Meals that teenagers love

[HopeInTheDark]

Enlighten me with some fresh and new ideas of meals that your teenagers like! I'm stuck in a rut, ran out of ideas and they still want to eat every day!

To start the thread off, our favourites are:

baked potatoes with beans and cheese
pasta carbonara
lasagne
roast chicken
spaghetti bolognese
chilli corn carne
curry rice with peas and broccoli
cauliflower cheese

Fajitas
Enchiladas
Nachos
Burger
Rare fillet steak 😂
Mac n cheese
Mussels
Pizza
Carbonara
Spag bols
Fish pie
Baked potato

Steak, little teeny crispy roast potatoes, broccoli

My teens eat no junk at all. At all.

They demand excellent food which is exhausting.

Then maybe they can stop demanding and you can teach them to cook to their own exacting standards? Just a thought...

Mine love
chicken fajita pasta (basically chicken fajita filling tossed through hot pasta with cheese)
Chicken and pepperoni pasta bake
Paella
King prawn fried rice

My DS doesnt like potoates apart from chips, or pastry or anything spicy..so we eat a lot of pasta/rice
favourites apart from pizza !
mango salsa chicken - [https://www.chelseasmessyapron.com/cilantro-lime-chicken/] says is a bbq recipe but just stir fried the chicken.
Risotto in all shapes and forms -Marcella Hazan is the master of italian food recipe books and her recipes are so specific he can follow them and has asked for his own copy when he leaves home.

Paella

toad in the hole

Jamie - fish with prosciutto (sp), sausage apple bake- quite a few of the lock down recipes

Udon noodles in good chicken stock with sugar snap peas, spring onions, mild chillis, red peppers, baby sweetcorn, and SL or cubes of chicken breast.

Penne regate pasta with smoked bacon lardons, pesto, frozen peas, broccoli, lots of parmesan (we sometimes add breaded chicken to this) and it can be eaten hot or cold.

Pain bagnat which is basically a salad nicoise in a large crusty round bun.

And a "pressed" steak sandwich version which is similar with fresh or roasted Mediterranean veg and olives etc but it's squished in to a hollowed out loaf of bread or wide baguette and pressed down with a weight or wrapped tightly in foil overnight (good for bike rides and picnics). The mozzarella, tomato and basil version of this is good too - just use olive oil instead of butter.

lamb or fish kebabs with flat breads

sorry but "slivers" autocorrected to SL there for some reason!

Then maybe they can stop demanding and you can teach them to cook to their own exacting standards? Just a thought...

Ha ha ha ha ha

thanks

Hadn't thought of that

Well? Your reply makes it sound like you think that’s not a viable option...

Why should you be exhausted whilst everyone demands you cook them fantastic food?

Well? Your reply makes it sound like you think that’s not a viable option...

Why should you be exhausted whilst everyone demands you cook them fantastic food?

Are you always this uptight?

Is there any way my comment could have been slightly exaggerated with a lean to taking the piss out of the teenage mindset?

I'm fine. But thanks for your concern.

It comes from seeing too many martyred women on this site complaining about how no one appreciates them, they’re just the household skivvy/cook/shitworker and they’re so exhausted etc etc. And then continuing enabling their perfectly capable teenage sons and daughters and/or OHs to perpetuate that pattern as well as modelling those same unhealthy dynamics for their children to take into their adult relationships.

But if it doesn’t apply then good for you and no need to pay any attention...

Basque Chicken www.deliaonline.com/recipes/international/european/spanish/chicken-basque
Sausage & mash
Spaghetti Bolognaise
Curry & Rice
Stir frys
only 1 at home and he's not a teenager anymore but loves the above.
Also chocolate cake and flapjacks in stead flow.

DD & DS both cook - but haven't quite gotten to the stage of menu planning.

Mine creeps downstairs to eat cereal whenever he thinks he can get away with that. Bizarrely his 2nd favourite food is homemade butternut squash and bacon soup!?!

my two teenagers like

chilli and rice
spaghetti bolognese
any type of spicy chicken in a wrap with salad
burritos
burgers with salad and cheese
chicken and pesto pasta
roast dinner with yorkies and veg etc
DD likes pizza with veggies and herbs DS will eat pizza if pepperoni
keema curry and rice
chicken baked in nandos sauce with either rice or nachos
sausage and egg butties

they snack on

DD likes carrots and homemade hummus
poptarts
cold meats in a wrap
crumpets
fruit

drink

DD drinks water or fresh oj
DS drinks coffee, fresh oj or lemonade

Really great ideas! Thanks for starting the thread @HopeInTheDark.

Ours loves

• all things roast dinner
• Pulled pork (with jackets, rice or in rolls)
• stir fry’s & noodles
• sausage & pesto pasta
• fajitas
• Sweet potato tacos
• mash with sausages or pie
• pepper stew (sometimes with meatballs)
• chilli
• cottage pie
• bolognaise

Definitely going to try stuffed peppers and some Nando’s chicken.

Would totally exist on chocolate crepes, Oreos and super noodles if allowed 🤣

One likes pretty well anything spicy but hates plain food such as roast dinners, sausages, meat pies, casseroles. No potatoes eaten at all, ever.

The other loves roast dinners, cottage pies, sausage and mash , toad in the hole but doesn't like spicy food.

The overlapping foods are pasta, pizza and Tex-Mex types, fajitas etc.

@ExpletiveDelighted same here 🙄🙄🙄

Ds18 loves

Roast chicken with everything including Yorkshire puddings
Spicy chicken rice
Broccoli pesto pasta and garlic bread
Lebanese Shawarma with babaganoush and hummus and flatbreads
All Mexican but with homemade guacamole
Most of the El Paso meal kits which started his love of cooking
Indian curry
Sourdough pizza
Pulled pork
DanDan noodles
Stir fries

Some of this will be repetition from pps, but my hollow legged 14yo's favourite ever meals are:
Hugh FW's Cauliflower pakora
Fish/fingers and chips
Anything with halloumi
Toasties done in a frying pan - cheese and onion
Tuna and sweetcorn pasta bake
Jacket potatoes with tuna mayo
Buddha bowls. She eats these A LOT.
Fried egg and mushroom sandwiches.
Wagamama katsu curry sauce with mushrooms and rice.

16 year old DS likes...

Tacos
Enchiladas
Fajitas
Quesadilla (noticing a theme?)
Pulled pork in a roll
Ribs
Curry
Stir fry
Pizza

He's not a huge pasta fan but appreciates it after rugby training!

Also burgers! Particularly chicken

Looks like Mexican food is particularly popular with teens - my 14 year old loves it as well, in particular:
Chicken fajitas
Beef tacos
Nachos
Enchiladas

Chicken or pork schnitzels...home made of course. ..

Chilli with toppings
Chicken pie without a top crust but garlic bread instead
Tacos, choose your own toppings
Bacon pesto pasta
Morrocan lemon chicken
Lasanga

@Bananasplitlady what do you put in your Buddha bowls? I could do with some more exciting lunch ideas