Your Favourite Convenience Food

[Dubversion]

I'd like to salute the wonder that is the Gallo Risotto Pronto

a perfectly decent risotto that's cooked in 12 minutes. Bung in (as i've just done) some borlotti beans, some herbs, a spoonful of wholegrain mustard, some sliced olives and a sprinkling of parmesan. A lovely lunch ready in a total of about 15 minutes and about £1.50

sorted

 

[mrsfran]

The English Provender Company's Very Lazy range: http://www.englishprovender.com/

I use the very lazy jars of chili and ginger on an almost daily basis.

 

[wtfftw]

The English Provender Company's Very Lazy range: http://www.englishprovender.com/

I use the very lazy jars of chili and ginger on an almost daily basis.

Seconded!

 

[Firky]

Brown sauce, two slabs of bread, sorted

 

[skunkboy69]

I love Pek chopped pork with brown sauce.Or Spam.Not the emaily kind.Unless it's pornographic

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Fish finger sarnies.

 

[Herbsman.]

Fish finger sarnies.

I prefer fingering a fishy sandwhich

However my fave convenience food is probably pasta with tomato soup as the sauce, with some basil and tobasco mixed in to give it a bit of flavour, plus some cheese

 

[Dirty Martini]

Hummus and French bread!

 

[Mrs Magpie]

If I'm out & about, a sandwich does it for me. If I'm at home, a marmite sandwich.

 

[RaverDrew]

Cornish Pasty

The original fast food

 

[brianx]

Crisp sandwich. Salt 'n' vinegar, cheese and onion. Fantastic.

 

[suzee blue cheese]

Yes, marmite sandwiches.. maybe with a little cucumber for good measure.

Or an avocado, or mixed nuts

M&S used to do a good artichoke pasta sauce which was one of my favourite pasta sauces when I couldn't be bothered to cook. Sadly no longer..

 

[brianx]

Yes, marmite sandwiches.. maybe with a little cucumber for good measure.

Or an avocado, or mixed nuts

M&S used to do a good artichoke pasta sauce which was one of my favourite pasta sauces when I couldn't be bothered to cook. Sadly no longer..

Have you tried a Marmite & Guinness sandwich suzee? I've tried to get the Marmite & Guinness everywhere but with no luck (sigh). See T_Ps thread if not sure what I'm on about.

 

[trashpony]

That risotto pronto stuff is ace. I am also a big fan of the 4 cheese tortellini - 3 minutes boil, pesto, parmesan. Bish bosh dinner

 

[moose]

Heinz Tomato Soup.

 

[suzee blue cheese]

Have you tried a Marmite & Guinness sandwich suzee?

No, never heard of it til I saw TP's thread. Hmmm, must check out the Forest Hill Rd co-op...

 

[Herbsman.]

you could just buy some marmite and mix it with a bit of guinness. the resulting reduction in viscosity would make it easier to spread

 

[catrina]

Do pesto and chutneys and the like really count as convenience foods? I thought those were more condiments.

I tend to avoid convenience type foods, except candy.

I occasionally get store bought soups, never from a can, though!

 

[Herbsman.]

I occasionally get store bought soups, never from a can, though!

why not? what's wrong with canned soup? and what do you get instead?

 

[brianx]

why not? what's wrong with canned soup? and what do you get instead?

Proper soup|

 

[Herbsman.]

Proper soup|

Define 'proper soup' and tell me why it's not possible for 'proper soup' to be contained within a metal can

 

[catrina]

I have bad memories of tinned chicken and stars soup from my childhood, which is just a salty mess I can't stand. Most of the other tinned soups I have tried are way too salty, otherwise bland, and insubstantial. Ready-made fresh soups (like New Covent Garden) are OK, but if I want soup I usually make it myself. To be fair, I don't like homemade brothy soups either, they just taste like glorified salt water to me. I like creamy or potatoey ones, which don't fair well from the tin.

I have adopted that method in the past couple years in general: if I don't have time to make something myself, then I don't eat it (except for pasta, pesto and mayonnaise, of course).

 

[Iguana]

Dragon noodles.

 

[Herbsman.]

I remember pouring a tin of lentil soup, thinking WTF - it was basically red water with a few tiny bits of red pepper in it. Not sure if there was any lentil in it...

 

[FabricLiveBaby!]

I like pizzas. Just bung em in the oven.

 

[veracity]

Hummus and French bread!

No, no, no! It MUST be pitta bread.

 

[longdog]

Patak's frozen chicken tikka masala.

99p and worth every penny. Fucking lovely if a bit stingey on portion size.

 

[The Groke]

1) Cut large lump from the first block of cheese in the fridge that comes to hand.

2) Eat it.

3) Repeat until full/nauseous.

 

[moose]

if I don't have time to make something myself, then I don't eat it (except for pasta, pesto and mayonnaise, of course).

That's just rank inconsistency - pesto and mayonnaise are the easiest things to make - quicker than soup!

 

[aqua]

and homemade mayo is just heavenly