Shopping list tedium - please inspire a very dull Lulu!

[lulumama]

Shopping day tomorrow ! ( woo hoo! )

am boooooooooooored of the same food

what do you buy? firm family favourites? easy and quick to cook ? soups ? casseroles? roasts?

don;t eat pork, but anything else is good !!

inspiiiiiiire me to feed my family something other than ommlettes, pasta, soup & chicken in honey & soy this week please !!!

and as cheap as chips please !

mwah mwah !

Do you like spicy food?

Chickpea and spinach curry is fairly quick and cheap, ditto mince (meat or soya)/potatoa mushroom curry, vegetable curry. Just buy a jar of Patak's curry paste!

We had veg stir fry yesterday, you could add a bit of chicken breast.

Has to be cottage pie for me. My favourite. And a winter warmer for all this arctic weather we're meant to be getting.

do like spicy ! do you have a handy curry recipe !

i like cottage pie, but DS has taken against it, in a big way !

ooh, you need the 14 Meal Ideas thread here

Chilli? Risotto, baked potatoes

Glad to see this thread lulu- pasta with tomato sauce is my only staple easy thing and my kids don't even like it that much!

stir fry is a firm fave in nemo household
as is lasagne
cottage pie
chicken goujon wraps with salad
enchiladas
curry

thanks MrsB !! yummy !

i was doing pasta with tomato & spinach sauce and the third time i presented it to the family.....it was met with a resounding thumbs down !!

enjoying some new recipes !!

thanks all !

forgot home made pizza aswell

I made chicken in dijon mustard and creme fraiche sauce (waitrose online) last night. Easy and yummy. Can't do links but the search engine is really good on the waitrose website

thanks for those !

will write a list soon !

tortilla wraps?
meatballs? (can give you a fab lamb and cous couse meatballs recipe if you want?)

Beef stir fried with spinach in wraps.
Stir fry in pitta bread, yum.
Can you go to your local butchers? I went in last week and said 'Can I have 5 of those' ad it turned out they were lamb and mint burgers, they were gorgeous.

liking the sound of wraps..

and yes, we have several wonderful butchers near us.....

and yes to the meatball recipe !

macaroni cheese

mousakka

chicken and asparagus lasange

vegetable curry,naan bread

mustard chicken-stir fry chicken strips,onion,mushrooms ,courgette slices ,add some stock,2 tsps grain mustard and some creme fraiche.

I've just discovered potato bake jars of sauce, yummy accompianment.
And also a pasta bake, put chicken or whatever through it and serve with garlic bread?

ok..this is great !!

thanks all...

now, who has a really good curry recipe , they would like to give me ! DCs are 7 and 19 m onths....and nothing with almonds please as DS allergic to nuts ! xx

Really nice sausages (beef or other none pork)cheesy mash and beans.

sausage casserole
meat/chicken pie (use shop bought puff pastry and you canget cheap cuts of meat as you cook it for ages)
lasagne
aubergine and chickpea casserole with rice
baked butternut squash with rice and veggies
baked peppers with risotto rice (mix with tablespoon of cream cheese)
ratatouille (ith baked pots, pasta etc)
dessert - baked apples, baked bananas

thanks tm, but you know how DH feels about rice !!

tell me about sausage casserole please ! and does my chubbly nephew eat it in a cute fashion !

Not so quick but we had last week

Oxtail soup/stew (cooked overnight)

Chicken thighs - take off skin, season with some jerk (or do your own with curry powder, hot paprika, turmeric, garlic salt & black pepper) some chopped onions, bit of water. Leave in fridge overnight and they are lovely roasted. Serve with rice and kidney beans. Use the leftover onions & water to make up a gravy - yum

Lasagne - I have only recently started making this and it's lovely.

Minced beef & onion pie. Fry the seasoned mince with onions and gravy etc. Then bung some puff pastry on top.

Liver & bacon casserole, your kids wont touch it but it's lovely.

sausage casserole - we use veggie sausages as DH won't eat meaty ones - fry off in oil then remove from pan. add mushrooms, peppers, celery, tinned tomatoes, stock, shallots or onions and a bayleaf to the oil and fry until brown. put the sausages back in and cook for an hour either in the oven or on the stove ... i take chubbly chubsters portions out before i add the stock ,,, and yes he eats it in a cute fashion

Serve with mashed pots or put potatoes in with the casserole to cook

How about home made pizza

thanks darling !

yoo hoo UCM..how is little M ? and your DS? x

We are going to hosp in the morning. Pockets filled with sweets as apparently getting a 3 year old to have a blood test is awful. Poor little DS.

M is fine.