Aibu to ask you for top five family dinners?

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So tired of cooking the same thing over and over again. I am the main cook for me dh and three boys, two are big teens and eat a lot, recently invested in a double air fryer.
We probably have a rotation of the same meals . If everyone shares their top 5 meals then there will be ideas for others.
Mine are
Fajitas,
Vietnamese style Pork with noodles and a fried egg
Pork chops in honey and soy
Carbonara
Sausage and bean casserole.
Cate to share yours?

Our most usual are spaghetti bolognaise; Italian meatball soup ( like minestrone but with meatballs. Sometimes I make it as a chicken broth soup with greens and chicken meatballs) ; roast chicken; steak and kidney pie; schnitzel

Peruvian chicken - make some sweet and spicy tomato sauce with chipotle, chilli, onion and a splash of honey. Fry up some chicken strips,
add the sauce and simmer, add some sweetcorn. Serve with tortillas or flatbread.

Hard boiled eggs in broccoli and cheese - cut the eggs in half and place in an oven dish, add some slices of tomato or dabs of tomato sauce, cover with broccoli and cheese, put some yellow mustard powder in the cheese sauce.

Chilli in various incarnations (with rice/jackets/tacos/enchiladas)

Grilled marinaded chicken/prawns with stir fry veg & rice/noodles

Mashi - stuffed vegetables (peppers, zucchini, white aubergines etc)

Anything from 'The Curry Guy' book - but especially his butter chicken made with halloumi not chicken!

Pasta with either a homemade tomato sauce (made in batches in slow cooker, tons of veg) or creamy sauce with smoked salmon/chicken/mushrooms.

I forgot the lime, for the Peruvian chicken.

Sausage Pasta

Pasta Puttanesca

Chow mien
Thai Curry
Korma
Honey Chilli Chicken or I put the sauce on salmon instead with cous cous
Sausage and mash

we don’t really have 5 top meals, tbh. I use the Pinch of Nom books a lot.

We do a version of this, but with less tomatoes and add in some courgette, onion and peppers (and aubergine if there’s one kicking around). It needs a really good glug of balsamic. You can add in some feta for the last 10 mins or so to give it some cheesiness. https://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/pork-recipes/sweet-cherry-tomato-and-sausage-bake/

This is another regular (I make extra spice mix, so I’ve enough for 3 or 4 goes) https://www.themediterraneandish.com/chicken-shawarma-recipe/

Air fryer chicken wings in franks buffalo sauce, with salad and coleslaw.

Moussaka with a big Greek salad

Chicken and courgette curry

Keema

This roast chicken (minus the chickpeas) https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/roast-chicken-peppers-feta

Burgers with portobello mushrooms (all in the air fryer), blue cheese, lots of shredded lettuce, tomatoes, and home made burger sauce.

This only occasionally, but it’s as good as any bought crispy duck (I’m lazy and just buy hoisin sauce rather than make the sauce recipe part😳). https://www.gordonramsay.com/gr/recipes/crispy-roast-duck-with-chinese-pancakes/

gochujang noodles

Chicken curry

Chicken fajitas

Spag bol

Picky tea (sandwiches, crisps, cake, fruit bowl)

The Simply Cook pots are great if you don't want to think too hard!

Otherwise
Spaghetti lentil bolognaise
Roast chicken
Chicken in black bean sauce
Aubergine & halloumi burgers (though it's a faff)
Chicken curry

Ah this is brilliant so many ideas!

BBC easy paella with chicken, chorizo, prawns and peas

Curry of some nature - Thai green chicken and green beans, chicken korma, prawn tikka masala

King prawn lemon and chilli linguine

Ginger, garlic and soy tuna/salmon with Jamie Oliver’s baby carrot, pomegranate and grains mix

wagamama chicken katsu

Lasagne
Fajitas
Shepherds pie
Spag bol.
Chicken stir Fry

Veg tray bake, onion, courgette, bell peppers, fresh tomatoes, herds, garlic. If I'm adding new potatoes I'll also add in chicken thighs, one pot meal.
Or I cook lamb steak separately and serve the veg along with with mashed potatoes.

Chicken curry.

Lasagna, garlic bread

Quiche

Panchetta/leek/philly pasta

Chicken Kiev, croquets, peas

Baked potato, chicken mayo, tuna mayo, cheese, beans, sausage, beef chilli etc.
So much choice of what to serve with them.

Also love a stir fry.

Thanks @whatsmynameaga1n - looks fab!

Spag Bol
Lasagne + Potato wedges and salad
Tacos
(All those are made with one basic ragu that I then make a lasagne out of or add beans and a little chilli to!)

Roast chicken with mash and veg
Chicken fried rice with leftover roast chicken
Chicken pie made with filling made from leftover roast chicken, roast root veg and gravy
Chicken curry (sometimes made with leftover chicken!) and rice

Roast beef / lamb / pork with potatoes, veg, yorkshire etc..
Left-over lamb goes in bolognese, leftover beef and pork tend to make sandwiches. The dog does ok on these days too!

Spaghetti Carbonara (Bacon)
English Breakfast (Bacon and Sausage)
Sausage, mash and peas

Baked ham, potato and veg (leftover ham goes in sandwiches, soup or the dog)
Chicken Kiev, potato and veg
Spaghetti and homemade tomato sauce or tomato sauce and meatballs
Kedgeree (with smoked haddock, green beans and egg)
Battered fish, chips and peas
Steak pie, potato and veg
Burger, jacket and sweetcorn
Hot dog, jacket and sweetcorn

These dishes pretty much every week
Fish on Mondays.
A roast (winter time) or homemade lasagne/Mac cheese on Sundays
Tex Mex. Chilli, fajitas, tacos or nachos. Once a week
Pizza. Homemade or shop bought
Pasta Usually Spag Bol or stretched mince (basically spag Bol with lentils and more veg). Sometimes pesto or tomato if we are trying to eat less meat.

Other meals.
Bbq when it’s warm. At least once a week during summer
Paellla
Homemade curry
Spanish omelette
Sausage and mash
Tapas picky dinner
Homemade kebabs and rice. Often on the bbq

Chicken curry of various types, with various veg combinations
Deconstructed cottage pie (aka savoury mince wiry carrots and peas, mashed potatoes and broccoli.
Spag bol
Chicken fajitas
Roast chicken
Baked fish with baby potatoes and veg
Shashouka
Chilli con carne with either rice or taco shells

Sorry, that’s more than 5!

my God, this is making me hungry! 🤤

Cauliflour cheese with bacon/sausages

Spaghetti bolognaise

Chicken thighs in soy sauce and rice

Filled pastas (I am so lazy)

Bangers and mash

At the moment it's about what my toddlers will eat and I can cook easily

Chili and cornbread
Spag bol
Bibimbap - this is actually an absolute scutter to make, I’m trying to copy the local takeaway, but there are probably simpler recipes.
Gok Wan’s Aubergine and Pork mince stir-fry
Risotto with chicken and peas.

Sausage, mash, roasted carrots and an onion and mushroom gravy (DP cooks this and it is Devine!)

chicken curry with rice and poppadoms (we normally get a spice tailor keralan coconut curry)

fajitas and nachos

nandos chicken with rice and veg and garlic bread

pasta with chicken, chorizo, spinach, crème fresh and whatever else I have left in the fridge chucked in.

Fajitas
Veg curry
Sausage casserole
Macaroni cheese
Stir fry
Quiche with salad
Meat & 2 veg type meal
Spaghetti bolognaise
Ham, egg & chips
Steak & chips
Pie & mash
(Sorry that's more than 5!)

Ours are:

Lasagne/Spagetti/ Cottage Pie

Chicken Katsu curry

Home paid burgers and home made chips ( buy 500g fresh mince for £2.50 and it makes 4 quarter pounders) buy the buns, cheese, American mustard, etc, whatever you like really. Home made chips, much cheaper and more tasty.

Home-made chicken wings, deep fried ( coat in flour, egg white then flour, add salt and pepper to flour) wings cost about £2 for about 12 double wings which I chop in half) sometimes have Home made chips or mushroom cous cous with this.

Creamy mushroom pasta usually uses Farfelle, but any pasta works.

Have loads more, but that's my top 5

@YouFilthyAnimal would you mind sharing the recipe for your chicken stir fry & spring rolls, and the cheese and broccoli pasta please?
Thank you.

Nachos
Pulled pork wraps
Toad in the hole
Roast chicken etc
Lentil soup with homemade bread (usually focaccia as that's my children's favourite)

• lasagne
• pasta bakes of different varieties tuna, cheese, chicken, plain tomato)
• marinated chicken (nandos, bbq etc) roast veggies and roast new potato’s (all in one roasting tin)
• whole roast chicken with salad and nice bread to make sandwiches
• homemade gyros with varying different proteins
• spag and meetballs
• Toad in the hole
• fish / fish cakes, salad and cous cous, cheese sauce options

most of these are one pot dishes that have leftovers for wfh lunch the next day