What are the meals Australians fall back on?

The average British mum feeds her family just nine different meals, a study reported in the SMH  has found, cooking them over and over and over again. A quarter made the same meals on the same day of the week, every week.

I think it’s fair to say that every cook has a repertoire of fall-back dishes but if variety is the spice of life this is bland fare indeed.

The top nine meals relied upon by UK mums are:

1. Spaghetti Bolognese
2. Roast dinner
3. Shepherds Pie/Cottage Pie
4. Pasta dish
5. Meat and two veg
6. Pizza
7. Casserole/stew
8. Sausages and chips/mash
9. Indian/Curry

I wonder what a similar survey of Aussie cooks would reveal? Are we really as sophisticated food-wise as a nation as we like to think we are? Given that the biggest-selling food magazine in Australia is Super Food Ideas, I suspect the answer is “not really”...

My bet is that spaghetti bolognese, roast dinner, pizza, other pasta, and bangers and mash would all make it onto a local list. Any other suggestions?