We're stuck in a bit of a rut, too.
Our current (reasonably clean) regular things are
- The Famous Sausage recipe (in our house, that means chicken or pork, leeks, breadcrumbs, herbs all whizzed in the food processor. Squiged into sausages and friend),
- egg and potato cakes (left-over, cooked potato in small chunks, beaten egg and enough flour to make it stick together. Can add veggies. squiged into patties and fried)
- Pancake with spinach and cheese sauce mixture spread inside
- Beef or pork mini-meatballs, grilled or fried
- Most kinds of quiche/tart providing the filling isn't too squidgy
- Also frozen mixed veg (peas, sweetcorn, carrot sticks all mixed up). She likes to pick out all of one thing for a while, then change colour!Very little goes on the floor at all.
Pretty much everything else we like is still very messy!!
In an attempt to conquer the rut, I've just gone back to planning mine and DH's meals week by week instead of a daily scramble to do something based on whatever is in the fridge/freezer! And that has made me think more about broadening the range of things we eat and making sure that what I cook for us is suitable for Anna the next day, too.
So, from now on she will mostly be getting 1 meal a day which is 'shared' with us (only she gets it the next day). I prefer to think of it as delayed sharing, rather than leftovers
So, this week, we will be trying mild lamb curry, pesto rissotto cake, chicken and veggies in a creme fraiche sauce, parsnip and onion tart, vegetable lasagne and homemade pizza. Not sure if any of these will prove to be not too messy. But if any of them make it into the 'we should have this again' list, according to DH, and the 'more eaten then thrown on the floor' category, according to DD, then I'll post the recipes!