What's your 'can't be bothered' dinner/tea?

esmf73

Extra value baked beans with mini sausages from my freezer stockpile. Zapped in the Microwave. With toast if the kids are super hungry followed by Extra Value strawberry whip.

hollies_2

Mine's a Jacket Potato with Beans - very boring, but oh so easy!!

ALIBOBSY

This thread made me think of a song.
A local folksy group up here called the "lancashire hotpots" sing a song called "chippy tea".

Imagine a broad Lancashire accent (we all have them here so easy for us to sing along lol) doing the chorus.

"chippy tea,chippy tea, I want me chippy tea"
"you keep givin me posh nosh, it don't agree wi me"
" you can keep your lobster thermidor, and raspberry coolie"
"its friday night, I'm within me rights, I want me chippy tea"

Definately the ultimate can't be bothered tea "chippy tea". With plenty of bread and butter and puddings hurrah.

ali

Mags_cat

ALIBOBSY wrote: »

"chippy tea,chippy tea, I want me chippy tea"
"you keep givin me posh nosh, it don't agree wi me"
" you can keep your lobster thermidor, and raspberry coolie"
"its friday night, I'm within me rights, I want me chippy tea"

:rotfl:

::from a proud Lancashire lassie::

(but where are my chips?!)

squeekymoo

ultra lazy mains
empty pack of value tortilla chips (25p sainsbury) on plate grate cheese over and nuke for 1min - then add dollops of salsa (from jar or if you have squashy tomatoes make fresh adding chopped red onion and corriander from freezer whizzed together) jalapeno optional, dot with baked or chilli beans if liked

2 wraps spread 1 with pesto, 1 with tom puree sandwich together with grated cheese or mozarella, add mushrooms sliced tomato or whatever you fancy and fry on both sides until cheese melts cut in wedges like pizza

now desserts
toast 2 slices of seedy/granary bread spread one with peanut butter (must be crunchy) spread the other with chocolate spread slice banana and squash together - yum

ice cream with a handful of cornflakes or cocoa pops mixed in

Greek yoghurt with honey plus banana, almonds, crunchy nut cornflakes whatever you fancy

have you tried whisk n serve semolina with dark brown sugar on - a meal in a jug

individual spotted !!!!!! - mix together flour, veggie suet, sugar and sultana. mix to paste with water and nuke in the mixing bowl drizzle with golden syrup - maybe whisk n serve or tinned custard

in our house our 'traditional' Christmas eve dinner is marmite on toast usually because too kn@ck'rd by then to be bothered - I didn't eve realise this until one of the kids told me "but we always have marmite toast on Christmas eve"

piglet6

Beans on toast, cheese on toast, spaghetti on toast, tinned tomatoes on toast, toast spread with pate and sliced fresh tomatoes...anyone sensing a theme here?!?!

For a non-toast option, I love pasta with a spoonful of garlic and herb philadelphia stirred through it, with a chopped fresh tomato added, and plenty of salt/pepper - yum!

Piglet
x

weano_2

Always have basic stew (with carrots, broad beans etc in it) and basic bolognese sauce in the freezer. I make 10lbs at a time and freeze in 1, 2 and 4 person portions so I can feed whoever is at home. Defrost in microwave, add garlic (never put it in before you freeze) or anything else in the cupboard Always freeze leftover herbs too and cook rice/ pasta.

A can of red kidney beans and some powdered chilli makes chilli con carne and some garam masala, a banana, sultanas, peanuts etc will turn your stew into curry - healthy, filling and yummy.
The kids have a term's worth of individual such portions away at Uni.


If really up against it, Quickly cube a tin of ham, add to Lloyd Grossman's Sweet Pepper Sauce or Puttanesca it you're feeling spicy and heat in microwave whilst cooking some penne pasta. If you've got a veg you can cook it with the pasta or the sauce to save on washing up!!

Kitchenbunny

Pasta carbonara for me. I cook some pasta, drain it, and using the same saucepan I put some bacon in, fry it a little and then put the pasta back in. Coat the pasta in the bacony juice, then add a beaten egg to it and some grated cheese. When the cheese has melted, it should be done.

Lovely with a bit of black pepper on top

Kitchenbunny xx

joolsem_2

Egg noodles cook quicker than any pasta - I stick them in home made soup from the freezer - see below for recipe. NB It is easier if you remember to get the soup out to defrost before you go out to work.

Cheap Hot soup

Half a swede

Some carrots .
An onion
a potato
a parsnip
garlic to taste
grated root ginger
curry powder
ground ginger
Veg OXOs

Grate all veg, more than cover with water, bring to boil with oxos and root ginger and simmer until veg are soft, add seasonings. Whiz, blend, generally mush up. Freeze in domestic quantities.
Will feed a LOT of people.

carolinosourus

Mags_cat wrote: »

Pie floaters the Aussie way - pie in mushy peas. LOTS of mushy peas

Nomnomnom

We love this, I got the idea from Terry Pratchett's 'The Last Continent' because CMOT Dibbler sells them but they're those Linda Ex-MrBeatles veggie pies with more of a soup made of frozen peas, veggie stock and fresh mint boiled together then pureed with a hand blender (with ketchup on top for the adventurous).

I also like grilled potato waffles, when they're cooked put a few slices of cheese on top so it melts slightly then top with hot baked beans (or spaghetti hoops) and serve. You can have a fried or scrambled egg on top if you fancy too! Not very healthy so only to be had on occasion