FabSwingers.com forum: Basic dinners

By *ittle_brat_evie!! OP Woman
over a year ago

evesham

What's your go to, basic, can't be arsed dinner (not takeaway)

Top of the pops at the minute is Maggi chicken instant noodles with philedelphia cream cheese and cut up Swedish meatballs.

When I was at uni it was pasta with tinned tomatoes and sausages cut up (the sausages should be cut up raw and put in the sauce to cook. No pre browning!)

Egg on toast is up there as well.

I'm prepared for all the

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By *offiaCoolWoman
over a year ago

Kidsgrove

Cheese on toast

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By *ittle_brat_evie!! OP Woman
over a year ago

evesham

"Cheese on toast

I am lazy and put it in the microwave but always for too long so all the fat bubbles put and the toast goes hard lol

Mushrooms on toast though!

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By *ove2pleaseseukMan
over a year ago

Hastings

Microwave pudding chocolate sponge and custard 40 second each done and hits the sweet spot.

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By *hrista BellendWoman
over a year ago

surrounded by twinkly lights

Tuna and cheese jacket potatoes

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By *offiaCoolWoman
over a year ago

Kidsgrove

"Cheese on toast

I am lazy and put it in the microwave but always for too long so all the fat bubbles put and the toast goes hard lol

Mushrooms on toast though! "

You melt the cheese in the microwave then spread on toast ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

For lunch I make my wife a quick kebab and for dinner just a chavy burgers chips and beans with onions.

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By *iaisonseekerMan
over a year ago

Liverpool

Potato waffles - they're waffly versatile!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Crumpets with marmite and cheese

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cereal... I love it

Her x

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By *stellaWoman
over a year ago

London

Pasta puttanesca

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

"Pasta puttanesca

Tut Prozzy Sgetti........

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By *stellaWoman
over a year ago

London

"Pasta puttanesca

Tut Prozzy Sgetti........ "

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By *lipy123TV/TS
over a year ago

Birmingham

throw a pie in the oven few spuds in a pot with some carrots job's a good'n but quick and basic

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By *om and JennieCouple
over a year ago

Chams or Socials

Pasta with a jar of tomato & chilli sauce

Ham &/or cheese on toast

Cereal

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Chicken Tikka Wraps

Cook the diced chicken breast in a little ticka powder.

Chop up some lettuce and cucumber to go in the wraps. Add a little natural yogurt and some mango. Quick, easy, yummy and healthy!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ive got into the habbit when making a meal i make double, only with things like lasagne, chilli, stew, that sort of thing and freeze it. Its perfect for those lazy days.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Just spaghetti and cheese. Simple and Filling

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Egg on toast is always a winner, especially duck eggs, cos you can crisp them underneath, flip them and still have a runny yoke

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By *ice and PeasCouple
over a year ago

West Midlands

Cheese spread and chorizo slices on croissant, cuppa tea, some fruit and then finish off with some chocolate... yum lol

(Mrs L) x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Also, shreddies with sliced banana, blueberries & ice cold milk

It's too good to just be a breakfast

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By *eliWoman
over a year ago

Crumpet loaf with decent butter.

I always feel guilty and end up cooking! I guess my laziest meal (aside from a takeaway) would be jacket potatoes but I still have to scoop the flesh out and mix it with various cheese and then bake again.

When it's just me I have a yoghurt or a Twister ice lolly.

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By *inky_CarpenterMan
over a year ago

Portsmouth

A huge Greek Salad with Avocado.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Just spaghetti and cheese. Simple and Filling

Same - sometimes I'll add chilli oil

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Fish finger sandwich

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By *layfullsamMan
over a year ago

Solihull

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By *etcplCouple
over a year ago

Gapping Fanny

My Uni go to was a chicken and mushroom slice, a microwaved jacket potato and a packet of super noodles.

Now a days we don’t have one.

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By *layfullsamMan
over a year ago

Solihull

I try to do batch cooking so there's always something quick and easy to have that would take ages if made from scratch.

Other wise

Fish finger sandwich with tomatoes and cheese and salad cream

Omelette on toast

Beans on toast

Poached egg on toast

Bacon, egg and chips

Live on salads in the summer

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Some of these quick meals sound like my actual meals haha, effort!

Beans on toast for me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Egg on toast is always a winner, especially duck eggs, cos you can crisp them underneath, flip them and still have a runny yoke

Crispy fried eggs are just wrong!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Harissa chicken. And I know it makes me sound waitrose as hell

Fry chicken in a pan, add a bag of baby tomatoes till they split, add a pot of cream, add 1 good dollop of rose harissa then add a whole bag of spinach and serve over pasta.

Takes about 10 minutes to cook and I feel healthy because it has spinach in it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Just spaghetti and cheese. Simple and Filling

Same - sometimes I'll add chilli oil

Sounds like a game changer that.

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By *olarbear73Man
over a year ago

Glasgow

A baked potato with beans and grated cheese

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By *amantha TSWoman
over a year ago

Swindon

Can't be arsed

Sausages, chips and beans.

Fish in sauce mixed with pasta, peas and cheese

Jacket spuds with tuna or cheese and beans

Quick

Nandos chicken pasta with spinach and cheese

Prawn fried rice

Most of my weekday menu lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Harissa chicken. And I know it makes me sound waitrose as hell

Fry chicken in a pan, add a bag of baby tomatoes till they split, add a pot of cream, add 1 good dollop of rose harissa then add a whole bag of spinach and serve over pasta.

Takes about 10 minutes to cook and I feel healthy because it has spinach in it."

Healthy so long as you forget about the whole tub of cream

sounds delicious, I’ll try this.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Just spaghetti and cheese. Simple and Filling

Same - sometimes I'll add chilli oil

Sounds like a game changer that.

It is

Try it - honestly you won't have it plain again - just a little bit though.

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By *de1980Man
over a year ago

Redcar

Tin of Branston beans and sausages on toast for me, not Heinz since they went all healthy years ago and ruined them

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By *iss_tressWoman
over a year ago

London

Diced chicken breast, marinated in Cajun seasoning and lemon juice, wok cooked with bell peppers, garlic, onions, chillies. Spaghetti/pasta boiled into chicken stock, drained before stirring into chicken. Washed baby spinach stirred in after removing wok from heat.

15 minutes, start to finish.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Vegan Donor Kebab - Oumph Vegan Kebab pieces, friend and in a pitta with loads of salad, hummus, tzatziki and chilli sauce

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Harissa chicken. And I know it makes me sound waitrose as hell

Fry chicken in a pan, add a bag of baby tomatoes till they split, add a pot of cream, add 1 good dollop of rose harissa then add a whole bag of spinach and serve over pasta.

Takes about 10 minutes to cook and I feel healthy because it has spinach in it.

Healthy so long as you forget about the whole tub of cream

sounds delicious, I’ll try this. "

It's very easy to forget the whole tub if cream I find

Just focus in on the healthy part

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Tuna and cheese jacket potatoes "

My fave also. John

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Spaghetti with butter. Bacon and mozzarella with fried onion. That our quick one.

Or tuna mayo in pitta

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Beans on wholemeal toast, yummy!

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By *eivers101Couple
over a year ago

Carlisle

Pasta with a good dollop of pesto (and a bit of cream or cream cheese if there's any in the fridge) stirred through it and freshly grated Parmesan on top. Takes about 10 mins. But more often than not I batch cook stuff so there's always chilli con carne, bolegnese,curry,soups etc in the freezer that only need defrosted and heated up

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sausages, potato croquettes and beans is my go to. Reminds me of being a child

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Toasted pitta bread filled with hummus, sliced beef tomato & red onion

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Sausages, potato croquettes and beans is my go to. Reminds me of being a child

Ah now this is a definite childhood memory. Beans with sausages in as well for that time you run out of just beans!

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

Soup Stew. Vegetable soup in a large bowl with peas and cut up small potatoes (pre steam for a few minutes). Bit of curry powder. All heated up in microwave. Decent to warm you up on a winters night!

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By *andybeachWoman
over a year ago

In the middle

Cheese omelette with baked beans

Poached eggs on English muffin with smoked salmon or bacon

Bag of salad with a tub of prawns mixed in or ant flavoured chicken strips

Tomato soup with cheese on toast

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By *urious786Couple
over a year ago

Liverpool

Frozen pizza- 10 mins in the oven

No effort needed

For something a bit healthier but still quick, chicken/prawn stir fry or grilled chicken and salad on a pita bread

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By *rewersprojectMan
over a year ago

Leeds

Mash, sausages and cheesy beans.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Jacket potato with loads of cheese.

And sometimes noodles with dumplings.

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By *heVonMatterhornsCouple
over a year ago

Lincoln

Just a big pack of tortellini, ready in three minutes

LvM

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Beans on toast or dunky egg and soldiers.

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By *ublinGirl92Woman
over a year ago

Hell

Spam fried rice. I always have rice left in my rice cooker so if I'm not bothered making something interesting I'll just either fry it or eat it with whatever is left in the fridge and a fried egg.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Immediate: Cereal

10 mins: Couscous, tomatoes, peas and mozzarella in a thousand island dressing (ok - tomato sauce and mayonnaise mixed together)

30 mins: Spaghetti with peas and peanut butter sauce

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By *ublinGirl92Woman
over a year ago

Hell

"Immediate: Cereal

10 mins: Couscous, tomatoes, peas and mozzarella in a thousand island dressing (ok - tomato sauce and mayonnaise mixed together)

30 mins: Spaghetti with peas and peanut butter sauce "

Oh wow. Peanut butter sauce sounds bomb! Could you please tell me how you make it??

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By *ittleAcornMan
over a year ago

visiting the beach

Anything on toast is good. Beans, scrambled eggs, cheese.

Why are these simple quick foods also some of my favourites?

A nice one is tinned tomatoes with a stock cube, Worcester sauce etc. Thrown in. Stick it on toast, lovely.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Immediate: Cereal

10 mins: Couscous, tomatoes, peas and mozzarella in a thousand island dressing (ok - tomato sauce and mayonnaise mixed together)

30 mins: Spaghetti with peas and peanut butter sauce

Oh wow. Peanut butter sauce sounds bomb! Could you please tell me how you make it?? "

Thank you! Well, make a basic white sauce (milk and cornflour - I just bung it in a sauce pan, no real measurements) add a heaped teaspoon of brown sugar, a dash of soy sauce, and a heaped tablespoon of peanut butter. Heat it til it turns into a thick sauce - stirring all the time. I think it’s a bit like a satay sauce.

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By *wisted999Man
over a year ago

North Bucks

My Uni go to meal was a bowl of roast potatoes and gravy. And if I was feeling devilish I would throw some stuffing balls in.

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By *acey_RedWoman
over a year ago

Liverpool

Those macoroni cheese things in the foil tray with the crumb topping you can just stick in the oven. That's my go to after a string of long shifts.

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London

If it's just me eating I'll open a tin of soup or macaroni cheese and have a slice of bread and butter with it.

If my son is eating it will be pizza, chips and beans.

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London

"Just a big pack of tortellini, ready in three minutes

LvM"

My quick lunch is often spinach and ricotta tortellini in a carbonara sauce. Ready in 10 minutes.

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By *oomarangMan
over a year ago

Chester

Birds eye chicken dippers a jar of sweet and sour sauce and boiled rice

bake the chicken dippers in a oven

Pour the sweet and sour sauce into a pan heat up till hot boil rice add to a bowl add the chicken dippers then pour over the sauce. Cheap and easy Instant Chinese. Kids love it

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By *host63Man
over a year ago

Bedfont Feltham

Lidl do a one minute microwave rice. I have that with some salmon flakes.

Might whip up a chicken and bacon pasta with cream fratche and cheddar whi h takes 20 min max

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By *uvhandle20Man
over a year ago

SE London

My quick lunch is a quick spicy soup: I dice a half a red pepper and a celery stick and cook it in plain water with some chopped spring onions until it has the right soft bite. Add a sachet of instant Hot Szechuan Soup, stir and let it simmer for a moment. I usually add some sliced meatballs before serving. Including preparation it takes 15 minutes to prepare and cook.

Similar soups use fresh mushrooms and instant chicken and leek soup or pepper and celery with an instant Thai coconut soup.

Just the right amount of filling and satisfying for a working from home lunch

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By *asycouple1971Couple
over a year ago

midlands

Just had a Cornish pasty. Tasty and quick.

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By *rincess peachWoman
over a year ago

shits creek

Toast or a sandwich

Sometimes there will be more than butter on the toast and sometimes there will be more than sauce in the sandwich.

This lunch was a mint sauce sandwich.

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By * Sophie xTV/TS
over a year ago

Derby

"Toast or a sandwich

Sometimes there will be more than butter on the toast and sometimes there will be more than sauce in the sandwich.

This lunch was a mint sauce sandwich.

OK I'm game to try that mint sauce sandwich thingy if you eat a salad cream one

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Toast or a sandwich

Sometimes there will be more than butter on the toast and sometimes there will be more than sauce in the sandwich.

This lunch was a mint sauce sandwich.

OK I'm game to try that mint sauce sandwich thingy if you eat a salad cream one

You're both filthy

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By *rincess peachWoman
over a year ago

shits creek

"Toast or a sandwich

Sometimes there will be more than butter on the toast and sometimes there will be more than sauce in the sandwich.

This lunch was a mint sauce sandwich.

OK I'm game to try that mint sauce sandwich thingy if you eat a salad cream one

Tis a regular staple the salad cream sandwich!

I also have tomato and brown sauce sarnies. In the same one, not separate.

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By * Sophie xTV/TS
over a year ago

Derby

"Toast or a sandwich

Sometimes there will be more than butter on the toast and sometimes there will be more than sauce in the sandwich.

This lunch was a mint sauce sandwich.

OK I'm game to try that mint sauce sandwich thingy if you eat a salad cream one

You're both filthy

I know

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By * Sophie xTV/TS
over a year ago

Derby

"Toast or a sandwich

Sometimes there will be more than butter on the toast and sometimes there will be more than sauce in the sandwich.

This lunch was a mint sauce sandwich.

OK I'm game to try that mint sauce sandwich thingy if you eat a salad cream one

Tis a regular staple the salad cream sandwich!

I also have tomato and brown sauce sarnies. In the same one, not separate. "

Salad cream is soooo good.....get some properly dark crusty cobs, lashings of salad cream and leave them covered over for an hour so the salad cream soaks in, yummy

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A bacon butty

Egg on toast

Crumpets with cheese and marmite

Jacket potato with cottage cheese and pineapple

Toasted bagel with peanut butter

Now and again, I'll grab a few different cheeses, crackers, olives, meats from the deli counter and pick at those. Zero cooking required then

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I batch cook so most of my meals are pretty quick. But the real cba cooking one would be frozen pizza

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By *rder66Man
over a year ago

Tatooine

If I have any rice left, I'll just make stir fried rice and make some chilli sauce.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Pasta,mushrooms and philadelphia cheese

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By *layfullsamMan
over a year ago

Solihull

Crisp butty

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"throw a pie in the oven few spuds in a pot with some carrots job's a good'n but quick and basic"

as a deliveroo loyal this would be an extravagant amount of effort for me

ive been trying hello fresh to try get into the habit of cooking again - any spuds that came with a recipe are still in the fridge

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By *he_virgin_maryWoman
over a year ago

Here, there and everywhere!

A big bowl of crunchy nuts!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cheese toasties or beans on toast. Just bought a bigger George Foreman grill so i can do two toasties at a time.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Harissa chicken. And I know it makes me sound waitrose as hell

Fry chicken in a pan, add a bag of baby tomatoes till they split, add a pot of cream, add 1 good dollop of rose harissa then add a whole bag of spinach and serve over pasta.

Takes about 10 minutes to cook and I feel healthy because it has spinach in it.

Healthy so long as you forget about the whole tub of cream

sounds delicious, I’ll try this.

It's very easy to forget the whole tub if cream I find

Just focus in on the healthy part

im thinking you could swap it out for a mix of light philli and chicken stock to bring down the calories and would taste similar

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By *layfullsamMan
over a year ago

Solihull

Old skool

Turkey dinosaurs, smiley faces and baked beans

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Home made mac n cheese and mash .. best comfort food out .

Snack is sweet waffles with lashings and lashing of lurpak and honey ..mmmm

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By *innie The MinxWoman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet

I had mash with cheesey beans and a side of cabbage the other day

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Croque monsieur and salad

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I batch cook so most of my meals are pretty quick. But the real cba cooking one would be frozen pizza"

Ohhh yes. I'm partial to a Ristorante

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By *he Ring WraithMan
over a year ago

Bradford

Sardines on toast !

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By *ittleAcornMan
over a year ago

visiting the beach

"Sardines on toast !"

Good call, with lots of pepper.

Not had that in ages though (you have to live with the smell for some time!)

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By *loudF7Man
over a year ago

South East

Scrambled eggs with avacardo, salmon and cream cheese on toast

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By *indergirlWoman
over a year ago

somewhere, someplace

Egg banjo

Bacon sarnie

Beans on toast

toasties with various fillings

All quick and easy when I can't be doing with proper cooking

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By *amantha TSWoman
over a year ago

Swindon

"Egg banjo

You've got to have military blood in you to know what an egg banjo is!

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