so bored of the same old favourites - inspire me please

[racingheart]

That's it really. We live on the same cuts of meat or veggie dishes all the time, mainly because that's what I know the DC will eat without fuss, but I'm bored of them.

Anyone got any inspired ways of cooking:
chicken, whole or pieces
turkey steaks
minced beef or pork
casserole beef

and any family favourite veggie meals that aren't quorn chilli or its ilk. Just want something a bit different and spring like that doesn't cost the earth.

[JiltedJohnsJulie]

racing we've got a local abattoir/wholesaler s a butchery counter open to the public it might be worth seeing it there is one nearby. Ours is good quality and cheaper than the 3for £10. You have a better selection to and our sometimes has new things to try.

Think we all loose our inspiration sometimes though, that's one of the things Mn is for

[racingheart]

chicken korma, quasillas and meatloaf all sound great. So do Jamie's 15 mins, and I'll look up the beef recipe, thanks.

I do a LOT of recipes based around Sainbury's 3 for £10 meat - so lots of chicken on the bone, beef mince or diced casserole beef etc, pork or turkey steaks. But I feel like I use the same ingredients all the time. The food's nice enough but samey.

Yesterday I did beef casserole with juniper, bay and red wine. It was nice, but that's how I always make it. Today was pork mince with spinach and fennel wrapped in puff pastry. But I always put spinach and fennel with pork. Just reading jennimoo's suggestion of doing pork with leek - sounds delicious but I'd not have thought of it. Think I've lost my creativity a bit.

These suggestions are brilliant. Thanks so much.

[JiltedJohnsJulie]

We've started cooking corn quasillas and the DC love them.

What things do you cook now? We had the hairy dieters chicken korma last week and it was yum.

[Drladybird]

There was a similar thread on here recently for veggie meals- it had lots of good suggestions so might be helpful.

[COCKadoodledooo]

We bought Jamie's 15 Minute Meals and it has been brilliant. We now have a number of firm favourites from it that take less than 40 minutes from opening the book (the 15 mins is a proper con btw - recipe should take 15 mins from the point when you have all ingredients/utensils out and ready, plus pans on and kettle already boiled!).

[jennimoo]

I agree on the Chinese beef from good food, I've made and love it!

I did a slow cooked beef curry with braising steak at the weekend which was yummy. I did a huge batch but didn't use as much tinned tomatoes and veg as the recipe but turned out very well.
frugalfeeding.com/2012/05/28/slow-cooked-beef-curry/

This recipe is a bit different, mince and stuffing made into a meatloaf.
www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2940672/beef-and-bacon-meatloaf
Lots of room to make it your own: I used pork mince and added fried leeks and it was lovely.

[sharond101]

What do you cook now?

casserole beef: www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/9646/chinesestyle-braised-beef-onepot