Which 5 meals do you cook most often?

[MrsHuxtable]

Please indulge me. Been sick with hyperemesis for the last 5 months, so the thought of food was pushed to the very back of my mind. I'm now ready to look at cookbooks again. It's bliss! In fact, I'm a little obsessed at the moment with all the things I want to eat...

So what are the 5 meals you make the most often?

And also, how many different meals are there roughly in your repertoire that you rotate for dinner?

At the moment, I'd say that the five things we cook/eat the most are:

1. Baked risotto with leeks, peas, broad beans and artichokes
2. Some kind of veggie curry
3. Veggie chilli
4. Veggie sausage casserole with hassleback or baked potatoes
5. Vegetable soup

This is a good base sauce for a curry. Last time I did it, I par-boiled some potatoes and carrots then put them in the sauce and cooked a bit. Added halved green beans and cooked a bit more then stirred in some spinach just before serving. If I want to add paneer, I fry it first.

Hmm, thanks for that Remus - I fancy getting some mustard seeds and starting off my curry by popping them in the pan ! Interesting that he suggests using chopped tomatoes and coconut milk. I love coconut curries. A friend of mine does a great tomatoey/coconuty one with chick peas too. So, I might give something along these lines a whirl !

liz79 6 weeks with no repeats?!! share!!

Update: the sausage casserole went down a treat! Thanks everyone .

I used Co-op Bonfire Bangers which had toffee apple and treacle in and think they really added to the flavour.

fish cakes and green veg
home made pizza
beef stir fry
spag bowl
beef stew

Lasagne
Fish pie
Homemade fishcakes
Roast chicken
Chicken tomato risotto
Veg chilli
Sausage and chorizo casserole/chicken casserole/lamb hotpot
Some kind of steamed fish

Oops got carried away and can't count

Sausage casserole
spag bol
carbonara
pea and mushroom risotto
jamie oliver's pork roast

yum!

Totally forgot. Brilliant easy peasy cheap chicken recipe:

Baked chicken thighs sprinkled with plenty of five spice. The skin gets crispy and is absolutely delicious. Barely any effort at all. Goes well with salad.

Roast chicken thighs with roasted veg (whatever's left in the fridge drawer) and couscous
Spag Bol
Pasta with chorizo, spinach and creme fraiche
Roast dinner
Fried eggs, homemade potato wedges and peas
Halloumi salad

Hello,
I"m just avoiding a bunfight on another thread moving this thread out of chat to preserve it for posterity.
Thanks
MN Towers

Chicken thighs baked with potatoes, peppers, sliced lemons & bay (a Delia recipe)
Guinea fowl pot roasted in orange juice and stock
Homemade pizzas
Baked potatoes with bolognese sauce
Fish & chips

Lasagne
Cottage pie
Chilli con Carne and jacket potatoes
Soup
Curry
Roast
Beef/chicken stir fry

I know that's 7 but couldn't choose. I'm trying to make different things as everyone is getting a bit fed up with my menu but everyone in this house is so fussy, now I say this is the dinner eat it or starve. Trying to come up with things that all 3 dc's and hubby will eat is so annoying (although dh will just eat what's put in front of him if he doesn't like it he too will starve).
Tonight we are having chicken, chorizo and chickpea stew thing. I predict lots of left overs.

Home-made sausage casserole - varying the type/flavour of the sausages
Chicken & Chorizo casserole
Fajitas
Thai marinated salmon with stir fried veg
Spag bol or Lasagne
Roasted veg pasta - with either pesto or a tomato based sauce

Sorry I know that's 6, but they are the ones I use most and couldn't choose which one to leave out!

No idea how many recipes I have in total, but I do know that since having DD my brain doesn't function quite in the same way and I often find myself unable to make a food-shopping list, or walk round and round in circles dithering in the supermarket.

Bloody hell, the corned beef hash was really successful. DH ate it all and leftovers for lunch and even onion-hating DD gave it a go and ate the lot. I am still absurdly pleased about that.

at Olivia HQ's work-avoiding responsible moderating.

Roast beast of whatever description
spaghetti with bacon, garlic, basil and cherry tomatoes
chunky veg and pasta soup
sausage casserole
curry (mild chicken, chick pea, dahl, fish curry, hot lamb curry)
spaghetti and meatballs
pork chops or lamb shoulder on a bed of sliced potatoes

My recipes at the moment are:

Sweet chilli chicken with roasted veg
Quorn Chilli
Shepherd's Lentil Pie
Sausages, bacon and eggs
Beef curry
Pork meatballs in spicy tomato sauce
Bolognese

There are a few more regulars, including bubble and squeak, but they're the main ones.

Gosh, you're all so adventurous with those curries. Maybe I will too when DC older.

Jacket potatoes with smoked salmon and sour cream, broccoli side
Carbonara type pasta with mushrooms in it
Pea and smoked haddock risotto
Sausage and mash with onion and red wine gravy, carrot side
Cheese and ham omelette

Will look up things to do with chorizo and beans after reading you.

Just realised in my first post I put "chorizo and red lentil casserole" missing out the main ingredient of chicken thighs!

Pizza (not home made!) & jacket pots
Pasta in tomato sauce (with hidden veg)
Roast
Stirfry
Jamie Oliver's Lamb Rogan Josh
Carrot & lentil soup with good old bread & butter

Toad in the hole
Chicken Gumbo
Steak and kidney casserole
Sausage and mushrooms casserole
Curry (I use Madhur Jaffrey curry bible)

Stir fried chicken and noodles
Veggie pasta bake
Salmon or tuna with veggie rice
Casserole (different meats/veg)
Curry (veg or meat)

Sausage Coddle
Bacon and cauliflower cheese bake
Palma ham and feta salad
Wraps/enchiladas
Prawn jacket potatoes
Spanish omelette
Chicken and chirizo rice