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  • Wraithlady
    Wraithlady Posts: 910 Forumite
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    edited 6 March 2020 at 7:32PM
    There's always hope.
    I obviously don't know your level of cooking skills, how much money, time at home or energy you have but I would suggest one or more of the following:-
    1/ Google recipes from a cuisine you don't cook at the moment - Chinese, Greek/Middle Eastern, Caribbean  or whatever- then try one that seems appealing which doesn't have too many exotic ingredients. 
    2/ Make this a regular thing - weekly/fortnightly or monthly, whatever.
    3/ Buy a cookery magazine or follow a food blog - try a recipe which takes your fancy.
    4/ Lunches. Shake things up a bit - try doing toasties/ beans on toast/baked potatoes (from the freezer, it's easier IMHO)/ omelettes/noodle dishes - look in the 'World Food' freezer section of your local supermarket (if it has one) for frozen samosas, or Chinese dumplings, or kebabs.
    5/ If you fall back on the humble sandwich, try your usual sandwich filling in a brioche roll, or a tortilla, or a bagel - or lightly stir-fry some veg and other bits and serve it in an egg roll, or a chapatti, or a Staffordshire oatcake.
    Pick something, and do it - the first step is always the doozy.
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  • If you have library, go and check out any book by Rose Elliott or Anna Jones (if not they have decent websites). I find that I only have to read a few things and then I get some inspiration!
    I too have struggled with 'cook ahead' veggie meals as they don't freeze as well as meat. However, here's a few ideas to kick off:
    Mushrooms are very versatile
    Think about 'building blocks' - having a sauce frozen to which you can then add mushrooms, fish, quorn etc. When we make something like a bouillabaisse or gumbo, we always make double or treble the sauce and freeze it.
    These freeze very well: HM fishcakes , glamorgan sausages

  • candygirl
    candygirl Posts: 29,455 Forumite
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    If you download the supercook app, n input the food you've got in, it gives you loads of recipes.I love it when I'm in a cooking rut :)
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