Which meal do you cook more than any other and why?

[ClaudiasDreadfulEyeliner]

I always default to cottage pie because it's filling, easy to make and everyone likes it.

Lasagne. Similar reasons to you really, everyone enjoys it and it keeps and reheats well.

Probably dinner

I do chilli a lot it can go with lots of things so find it easy

We have steak every Friday, so probably that - because it's quick and easy, tasty, chips come from the freezer, mushrooms and veggies depending on what I bought that week, and it's all on the table within 20 mins (especially if I've had it in the sous vide machine for a couple of hours so it just needs searing)

That or meatballs - and meatballs because I make a mega batch every now and then, put it in little single portion pots and then I can just defrost them when I don't want to think about cooking.

Like you cottage pie as I always have bolognese and mash in the freezer (and often a tin of potatoes in the cupboard so it is a quick and easy meal - just bung some peas or beans in with the mince, top with potato and breadcrumbs and its good to go. My other go to is chicken breasts or thigh fillets cooked in beer or cider with garlic bread and salad but that is a more summery thing.

Make Caesar salad most weeks but a vary the topping eg chicken, steak, halloumi, anchovies (fresh). Otherwise I rarely repeat in a month

A salmon/broccoli/pasta thing as everyone eats it

Pork belly in a slow cooker on a base of ratatouille (with red wine). Get a lean pork belly and it comes out tasty pulled pork, no waste. Easy and cooks while I'm at work. Ensures we eat different vegetables such as aubergine & courgette. Rice day one and leftovers on jacket potato usually.

Sausage stew - sausages cut in half, plus fried onions, carrots, two tins of tomorrows and one ton of haricot beans all chucked in a casserole dish with a mug of stock and cooked for 40 mins. Serve with rice/grains/potatoes. Even my little nieces love it.

Egg fried rice as kids really like it s as I’d it’s a good way of using up leftover meat/ veg.

Sausage and mash and chicken and bacon pasta - DD’s 2 favourites.

Roast chicken. It’s just me and DD, and it will genuinely feed us for half the week. Won’t always have a roast dinner, sometimes we’ll have it with Greek salad and flatbreads, others with coleslaw andjavket
spuds. Next day I’ll strip it down and make sandwiches, pasta and/or curry,
and stock with the carcass.

Roast of some sort.

Tacos/taco bowls, because they're easy for everyone in our extra-large family to customize and provide useful leftovers (including some for the freezer) when the meat/beans/rice/grilled veg are made in bulk.

Jacket potato with beans and cheese, cause it’s my favourite

Liver and onions every week.

Many meals are variarions on a theme. Similar method, variable ingredients.

Toss up between:

Spag bol
Chilli con
Curried chicken
Grilled salmon
Steak/chops

Curry we have at least once a week, I make all styles through so it’s never the same curry. Easy and good for leftovers

Chicken and Broccoli Lasagne.
I roast a chicken, half goes in and the other half for rolls/ salads.
I uses the chicken juices in the lasagne,make a white sauce/ roux and some fancy chicken seasoning, mushrooms, cream , broccoli, chicken breast, cheese
Absolutely gorgeous, one pot and freezes brilliantly .

Stir fry. I love stir fry.

Chicken in a bag every week. Feeds 4 of us if DD and dsil join us. Cold chicken left overs for lunches if just 2 of us.
Ring the changes with roast veggies or mexican rice or warm salads (eg beetroot feta and walnut) or stir-fry veg and noodles.

1. Spag bol - any of us can make it and we all do it slightly differently
2. Chick pea curry , sometimes with halloumi
3. Vegetable soup - any veg, depending on what needs using up.

Full cooked breakfast because it’s the only meal I cook regularly. Once a week.

Peppers stuffed with herby sausage meat, with garlic.bread. DS loves it.

Alternatively hake & chorizo risotto, or spaghetti meatballs.

Variations of using mince - Spag Bol, cottage pie, savoury mince etc served with mash/jacket/wedges etc
Roast pork a couple of times a month, lots of options for leftovers.
Occasionally a chicken.