We eat far too much pasta...

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Well, it's the ultimate fast food after all and a vehicle for anything you fancy but.... We seem to eat it all the time.

Give me your top three quick family meals that don't include pasta...

I need inspiration!

kedgeree

quesadillas with chicken, black beans, sweetcorn & cheese served with wedges and salad

baked chicken pieces with tomato, chorizo and peppers

if you're looking for similar cooking time to bolognese then fish pie, chilli, shepherd's pie, stew (lentil or meat),

Mushroom or beef stroganoff with rice

Chicken and vegetable pie with peas

Country vegetable soup with thick sliced bread

baked salmon with couscous

paella

veg or chicken fajitas

Other favourites are

sausage, mash and gravy

ham, egg and chips.

chicken noodle soup

Fajitas

Dhal and flatbreads

Tagines and cous cous

Medjera

Veggie stir fry with rice noodles
Muffin pizza with salad stuff
Anything with mash/chipped potatoes (normal/sweet potato)

Gammon egg & wedges.
Chicken & mushroom curry - hompride jar in 20 mins with rice.
Chicken with five spice stir fried veg & noodles.
Pizza chicken - flattened grilled chicken with tomato sauce peppers & cheese with salad & garlic bread

Chicken tikka masala with rice.
Chicken thighs and potato tray bake.
Couscous.

Rice salad -
Fry shallots or onions while the rice is cooking - chuck frozen peas/sweetcorn into the rice about 2 minutes before the end of cooking.
At same time - hard boil an egg per person - shell and chop up
When rice has been drained, chuck it back in the pan and add the onions and egg - you can then add tuna/cooked chicken/ shredded Parma ham/ gammon
Season well with salt and pepper , and depending on taste either some salad dressing/salad cream or mayonnaise to taste.
Mix well.
Done !
I cook the rice in water that has a vegetable stock cube in it for extra flavour

Number 2 - Jacket potato - microwave for 5 -10 minutes, then half an hour in the oven to crisp
While oven is on - grate an onion and plenty of cheese together ( about the same ratio of cheese to onion ,season, add a beaten egg, put into a greased dish, and cook at same time as potato

Number 3
Couscous.
Fry onion in a mix of oil and butter , add chopped mushrooms, and bacon bits or lardons, then halved cherry tomatoes till a soft
Cook couscous ( takes 5 minutes- again use a stock cube in water)
Mix well, season to taste

Beef stew with tomatoes with boiled little potatoes or mash, or make it spicy add olives or sweet potato and serve with rice.

Poached or steamed chicken or fish with heaps of different veggies. Can be served with whole giant couscous/chickpea salad or bread rolls.

Omelettes containing lots of veg. Either do one big one if you have a big enough pan or individual ones if you have a small one and everyone likes different things.

Risotto, especially with seafood or pea and asparagus or mushroom

Spanish omelette, great for using up vegetables, serve it with chips

Stir fry, good for using up left overs, especially chicken, add noodles to make it more filling or keep to vegetables and meat only.

Salmon with Spanish potatoes and veg
Chicken biryani
Pork stir fry
Jacket potatoes