Dinner inspiration

Most weeks I make a food plan – it saves me money to plan the week; firstly I can maximise the ingredients so I don’t throw anything away, and secondly I save money by not going to the shop where I usually get tempted to buy all sorts of nice stuff. I tend to visit the cheapest supermarkets such as ALDI and LIDL first and then go to the better stocked supermarket afterwards for the more specialised ingredients.

Here is a list of dinners I take my inspiration from when making my weekly food plan – the dishes can easily appear on more than one list:

Feel free to ask for details of any of the recipes and feel free to suggest more dishes to put on the list.

PASTA DISHES:

• Spaghetti and meatballs
• Spaghetti bolognese
• Spaghetti carbonara
• Pasta with broccoli and salmon
• Lasagna
• Macaroni and cheese
• Pasta bake
• Pasta with asparagus, bacon and Parmesan cheese
• Tortellini with bacon/tomato sauce

FIRM MEATS OR SAUSAGES:

• Roast beef with horseradish mash
• Bombay potatoes with sag aloo and some sort of meat
• Gammon with spinach in a white sauce
• Pork chops with barley salad
• Sausage with potatoes, gravy and red cabbage
• Bangers and mash
• Pork chops in the oven with a vegetable and tomato sauce on top and melted cheese. Served with rice and salad
• Chicken wrapped in bacon with tomato risotto served with a green salad
• Sunday roast with the works
• Toad in the hole
• Roast pork with crackling, red cabbage, potatoes and gravy
• Breaded pork chops
• Roast chicken with honey and sesame seed baked root vegetables
• sausages with traditional potato salad
• Kale and bacon cooked with spicy sausages and potatoes
• Sausages and potatoe salad
• Swedish potato dish (onions, hot dog sausages and potatoes cooked in a tomato/cream sauce)
• Hot dogs
• Honey roasted chicken with baked vegetables
• Curried pork chops
• Filet of pork wrapped in bacon with baked potatoes and salad

FISH:

• Fish and homemade chips with peas
• broccoli and salmon quiche
• Pasta with broccoli and salmon
• Baked potatoes with chili/baked beans/tuna salad
• Fish pie
• Fishcakes with salad
• Salmon with asparagus and potatoes
• Whole salmon baked with chopped nuts on top, served with potatoes and coleslaw
• Parmesan breaded fish with tartar sauce and potato wedges
• Breaded or fried fish with potatoes and white parsley sauce
• Fried salmon with spinach and low fat hollandaise sauce
• Salas Nicoise (lettuce with tuna, boiled eggs, small potatoes, green beans and other vegetables)

TRADITIONAL ENGLISH DISHES:

• Fish and homemade chips with peas
• Bangers and mash (sausages and mashed potatoes)
• Minced beef pie with veg, gravy and potatoes
• Toad in the hole
• Beans on toast
• Cottage pie
• Minced pork pie
• Sunday Roast: beef, lamb, chicken or pork
• Curry
• scrambled eggs and beans on toast with bacon
• The Full English Breakfast

FOREIGN DISHES:

• Bombay potatoes with sag aloo and some sort of meat
• Chicken stir fry with noodles or rice
• Tortilla wraps with fried chicken, peppers and onion
• Chinese chicken and broccoli 
• Mince beef-filled vegetables and couscous salad
• Chicken coconut curry with rice and flat breads
• Greek meatloaf with tzatziki, hummous, salad and potatoes
• Wraps in oven with minced beef and grilled cheese served with salad
• Curry reis-taffel (a curry chicken sauce with rice and little bowls of cut up vegetables, fruit, dried fruit, nuts and shredded coconut – serve rice with sauce and top with the toppings you prefer)
• Onion bhajis
• Lamb samosas
• Chicke or lamb curry
• Moussaka

TRADITIONAL DANISH DISHES:

• Gammon with spinach in a white sauce (hamburgerryg med stuvet spinat)
• Meatballs in curry sauce (boller i karry)
• Rice pudding (risengrød)
• Breaded mince pork patties with beansalad (green beans, chopped onions, salt, pepper, oil and vinegar) served with potatoes (carbonader med bønnesalat og kartofler)
• Mince beef patties with fried onion, served with potatoes, gravy and a fried egg on top (hakkebøf med løg, kartofler, sovs og et spejlæg)
• Roast pork with crackling, red cabbage, potatoes and gravy (flæskesteg med svær, rødkål og sovs)
• Meatballs with cabbage in a white sauce (frikadeller med stuvet hvidkål)
• Leek and minced pork bake served with potatoes (porre farsbrød med kartofler)
• Breaded or fried fish with potatoes and white parsley sauce (paneret fisk med kartofler og persillesovs)
• Meat balls or sausages with traditional potato salad (frikadeller eller pølser med kartoffelsalat)

MINCED MEAT:

• Wraps in oven with minced beef and grilled cheese served with salad
• Greek meatloaf with tzatziki, hummous, salad and potatoes
• Chili con carne with rice or baked potatoes
• Spaghetti and meatballs
• Spaghetti bolognese
• Meatballs with potatoes and salad
• Mince beef-filled vegetables and couscous salad
• Cottage pie
• Sunday roast: a roast piece of meat, roast potatoes, gravy, broccoli and carrots served with Yorkshire puddings)
• Burgers
• Breaded mince pork patties with beansalad (green beans, chopped onions, salt, pepper, oil and vinegar) served with potatoes (carbonader med bønnesalat og kartofler)
• Mince beef patties with fried onion, served with potatoes, gravy and a fried egg on top
• Baked potatoes with chili/baked beans/tuna salad
• Lasagna
• Minced beef patty with chips and bearnaise sauce
• Meatloaf with baked potatoes or root vegetables
• Leek and minced pork bake served with potatoes and salad
• Lamb samosas
• Meatballs with cabbage in a white sauce
• Moussaka
• Meat balls with traditional potato salad
• cabbage and minced pork in layers in a pan served with potatoes
• Meatball sub: meatballs, lettuce, jalapeños, tomatoes, shredded red cabbage, dressing

SOUPS: 

• Onion soup with cheesy breads or garlic bread
• Potato and leek soup with homemade bread
• Tomato soup with homemade bread
• Minestrone soup
• Chicken and vegetable soup
• Broth and vegetable soup with meat- and dough balls
• Thai Broth with chicken and vegetables and noodles
• Spicy pumpkin soup
• Meatballs and spaghetti soup

POT DISHES:

• Goulash with mash or rice and salad
• Swedish sausage-dish (potatoes, hot-dog sausages and onions cooked in a tomato-sauce)
• Oriental chicken

“TAKE AWAY”:

• Burgers 
• Pizza 
• Breaded chicken wraps with salad filling
• Chicken stir fry with noodles or rice
• Onion bhajis
• Lamb samosas
• Chicken or lamb curry
• Fish and homemade chips with peas
• Hot dogs

VEGETARIAN:

• Onion soup with cheesy breads
• Potato and leek soup with homemade bread
• Tomato soup with homemade bread
• Beans on toast
• Rice pudding (risengrød)
• Onion quiche with salad
• Macaroni and cheese
• Onion bhajis
• Pita breads with salad and some meat filling of your choice (chicken, minced beef, ham, tuna)

EGGS:

• Omelet with bacon, tomatoes, chives on rye bread
• scrambled eggs and beans on toast with bacon
• The Full English Breakfast
• Mexican scrambled eggs

LOW CARB:

• Coq au Vin: 
• Crustless spinach and cheese pie:
• Bacon wrapped chicken breast stuffed with chili sauce. served with a salad
• Blackened chicken: 
• Chicken Gordon Bleu: 
• Oven baked Parmesan chicken:
• Zucchini pasta:
• Lasagna “noodles”:
• Flour free lasagna:
• Flour free pasta
• Portobello mushroom pizza:
• Low carb pizza: (in Danish)
• well, generally just about every recipe from this site
•  Chicken and vegetable carbonara (no pasta, but chicken, bacon, broccoli and green beans in a sheese and cream sauce
• Meatballs served with a broccoli and califlower mash
•  Mince meat pot: minced meat cooked with garlic and onions, white cabbage, squash, peppers, chili and soya.
• Fish wrapped in bacon, served with steamed broccoli and a tomato salad wit mozarella.
• Flat meatloaf with leeks inside – served with salad
• Chicken i Römertopf with vegetables and salad
• Full roast without the potatoes and Yorkshire puddings
• Moroccan chicken with stir fried vegetables and Greek yogurt dressing
• Moussaka without potatoes – better known as aubergine lasagna