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 are:
fish tacos (breaded fish/scampi, black beans, salsa, guacamole, cheese in a tortilla)
pasta with veggie meatballs in tomato sauce
breaded fish with katsu sauce, rice, veg
veggie burgers in buns, potato wedges
Tortellini and jarred pasta sauce on a really busy day.

im a pescatarian and have a chronic illness so meals need to be quick and easy, so unfortunately there’s some stuff in there that is probably not MN-approved…

Spaghetti bol or lasagne
Chicken dinner
Chicken curry and fresh chips
Mince and dumplings with potatoes and ved
Pasta bake with garlic bread and salad

Chicken schnitzel and mashed potatoes salad
spag bol garlic bread salad
tuna mornay
slow cooker beef stew
chicken Marsala mash and veg

Tacos - either beef, pork, fish, turkey or black bean and roasted sweet potato. All the fixings

Pasta with either tomatoes, borlotti beans, garlic, chillis and kale; or with cannellini beans, tomatoes, garlic, chillis and sage; or with sausage or pancetta pieces, garlic, chillis, and purple sprouting broccoli

A very easy red lentil and sweet potato dal that I found on Mumsnet served with a side of sautéed okra (with garlic and chillis

Marinated chicken thighs from the butcher thrown on the grill with rice or new potatoes and some kind of green

Really uninspired stir fries - need a tried and true method to stop everything getting soggy

Oh in the winter, spicy mac'n'cheese with peppers, onions and garlic and chillis! (there's a theme here.)

Meatballs in h/made pasta sauce
Mac n cheese
Pulled pork in bbq sauce
Lasagne
Spag bol
Creamy garlic & herb chicken
Turkish chicken kebabs
Fajita's
Sausage & mash
Gourmet burgers (just bacon, avocado, chilli/smoked cheese and anything else kicking around)
Freezer mash up!

Penne arrabbiata with crusty bread and a simple salad (Any past will do though).

Fish cakes (homemade or shop bought) with a salad (apple, walnut, cranberry, baby leaves, feta and a honey lemon mustard dressing)

Mushroom hot and sour soup with ramen (can substitute mushroom for pretty much anything) and the noodles make it a dinner rather than a lunch.

Stuffed gnochi (shop bought and usually tomato and mozzarella or spincach and pesto) and a salad (rocket, goats cheese, red grape, roasted apricot and a balsamic dressing)

Steak with a soy caramel sauce, homemade frites (dunno if that's the correct name but the ultra thinly sliced chips essentially), and a simple salad. This can also be fone with roast baby carrots and asparagus instead of salad.

Halloumi salad (leaves, croutons, pickled cabbage, red onion, avocado (smashed with lime and chilli) with a miso honey dressing).

Thai coconut and lime curry (I use tofu but works with chicken), basmati rice, homemade naan or tempura veg.

Pretty much all of them can be cooked from scratch in under 30 mins.

Mac and chesse
spag bol
fish fingers and beans
roast
sausage and mash

All easy and quick that everyone eats

For me, Delia, Jamie and https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes are inspirational 😋

www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/chicken-chorizo-jambalaya

www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/chicken-parmigiana

www.deliaonline.com/recipes/type-of-dish/one-pot-recipes/spanish-braised-pork-with-potatoes-and-olives

www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/pasta-recipes/pasta-peperonata/

www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/spinach-sweet-potato-lentil-dhal

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/search?q=puttanesca🍽

Lentil dahl with soft boiled egg, rice, spinach and flatbread

Pasta, tuna and broccoli bake with salad
Jacket potaoes with various toppings, coleslaw, corn on cob, salad

Bean chilli with rice and avocado salad

Italian veggie meatballs in a tomato sauce with pasta and grated parmesan

Some of our faves

Salmon with plain pasta, peas and pesto or Lloyd Grossman sauce

Filled pasta with a sauce, mixed veg and cheese on top

Veggie sausages, fried eggs, potato wedges/hash browns, baked beans (yes, English breakfast for dins!)

Quiche, salad, boiled potatoes with butter & mint

Salmon en croute, roast potatoes and parsnips, mixed veg, stuffing (Christmas dinner!)

Bolognese
chilli (as burritos, con carne or nachos)
sausage and mash
pie and mash
fajitas

Bean enchiladas
Spinach and ricotta cannelloni
Homemade pizza
Halloumi burgers
Every vegetable in the fridge and lentil soup

Chilli / veg chilli with rice or baked potato or fajitas or tacos and salad

meat / veggie bolognaise with wholewheat spaghetti or pasta

baked potato with cheese/ tuna and salad

omelette various

stir fry veg with noodles or brown rice honey and soy home made sauce

roast chicken / oven baked salmon with roast potatoes and veg

multiple curries - Indian/ Thai homemade sauces

learned loads of really easy recipes for making sauces etc from scratch from Gousto as trying not to eat processed foods

Slow cooker veg lasagne

veg moussaka

Speedy pork penne (hello fresh recipe)

gammon with bubble and squeak

soy and maple syrup pork belly

egg chips and beans

omelette

paprika chicken and veg traybake

Chicken ramen
Lasagna, salad and garlic bread
Beef noodle stir-fry
Chicken pot pies
Butter chicken, rice and naan bread

Strips of chicken fried in batter with salad and wraps
Chicken, chorizo, peppers, onion and garlic, fried then cooked in stock, wine and chilli, reduced so it's a tasty sauce, served with rice and sour cream
Beef taco
Home made pizza
Fish cooked in wine and dill sauce, cover with mash and cheese, bake off and serve with veg

I tried this spicey pork fried rice after someone on here recommended it last week. It was a huge hit with DH and DS.

Also recommended on here fajita chicken traybake. Another big favourite, I have also tried it with haloumi.

Chicken curry
Italian style chicken burgers
Nandos pasta
Teriyaki salmon with rice and broccoli
Carbonara

Chicken and chorizo Jambalya,
Chicken curry, rice and naan,
Chili con carne and rice,
Chicken in tomato sauce with penne,
Chicken casserole,

We eat a lot of chicken (have two with asd and afrid).

All BBC recipies
Chicken wth lemon and garlic tray bake.
Three bean chilli and mexican rice.
Sausages mash and onion gravy.
Roast chicken Sunday dinner.
Spag bol.
Fajitas.

Aubergine parmigiana with salad & crusty bread
Spicy tray bake salmon with chickpeas
Some kind of spicy chicken with greek salad and flatbread
Courgette risotto either on its own or with fish or chicken
Mushroom and leek pasta

Burritos, smoked mackerel creme fraiche pasta, orzo chicken, curry with homemade naan, Breakfast dinner.

Fajitas
chilli con carne
roast dinner
chicken thighs and vegetable cous cous
salmon honey glazed vegetables, stick rice and sweet chilli sauce.

Following with interest

This is a very ‘white’ plate of food and Masterchef would be horrified, but we like it:
roast chicken
mashed or roast potatoes
cauliflower
cheese sauce

Looks awful on a plate, but tastes fab