Your go-to quick weeknight meals

[Eileen101]

I'm in a meal rut what are your quick weeknight meals when the kids will be tired and grumpy and in need of their beds fairly quickly?

They're unimpressed with my usuals:
3 bean chilli
Daal
Ragu

Wrap pizzas
Fajitas
Carbonara
Korma
Risotto
Soul and crusty bread
Macaroni cheese
Sausage and mash
Meatballs
Slow cooker casserole & dumplings
Halloumi & falafel wraps
Steak baguettes and chips

Cashew nut stir fry with rice
Chickpea stir fry in wraps
Tofu stir fry with noodles (I guess I am in a rut too...)
If you save a bit of rice and three bean chilli from the night before you can add some avocado and salsa and make burritos quickly

*soup not soul 🤣

Ooh @Cupcakegirl13 I love my slow cooker, what are you casserole-ing?

Great ideas thanks everyone. I must absolutely make a vegan carbonara 😯

Chick pea/tofu/potato and frozen spinach curry with sauce from a jar and cashews on top

@Cupcakegirl13 those can’t be all vegan?!

Anyone have a good recipe for vegan carbonara? I can’t get on with vegan cheese at all which I assume is integral to carbonara but hope springs eternal!

Quorn fish finger katsu is a bit of a dirty treat here with random veg on the side to try to pretend towards healthy. I make the katsu sauce in a big batch and freeze in portions.

I did wraps with harissa roasted cauliflower last night, served with guacamole, griddled peppers and onion, and yoghurt. It was flippin delicious and super quick.

Leon released their Brazilian black bean stew recipe. That takes about twenty minutes and is lovely with a jacket or rice and houmous/guacamole.

Stir fry all the way 👍🏼

Toad in the hole (not that quick but v easy)
Spaghetti with meatballs/spinach & cream/tomato & anchovy
Sausage tray bake (misc veg/beans/potatoes, sausages on top and bake in oven)
Omelette/tortilla type thing with cheese/bacon/spinach/other veg
Frozen fish in a foil parcel with vaguely thai/chinese flavourings and noodles
Soup with decent bread - so happy for soup season!
Paella
Chicken thighs baked various ways e.g. like a mini roast, or with chorizo and tomato, or with orange & honey
Stir fry with random crap out of the veg drawer and loads of soy sauce
Linda McCartney burgers
Scrambled egg & avo on toast/bagel
Filled pasta

@Hoolihan

Toad in the hole (not that quick but v easy) Spaghetti with meatballs/spinach & cream/tomato & anchovy Sausage tray bake (misc veg/beans/potatoes, sausages on top and bake in oven) Omelette/tortilla type thing with cheese/bacon/spinach/other veg Frozen fish in a foil parcel with vaguely thai/chinese flavourings and noodles Soup with decent bread - so happy for soup season! Paella Chicken thighs baked various ways e.g. like a mini roast, or with chorizo and tomato, or with orange & honey Stir fry with random crap out of the veg drawer and loads of soy sauce Linda McCartney burgers Scrambled egg & avo on toast/bagel Filled pasta

You missed this thread is on the vegan board then?

Got to be jackets. I would order jackets for my last meal on death row, the kid like it too and we can vary the toppings. 😋

Just noticed this is posted in the vegan section so please disregard all of my suggestions 😂 Sorry!

Jacket potatos (can be precooked in oven earlier)
Taco night (tacos, rice, vegetables, humous etc)
Pasta twirls with sauce/pesto & veg etc
Spagetti with falafels instead of meatballs
Pizza night! with lots of sides like cucumber, carrot - kids tapas.
Vegan irish stew (potatoes, carrots, cabbage all in a pot with stock & then gravy granules- can be precooked earlier) with fresh bread & vegan sausages.

Tofu fried rice
Tofu satay stir fry
Vegetable risotto
Burgers
Tomato pesto pasta
Macaroni ‘cheese’