiration.

We are a family of four, (2 adults and 2 dcs). I eat mainly veggie, but, since my family can’t seem to agree on veggie meals that we all like, I now just cook meat for the rest of the family and adapt it, so it’s suitable for me too.

Our favourites are:

• roast dinner
• choose-your-own-toppings pizza
• pasta and veggie tomato sauce
• sausage mash & gravy
• Buddha bowl / salad type things with everyone’s favourite things

Meatloaf nice recipe on bbcgoodfood website
Hot dogs (sausages in crispy baguette)
Chicken / beef burger
Burgers with gravy
Cornflake chicken
Shredded chicken (takes ages to make)
Sausage and gravy
Swedish style meatballs

I’m vegan but

Pasta with lentil Bolognese
Fajitas
Tofu and pea curry
Olive and artichoke paella
Shroomdogs and mash

Creamy chicken and mushroom with rice
Fish pie
Sausage casserole
Spaghetti bolognese
Cottage pie

Cajun chicken pasta (slimming world recipe but everyone loves it)
Shepherds pie (mince in slow cooker easy peasy)
Steaks, jacket potatoes & salad
Ham & Cheese omellette
Chicken Fajitas

Five favourite for the kids?

Fajitas
Enchiladas
Tacos
Roast dinner
Greek salad

They're not particularly fussy eaters, but strangely have a real penchant for Mexican food!

We also regularly have curries, pasta dishes, shep pie, fish pie, stir fries, and occasionally beige food, pizza or takeaway. Just normal family food.

Roast dinner
Lasagne
Beef stew w dumplings
Fish and chips
Chicken pie

Lentil bolognaise
Chickpea and squash estafado (ie stew)
Fish curry
Paneer curry

Crispy chicken fajitas
Home-made fish and chips
Lasagne
Chicken curry
Nigella's chicken pie

Tonight I made a recipe from the BBC Good Food website which might be a new favourite. Pork loin chips, with a sauce made from stock, garlic, thyme and apricot jam. Even DS2 who is the world's fussiest eater RAVED about it!

Lasagne
Risotto
Fajitas
Quesadillas
Roast

Paella
Spaghetti Bolognese
Roast Dinner
Chilli Con Carne (sometimes with rice but other times over chips for taco fries or hot dogs for chilli dogs)
Chicken Kiev with chips and veg or beans.

We try and do at least 1 new meal each week (obviously we don't just stick to the above, they're just the most requested). They also love a Stir Fry and also lately salad with potatoes and Quiche.

Placemarkingb

I have quite a fussy family, veg haters and one who hates spicy so I tend to have to make a couple of versions of each meal. Our current top 5 is probably:

Fish pie made with smoked haddock, salmon and white fish, topped with cheesy mash.

Lasagne, salad and garlic bread

Roast pork with crackling, Yorkshire puddings, roast potatoes, baked veg

Chilli con carne with rice and extras

Homemade chicken curry using leftover roast chicken so it goes all stringy!

Spaghetti and Meatballs
Homemade Burgers
Roast Dinner
Chicken, Lemon & Garlic Casserole
Crab & Chilli Linguine

Gammon, cauliflower cheese and potatoes
Slow cooker chicken tikka masala
Spaghetti bolognese
Pesto pasta with chorizo
Oven fish and chips

Spaghetti & meatballs
Roast
Steak Pie, new pots, steamed veg.
Sausages & mash
Fajitas

Fajhitas
Burritos
Chilli con carne
Toad in the whole/Sausage & mash
Pizza
Spag bol/lasagne

We have loads of other meals, curry, risotto, roast dinner, loads of other pasta dishes, etc but the ones above get no complaints ever.

Jacket potatoes- with cheese, beans, tuna mayo.
Roast dinners- usually chicken.
DD likes old El Paso meal kits, especially the soft taco shells.
DS likes anything chicken-based.
Sausage and mash.

Thai green/red/panang curry
Salmon and cream cheese fresh pasta
Salmon & courgette lasagne
Spaghetti and meatballs
Chicken & chorizo risotto

I actually hate roast dinners lol, my family did them every week and I hated the sameness and blandness. I seem to like everything overly herbed and aromatic!

Kedgeree definitely, we all love it!

Pork ribs from the Masterchef street food book, DH has made them a couple of times and they are to die for. We have them with corn on the cob and coleslaw, sometimes baked potato.

Toad in the hole or sausage and mash with onion gravy

Spaghetti bolognese

Shepherds pie with peas

I’m so pleased this is largely normal fare, feel so guilty about my own lack of imagination

Pizza with veg sticks on side
Cheese omelette with broccoli
Pasta bolognese
Jacket potatoes cheese and beans
Fishfingers chips and peas/sweet corn

Wish to God one would try a curry, bit of soup or stir fry...but nope, this ^^ is my life on repeat

Roast
Ratatouile

Whoops posted too soon
Spaghetti bolognese
Pizza
Pesto

Cottage pie
Chicken curry (only for the mango chutney!)
Sausage/veggie sausage and veg mash
Pizza
Burgers And salad
Hog dogs and veg sticks

Gammon, cauliflower cheese, carrots, peas and potatoes
Salmon baked with chilli sauce served mixed through with pasta, low fat cremefraiche, chives, and something green spinach/peas/green beans
Fajitas
Fillet steak, sweet potatoes wedges, Broccoli /carrots
Roast chicken
Chicken curry made with pataks masala paste,tinned tomatoes,low at yoghurt and a couple of veggies (cauliflower , peppers, green beans, spinach)
Burger in bun or bbq chicken skewers in pita, huge chopped salad with lots of apple through it
Beef olives from butchers in onion gravy