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!

Tofu and veg stir fry. Tofu is marinading as we speak, about to get it all together.
Noodles are from a packet, rest is prepped by me.

I feel sick just reading that lol.

@ThreePointOneFourOneFiveNine what’s the name of that cookbook please? My energy and motivation has been low lately.

Takeaways all round tonight! DS birthday treat and he picked Five Guys so he and DD are having that, DP is having KFC and I’m having a Chinese takeaway.

Chicken casserole with mash and dumplings, all home made.
It’s very rare that I have a weeknight evening in, so it was nice to make a bit of an effort.

Chunky fish fingers, from frozen.
but homemade chips!

Omelette
frozen chips with some guilt sweetcorn on the side.

I have simmers for work days.

Aldi tinned tomato soup with grated cheese and a part baked baguette

Pork and peanut curry. From scratch.

Some oven chips, I’m recovering from a surgery and I’m craving salty with zero effort!

Chicken drumsticks (Chinese marinade which came from a packet) with spicy wedges (frozen bag) and salad.

Italian chicken marinaded from the butchers.
fresh bread and salad.

id planned on having left over pasta bake but dh had left such a crappy portion I had mostly bread

Salmon curry - jars of korma sauce, with some added veg and the salmon and frozen spinach. And rice.

Mac and cheese. Made the sauce from scratch.

Fish pie. The puff pastry came out of a box.

Hate to disappoint you but M&S sell prepared jackets with cheese

https://www.marksandspencer.com/food/cheesy-jacket-potatoes-pack-of-two-/p/fdp21000058

Salmon, white rice and broccoli.
An hour from scratch.

Loving all this dinner inspiration! We def do a mixture of shove in the oven and cook from scratch. Tonight was a very quick cook from scratch prawn and salmon pasta in a creamy lemon butter sauce with peas and broccoli. First time making it and totally clean plates all round.

I’ve been at Pilates tonight so I grabbed a pre-made chicken Caesar salad from Morrisons on my way home. I was slightly regretting my choice walking past all the different takeaways near my house on my way home as they all smelled amazing. I stuck to my salad though LOL.

DC are feeding themselves with whatever DD brings home from work when she finishes. DH starts work soon so he just grabs microwave meals on his way if we don’t have any leftovers in the house to take.

Eldest Dd was going to do her seasoned chicken and chips tonight but has come home from work with a migraine so DH (our usual cook) will do her and other Dd sausage and chips when she is well enough to eat.
DH and I are having ready meals as they need eaten up. ATM we are prioritising visiting my DParents every evening for care reasons so food from scratch is a luxury. Hence keeping ready meals in the fridge to cut down on takeaways.

Cottage pie, no packets involved!

Duck breasts with oven chips and gravy plus a bag of stir fry veg - random one tonight

Stir fry, rice (from a microwave packet) and chicken Kyiv (definitely not homemade)

Lentil soup, crusty bread and a sticky toffee pudding from the local farm shop.