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?

Falafel with salad
Frittata (with patatas bravas when I can be bothered)
Curry of some sort with rice or nan
Quesadillas or enchiladas
Honey chilli chicken

In the summer-
Lasagne
Chicken wraps (marinated in yoghurt and herbs and in the slow cooker all day)
Pulled pork
Chickpea, cauli and sweet potato curry
BBQ meat section (BBQ beef kebab or similar).

Winter involves more roasts, stews, chicken soup, etc.

Sausage kale and bean casserole (Leon)

spaghetti bolognaise

thai green chicken curry

sticky soy glazed salmon with noodles

Mexican tortilla bake (Mary berry)

IKEA style meatballs
Sausage apple onion potato traybake
Chorizo frittata

Baked chicken and chorizo rice (Jamie Oliver recipe) with salad
Penne ragu, garlic bread, salad
Sausage and bean casserole (BBC Good Food recipe), salad
Chicken, aubergine and pepper curry, rice, naan bread
Meatball tagine, couscous, flatbread, salad

We have a house full of teenagers and young adults (students home for the summer) so meals need to be substantial!

Are you on Instagram? If so, follow "Cardiff Mum".

She posts reels of 5 meals for £25 and shares the recipe and the shopping list. The money saving aspect is great but it's given me the opportunity to try some new recipes too. She does them regularly so always something new to try!

This week we're having:

Warm bulgur salad with halloumi
Quiche, jackets potatoes, salad
Chilli con carne, rice, pittas.
Super Nachos (leftover chilli)
Chicken supreme, garlic bread.

In the spring/summer-
Fish, chicken, or pulled pork tacos
Crab linguine
Sea bass or sea bream with new potatoes and roasted veg
Homemade burgers with salad
Piri piri spatchcock chicken, with flatbreads or pittas with cucumber/tomato/red onion salad

Autumn/Winter
Spagbol or chilli
Panko crusted chicken with crushed potatoes and veg
Thai Red curry
Roasted root veg traybake with chicken or sausages
Short rib ragu

Pasta (plain cheese for the kids)
Fajitas
Hot dogs
Pizza
Egg friend rice + vegetable
Noodle stir fry

I’ll probably get shot for this but recently I’ve been trying Simply Cook, little spice/ herb / stock / paste pots to make a wide variety of dishes. You have to buy the basics for each recipe, but it’s a short list and they’re easy to make. If you don’t choose your own recipes they send a random selection. I like them because I’ve cooked so many things I would never have chosen, thought of, or made before, and there hasn’t been one thing I haven’t liked. It takes away the pain in the arse conversations about what to have for dinner.

Do you have fry up for dinner in the evening?

A typical week might be:
salmon, couscous, roast veg
pasta/gnocchi
prawn risotto/paella
steak and salad
soup and garlic bread

Steak and mushroom pie, beef massaam curry, lamb koftas and cous cous, chicken gyros, irish stew 😋

Peanut butter chicken
Roasted veg enchiladas
Honey and mustard sausages
Curried chicken noodles
Bolognaise

Roast dinner
Pizza salad
Jacket potatoes with various topping
Spag bol
Toad in the hole mash veg
Fajitas
Curry
We eat lots of chicken and rice too, I usually buy bbq ready - either tikka breast, thighs etc and pull the meat off when cooked, served with rice and salad.
Kids have a decent burger with salad too every so often. I have one picky teen, 2 don't eat cheese and one that would live solely off cheesy pasta

Chicken Korma and rice
Roasted pork tenderloin with mushroom cream sauce or mustard cream sauce, new potatoes roasted with onion and bacon, and steamed broccoli
Chilli con carne with rice
Stir-fried steak in black bean sauce with stir-fry veg and udon noodles
Chicken satay with peanut sauce and sticky rice

(All from scratch - no cook-in sauces)

Oh they like a 'jacket potato bar' as well. Basically a jacket potato and a selection of toppings that they help themself to.

Beans, tuna, chopped sausages, cheese etc etc.

Following for ideas 🍜

Great thread! Mine are:
Pulled pork burritos
Homemade quiche & salad
Homemade pizza (breadmaker dough)
Roast chicken thighs with roast veg
Ramen

Tuna pasta bake
Chicken goujons, sweet potato fries, green beans
Tofu stir fry with rice
Spag bol
Roast lamb, roast potatoes, green beans, carrots, stuffing, gravy

Egga and dairy allergy (among others) in the house which can make cooking tricky at times

Veg:
Delia’s Mediterranean Roast Veg Lasagne (v easy, esp her sauce making method)
Spicy veg Chick Pea Tagine (BBC recipe)
Jamie’s Spaghetti a la Norma (aubergines)

Meat:
Chilli
Rick Stein’s fennel sausages with lemony potatoes ( v easy, one pot)
Chicken laksa ( use paste for speed and ease)

Poached salmon, broccoli and new potatoes,
Curry (veg or meat) and rice,
Lasagne or bolognaise,
Risotto or paella,
Chops, gravy, potatoes and veg.

DS also loves kedgeree but we don’t have that too often as smoked haddock costs ££!

Tuna pasta
garlic & parsley chicken & veg
smoked salmon frittata & chips
cajun gumbo
greek souvlaki, pittas & salad

been using Tik Tok a lot for inspiration & it does help. Some recipes great (chicken one is a Tik Tok) some not great.

try the tik tok burger tacos something different but a classic flavour for kids