Simple, good honest meals...

[gbb]

It's a reminder sometimes, food doesnt have to be fancy for you to love it. Tonight we had no great plan so i made mash potatoes, plenty of grated cheese and chopped spring onion chucked in, sliced tomato covered in cheese on top, grilled..... A quick omelette on the side and a few baked beans.
Quick, cheap, healthy....and very enjoyable.
Your favourite, simple, food ?

 

[annedonnelly]

Scrambled eggs on toast

Possibly with cheese sprinkled on the top.

And a big pot of tea

 

[PeteXXX]

Baked potato, done in the oven, not 10 minutes PING..
Topped with whatever needs using up. A bit of chopped bacon or ham, or grated cheese, maybe.
Side salad, washed down with a cold beer 🍻

 

[steve292]

Lately, Pea and bean risotto, lentil and chickpea soup with a hunk of good bread, Chips or a decent home made curry

 

[raleighnut]

Yep, Tuna Pasta,

• 3-4 cloves of Garlic
• Tin of Tuna
• 400g tin of Plum or Chopped Tomatoes
• 250g Pasta shapes (Shells or Twists work well)
• Teaspoon of Dried Basil
• Salt for the Pasta water
• Grated Cheese (optional)

Gently fry some crushed/chopped Garlic in either Olive Oil or the Sunflower Oil from the tin of Tuna then add a tin of chopped Tomatoes or a blended tin of Plum ones and bring to a simmer. Meanwhile get the water on for the Pasta and once boiling add Salt and the Oil from the Tuna (if not already used in the sauce) When the Pasta is nearly cooked fork the Tuna through the sauce and add a teaspoon of dried Basil then drain the fully cooked Pasta and add to the sauce. Serve with grated Cheese (meal for 2 or starter for 4)

It takes about 20 minutes start to scoffing and I've even cooked it on a single ring whilst camping but then you need to start the Pasta off first and when boiling remove from the heat and leave to cook with a lid on under its own heat.

1 tip, don't use fresh Basil, I tried it once and it's not as nice

 

[gavroche]

Salade nicoise which is: lettuce, tomatoes, parsley, hard boiled eggs, boiled potatoes, tuna, cucumber, challots , all mixed with home made vinaigrette. It is very refreshing and filling.

 

[Mrs M]

Omelette with cheese, tomato, spinach and either ham or chicken.

 

[itboffin]

cheeky lunch burger(s) erm yes two of them

 

[itboffin]

My normal working lunch a fully loaded salad plate

 

[CanucksTraveller]

Udon noodles, broccoli, spring onions and prawns, takes ten minutes. Sauce / dressing made from a few store cupboard bits... oyster sauce, chilli sauce, sesame oil. Delicious.

 

[Poacher]

Salade nicoise which is: lettuce, tomatoes, parsley, hard boiled eggs, boiled potatoes, tuna, cucumber, challots , all mixed with home made vinaigrette. It is very refreshing and filling.

Wot? No black olives? Are you sure you're French?

 

[gavroche]

Wot? No black olives? Are you sure you're French?

Good point, forgot about them.

 

[Reynard]

Pasta bake with whatever wants using up - no two are the same here

Soups, likewise, with whatever veg wants using

Spanish omelette

Cheese toasties done in the panini machine

Even a humble boiled egg with toast soldiers...

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Cacio e pepe- my new favourite fast food.

Grate up a heap of pecorino cheese, start cooking your pasta. When the pasta is al dente, mix in some of the water with the cheese to make a cheese sauce. Add the al dente pasta and toss with ground black peppers. Lovely on it’s own and takes 10 minutes.

 

[Gunk]

One of my simple favourites is a fish finger sandwich made with lightly toasted granary bread with lashings of tartare sauce, lovely!