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Aibu to ask you for top five family dinners?

313 replies

Tempone · 07/07/2023 11:32

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?

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cheapskatemum · 07/07/2023 16:49

Favourites from when DSs lived at home:
Macaroni cheese - add sliced tomatoes under the grated cheese topping & broccoli & cauliflower to rest of it.
Madhur Jaffrey's chicken in sweet red pepper sauce
Tom Kerridge's salmon & Provençal vegetables tray bake
Paella - mine is from Seville & has chicken & shellfish with the rice, plus onion garlic red pepper tomatoes peas & olives.
Haggis neeps & tatties always went down well too, or steak pie cabbage peas & mash

RoyalImpatience · 07/07/2023 16:59

Leek /creme fraiche /pea pasta.... Lashing of lemon and paemsen.
Chicken thigh marinated garlic, lemon, new potatoes, salad.
Homemade chicken burgers, avacado, rocket, tomato, onion
Roast pork etc.

Pasta with source but with toasted ciabbata slices and tomato salsa

woollencats · 07/07/2023 17:18

Good thread. 2 boys and DH. One likes saucy food and the other not so much.
On rotation:

Spag bol
Mild chilli, rice and tortillas
Sausage and pasta
Mild curry and rice
Pizza
Roast
Fry up
Fish and chips
Baguettes

woollencats · 07/07/2023 17:19

That's more than 5 lol. Hot head today x

dancemom · 07/07/2023 17:30

Five bean chilli
Sausage mash and veg
Homemade pizzas
Chicken curry and rice
Pasta bolognaise

pristinequeen · 07/07/2023 17:33

chilli con carne with rice
Jerk prawn pasta
Salmon/sea bass, mash and veg
Chicken rice and veg
Chicken wings and salad

Those are my 'most cooked'

kikisparks · 07/07/2023 17:35

Mac n cheeze with peas
Mushroom, butter bean and spinach risotto
Oven pizza with salad, tomatoes and hummus
Veggie sausages, mashed sweet potato and corn
Peanut butter tofu noodle stir fry

More processed than I’d like but have a fussy toddler.

Curlyshabtree · 07/07/2023 17:49

Curry and dahl
Home made Burgers
Enchiladas
Pilaff with chicken
Home made veg pasta sauce

Fandabedodgy · 07/07/2023 17:51

Spag Bol and other pasta dishes
Mince and tatties
Steak pie
Chicken tikka and turmeric rice
Various curries

ApolloandDaphne · 07/07/2023 17:53

Chilli

Souvlaki with tzatziki and flatbreads

Spanish chicken traybake (Hairy Dieters)

Sausage and mash with onion gravy

Marmite27 · 07/07/2023 18:00

The kids love a gammon joint in the slow cooker with some honey and mustard. served with new potatoes, peas and red cabbage. Any left overs made into cheat pasta a couple of nights later. Cooked fusilli, tin of condensed chicken soup, refill the tin with milk and swill out, add chopped ham left overs and heat through.

All the pastas - lasagne, tuna pasta bake, spag Bol, sausage pasta, Swedish meatballs and pasta, homemade Turkey meatballs and pasta, a random Gousto recipe which is sesame chicken thighs and hoisin rice.

My favourites are jambalaya, chicken curry, corned beef stew and Yorkshire puddings and cottage pie.

Marmite27 · 07/07/2023 18:01

Oh and anything with a bread type thing, so pitta, naan and wraps.

CurlewKate · 07/07/2023 18:01

Fish pie
Chickpea curry
Sausages and mash
Stir fry noodles
Dal and flatbreads

Lessstressedhemum · 07/07/2023 18:12

Things that everyone will eat without moaning:
Gnocchi, sausage and veg tray bake
Tomato and rice soup with grated cheese and garlic bread
Roasted cauliflower curry and brown rice
Macaroni cheese with roasted broccoli and cauliflower
Veg curry pasties, chips , peas
Mixed bean chilli and wraps
Spaghetti tacos ( basic tomato pasta sauce with onions, peppers and taco seasoning mixed through spaghetti and served with taco shells.)

stayathomer · 07/07/2023 18:19

Roast chicken veg and potatoes (kids don’t eat all though)
las/bolognaise
fish and rice
chicken breast filled with feta cheese wrapped in Parma ham
sausages and chips

justanothermanicmonday1 · 07/07/2023 18:34

Chicken gyros and home made chips
Bolognese with garlic bread
Creamy cajun chicken pasta (or I like prawns in mines)
Chicken or beef burgers and home made chips or sweet potato fries
Cottage pie
Chicken curry

chosenone · 07/07/2023 18:38

Chilli and rice/Jacket with nachos, melted cheese and dips.
Pasta arribiata with chicken or bacon
chicken and chorizo paella
pesto chicken/salmon fillets with new potatoes and veg or salad
airbfryer wedges with chicken Kyiv and corn on the cob

7Worfs · 07/07/2023 18:43

These are my most cooked meals, featuring most weeks:

Spaghetti with prawns and olives in tomato sauce (my own invention)

Cottage pie

Grilled sausages with parsnips, carrots and broccoli

Pan-fried sea bass with varying vegetables (depending on what looked good at the market)

Chicken with mushrooms in cream sauce

Comedycook · 07/07/2023 18:44

Roast chicken and all the trimmings
Lasagna, salad and garlic bread
Thai red/green curry
Steak and chips
Stir fry noodles/rice

Chocolation · 07/07/2023 19:00

either stir fry or curry made with left over roast meat
tuna pasta bake
meatballs
chilli & potato wedges
fish pie
Easy Paella (loosely based on a slimming world recipe)

finewelshcheese · 07/07/2023 19:05

realfood.tesco.com/recipes/chicken-paprikash.html

This is lovely too, we have it in the winter with mashed potatoes and veg

CoachBeardsJane · 07/07/2023 20:48

Butter chicken
Wagamama's recipe Katsu chicken curry
Nando's chicken and spicy rice
Chicken ruby recipe by dishoom
Enchiladas
Samber
Meatballs and chilli sauce

CoachBeardsJane · 07/07/2023 20:49

Oh and some nights just a cheese board or charcuterie because I cba

mondaytosunday · 07/07/2023 22:39

Chicken curry
Chilli
Salami pasta bake
Hungarian goulash
Sausages and mash with onions
Lasagna
Marinated tuna steaks with avocado/tomato/basil salad

That is the sum total of my repertoire. Of course I can do roasts etc, but that's more timing than cooking.

Stressedoutmammy · 08/07/2023 07:21

I feel your pain, here are our top 5 (but the only one all four of us enjoy is the roast, otherwise someone always moans! 🙄)
Roast dinner
chicken curry
spag bol
chilli
chicken & chorizo risotto

…and frozen pizza (the easy option that my other half and kids would choose each night if given the choice!)

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