What meals do your whole family like?

[BudgetBeatrice]

Looking for inspiration! I feel like I'm in a bit of a recipe rut and wondering what other families eat (and everyone actually enjoys).

We are two adults and two primary age DCs (8 & 4)

Savoury Mince Crumble
Chilli of any sort, bean/beef/chicken
Stuffed peppers
Risotto
Chicken goujon wraps
Roast dinners

pizza, chips

2 DC same age as yours will always eat:
Roast dinners
Bacon and cabbage
Chicken/beef Fajitas
Shepherds pie
Lasagne
Anything in a tomato based sauce eg today I made a chicken tray bake today.

Nothing special but easy makes that they are guaranteed to eat.

sausages and mash
roast dinner
lasagne
meatballs and pasta
burgers
there are little changes to the above such as one of my DC doesn’t like sauce with meatballs

Fajitas
Shepherds pie

Cottage Pie
Chicken Korma (made with Pataks paste)
Lamb chops
Spag bol
Steak & chips
Pizza
Carbonara
Puttanesca
Noodles & prawns thai style
Bacon & potato casserole
Stew
Egg fried rice
Ham egg and chips
Fish & chips
Roast chicken (Lorraine Pascal's book has loads of different ideas for this)

Really boring basically! But that's what my rotating meal plan looks like

Cooking with Emily - Chicken Pesto Pasta. Just google it. It's really easy and the whole family love it. Also you can tweak it with more or less chilli, garlic, chicken, whatever pasta you have etc.

Roasts
Spaghetti bolognese
Shepherds/Cottage pie
Pesto pasta
Baked orzo (tomatoes/peppers/mozzarella)
Moroccan lamb and couscous
Chicken ramen
Any stirfry
Steak baguette
Quesadillas
Chicken, leek and mushroom pie
Fajitas
Tacos
Korean pork mince lettuce cups
Jacket potatoes
Ribs and rice
Chicken Katsu
Pork/lamb chops with mash
Toad in the hole
Chicken teriyaki
Chicken gyoza with noodles and greens in broth
Pizza
Jambalaya
Omelettes
Chilli
Beef stew
Gammon, egg and chips
Grilled chicken wraps
All day breakfast
Macaroni cheese
Meatballs with spaghetti and tomato sauce

My children will eat the following without moaning (too much):
Sausage casserole (as long as the only vegetables are onions, tinned tomatoes and carrot)
Spaghetti Bolognese
Pasta with cream cheese, bacon and mushroom
Chicken nuggets
Macaroni cheese

Would love them to be more adventurous but sadly bland is their preference

Roast dinner (kids will only eat chicken)
sausage and mash
pizza
spaghetti bolognese
pasta and meatballs
bacon and courgette pasta
sausage pasta
shepherds pie
home made chicken kebab
steak pie
toad in the hole
lasagne
curry
cooked breakfast (but at tea time)
egg and chips
garlic chicken and mash (made with a maggi chicken seasoning bag thing)

That’s about it. I can make slight alterations to other meals to take into account likes/dislikes but the above are the only meals where no changes are needed and all 5 of us will eat them as is.

spaghetti bolognese
jacket potatoes with various toppings
roast dinners
fish fillets with roasted veg
Jamie Oliver chicken curry (the one with lentils & spinach)
cottage pie
fish pie
sausage and mash
halloumi & med veg tray bake
Fajitas
beef stew

They will eat pretty much anything to be fair but we eat a lot of this kind of stuff.

Thanks for these. Some we make already but others I hadn't thought of and some we used to make but I'd forgotten about them until I saw them on here! So really useful

Creamy mushroom pasta with parmesan cheese and parmesan chicken sliced on top.

Spaghetti bolognese

Chicken noodles

Meatballs and spaghetti

Grilled chicken with mixed veggies corn on the cob mash and/or chips

Pasta bake tuna/chicken

Giving Hadid pasta just tomato paste mixed with herbs double cream and you put your pasta and sprinkle cheese

Chicken kebabs in skewers easy to make
Lentil sauce with some chicken and either rice or baguette/flat bread

Shepherd pie with chips and salad

Fried rice

Macaroni cheese and oven cooked fried style chicken

Bean curry with peppers and coconut beans of your choice

Lamb or chicken casserole with potatoes veggies

Lamb stew with butternut squash

Jacket potatoes tuna cheese coleslaw

Chilli con carne rice with guacamole and some yoghurt

Lasagna

Salmon with sweet potato fries and veggies

Chicken salad with some toasted pitta bread and pomegranate dressing

Loaded fries chips with some mice meat jalapeños bechemel sauce cheese

Tacos (we load normal flour tortillas, the crunchy ones are rank)

Pork schnitzel

Butter chicken curry

Chilli

Baked salmon with hoisin sauce and noodles

Nigellas turkey meatballs

Mango almond chickpea korma
Lentil Bolognaise
Vegetarian sausage, spatzel, cabbage, piccalilli
Tofu, noodles, broccoli, sesame/soy
Mixed veg/rice, sesame/soy, fried eggs
Stovies

Roast dinner
Chicken wraps
Homemade actifry chips with panini /pitta pizzas
Glazed ham, roast potatoes and veg
Homemade mac and cheese with side of veg
Tuna mayo jacket potatoe and salad
Corned beef hash
Cheesey mash and veg or beans
Spaghetti and meatballs
Sausage and mash
Lean beef burger

Fajitas
Sausage, mash & veg
Stir fry (usually chicken, veg & noodles)
Pizza
Roast dinner
Shepherds pie
Curry & rice / naan bread
Chilli
Spaghetti bolognese
Other pasta dishes
Jambalaya
Risotto
Gammon, egg & chips
Burgers

Pulled pork wraps
Pasta with pesto
Vegetable risotto
Lentil soup with homemade bread
Roast dinners
Masoor dal
A Congolese dish of marinated fish with yellow rice and tomato sauce
Jollof
Cheesy pasta (but not macaroni cheese)
Stir fry, especially salmon with hoisin or honey/soy/ginger

Ooh. Forgot to include toad-in-the-hole.

And sometimes I'll make a massive batch of crepes or waffles or something else that shouldn't be dinner but is fun every now and then.

My family make up is exactly the same as yours. Everyone likes pizza, build your own wraps, pasta (choice of sauce or none), fill your own pittas, build your own kebabs. Basically anything where you can have it very plain or more interesting depending on your tastes.

Macaroni cheese
tuna bake
home made chicken soup
fish and chips - won’t eat it from the chipper now
toad in the hole
packed potato with cheese and bake beans or chilli and cheese

basically they all love anything made from scratch

I wish there were more, but we will all eat

Roast chicken or pork (though kids say it’s boring)
paella
egg fried rice
stir fry noodles
toad in the hole, gravy, veggies
fishcakes
sausage and mash
prawn and pea risotto
fish fillets in breadcrumbs
pork meat balls, mash and gravy
burritos / quesadillas / fajitas (as long as the fillings are chicken, pork or fish and very few veggies )
ramen with udon noodles and chicken / eggs
burgers , halloumi is popular, and Turkey mince too

My 2 eat everything. I get bored of the same old meals though. I might try some of petals meals: we never eat orzo.

Fish pie
Chicken pie
Cauliflower cheese inc bacon, spinach, sweetcorn, onions and peppers with crispy onions on top
Honey salmon
Chicken pasta bake
sausage casserole
Prawn risotto
Homemade turkey burgers

This is a huge hit in our house-

beatthebudget.com/recipe/chicken-satay-rice-bowls-with-baked-crispy-kale/

Can't remember if this was the exact recipe but if you google for any chicken satay made using peanut butter. It's so easy and makes the most amazing sauce with rice.