What’s in your current rotation (evening meals)?

[ReeseWitherfork]

I don’t really need inspiration just some memory nudging. I‘ve had the same handful of meals in my rotation for a while, can’t seem to remember what the other options are.

Thai curry
Indian curry
Enchiladas
Lasagne
Stir fry
Mac and cheese
Toad in the hole

There must be other evening meals?!

Chilli & rice
Pie and mash
Wraps or fahitas
Macaroni cheese
Veggie pizza

Chicken fried rice
Spaghetti bolognaise
Pittas with hummus, haloumi, green olives & salad
Indian chicken coconut curry
Veggie burgers

Chorizo pizza
Jacket potatoes
Omelette and chips
Hot dogs
Puttanesca pasta

Following for inspiration.

@custardbear I do this one. It’s a bit random, ‘cos you have to boil the halloumi slices. But worth it (IMO)

www.gousto.co.uk/cookbook/vegetarian-recipes/harissa-halloumi-sandwich-carrot-slaw

Baked butternut squash risotto
Jack Monroes dhal
Gnocchi bake- tomato and mozzarella
Bean burgers in brioche buns With wedges
Veggie meatballs with Marcella hazan’s amazing tomato sauce
Spinach and feta frittata
Rosted vegetables with cous cous and feta
Falafel and haloumi wraps

Chicken satay
Hoisin turkey mince in lettuce wraps
Fish pie
Cottage pie
Spaghetti bolognese
Nigella's maple chicken and ribs with salad
Jacket potatoes & various fillings
Gousto chicken Kiev with chips or new potatoes & veg
Slimming world Diet Coke chicken with rice
Tuna pasta bake
Garlic & lemon chicken with pan fried gnocchi & veg
Gnocchi hash
Toad in the hole with mash & veg
Gammon joint with roasties
Pork & Apple burgers with wedges
Sausage burgers
Body coach's chicken pie

Spanish omelette
Cheese & rice slice
Chicken and chorizo rice ( like a very easy paella )
Pasta soup ( BBC good food recipe )
Meatballs - either in tomato sauce or on spicy rice
Turkey burgers
Cottage pie
Fish pie
Salmon rissoles
Pasta in tomato sauce with - grilled salmon or sausages or tinned tuna
Chicken or bacon risotto
Jacket potatoes with bacon and cheese and beans

West African peanut stew
All manner of fried rice/stir fries
Risottos
Paella
Lentil shepherds pie
Gnocci with pesto (home made)
Lentils Bolognese
Chilli
Tuscan bean stew and crusty bread
Soups and bread
Fajitas/enchiladas
Curries (Indian/Thai)
Noodle dishes
Veggie burgers
“Breakfast for dinner”
Sausage and mash
Sausage stew/sausage pasta

Shameless place mark for ideas.

Also placemarking

Chicken or pork schnitzel - dc like the 'bashing' part
Homemade burgers or rissoles
Twist on moussaka - make with beef mince and courgettes/tomatoes
Cheats risotto to save time - micro rice, tin of soup, cooked chicken or seafood as preferred
Chicken portions and wedges

At the moment

Jamie Oliver's jerk chicken burgers with grilled pineapple and scotch bonnet salsa.

Homemade beef burgers ( we do eat more than just burgers haha)

Halloumi, courgette and Rose Harissa

Cod, mash, peas and parsley sauce. Very 70s but love it at this time of year.

Homemade chicken pakora in pitta with salad and rice

Cottage pie
Spaghetti Bol
Slow cooker chicken curry
Butternut squash and chicken masala
Halloumi bake
Sausage casserole
Bacon and pepper pasta

Lots of halloumi recipes here, I’ve finally won DH over on halloumi so I think I can slide a few in!

Had a lovely pie tonight after this thread inspired me... thanks all! I’m going to have to make a meal plan for the entire winter with all the ideas on here (possibly not a bad idea with pending doom!)

Vegan Japanese Curry
Roast Salmon with sushi rice and miso veg
Poke bowls
Buttermilk marinated roast chicken
Chicken pot pie with dumpling topping
Steak, potato, steamed veg
roast fish with salsa verde and boiled new potato
Egg and veg fried rice
spiced coconut and red lentil stew
crispy shredded roast duck served over rice noodles
carnitas

Lamb chops, pork steaks or chicken thighs for a midweek roast - tray baked with potatoes and root veg underneath them.

Casseroles.

Spaghetti bolognese.

Macaroni cheese.

Risotto.

Omelettes.

Baked potatoes with go wild fillings (leftover bolognese, or tuna, beans, cheese, salad etc - pick what you want basically).

Fish pie or just fish fillets with rice and veg.

Chunky soups.

Flatbread pizza.

Liver and onions.

Spinach dal.

Savoury pancakes.

Place marking but will add a few new ones into the mix
Kedgeree
Kosheri (Middle Eastern lentils and rice with tomato sauce)
Bigos (polish sausage cabbage and sauerkraut stew)

Whenever I realise I've got into a rut I have a few tricks. eg I find myself making the same pasta dishes repeatedly when I realise that actually there are hundreds of options so I will think about that. Eg I have some leftover beef which I'm going to turn into a beef/mushroom sauce sort of strogonoff-lite.

In our standard list right now are:

Roast chicken, with chicken salad or risotto for the next day.
Steak/lamb chops/pork chops with potatoes and veggies or salad
Fajitas
Roasted vegetables in various forms - eg mixed bunch with couscous and cheese, or roasted tomatoes with pasta or roasted cauliflower and broccoli with rice
Fried cod with potatoes/chips and veg
Meatballs and spaghetti

I'm about to reintroduce stews and soups as the weather is starting to change.

I've been working overtime and from home so long that 2020 will go down in family lore as the year of the traybake: meat spuds veg or meat and veg or meat and spuds or veg and spuds or veg and pasta etc etc... in tray in oven for an hour-hour and 20 mins. Serve.
I ring the changes but 4/5 weekday dinners are a version of this at the moment.

Oh no! I didn't mean to kill your thread with my laziness OP!
Tonight I made dirty burgers topped with cheese stuffed field mushrooms and a mustard and cream sauce, with wedges.

You don’t have any:
Stews/casseroles
Hearty soups
Kebabs
Slabs of meat (chops, steaks, chicken breast)
Salads
Pastry dishes (Quiche, pie, pastie)
Bready options (eg pIzza)
Roasts
Egg dishes (eg goats chees and spring onion omlette)
Potato dishes (eg Baked potato, cottage pie, fish pie)
Fish And shellfish dishes
Bits and pieces dishes (eg poke bowls, all day veggie breakfast)