What were your weeknight dinners this week?

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I like to hear what other (real) people eat for dinner over the course of a week, it helps me with meal planning a lot. We've been in a massive rut lately so I'm pretty desperate for some inspiration from anywhere other than the unrealistic "weeks of dinners" you see when you search youtube!

I'll go first:
Mon - Salmon with soy sauce, ginger and garlic, rice with leeks, broccoli
Tues - Chicken, spinach and chickpea curry with rice
Weds - Leftover curry
Thur - Pasta w/ prawns and chorizo tomato sauce
Fri - Pizza (previously homemade dough that had been frozen), sweet potato paprika wedges and corn on the cob

Monday.. chicken Kiev, chip and beans
Tuesday... buritos
Wednesday... chicken and spicy rice and vegetables
Thursday...spaghetti 'bolognese' (half meat replaced with a range of vegetables)
Friday... pizza

Monday daal and rice
Tuesday fish fingers chips and beans
Wednesday chicken breast in sauce, new potato and veg
Thursday chickpea and apricot tagine with cous cous
Friday I had a very rare meal out with friends they had takeaway
Saturday pasta bolognaise
Sunday Roast pork roast potatoes veg and gravy

@noodlezoodle - sure! It's realfood.tesco.com/recipes/leek-rarebit-pork-steaks.html

There are some fab ideas here! Yum.

Chilli
Spaghetti carbonara
Bake in a bag chicken
Salmon with veg
Last night we went to a chain restaurant for dinner.

Monday: chicken stir fry with noodles.
Tuesday: tomatoes and peppers stuffed with turkey mince.
Wednesday: kedgeree.
Thursday: cheese, cold meat, bread, salad.
Friday: pasta with roasted vegetable sauce.

We are using up bits out the freezer fridge and store cupboard as we hope to move soon

S. Salmon , hollandaise sauce , new potatoes salad
M burgers out of freezer , potato wedges & salad
T chicken Kiev , chips & salad
W defrosted Indian from freezer with rice
T spaghetti bolognese
F. Ate out main meal lunchtime as day off , supper home made scones and used up jam from fridge
S today will probably be sausages , potato slices and spaghetti hoops

Mon, sausage egg and chips.
Tue, stir fry veg, noodles and a little pulled pork
Wed, seared tuna with potato rosti and green veg
Thu, chicken kiev, pasta, cheese with sweetcorn and broccoli.
Fri, salmon, sweet chilli sauce, noodles and stir fried greens.
Tonight will be pizza, chicken wings, onion rings and halloumi fries with a load of dips (and a salad that will mostly be eaten by me...)

Gnocchi chorizo and tomatoes.
Shakshuka
Takeaway pizza
Cauli and sweet potato curry
Homemade ramen
Butternut and smoked paprika soup
Homemade bread and salad with friends hens eggs
Breakfast every day has been strawberries from the garden and homemade yoghurt.

Roast chicken dinner
Spaghetti and meatballs
Nothing (went out for a big lunch not hungry)
Chicken, mushroom and tarragon casserole
Penne Arribiata with chicken and garlic bread

Monday: lamb chops with tinned new potatoes (just warm up on the hob) and sauteed red cabbage
Tuesday: fish and chips takeaway with mushy peas
Wednesday: baked trout fillet with mussels (those pre-bagged in garlic sauce ones), asparagus and a slice of olive bread to mop up the garlic sauce. So tasty.
Thursday: chicken Kievs with fries and salad
Friday: pizza from the local takeaway van that does portable oven fired pizzas
We don't usually have two takeaways but we are lucky to live in a village that has small company run takeaway vans that come round so we try to show support when we can, especially to new ones like the pizza van so they keep coming! We are quite rural and no other takeaways in good stance so it's a great feature we want to support. Plus the fish and chips are always good.

Monday : Homemade Vegetarian shepherd’s pie

Tuesday: Quorn scampi with oven chips and salad

Wednesday: Linda McCartney veggie hoisin “duck” with mixed peppers and rice noodles

Thursday : Vegetable pasta bake

Friday : Richmond vegetarian sausages with mash, peas and veggie gravy

Tonight : Quorn “chicken” pieces with a homemade curry sauce, chickpeas and brown rice

So many yummy meal tips here! Am taking notes!

We've had, (not in order) -

BBC Good Food Chicken tray bake with new and sweet potatoes and extra roasted veg.

Honey/garlic/lemon salmon with mash and green beans and baby corn

Toad in the hole with tomato/basil sausages, roast potatoes and cauliflower cheese

Pinch of Nom Mediterranean Chicken Orzo

Dominoes!

Am making lasagne with creme fraiche/spinach instead of bechamel sauce for this evening

Monday Tuna Nicoise
Tuesday pork chops baked potato kale and brocolli
Wednesday herb encrusted salmon, new potatoes, stir fried vegetables and ice cream with mandarins as a pudding
Thursday pirinpiri chicken broccoli asparagus rice w/ garlic
Mushrooms
Friday sea bass new potatoes & pak Choi

Mon - basa fillets and curried greens (last Gousto recipe)
Tues -Beefburger and baby pots
Wed - Roast chicken breast and savoury rice
Thurs - Turkey meatballs on courgetti
Fri - cod and sweet potato cakes on salad

Been a light week this week as between Gousto boxes

Monday - lemongrass chicken and stir fry
Tuesday - lamb with bulgar wheat salad
Wednesday - grilled tuna with mango and cucumber salad
Thursday - chargrilled chicken with brown rice and veg.
Friday - lasagne

We are not usually so healthy but I’m trying to lose the lock down weight before summer so unfortunately everyone has to eat healthier with me as well!!

We have had an awful week food wise.

S. Chicken & vegetable curry
S. Salmon and veg tray bake with rice
M. Baked gammon, poached egg jacket Potato and peas
T. left over gammon in a veg stir fry with noodles.
W. Yet more left over gammon with pasta in tomato sauce and salad
T. Fish n chips (both had ridiculous work day)
F. Cheese and pickle sandwich.

Our menu descends into chaos as the week wears on.

Monday - Roast lamb, roast potatoes, carrots, asparagus, roast parsnips, mashed swede, Yorkshire puddings,

Tuesday - Steak, new potatoes, green salad, baked tomatoes.

Wednesday - Paneer curry (butter chicken recipe only paneer instead) and jasmine rice

Thursday - Spaghetti with tomato, chilli and prawns. Green salad.

Friday. - Wild rice, mushroom and sweetcorn soup. Bread rolls.

Monday - chicken and tomato pasta bake
Tuesday- homemade quesadilas with ham,cheese,peppers and red onion
Wednesday- lamb gigot chops with steamed potato and swede mash
Thursday - Bacon and cabbage (we're in Ireland)
Friday- potato,garden peas, cocktail sausages
Saturday- takeaway night so either Indian or chippy
Sunday- roast of some sort beef,chicken etc with veg and potatoes usually steamed/ or quiche with salad

Monday: Chicken and mushroom savoury crumble with vegetables.
Tuesday: Chorizo paella, salad and garlic bread
Wednesday: Chilli con carne
Thursday: Harvester dinner out
Friday: The day got really busy, so I had chilli pesto eggs and avocado on toast, and DC had a fish finger sandwich
Today is fishcakes, new potatoes and coleslaw
Tomorrow is stir fry I think.

Pizza
Sandwich
Pasta and pesto
Takeaway pizza
Pasta and pesto

Sunday - Pizza
Monday - Spaghetti bolognaise
Tuesday - Roast chicken
Wednesday - Chicken curry
Thursday - we went straight to the beach in the campervan after work so just cooked up some burgers on the bbq.
Friday - Mexican restaurant for date night.

This week we had:

Mon - spaghetti and meatballs
Tue - steak and jacket potato
Wed - chicken legs and pasta salad
Thur - gammon and chips
Fri - stir fry

Next week we will be having:

Mon - fake Nando’s
Tue - steak pie and mash
Wed - pasta bolognese
Thur - Thai red curry
Fri - lasagne

All served with veg or salad if possible.

I do a menu every week. I look what I’ve got then write down 8- 10 possible meals with a shopping list of items needed. Eg I might have all the ingredients for chicken casserole but no carrots so ‘carrots’ will go on the list.
Each evening we choose something for the following day’s dinner.
This week we’ve had:
Roast chicken dinner
Risotto with lots of veg and leftover chicken
( I made chicken stock with the chicken and made a soup which I froze for another day)
Fish with new potatoes, fine beans
Omelette using up leftover new potatoes, onion & other bits of veg I found in the fridge and the remains of a piece of cheddar.
Spag Bol - Bolog sauce made a couple of weeks ago and frozen.
Today, Saturday, I shall probably make cheesy veg with frozen cauliflower, broccoli maybe throw in some pasta or macaroni.
Tomorrow I plan to cook a half leg of lamb and make minty gravy. I slice all the meat and I freeze some, covered with plenty of gravy, and freeze it ready for an easy Sunday dinner later..
I love these threads 😊

My meals have been pretty dire this week:

Mushroom filled pasta with a home made mushroom sauce and a large side salad.
Pizza with side salad.
Spinach and ricotta filled pasta with grated cheese on top and side salad.
Home made chicken madras with roti.
Friday was a rare meal out which was steak, chips, peas, tomato, some kind of onion cake and an ice cream sundae.