What is your main stand by "I'm in a rush meal"?
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Mine is Spagetti Carbonara, if in a rush, or Ham Souflee if I have more time.
Yours?
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Sardines on toast!
Actually even when I'm not in a rush there is something very satisfying about opening a tin of sardines in tomato sauce and smearing them all over the toast and, of course, eating them!!
Spaghetti Bolognese is a good standby and usually most people enjoy it as it's a very tasty meal. I usually do garlic bread with it also which is easy.
Another is chicken breasts with peppercorn sauce, broccili, corn on cob, peas and roast potatoes. A very nice meal and easy to make.
One of my favourites is a chicken casserole which is done in the slow cooker. Make time to cut all the various vegetables the day before i.e. onions, leeks, parsnips, celery, garlic, carrots, put some pulse in to give it a bit of thickness also I add a tin of mushy peas and two tins of chicken soup, chicken oxos and well seasoned but not overdone. When the soup is boiling and not far from ready drop a couple of dumplings in and wow you've got a lovely, delicious meal which will last for three day's or you could freeze some for a quick meal another day.
Here you go again! If it's not the Shephered's pie that your husband made and that you totured me with in describing each tasty mouthful it's now causing me a tortured existence in describing more culinary delights.
I suspect that your postings should carry a 'food description warning' for those whom are close to hunger!!
Yup mine too.
Oh bless you my dear friend Parchy. If only you were round the corner I would willingly bring you a hot home made meal every night you poor tortured soul.
Tonight it's rump steak, chips, peas, mushrooms, tomatoes, peppercorn sauce with a nice bottle of cool wine followed by a lovely gateau and fresh single cream. If you would like to join us all in my husband's birthday celebrations you are very welcome. The tables set with a fifth place which says "awaiting Parchy's arrival".
Now that's a wonderful offer Parchester, I know how you feel. I always start salivating when I read our Sabre's foodie posts.
My daughter and I love chicken breast with peppercorn sauce it's a favourite!!!
SPECIAL MESSAGE TO PARCHY
Dear friend Parchy - we shall be having your very favourite meal tonight Shepherd's pie. The size is enormous and will only just go in the oven and there is enough for at least 8 people. If you can catch a train to Yorkshire we'll save you some for your supper. Can you smell the mince, onions, oxos, carrots, swede, garlic, gravy topped with a creamy and buttery topping all standing on end with an egg to brown it off served with crispy sprouts and crunchy cauliflower.
Yours Sabre x We await your arrival.
Sabre that's just mean!! lol
Where's my invite, Sabre? lol
So not fair!!! Lol
Hi greydo just about anything and everything I can put into my slow cooker I find quick and easy, economical too.
We're particularly partial to sausage and bacon lightly fried first then add onion gravy pile it into the pot and leave until you can bear the delicious smell longer then dive in. Serve with mashed potatoes to soak up the juices...yum.
LILLIE, That is a good idea! Anything at hand to save a queue in a shop.....it all takes time when we really should be inteacting on the interweb!!
Thanks for the bacon and sausage slow cooker recipe, Lillie. I love the sound of that and I love my slowcooker. I turned it off this morning after going down to the loveliest smell of a slow cooked piece of venison. Mmmmmm - looking fwd to dinner!
Anything, to my mind, that involves prepping is hardly 'I'm in a rush meal' fodder! I get home from work late and for me it's either microwaveable heaven, beans on toast topped with grated Red Leicester or a can of Lild Chicken soup bulked out by dices pre-cooked chicken, mushroom and chopped spring onion and then microwaved to perfection. Sometimes a single guy cannot see much beyond five minutes at 9pm at night!
Oomph Greydo, don't know where to begin on this one.
Pasta is an excellent fast food and sauces made with cream, bacon and cheese are almost instant. There are loads of options depending on what is in the fridge.
Eggs are also one of the classic fast foods from Spanish omelette to poached on toast.
Canned foods are often overlooked as the basis of instant meals, not just beans on toast but as fillers for a microwaved jacket potato or with leftover vegetables.
Rice is also a quick filling base for meals. Frozen precooked rice can be used straight from the freezer with veggies added to make a quick dish.
I do all of these from time to time but probably choose pasta plus as my favourite quick dish
Good comment, Sidesalad! I think pasta has it for speed, and as you say, there are loads of options.
Me too, Sidesalad, I love pasta. :-)
And me, fruits. I could eat it every day.
Let's see..omelettes..pasta..jacket potato (microwaved) with cheese and beans and french bread pizzas if I've got a baguette lying around.
McDonalds.
But if I have to make something myself, it'd be bacon, tomato and basil pasta (it's what got me through uni).
Or nuts, if I don't have time to cook.
Now that pasta sounds really good, G-Man - much too good for a student to cook....!
Hey, I even have fresh garlic, sliced red bell peppers and mushrooms in it if I have a little more time.
I ate healthier as a student than I do now!
macdonalds? Really??
Hey, the pasta is...
... Couldn't afford McDonalds when I was a student!
Do you have nuts often? As a meal I mean, G-man?...
Only in autumn, when I'm looking to bury them for the winter :)
LOL, G-Man!
I'm with you G-man. A bacon pasta or stirfry is sooooo quick. I also get those lovely chinese Egg Noodles now and add them to some stirfried bacon, chili, onion, garlic and ginger. PUt the noodles in and add some soy and sweet chili sauce - delish!!!!!!!!!
That sounds lovely, SJKenny!
Spaghetti Limone Parmeggianio...a recipe from Gwyneth Paltrow. No, she's not a personal friend, I ripped it out of a magazine! It's light, quick and very easy. Failing that, nothing beats cheese on toast (with Marmite!) or beans on toast, or a nice can of chunky soup and some good bread, or an omelette.
All good stuff, fruits.
The spaghetti sounds good..not come across that before, spaghetti ad oglio ed aglio is good too..just add oil and garlic to cooked pasta
Lemon and spagetti..... Italian Classic! Yet
don't you think that is a strange combination?
AND ...What would we do without Noodles and Spagetti?
Sounds delicious Fruity
That sounds very fancy, fruity! The spaghetti thingy... Must tell us what it consists of...
It's just cooked spaghetti tossed (while still hot) in a paste. The paste is made of finely grated parmesan (fresh, not the stuff in a container), fresh lemon juice, finely grated lemon zest, little bit of olive oil and a spoon or three of the pasta water, and seasoning. You can sprinkle with a few torn up basil leaves if you like basil, and a bit of the grated parmesan.
Not fancy at all, really simple and easy! Just do all the grating while the spaghetti's cooking and voila!
That sounds easy to do I must give that a try sometime thanks fruity!!
I'll give that a go fruitcake, sounds good!
Suitable for veggies, Jazzj! :-)
I know where to get veggie parmesan, so will definitely give it a go, one of my daughter's loves all thing lemon
It's quite sharp tasting with having the lemon, Jazzj, makes a change from the over-sweetness of a lot of pasta sauces.
I love sharp lemon, can't stand it all syrupy and sweet, it sounds ideal for a busy evening, will let you know how it goes down
So right about pasta sauces Fruitcake. I don't know why people buy some of the rubbish sauces in jars which are high in sugar and salt when it is so easy to make a sauce as you suggest. In the summer I love adding good olive oil and chopped cherry tomatoes, garlic and herbs fresh from the garden to freshly cooked, drained pasta. Ricotta cheese is also good and suitable for veggies (which Parmesan is not unless specifically stated on the pack).
I usually make my own sauces for pasta, Sidesalad, but I keep a few jars in for emergencies...the Co-op's healthy versions...low fat, low salt and low sugar, they're not too bad.
I'm obsessive about checking labels on anything in a jar!
Thats what we like is the coop's sauces are tasty!
The Co-op's healthy sauces are good, tangy not sweet.
Deffo cheese on toast, probably with added extra like baked beans, sliced tomatoes or tinned sardines .
Hi greydo I'm always in a rush but if I'm in a real rush I like bacon and egg toasted sandwich, scrambled eggs with toast, pasta with a stir in sauce or baked potatoes are all good... All this talk is making me peckish...
Thanks serena1-how do you make a toasted egg sandwich without the egg fusing the toaster as it runs out of the sides of the sandwich onto the electrical element.................? I have an electrically based disaster story...another time!
I grill the bacon and while that's grilling I stick two pieces of bread in the toaster and while that's toasting and grilling I fry an egg and it all comes together in 8 mins! That's pretty quick I think. It's all a case of multi tasking but I'm a working mother and had to learn multi tasking very quickly!
All females can multi-task, Serena, it's hard-wired into our brains...!! :-)
It's great isn't it, fruity! I just luv it men don't know what their missing lol
At what age do you reckon it kicks in as my 14yr old displays no signs whatsoever? I remember from a young age being able to do several things at once but she struggles... She's very smart don't get me wrong...
No idea when it kicks in, Serena, can't remember! Feels like it was always there!
I have to admit I envy men's single-mindedness at times, they have this amazing ability to concentrate 100% on one single task and be totally oblivious to anything else! I wish I could do that sometimes!
Yeah I know what you mean but I'm way too nosey to do that I need to know what's happening all around me!
No, you've just got a multi-tasking brain! :-)
Well that's it confirmed I'm not nosey I will keep that in mind when I'm sitting crowd watching lol
Oh, there's nothing more fascinating than 'people watching'...I could do it for hours at a time!
Me too!!! I rather watch people than trains any day!!!
Or birds or anything else people find fascinating to watch! I think humans are so much so fascinating...
I love people watching too..and only time I focus completely is when I'm reading...then I can shut everything out and anything could happen :)
I love to know what people are up to. I often say to hubby so so has come opposite or the grandchildren are here from next door. So what he says doesn't interest me in the least. I could hit him quite nicely on the head as I like a good natter about other people (not maliciously) but interest.
You are right about women multi-tasking, I do one job, start another and then another and then go back to first job which I have forgotten about. Are we all the same do you think? Also inbetween I have a quick look (or it's supposed to be) at the form which can delay me for yet another hour.
Oh yes, serena, the joys of a bacon and fried egg sandwich. Feeling hungry now!
That might make you feel better, Feline. Hope your on the mend!
Thanks serena, definitely starting to feel better now.
Rice...mushrooms.tomatoes...onion..tin of Baxters( campbells) "thick" mushroom soup.first put rice in microwave to cook and as it cooks.cut onion....fry in a little oil..add mushroome add fresh tomato roughly cut..cook all slow..stirring..add tin of soup thinned a little with milk..cook all on medium heat..when microwave pings..all is ready to eat
That sounds delicious, mikkimac!!
Serena...I CAN do more than 1 thing at a time !!! smile..but grrrr had to hang washing out today..uff hate that..!!..never know how to hang a bra !!!!!
In this weather hanging washing outside did you manage to dry the washing or are you somewhere exotic I wonder?? Lol
Out of interest how did you hang your bra (was it yours) no need to answer... One peg or two? Lol
Yum, that sounds good!
And if I hung my washing out today it'd freeze........
Sounds as if you aren't used to hanging a lady's underwear out mikkimac. You were certainly very lucky to get it dry this weather. You sound a very domesticated person also so she is very lucky to have you.
Sabre i don't know about you i'm still intrigued as to "one peg or two"... lol
but fastest for me is scrambled eggs..turn grill on or toaster..put 4 eggs in pyrex bowl..beat..add little milk..ground pepper..non-stick pan..little butter (toast on now )..cook eggs slow..secret with sc eggs is..watch !..and turn off when still wet..eggs will cook on a little.....toast done..on plate..egg on toast..yum..
For a spiced-up baked beans on toast, first lightly fry fresh green chilli, spring onion, then add half a teaspoon of cumin seeds, less of black mustard and pomegranate seeds. When the seeds start popping, pour in the baked beans and heat through. If you like it, fresh green coriander to top off.
penny24, I appreciate your post, but I would like to live a bit longer! Each to his/her own! Keep posts coming!
Lol greydo! I found that comment hilarious!! I'm in stitches!!
I have to confess...I like baked beans best cold, straight out of the tin, and eaten with a spoon! Even nicer if the tin's been in the fridge for a while. :-)
Really Fruity? Is it ok on the digestive system?
I like them cold too..think I developed the taste for them in my student days !
No, greydo and Jazzj, I did an OU degree, no digs. I was a college student twice, no digs then either, so I can't use that as an excuse, I just like beans cold out of a tin with a spoon! :-)
Serena, I find them perfectly digestible!
But they are yummy like that @)
Yes, Jazz, they taste different cold, nicer I would say, but each to their own. :-)
I must try that
a pack of instant noodles the kind you can do in a microwave or cooker for two minutes with a tin of mackrel and tomatoe sauce and a small tin of petit pois and baby carrots...yum
Oh no... I can't imagine what that would taste like all together does it look appetising?
That's quite an interesting one, gardendesigner. I applaud your inventiveness as the packet instant noodles definitely need spicing up and mackerel tomato sauce and some veggies sounds great.
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Beans on toast or cheese on toast for me, Parch.
Everyone else has described their favourite meals, not their panic meals!
Mine's beans on toast as well, with cheese melted on top :-), quick easy and tasty!
Perfect, wowzer!
Cheesy beans on toast lovely and fills you up..also quite keen on cheese, onion and pineapple on toast
Ugh, pineapple.....
Should be in a fruit salad, not on your dinner!
Fruit in savoury food, that's a real divider isn't it?? I love mixing things up like that, but others hate it!
I've not had that in years parch I'm getting myself a tin tomo!
After your posting on sardines Parchy I had some for my lunch. Delicious on toast
I've been banned eating fish by my daughter as she hates the smell and I love fish not had sardines in years I'm so craving them now!
Oh yes, Parchy, I love sardines in tomato sauce too, and pilchards in tomato sauce...yummy!
Cannot bear the smell of fish!!
Yes I love fish Jazzj. We used to have a fish and chip shop and sold haddock, cod, halibut, skate, meat pies, patties, fish cakes, sausages, and many other things. We also had a healthy choice of a sandwich bar as well.