How much effort do you put into evening meals?

[SSSandy]

Hi everyone, wondering if I'm too lazy about cooking at night. Only dd and I eat at home in the evenings, dh gets back from the office at 9-10pm.

Dd has a warm lunch, does she need a cooked meal in the evening too? I would rather go without and have maybe a bit of toast or a cup of soup myself but I cook for her and end up eating more than I really need. There is always so much left over too since recipes are mostly for 4-6. Often enough I cook something, and she leaves it and I wonder what the point of it is.

Do you cook every evening and how many people do you cook for? How much effort do you put into it/how long does it take?

I'm not a great cook, I don't mind trying something new once in a blue moon but I find it such a chore on a daily basis, even prefer ironing, which is saying something.

Ledodgyherring, I will try your recipe, thanks!

Ledodgyherring, I will try your recipe, thanks!

I put quite a lot of effort into thanking dh for cooking it and blithering on about how I must cook more........

so far this week we have had
chicken and bacon lasagne
mince and dumplings
beef stew
chicken in marinade with sweet potato
and something else but i'm really tired and can't remember
tonight we are having haddock and mash

I cook for children's tea & that's it. I either eat with them or have a piece of toast on my own later.
When I had a husband, I cooked a proper evening meal that could then be used for children's tea the next day.

we had:

left over sunday roast
roast chicken and jacket pots and broccolli
spag bol but with rice
ds had a kiddilicious as i work thurs evening and dd had heinze organic jar of mush!
tonight i have no idea and i need to start it now!