Family meals inspiration ideas please, please , please!

[Myfanwy81]

Hello wise Mumsnetters. I'm posting in near desperation as I seem to do the same few meals and like so many , am pushed for time in the evenings. There is no allergies or special dietary requirements needed. Its myself, my husband, my 14 year old DS and 11 year old DD. DD is pretty fussy with veg but generally eats, meat, rice, pasta, fish ok thankfully. I've lost my father and am struggling lately, am hoping to find some meal ideas that work for you all that I could try. Sorry for slightly waffly post and thanks for reading.

Over the last few weeks we have had the following

Cajun chicken breasts in wraps with salad
Garlic chicken skewers
Chicken and Mediterranean veg tray bake
Chicken, pineapple and stir fried veg with rice noodles
Shakshuka with flat breads.
Roasted sage and butternut squash fritata
Lime and coriander prawn tacos with salad and corn on the cob.
Cod wrapped in pancetta with red pesto.
Thai fish cakes with Asian slaw and noodle salad.
Root veg casserole
Beef stew and mash
Parmesan and leek risotto
Cauliflower and chickpea curry
Sweet potato, red pepper and green bean curry
Vegetable chilli
Gnocchi with leeks and bacon
Sesame crusted tuna steaks with rice and stir fried veg.
Field mushrooms topped with Stilton with watercress, green beans and wild rice.
Pasta arabiata
Spicy vegetable pasta bake
Home made pizza
Cod with herby crumb and veg
Roast dinners

Here’s ours this week. All should take under 30 mins.
Sesame chicken noodles www.myfussyeater.com/sesame-honey-chicken-noodles/
Paneer tikka skewers www.tamingtwins.com/paneer-tikka-recipe/
Tuna meatballs recipes.lidl.co.uk/recipes/tuna-meatball-spaghetti
Pork and apple burgers realfood.tesco.com/recipes/pork-and-apple-burgers.html
Chicken stroganoff www.sainsburysmagazine.co.uk/recipes/mains/chicken-stroganoff
Fish finger tacos realfood.tesco.com/recipes/fish-finger-tacos.html

Tonight I'm doing ramen. I make it similar to this recipe

Other less usual recipes I sometimes make:
Kedgeree
Bbc good food mushroom stroganoff
Jamie Oliver versatile veggie chilli - really recommend this recipe and it's huge quantities

We had this the other night and it was so tasty and simple. Great leftovers for lunch also. https://www.tamingtwins.com/beef-stir-fry-recipe/

Ah thank you so much, some lovely ideas. I really appreciate you all taking the time to pass on these recipes. So kind of you all. Am writing some down now.

I've just made a very quick easy recipe that I picked up in Waitrose. Google 'butter soy chicken'. It was lovely with egg fried rice. Could do extra veg for the children if they don't like mange tout. Ready in 30 minutes!

If you are on Facebook, I can recommend Anna's Family Kitchen. I have made quite a few of her recipes for my lot and they all eat them.

Tonight we had

Old El Paso chicken fajitas but I put them
In a crimp it which seals the wrap almost like a pasty then put them in the oven to crisp up, with a Caesar salad and some guacamole (just mashed and avocado with some garlic salt)

We will also have this week:

Chicken stuffed with Boursin and wrapped in Parma ham (literally just cut a chicken down the middle, stuff with the cheese and wrap in the ham and out in the oven) this always goes down well. With salad or veg.

Turkey mince chilli.

Pizza but I will let my daughter do that with pre made dough, pre made jarred sauce from the asda and peppers, tinned sweetcorn and some sort of packet salami or whatever. It's easy.

Don't know for the rest of the week. Probably something beige one day like Alphabites and chicken strips with tinned peas (my fave). Icelands salt and pepper ones are gorgeous.

Might make a curry at the weekend. Maybe.

Your meals sound amazeballs.

I just googled it and stashed the recipe immediately - that's happening this week 😋

In the past week we've had
BBQ Chicken breast with veg and macaroni cheese
Quinoa burgers and chips
Quorn and veg wraps
Spagbol
Lazy hotdogs
Jacket potato with tuna mayo

Following for ideas

I use annasfamilykitchen.com/ referenced above...so easy to throw it all in one dish and we have several favourites that I do often, but she is also good for when I need inspiration!

You are all amazing, thank you so much. Feel more positive now have followed Anna's Kitchen thank you for the heads up. Also the butter soy chicken will be made Saturday , sounds delicious 😋. Thank you for the inspiration, feel more positive now abd mire inspired.

Coronation chicken wraps.

• Slice the chicken into strips or bits and coat in curry powder
• Oven for about 18 minutes
• Once done, shred the chicken with two forks (this can be time consuming but isn’t hard)
• Add in raisins, mango chutey and lots of mayonnaise
• Put on the table with a plate of wraps and let everyone serve themselves