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?

Oven baked salmon with feta and veggies
Creamy bolognese pasta bake (bolognese and white sauce mixed)
Home made chicken or vegetable tikka masala
Quiche
Tacos or quesadillas

Oh and tonight we're having pork steaks in panko breadcrumbs with some broccoli and mash

And sometimes I say sod it and shove a pizza or some breaded chicken and chips in the oven because, life.

We sometimes buy the ready made pizza bases and or just get the cheapest cheese and tomato pizzas,and use them with the children to do make your own pizzas.Sometimes,I will just use baguettes with tomato puree and cheese and they can add chicken,ham,sweetcorn etc etc and they seem to enjoy it plus it is relatively cheap and easy to do.

• Veg stir fry with soy chunks (kids love em)
• Orzo and chicken cacciatore one pot (BBC Good Food recipe)
• Burnt aubergine chilli (same)
• Lamb orzo (love orzo 😅 - a Guardian recipe)
• Fish with steamed veg and new potatoes

I usually make one or two of the bigger things and have it last a couple of days, then do the more basic ones in-between. I often get cravings for a specific ingredient so search the Good Food website for that and see what takes my fancy. I also have alerts set up for chefs I like in The Guardian (Thomasina Miers is a favourite) and try those out when they appear.

I have a DD who is a vegetarian and DS and DH who are carnivores! Good meals for us that we can all enjoy and is easy to do a veggie version are

• Spaghetti with homemade tomato sauce and meatballs (meatballs cooked separately)
• quesadillas (veggie version and then a pulled pork or chicken)
• roast chicken (no meat for DD and separate gravy)
• fajitas (cook veg separately)
• 5 bean chilli

Spicy chicken and chorizo skewers
Spaghetti Bolognese
Lasagna
Chilli with rice or jacket
Cottage pie
Fish pie
Toad in the hole
Meatballs and spaghetti
Pork stroganoff (hairy dieters recipe)
Sweet and sour chicken

Chorizo and prawn paella
Turkey chilli con carne
Spaghetti bolognese
nandos chicken rice halloumi and broccoli
vegetable lasange

Nuggets and chips or smileys with beans
Mash, fish fingers and peas
Pizza
Pasta
Roast dinner

Pizza
Spag bol
Chicken or gammon fried rice
Fish and chips
Chicken Kievs

Fill your own wraps.

My son is only just 2 so we’re a little limited on what he eats!

Creamy sausage, peas and sweetcorn pasta

Salmon and pesto with greens and hassleback potatoes

Spag bol

Coconut vegetable curry

Cod, chorizo and butter bean stew

Fajitas (non spicy)

Spag bol
chilli
pasta puttanesca
tuna pasta bake
sausage/bean casserole

Chicken Noodle Soup

BBC Good Food Courgette Lasagne

Prawn Pad Thai

Mushroom Risotto

Ainsley Harriet Sausage and Butter Bean casserole.

Faves in this house -

Roast - used to rotate meat but nearly always chicken or gammon now. (Ps - gammon is fabulous in the airfryer - roast on 180 for 30 minutes, turn over and repeat) As a treat - maybe once every 6 - 8 weeks or so will get a lamb or beef joint

"Mexican" - the filling is always the same, chicken breasts, chopped toms, peppers, black beans and spices in the slow cooker for 4 hours on high, then shredded up) I just change the shell - so we will have either enchiladas, tacos, burritos or fajitas

Chicken wings - cheap and delicious - season the wings with all purpose seasoning or chicken seasoning and bake for 40 minutes, serve it with air fryer chips and sweet corn.

Spag bol - again done in the slow cooker for 4 hours on high. I always use the Tesco smooth bolognaise and it's really good. I add a chopped carrot and mushrooms and some herbs if I'm feeling fancy. Serve it with a garlic baguette

Paella - I use the Schwartz one pan "Spanish chicken and rice" it's always on offer. We love this meal. Not into seafood but you could add prawns to this too. I always cook this in bulk for leftovers. I serve this with fresh bread

Sunday to Monday:

HM Lentil soup with mushrooms and spinach
Cheese omelette with peas and tomatoes
Hericot beans and kidney beans in tomatoes with cheese and carrots and brocolli
Roast chicken breast with tomatoes, beetroot, bell peppers and avocados and seadbread
HM Lentil soup with mushrooms and carrots and brocolli
Salmon fillets and bocolli and hericot beans in tomatoes
Roast chicken breast with tomatoes, beetroot, bell peppers and avocados and seedbread

Thanks everyone so much, I'm going to write a list of all the things that we would all like and add one new dish into our weekly repertoire!! Such amazing ideas thank you!

Philadelphia and chicken tagliatelle

cauliflower and broccoli cheese

meatballs in a tomato sauce pasta bake

chilli bowls ( chilli on nachos and melted cheese on top)

cracker barrel copycat meatloaf

Those are our top 5!

chicken breast/pork steaks with chips or roast baby potatoes and salad or green beans and broccoli

chilli

bolognese

thai curry

mushroom biryani

toad in the hole

chow mein

roast dinner

pizza

stew

I know you said 5 but we don’t have any 5 of those more regularly than the others so I couldn’t narrow it down further!

spicy cheesy black bean bake served with tortilla chips, sour cream & chives (new york times recipe)

crispy chilli spinach alfredo pasta (new york times recipe)

steak and home cut chips

panzanella

gnocchi in creme fraiche, garlic & cheese sauce with asparagus (at the mo, but can put anything green into it depending on season)

Let me know if you want the recipes!

Spaghetti
Roast dinner
Salmon, wedges and salad
chicken in cream and tarragon(with bit of chicken stock and wine-my daughter’s fav)
tuna stir-fry
vegetarian paella

Whole roast chicken - with roasted veg in the winter and salad in the summer

Roasted butternut squash curry with cauliflower rice (and naans for the kids)

Peri Peri / lemon and herb skewered chicken thigh. Cooked low and slow and served with a warm lentil salad.

Something stewed: sausage and bean; chicken thighs; beef and pearl barley; “Spanish stew”

”Picky dinner”: cheese; cured meats; salad; olives; bread

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Mine are
Creamy chicken lasagna
Taco chips
Cajun chicken burgers and homemade chips
Chicken casserole pie
Slow cooker beef ragu
Chicken potato cakes

This week, starting today….
Steak fajitas
Spag bol
Pan fried salmon, noodles, veg
Pork steaks, new potatoes, salad
Chicken, spinach and cauliflower curry/rice
Jacket spud and toppings/salad
Sausage kebabs and flatbreads, coleslaw, salad

DH and I share the cooking, between us we usually do

Chilli or spag bol or lasagne
Indian chicken curry
chicken stirfry
prawn coconut curry
fajitas
macaroni cheese with slow cooked pork
sausage pasta bake
tortellini with tomato veg sauce and chorizo

in summer lots of bbq meat and salads

Great thread OP - thanks!
Top 5? At the moment probably these;
Butter fried chicken mini fillets with pepper sauce, new potatoes and green veg.

Baked pork mince and feta Aubergines with salad.
Home made lasagne with salad [and chips - I know, but skinny DH insists it's O.K!]
Roast in the bag chicken with all the trimmings.
Quiche J.P's and salad
In the winter;
Bangers and mash with fried onions and lots of fresh veg.
Roast beef dinner
Slow cooker Beef stew and dumplings
Chilli and rice
Cottage pie with cheesy mash on top and more veg