Your staple quick dinner

[rioted]

What dish do you tend to whizz up when you just need something quick and nice?
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Just chop the garlic into a few chunks, throw it in the oil with 4 dried chillis, take them out when the garlic browns, throw in basil for a few seconds, take it it, then dump in the tomatoes and leave for 10 mins in the flavoured oil. Then everything onto the pasta once it's cooked. Top Italian noshing.

This. But instead of tomatoes, put brocolli in with pasta for last 5 minutes. Fresh chillis, though. And don't take them or the garlic out before eating.

and:
Tin of sardines and bowl of couscous
Dahl and nan bread from the freezer

 

[Structaural]

E-number kippers stirred into Uncle Ben's instant rice ?

almost that's the posh version. I use a tin of tuna (though luckily I have about 2kg of massala from Chennai, which takes care of the flavour)

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

beans and rice or pasta primavera

 

[lyra_k]

Those frozen strips of chicken breast that cook in about 2 minutes under the grill, sprinkled with whatever is to hand (paprika, garlic power, even chili powder if laziness is overwhelming), in a piece of flatbread (I buy that in bulk and it's always in the freezer), with salad or a "salad" made of whatever bits of veggie are languishing in the fridge, with a bit of yoghurt, creme fraiche or mayo, again, whatever is lying about.

 

[beeboo]

This. But instead of tomatoes, put brocolli in with pasta for last 5 minutes. Fresh chillis, though. And don't take them or the garlic out before eating.

oh and this, but with anchovies in at the same time as the garlic, and parmasan at the end.

 

[Cloo]

For a while I used to do a pea soup that was basically, cook peas, whizz in blender with creme fraiche and mint. Lush!

 

[5t3IIa]

Mine is Tuna Suprise, the suprise being that it's the same everytime.

Fry up tuna and onions
Throw on pasta, noodles, rice or cous cous
Cover it in black pepper

Failing that pasta n pesto

Or Ryvita with butter and salt n pepper

 

[Voley]

Pasta/pesto, a bacon sarnie, cheese/beans on toast.

 

[jontz01]

Another vote for pasta/pesto...
Coming from Stoke - Cheese oatcakes.
Some sort of condiment sandwich.

I love cooking decent meals so there's usually a weeks supply of proper dinners in the freezer....

 

[Hellsbells]

not a proper dinner as such, but if i'm desperate and need instant nourishment, i'll have porridge and hot chocolate.

Proper dinners would probably be pasta with tomato sauce. Or just fish fingers with rice and veg or something.

 

[Biddlybee]

Some sort of condiment sandwich.

I'm intrigued... pickle? ketchup? mustard?

 

[g force]

Pasta with blue cheese sauce...roast pine nuts, chopped red onion, bit of brocolli and peas. Blue cheese, creme fraiche.

 

[Geri]

Spaghetti bolognaise, or chilli prawn tagliatelle - both take about 20 mins.

Or ciabatta bread pizzas.

 

[Saffy]

Tuna splodge.

Pasta, tune, garlic, onions, tinned tomatoes and a sprinkle of cheese on top.

 

[KellyDJ]

Noodle soup normally using left over chicken or prawns as a treat, spring onions, baby corn cobs, red peppers, spinach, chilli, garlic, coriandar and home made chicken stock.

I normally make the stock after having a roast chicken and freeze it so I always have a supply to hand.

 

[Maggot]

Pasta with onion, garlic and tomato.
Pasta with pesto and creme fraiche (try this, it's lush)
veggie burgers/sausages with oven chips and beans
cheese on toast
ready made pizza

 

[johnnymarrsbars]

foie gras, then a bit of lobster, sometimes we have caviar as well if there's any in.

usual stuff really.

 

[moose]

It's been a large rum and a fag all week cos I'm so busy, but I might get some beanz on toast tonight. It's quite often a brown sauce butty though.

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

Tomato and red lentil soup. As is on the cooker now.

 

[subversplat]

Oven chips, baked beans and a something (veggie burger, small pie, tofu thing, you know)

I even use the beans tin as a makeshift utensil and pop it on the oven tray with the chips and thing

Am amazed at all these posh suggestions, I'll take notes....

 

[Fedayn]

pasta with black pepper and cheese.

If the cheese is Pecorino Romano it's a classic Roman pasta dish Cacio e pepe
Which is f'kin' lovely and my ten minute dish.

 

[soulman]

Scrambled eggs on toast (a real comfort food). An omelette using whatever is in the fridge. Tinned sardines on toast. A can of mixed beans, a can of plum tomatoes and whatever seasoning available, either over pasta or rice.

 

[Cloo]

Sometimes, only tuna mayo on toast will do

 

[Cid]

Veg stir-fry with either noodles or Left Over Rice for a really quick meal, or pasta sauce for slightly longer. I've taken to making my own spice blend (star anise, mustard seed szechuan pepper ground, cinnamon and cardamom powder, fresh chillis and ginger) so my stir-fires are a bit delayed of late.

 

[electrogirl]

Noodles, soy sauce, garlic, chilli, peas.

DONE.

 

[dynamicbaddog]

instant noodles and tinned fish.
I had spicy prawn flavour with herrings in mango sauce for lunch earlier.

 

[ringo]

This. But instead of tomatoes, put brocolli in with pasta for last 5 minutes. Fresh chillis, though. And don't take them or the garlic out before eating.

and:
Tin of sardines and bowl of couscous
Dahl and nan bread from the freezer

Yup, a version of that pasta or dal or greek salad or a fried egg sandwich.

 

[Chester Copperpot]

Chicken breast seared on a griddle pan and oven cooked for 15 minutes. Serve with salad and dressing.

 

[RubyBlue]

Pasta, tinned salmon, tomatoes and green olives

 

[Hocus Eye.]

Just pasta with virgin olive oil and black pepper. I call it Pasta Arrividirci because it is soon gone.