Staple Family Meals - share them with Lidl: chance to win £100 NOW CLOSED

[EllieMumsnet]

The team at Lidl would love to hear what your staple family meals are in your family What's on your repertoire of dishes everyone likes? Have you adapted any older family favourite recipes for new diets or likes/ dislikes? How do you dish up something everyone likes? What accompanies your favourite dishes? Is there a recipe you turn to time and time again?

Whatever your Staple Family Meals are, Lidl would love to hear them!

Please post your recipes on this thread and you will be entered into a prize draw where one winner will get £100 worth of Lidl vouchers (note the winner will be sent 4 x £25 vouchers, one voucher can be redeemed per transaction).

Thanks and good luck!
MNHQ

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[MummyBtothree]

We love our traditional Sunday lunch roasts, egg and homemade chips, not forgetting spag bold to name but a few of our family favourites.

[StewPots]

Homemade lasagne with wedges and salad here...I also make a lot of "fakeaways". Tonight we are having Chinese - pork chow mien with egg fried rice, prawn crackers and spring rolls. Our favourite dishes but without the price tag. I also do fake KFC, fish and chips etc all made from scratch.

I do have "fend for yourself" nights though - DH and DC have pizzas and I have an omelette!

[Dontfuckingsaycheese]

"I like your meatballs"
The only positive thing ds (15) has ever come out with about my cooking.
Lidl beef meatballs dry fry while cooking tomato sauce (chopped toms, purse, onion, garlic, Italian herbs and tsp sugar) We have with pasta, grated cheddar on top and garlic bread. A real go-to. We usually have once a week.

[Dontfuckingsaycheese]

Puree. Not purse!!

[del2929]

chicken curry and rice
pasta
mac and cheese

[Gazelda]

If in doubt, we have 'pot luck pasta'. A big bowl of pasta with anything else we can find in the fridge and/or cupboard. Tomatoes, cucumber, olives, cheese, bacon, sausage, tuna, sweetcorn, cook chicken, mayo, soft cheese, chutney, whatever.
It always goes down well, uses up leftovers, and it's super quick.

[10thingsIhateAboutTheDailyMail]

Roast chicken legs and veg

Just rub some salt and Cajun spice into some chicken legs, roast for 90 minutes (that long? Yes really) so the skin is all crispy and the meat falls off the bones

Service with rice and a tin of sweetcorn mixed in, and a nice big salad or coleslaw

Ticks all the boxes, and so easy to make!

[Gammeldragz]

Bolognese/lasagne
Cottage/shepherds pie
Chili con carne in tacos/baked potato
Curry (Lidl Korma sauce with extras added)
Sausage, chips and beans.
Burgers, curly fries and onion rings (all Lidl!)
Fry up for dinner
Macaroni cheese
Chicken tray bake
Pesto pasta always a winner (except DS2 who only eats plain pasta!)
DH will put anything in an omelette
Roast dinner
Pie
Toad in the hole (DH makes the batter with curry powder)

[BadlyWrittenPoem]

Tomato pasta. It's quick and easy, we always have the ingredients in and everyone loves it.
Pasta, tinned tomato, pepper. Served with a sprinkling of grated cheese.

[Grumpbum]

My go to list when I get a block on what to do
Meat-
Toad in the hole
Roast chicken
Sweet and sour chicken
Chicken and apricot casserole
Cottage pie
Mexican lasagna
Chilli
Lasagna
Spaghetti Bol
Lamb tagine
Sausage and lentil casserole
Beef goulash
Beef stew
Lamb and mint casserole
Chicken and ham pie
Meatballs
Chicken Faijitas
Chicken curry
Thai chicken curry
Chicken and chorizo jambalaya
Chicken thighs, roasted veg and new potato bake
Sausage and apple bake
Pork and cider casserole
Pork stroganoff
Chicken stir fry
Roasted gammon
Chicken risotto
HM burgers
Pesto, pasta, chicken, veg bake
Spanish chicken
Butter chicken
Beef tortilla
Coated chicken
Steak baguettes
Tacos
Chorizo pasta with red pepper and tomato sauce

Fish -
Sticky salmon and noodles
Fish pie
Fish cakes
Fish fingers
Prawn risotto
Prawn stir fry
Creamy prawn curry
Tuna pasta bake
Salmon cubes
Smoked salmon, cream cheese, lemon pasta
Prawn couscous
Med fish stew
Baked salmon fillets
Cold pasta, sweetcorn and salad cream



Veggie-
Omelette and salad
Roasted veg and goats cheese pasta
Pesto pasta
Lentil wedges and beans
BNS risotto
Lentil Dahl
Macaroni and cauliflower cheese
Cauliflower and broccoli cheese
Feta tiganito
Bean burgers
Jacket potato and beans/cheese
Roasted veg and halloumi bake
Quiche
Cheese and onion tart
Vegetable frittata
Pizza
Sweetcorn fritters
Mushroom stroganoff
Mushroom risotto
Veg stir fry and oyster sauce with noodles

[prettybird]

Lasagne: an American recipe of my mum's which uses cottage cheese (or ricotta) mixed with a beaten egg, mozzarella and Parmesan rather than a Bechamel sauce. Have adapted it to be low carb for me by substituting thinly sliced (on the diagonal) courgettes for the pasta lasagne sheets.

Chicken (free range from Lidl of course ) roasted in my old Habitat chicken brick.

Two that come quickly to mind.

[jensner]

The absolute family favourite here is Star Wars Stew - a recipe from Blue Peter in the 70s! It’s basically a sausage hot pot: sausages, potatoes, carrots, tinned tomatoes, sweet corn, baked beans, Worcestershire sauce and herbs. Absolutely gorgeous, although not Masterchef worthy!

Other staples are:
Lentil curry
Chicken curry
Lasagne
Enchiladas
Veggie stir fry
Tacos
Pasta bake
Baked potatoes
Egg fried rice

[Quietvoiceplease]

Spaghetti Bolognese Plus (as I call it)
Made in the usual way, but to supplement the meat and tomatoes, I also add (amounts vary depending on what's available): soya mince, lentils, grated courgettes, carrots, peppers and loads of tomatoes.
Made in large amounts to make: lasagne, spag bol and shepherd's pie. Ready meals for the freezer!

[Wolfcub]

Macaroni cheese but made with chicken stock instead of milk and a teaspoon of mustard
Mexican bake - beans peppers and onion fried with fajita spices and some chopped chorizo, layered between tortillas like a lasagne and topped with crepe fraiche and cheese before baking
Toad in the hole with stuffing in the toad too - makes a small pack of sausages more filling
Chicken or fish pie using crepe fraiche instead of a roux based sauce - quicker and one less pan to wash

[HannaSolo]

Paprika pork always goes down well chez Hanna with all the family.

I fry "coins" of chorizo to release the oil, take them out and then brown cubes of pork tenderloin - then remove from the pan.

Then I add sliced onion and red peppers, soften then a tin (or 2 depending on how much I'm cooking - I generally use one tin per tenderloin and half a chorizo ring per tenderloin - so frankly usually batch cook to make 2 portions for 4 people could easily do 5 but DH works out and eats loads).

Season with salt and pepper, the add 2/3 tsp of hot paprika and 2 of smoked paprika. If I want it a bit more spicy I add a tsp of cayenne pepper (or some Tabasco). Basically just add to taste. Add the meat back in.

Simmer for 40 mins (or pop in the oven for an hour) or my my case pop in the pressure cooker for 20 mins. This recipe could also work with a slow cooker.

I serve with rice or couscous with a dollop of sour cream/creme fraiche on the top and another sprinkle of paprika and parsley (if I have any in).

Yummy

[thenewaveragebear1983]

Our favourite at the moment is spicy chicken tandoori- I just snip up chicken thigh fillets with scissors, mix into a mixture of Greek yoghurt and tandoori spices, until it's all covered then put in the fridge all day. Then bake in the oven at about 180 for half an hour (ish) until chicken is cooked through and all the yoghurt mixture has dried away. I added cauliflower and peppers today before baking and it was delicious. Kids had it with microwave rice and corn on the cob.

Our other staples are spag Bol, chicken wrapped in bacon, and homemade pizzas.

[UpOnDown]

Chicken curry and rice (with extra veg in the sauce) works for us.

[yummyeclair]

Risotto is a weekly favourite with various veg then add sausages or salmon & prawns or chicken. Takes about 30 mins to cook but so filling.

[tshirtsuntan]

Prawn salad
Home made minestrone
Pasta bake with ham, leeks and cheese sauce
Roast dinner
Fajitas
Stir fry
Tandoori chicken
Chilli con carne
Steak and chips

[vickyors]

Pasta. In various forms. We have pasta and sausages, pasta and tomato sauce and veg. Pasta bake..
Pasta pesto.
We also have wholewheat pasta- fills the kids up and tastes delicious!

[MrsFrTedCrilly]

Chilli con carne with rice, no one complains. It’s a revelation

[Queenofthedrivensnow]

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[cranky]

Pasta with a homemade sauce made of lentils veg (butternut squash carrots leeks etc) blended..... children eat it- plenty of veg and protein all in one!

[biffyboom]

Pasta with pesto or a homemade tomato sauce using passata with any meat that is in the fridge.

[mummymummums]

I make a tomato pasta sauce in bulk - one lot I add Philadelphia to for a creamy sauce, one lot I add basil too, and both those go with pasta. The third lot I cook chicken in, in the oven.