What’s for dinner AND is it from a packet/box?

[Bigpinksweater]

Be honest!

These threads usually attract replies from busy mums saying ‘aubergine orzo with lemon chicken’ and I think ‘from scratch, at 5pm, with 2 hungry kids??’

Please let me know!

Macaroni cheese with crispy bacon from scratch

But we all had breaded chicken with salad and oven chips last night so balance!!

Meatballs, spaghetti, jar of sauce, mushrooms and onions.

Oh my god this sounds amazing

Eggplant parmesan.

Teriyaki salmon and vege stirfry, with udon noodles, and yes, from scratch. I'm lucky to have a husband that actually finds cooking enjoyable and relaxing, bless him!

bridgetreilly

Jacket potato and cheese. I am exerting myself to cook this from scratch.
Just add a load of butter and coleslaw and it would be a perfect tea! I quite fancy that now instead of my lentil.soup!

You’ve caught me out!

Tonight we’ve had supermarket pizza (pizza express ones because they were half price) with a side of carrots.

Very unfair as I do normally cook from scratch - I can because mine are secondary aged - but today I’ve been at work 1.5 hours away delivering training so I’m knackered.

To be fair though it is lovely when the kids can just get home before you and it doesn’t matter at all.

I have no idea yet, but lunch was leftover pizza eaten cold, straight from the box, followed by some Morrisons trifle

Bag of chippy chips, with home roasted salmon fillets and salad. Perhaps an odd mix but proper treat for me, my favourite foods and minimal effort. So boxed/wrapped and technically home cooked as well.

I am starting with a cold and DH is out so DS and I have just had our usual tea when DH isn’t here. Chicken nuggets, cheesy hash browns, tortilla wraps, served with cheese, mayo and sweet chilli sauce, I could not care less right now 🤧

Steak and chip shop chips and green beans.

Lentil Bolognese - frozen soffrito mix, a pouch of puy lentils, tinned tomatoes and herbs. 20 mins from start to finish.

I would also like to know please!

Made beef cheek and red wine stew in slow cooker this morning. Just popped a suet pastry on and waiting for it to come out. We got home at about 5.40 after a full day in the office and two separate pick ups. Should be able to start eating about 6.25

Stir fry- freshly cooked rice, leftover roast chicken and frozen mixed veg.

Couscous with some chopped dates and apricots. Chicken, green beans, onion, peppers. I gave the chicken and veg a rub with Moroccan spices before pan frying. We've just eaten it and it was surprisingly tasty considering I just raided the fridge for sorry looking vegetables.

Pasta with tuna butter and cheese

Did you use any sauces etc?

Burgers from the freezer, potato slices from the fresh prepared veg section, and fresh green beans.

Wednesday is beige night for us always. So frozen chips, fish fingers from the fish section of the supermarket and peas.

Sausages from Sainsbury's, roasted honey carrots, jacket potato, shallots and mushrooms fried and then a bit of cream added to make a sauce, followed by a slice of homemade victoria sponge and probably an apple from my own tree, so all from scratch( apart from sausages obviously- do many people make their own sausages?)

Pre-made by me yesterday jacket spud, tuna and sweetcorn mayo topping with side salad and homemade dressing.

Prawn curry for three of us. That is from scratch but it is from a cookbook of specifically minimal effort recipes. My youngest won’t eat it so she’s got paneer butter masala. That is technically also from scratch but I make it in bulk and freeze in portions for her so it’s not from scratch today. To be honest, I used to cook a lot more but this is actually a more unusual night for us now. I’m just too busy and too tired.

Salmon, spicy sweet potato wedges ( home made), cous cous (from a box), roasted veg and chick peas, last night was a fish fingers sandwich

Chicken drumsticks marinated in lemon and tyme with coconut rice and carrots, peas and sweetcorn.