Top 10 everyday meals

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So the idea of this thread is hopefully to get some inspiration for new dishes by posting your favourite everyday meals. By everyday I mean the type food you have on a regularly basis, not a fancy meal you cook once in a blue moon or a what you have at your favourite restaturant. It would be helpful for everyone if you could include a link to a recipe if possible.

So here's my top 10 in no particular order:
  1. Chicken tikka masala
  2. Jambalaya
  3. Lemony prawn and pea risotto
  4. Beer battered prawns in sweet and sour sauce with chips and peas
  5. Thai prawn, ginger & spring oninon stir fry
  6. Chicken and leek pie with filo pastry
  7. Crispy chilli beef with brocolli
  8. Stiry fried pork with ginger and honey
  9. Chille con carne - Using Schwarz Tex-Mex chille con carne packet
  10. Chicken and chorizo stew
 
Perhaps I'll add to this post tomorrow when my mind is a little less befuddled by by Wild Turkey's but-

Red Pesto and Chicken bake.

Basically it's a bog standard pasta bake made with red pesto and chicken, onions, courgette, peppers etc. and topped of with crushed tortilla chips and a mix of cheddar Mozzarella... it'd be dynamite with Chorizo.
 
I make this about 3 times a month, usually paired with a chicken breast/thigh that has been marinated in a few Indian spices and then thrown on the cast iron griddle pan:

Yotam Ottolenghi's roasted butternut squash with cardamom and nigella seeds:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/feb/24/roasted-butternut-lamb-rack-recipes

It is a really good way to cut down on eating so much potato, rice and pasta and really is delicious. If you like this i would highly recommend checking out his cookbooks or column.
 
I love making moules marinières. It's so very easy, but extremely tasty and if you get the mussels from a fishmonger, then it's very cheap.
 
Spag & meatballs
Macaroni cheese
Roasted veg & goats cheese pasta
Chicken lattices with baked potato and veg
Slow cooked beef casserole
Beef/pork/chicken stir fry with rice noodles
Chicken supreme
Mediterranean chicken
Pork tenderloin
Sausage casserole with mash
Chicken pie
Minced beef pie
Crumbed fish/scampi with chips and peas

That's probably the most frequently rotated list in the household.
 
Is that aimed at me?

If so, then yes I do. I do a shop about once a month and these 10 will always be amongst the meals included. Some of them such as the Tikka and Chilli freeze well so I knock up a monster batch so will end up having them a few times a month.

I reckon I have another 10 staple meals every month that I don't enjoy quite as much (hence them not being on the list), then have the odd new recipe or a meal that's more tricky/expensive so I only have occasionally.
 
Sorry didn't mean it in a malicious way. I looked at the list and thought how the hell do you get the time do cook these fresh everyday but i've just seen that you freeze a lot!

Still i'm impressed, never seem to find the time to cook something half decent and when I do it's usually the weekend.
 
Cheesy pasta bake
Jambalaya
Pancetta Pea and Sweetcorn risotto (occasionally add chicken)
Homemade Lasagne
Chicken, cheese and bacon lattices with chips and veg
Cajun Chicken (homemade spice mix) with Halloumi, wedges and salad
Stir fry of some sort
Meatballs in spicy tomatoe sauce with pasta
Chille con carne with either rice or wraps.
Sausage and bean casserole with mash.
 
tuna pasta bake
sausage or chorizo in a spicy tomato sauce with pasta
Jamie olivers mega homemade cheese burgers with home made wedges and salad
quarn spag bowl
chinese curry and egg fried rice
lamb & spinach curry
spinach and bacon pasta
mini chicken kieves, salad and wedges
Bangers and mash with lots of steamed broccoli and thick onion gravy
Home made kebabs (chicken or lamb)
 
My current rotation consists of the following:

Chicken and pancetta risotto.
Orecchiette with pork and veal meatballs, broccoli and mustard sauce.
Harissa-spiced lamb with flatbreads, couscous and houmus.
Beef ragù with parmesan polenta.
Home-made fish finger sandwich and salad.
Beef chili with chipotle and black beans.
Home-made breaded chicken with mashed/crushed potatoes and sweetcorn.
Risotto milanese.
Sausage and mash with onion gravy and sautéed savoy cabbage/seasonal greens.
Chicken Caesar salad.
Tagliatelle with a creamy pancetta and broccoli sauce.
Thai chicken with jasmine rice.
Squid-ink pasta with baby scallops, chilli and lime.
Macaroni cheese.
Home-made gnocchi with sage butter and parmesan.
Seafood risotto.
Caramelised onion, potato and feta tarts.
Veal/chicken escalopes with mashed potatoes and greens.
Kedgeree.
Pork fillet with cider gravy, potatoes and savoy cabbage/seasonal greens.
Salmon en papillote with brown rice and seasonal greens.
Pearl barley risotto with quail/partridge/poussain.
 
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