I've recently started meal planning but only have a limited number of meals in rotation so wanted some more ideas to add some variety.
Anyone want to share?
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I've recently started meal planning but only have a limited number of meals in rotation so wanted some more ideas to add some variety.
Anyone want to share?
I have a list, but I'm starting to get bored of it!
My list:
Chicken & Corn Soup
Pasta Bake
Roast Chicken & Veg
Sausages & Veg
Tuna & Noodle Casserole
Tuna Patties
Jackpot Casserole (a pasta bake recipe I got from BB!)
Chicken & Vegetable Curry (slow cooker)
All-in-one-pot Dinner (a mince & veg slow cooker meal)
Chicken Tonight (when I'm feeling lazy :redface:)
Beef Stir-fry
Carbonara
Spaghetti Bolognaise
Chicken & Vegetable Risotto
Thai Chicken Risotto
Chicken Parma
Quiche
Herb & Pasta Quiche
Spaghetti Fritatta
Corn & Bacon Soup
Pumpkin Soup
BBQ & Salad
Beef Stroganoff
Fried Rice
Chicken & Corn Soup
What's on yours?
Curry of some kind. Marsala, butter chicken, massaman, thai red curry.
Chow mein
Schnitzels/steak/chops/crumbed fish fillets etc with veg or salad
Curried/devilled sausages with veg
Mexican: Burittos or tacos or nachos
Stirfry
A macaroni cheese type of thing
Pumpkin soup with yummy bread
home made pizza
tomato based pasta and sauce
honey mustard chicken or pork with rice
stroganoff
Tuna casserole/mornay
spag bol
fritatta or quiche
risotto
HTH :)
Our list-
Stirfry
Tacos/ enchiladas/ burritos
Pasta
Curry (mostly indian)
Rissotto (rice cooker best invention ever!)
Burgers (with lentil patties)
Falafel Wraps
Roast Veg Salad
Curried sausages
Potato Bake
Roast
Special noodles (2 min mi goreng with vegies added)
Potato Salad
Pizza (made on pita bread)
Soup (roast garlic and pumpkin, morrocan, tomato and lentil, vegie etc) with turkish bread
I didnt specify flavours with pasta etc as we always make it different for example we might make curry with chickpeas and say potato one week then lentils and whatever is in the fridge... in general I just get whatever vegies are on special so meals end up different.
I love cooking and baking!!!
Lasagne
Shepherds Pie
Risotto
Fish & Zucchini & Broccoli stir fry
Butter Chicken
Tuna Casserole
Roast
Baked Chicken w/mushroom & tomatoes
Pancetta Chicken w/leek and thyme
Pizza
Burritos
Pasta with cream, mushrooms, chicken, baby spinach/asparagus
BBQ'd Steak & Veg
Brocolli, Cheese & Bacon soup
And some throw togethers in the slow cooker.
I'll think of more as I can.
we only have a limited menu.. and what makes it a little more difficult, we dont all eat the same thing every night!
Sausages (all of us!)
Tacos (all of us!)
schnitzel/parma (me & dd)
Beef in black bean stirfry (dp only)
fried rice (dp & dd)
sweet n sour pork (dp only)
Burritos (dd & i have honey soy chicken, dp has beef/caps/onion skewers)
roast chicken (bought already cooked- we all eat)
lamb chops (dp & dd)
peppered steak (dp)
pork medallions (dp & dd)
Honey Soy chicken & rice (me & dd)
thats all i can think if at the moment! nothign too exciting here at all!
we always have either mashed/roast potatoes, wedges/chips or whatever with all of the meat dishes, i just decide what, when i take the meat from the freezer in the morning. i figure if dp has chops one night this week with mashed potatoes.. he wont mind having them again next week with wedges & garlic bread or something lol
Shepherds Pie
Chicken stir fry
beef thai stir fry
potato, leek and bacon soup
pumpkin soup
Roast
Bolognaise
Thai Turkey meat balls
Turkey meat loaf
Curry
Roast chook & salad
Mexican night
Happy face dinner (mashed potatoes, savoury mince & steamed carrots in the shape of a happy face)
Sausages and mash
Was jsut about to run out before but on my list is:
Spaghetti bolognaise/spaghetti & meatballs
Sausages, mash & steamed vegies
Deviled sausages
Beef stroganoff
Chicken burritos
Satay chicken
Chicken & sweet corn soup
Pumpkin soup
Sweet potato & bacon risotto
Chicken schnitzel and baked veg
Asian style meatballs & fried rice
Quiche
Chili con carne
Steamed dim sims (frozen ones, I'm not that creative!) and fried rice
Marinated chicken wings, rice and salad
Chow mein
Beef/chicken stir fry with noodles
Lazy meals are usually:
Chicken & veg/meat pies, mash & steamed vegies
Ham steaks, rice (usually a packet side dish one, like the continental ones) & salad
Chicken nuggets and steamed veg (for the kids when we are eating something too spicy or something I know they won't eat - DD has a real aversion to rice at the moment which is a TOTAL pain)
Seems like we all have pretty much the same stuff!
I'm going to add after reading your lists and having a look online for some new recipes:
Tuna mornay
Shepherd's Pie
A creamy chicken & mushroom pasta dish of some kind - anyone got a recipe?
These are things I usually do in cooler weather, not so much in summer. And I use my slow cooker mainly in winter too for stews and casseroles etc so will start using that soon.
I'd love to add lasagne too but I make a lousy, lousy lasagne! I've tried so many times and it just never turns out right.
Ohhhh .. I've only just started meal planning this month for next month ... here is my list:
Chicken Curry with rice
Pork sausage in applebeer sause with mash
Bobotie with greans and toss salad
Bacon, Mushroom and potato fry-up
Veggie Stew
Chicken in Soup Bake
Beef Sausage en Hot Chips
Meatballs, Gems and Cabbagesalad
Pizzabreads
Spanish Rice and Seafood Medley (new recipe .. can't wait to try)
BBQ (Favorite ... let DH do all the work)
Hamburgers
Crumbed Porkchops, mash and sweetcorn
HotMilk with lumps (Melkkos)
Beefcurry on rice
Baked Fish and Potato
Coke Chicken, Carrot, rice and gravy
Lasange with toss salad
Dunk-it Sausage
Taglitelle Alfredo
Tomato and Beef Stew
Mac and Cheese
Chicken Roast and veggies
Mince and Rice One-Pot-Stew
Chicken Pie
Tomato Risotto
Mince pies (quick and easy)
Cabbage Stew
Hotdogs
No soups :( DH don't eat soup .. but I make a mean potato-cream soup that I slip in on a cold rainy day
A few to add to the others:
Quiche
Chicken rissoles vege/salad
Chicken sausage vege/salad
Steak sandwich and chips
Meatloaf and veg
Sausage bake
Sweet and sour meatballs and rice
Italian meatballs and pasta
Parmasen crumbed chicken breast and vege
Bacon and egg pies
:bump:
Have started meal planning again for the first time since DS2 was born :redface:
Anyone else want to share??
Laksa(takes ten mins so easy!)
Canneloni
lasagne and chips
Still making the same boring things as last year :P
Spag Bol
Lasagne - beef, chicken or vegetarian
Chicken Soup
Burritos
Stirfy chicken & Fried Rice
Chicken wraps
Lamb chops - either stew, like Irish Stew, or seasoned & pan-cooked
Chicken schnitzel (homemade)
Beef stirfry
Meatballs
Chicken nuggets & potato wedges
Tuna Mornay
Chow mein
Savoury mince
Kebabs (our local butcher has AWESOME lamb kebabs)
Favourites we don't have often -
beef with sundried tomato sauce
chicken fillo parcels
that's all I can think of atm.
Willow I do an awesome lasagne, I call it Cheats Lasagne ;) cause there is zero work involved, and it's not 'real' lasagne IMHO but everyone loves it anyway.
Cook up your mince, add a jar of spag bol sauce (I usually use Dolmio Extra Garlic), mixed herbs, salt, pepper & I sometimes add Garam Masala.
Buy a jar of Dolmio's Bechamel Sauce & a packet of pizza cheese (blend of cheddar mozzarella & parmesan)
Layer mince, pasta sheets, mince, bechamel sauce, cheese, pasta sheets, mince, bechamel sauce, cheese.
Cook :)
I have some different recipes for summer/winter and faves that we have all year:
Summer:
BBQ meat (lamb chops/snags, marinated chicken/steaks whatever we have) with coleslaw or potato salad and garden salad
Crunchy noodle salad with satay chicken kebabs
lamb salad with tzaziki
BBQ chicken rolls (brought bbq chicken with yummy bread rolls, avocado, and any salad you choose! Usually have this on shopping day for a quick easy dinner)
Tuna/salmon pasta salad
Home made hamburgers
Rissoles with corn on the cob and salad
Fresh fish crumbed with homemade chips and salad
Salmon rissoles chips and salad
Chinese omlette salad (vegetarian)
Potato pumpkin and sweet potato frittata
Winter:
Pea and ham soup with crusty bread
Meatloaf mash and steamed veggies
White bean and bacon soup (slow cooker) with yummy bread
Savory mince pasties
Tuna pasta bake
Garlic tomato prawns with pasta
Lamb shanks in the slow cooker
Chickpea curry (vege)
Faves
Spag bol
Chicken cacciatore
schnitzel
Bakes (esp. lamb!)
Riccotta and spinnach canneloni (vege)
lasagne (beef and vege)
Mine is an 8 week cycle and includes
~ SC meal on Monday nights - eg Spag Bog, Sausage Hot Pot (from the SC recipe thread on here)
~ Tuesday nights is chicken with rice, pasta or quiche - eg sweet & sour chciken with rice, chciken rissoles with vegies
~ Wed is preschool day so very basic meals for 2 tired little boys..fish & chips (oven) with salad, sausages and vegies
~ Thursday we eat at the inlaws
~ Friday is seafood night. - eg curried prawns, tuna rissoles, curry tuna, oven cooked fish and chips with vegies or watever
~ Sat is red meat night on request from DH! Tomorrow night we are having lamb bbq chops with vegies. Others inc homemade burgers, meatloaf and veg, lasagna, steak and vegies
~ Sun is Roast night in Winter and in Summer BBQ night. This week we are having pork roast! yummy!!! Complete with crackling. :)
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I'd love this recipe please Trish, sounds delicious. The only soups DH will eat are Pea & Ham and Vegetable.:
paella
chicken & mushroom pie
lasagna
spinach, pine nut and pesto fettuccine
moroccan chicken soup
thai curry (green, red or massaman, with chicken, beef or prawns)
lamb shanks
beef casserole
tomato soup
chickpea and cauliflower soup
roast (beef or lamb)
grilled fish
homemade veal schnitzel
laksa
chicken and leek risotto
lamb koftas
steak
quiche
spanakopita
pear, rocket, gorgonzola and walnut gnocchi
Spaghetti bolognese
Risotto (mushroom or roast veggies or chorizo or chicken)
Seafood paella
Indian lamb and spinach curry
Italian beef casserole
Spiced coconut chicken
Beef and black bean stirfry
Tuna bake
Roast chicken with tomato rice
Green or red curry chicken
Green curry fish
Parmesan crusted fish fillets with veggies or home made chips
Lamb chops with a balsamic sauce with mashed sweet potato and green beans
Pan fried salmon with a thai cocont lemongrass chilli sauce and jasmine rice
Shepherds pie
Pumpkin soup
Wow, some of you make some lovely dinners! I'm not that great a cook but I'm improving ;)
Fleur - Thanks for the lasagna recipe! I've seriously tried just about everything but something always goes wrong! Usually the pasta isn't cooked properly. I have two friends who make awesome lasagne (Freya is one of them ;)) but I just can't duplicate their recipe! Now that winter is here, I will no doubt give it another crack though!
allycat - Lamb koftas is one I am definitely adding to our list! YUM! Thanks for reminding me.
Peach/allycat - can you tell me how you make your laksa? I have done it once before but it was aaaages ago. I love laksa. My kids wouldn't eat it but I could make them something easy like sausages and vegies that night.
Thanks for sharing, keep them coming!
.........babe, use fresh lasagna sheets....in cold section of supermarket. More exxy but i was like you, lasagna was always crunchy, someone told me to use fresh sheets. Never looked back...makes a lot of diff.:
Usually the pasta isn't cooked properly.
I parboil my lasagne sheets in some salted water, only for a couple of minutes and it turns out okay.
mmm Willow aren't they (lamb koftas) the best! I never realised lamb mince was so cheap until recentley so have been making them a fair bit.
I cheat and use the laksa paste from the jar :shhh: The asia@home one is my fave but can't find it sometimes so often get the valcom brand one which is pretty good. Just fry it with some chicken/prawns/tofu add a little water, coconut milk and rice noodles. Bit of spring onion, bean shoots, coriander on top and also those yummy dried, fried shallots. YUM! I have made the paste from scratch a few times but it takes a while. I'm happy to send you the recipe if you're interested :)
Mbear - Great minds.... I did the shopping today and grabbed the fresh lasagne sheets! Will give it a go tomorrow night I think.
ally - I brought that paste today! No way do I have the time or skill to make it from scratch, but thanks anyway! I will probably make this for DH and I next weekend. Where can I get the fried shallots? I love those! I had forgotten how much I love laksa, I used to eat it a lot when I was working in the city...YUM!
Great thread!
On my rotations:
* warm roast veggie / couscous with marinated lamb backstrap
* fettuccine carbonara
* pasta & meatballs
* roast lamb / veg / gravy
* bush spice chicken on rice / veg
* chickpea & veg curry
* potato red curry
* slow cooker sausage casserole
* lamb backstrap with rice & veg
* snags with pasta pack (very lazy & quick meal)
* eggplant parma
Any asian grocer Willow...some supermarkets will have them too depending on where you live. Noodle soups are the best....especially in winter!
Welllll, I am very pleased to say I made the first decent lasagne of my life tonight!
Mbear - I used the fresh sheets and yep, made heaps of difference. Few things I need to tweak but it was pretty nice!
This is a great thread! Some fantastic ideas, I love seeing what other people eat :)
Our list includes
Sweet Potato and Tuna Cakes
Bolognaise
Meatball Risoni
Chicken, Mushroom and Spinach Risotto
Pumpkin Soup and Homemade crusty bread
Meat and Veg (Steak, Rissoles, Sausages.. whatever is on special)
Roast Lamb, Pork or Chicken (again what is on special)
Baked Salmon and Veg
Curried Sausages and Mash
Casserole in SC (varies, usually whatever we have in fridge or garden)
Bean bolognaise (great for when there is not much left in cupboard)
Creamy Chicken and Mushroom Pasta
Malaysian Satay (packet for when we are feeling very lazy)
Lime, mint and coriander chicken skewers with yoghurt
Chicken Burritos (from scratch, not the packets) with fresh tomato / corn salsa as well.. One of our favourites.. so good!
I get most of my recipes online.. Taste, Healthy Food Guide, But we also have lots of cookbook and magazines as DP and I love trying no recipes.