The challenge of meals

First off oops I can't believe it has been over two weeks since my last post. I guess I need to keep myself a bit more motivated to get on here more often.

Now I don't know about meals for everyone out there but in my household it seems to be a challenge. Even before I first start to prepare a meal, I have to come up with one first. The challenge starts here, I am a vegetarian ( with the exception of a bit of fish.. sushi is my vice ) and my husband and sons eat meat ( I believe it is  their choice to make ). I also have very limited dairy in my diet ( personal preferance) and my son doesn't drink regular milk because of a milk sensativity he had as an infant. We are all convereted to Almond milk and really who wants to switch back after you enjoy the almond milk goodness... My husband is good at trying my meals but I know deep down sometimes they aren't a hit but I will give him credit for smiling and somehow getting it down.

The next challenge is my son is so picky. I guess we allow him to be because according to his daycare he is an excellent eater and will eat anything that is put in front of him. I suppose he knows at home there are options and hey who wouldn't want to try and eat cookies for dinner if they are around.

I often find myself preparing three different variations of dinner.
1) A vegetarian option for myself
2) Adding meat into my hubby
3) something totally different for my son ( right now he is big into rice and edaname beans, veggie hot dogs, mac and cheese and chicken )

The other hiccup I find is that I get into a groove and have little inspiration for new meal ideas.. I seem to have a couple of go to's that I struggle to go away from our rotation includes
lasagna, homemade mac and cheese, homemade burgers ( veggie for me, turkey for the boys), pad thai, homemade soups ( broccoli and cheddar is a fan fav right now), chicken souvlakis, homemade pizzas and spaghetti

Every so often though I find the inspiration to try a new recipe although I feel like it needs to be a bit more often..

Shocking Lasagna is on the menu tonight!

what are your meal ideas? any suggestions into my menu choices?