Your regular meal ideas?

[Laranna]

Spag bol
Curries
Tuna bake
Risotto
Stir fries

[Winter]

Goodness Rouge! Set an extra place at the table, I'm coming to your house for dinner!!
Gonna try out for MasterChef??

[sloane]

spag bol
lasagne
chilli con carne - then either as is, in burritos or as enchilladas
pasta - my latest fave is a gnocchi with pesto, bacon, cream
homemade hamburgers
risotto
stir fry

[mako]

Mexican ie plain mince tacos,crispy chicken tacos,chicken enchiladas,burritos
spaghetti bol
scotch fillet steak cooked on the bbq served with potato bake and salad or just veg
chicken snitzel
lamb cutlets with mash and veg
sweet & sour chicken and rice
satay chicken and rice
butter chicken and rice
curried lamb
pork ribs cooked on the bbq either marinated or plain
Roast leg or shoulder of lamb with all the roast veg
chicken kebabs with fried rice(easy friday night dinner)
rissoles and veg
home made burgers

DH is very plain ie meat and 3 veg. I'm slowly converting him. Only taken me 11 years to try pasta lol. I used to cook us different meals each night until I put my foot down and said its such and such or nothing lol. So he's slowly coming round to try different things.

[~Kim~]

yep all of the abouve we also have
soups
chicken caesar salad
corned beef and vegies (slow cooker)
fresh fish and usually salad/chips

[Mak]

Thanks KR - I was wondering the same thing. Thanks ladies for the ideas!

In addition to those things already mentioned:
Spinach and ricotta canelloni
Calamari salad with crunchy bread rolls
Moroccan Fish Stew
Pan fried Salmon with veges
Zucchini Slice
Homemade burgers
Meatballs
Pumpkin, spinach and chickpea curry
Chicken/Lamb souvlaki

Can I also say I love the What's for dinner thread for ideas too! Rouge has given me some great suggestions - pureed or roasted cauliflower being my latest favourite - amazing!!!

[Gigi]

Risotto

Quiche (I do a quiche/fritatta thing with spuds dijon, bacon and its yum!)
Paella/Jumbalaya/Kedgeree/Lamb Pilaf/Fried Rice
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hmmm, i'd love to read how you make the quiche
and the paella things.

My Tuesday night thing (easy cooking?) is

- organic felafel out of the box (just add water), let it sit for 20mins, fork it, then roll it into balls and squish them flat. shallow fry them, rest on kitchen towel paper.
Serve on a bed of cous cous and with green salad.
My toddler helps rolls the balls and we can do this at a table (away from stove) so very toddler friendly. she loves "elping mummy".

- dipping basa fish fillets into egg and plain flour, shallow frying with basil and ginger, serve with steamed veg or stirfry veg.

- homemade pizzas made on pita bread as the base (i'm so impressed that some people MAKE the pizza dough).wow.

What is the secret to cooking a small roast chicken?
i've tried to do it twice now, and after 90 mins at 180, the meat is still not falling off the bones. the potatoes are still a bit hard.
Are you meant to line the oven tray/pan thing with alfoil or not?

i've just printed out the "8 tips to meal planning" and a whole bunch of slow cooker receipes (all off belly belly), hoping to find lots of inspiration there. Esp for meals that don't involve much meat. i'm not vego, just on a budget.

i would love to learn North African flavours, like Moroccan cooking. Love plaintains, coriander, cous cous, cardamon etc. (Mak's Morrocan fish stew??).

half the battle of cooking seems to be, working out which flavours go together.

i've had some health issues to do with processing info, so having a WELL SET OUT receipe, text uncluttered, also helps me do it step by step, instead of getting overwhelmed.

i like to see recipes set out like this:

• Ingredients needed
• equipment needed
• method step by step, not just one rambling paragraph
• measurements/cooking temps in metric
• glossary to explain unusual terms, unusual ingredients
• medium text size to make it easier to read and find my place again when in the thick of it

oh, and i would love a recipe to make carbonara sauce (that doesn't involve half a dozen eggs!).

i am very grateful for these meal planning threads on bb, they are helping/inspiring me to do better. i love reading about what others do, gives me ideas of what i could do, or what to aspire to . . . . one day!