Last Updated on November 6, 2014 by HodgePodgeDays
As the clock struck 5pm, two hungry boys looked at me expectantly. They wanted feeding and I had neither an array of exciting ingredients, nor the motivation to throw them together to create a delicious and nutritious meal.
I am largely a cook it from scratch girl, but with a lazy streak. I’ll cook double the amount of chilli and freeze half for a lazier day. Tonight I was all can’t be bothered, so I threw together a pan of pasta and pesto and we all chowed down. There are worse things to eat, but it was a meal of fuel rather than fancy, but that was fine.
Afterwards I sat down with my iPad and tweeted this…
I was interested because I can’t remember a time before pasta and pesto, it kind of arrived on the culinary scene just as I toddled off to uni and formed the basis of many, many meals there. So much so I couldn’t eat it for about three years after I left. My tweet brought a small flurry of responses…
There are some pretty interesting responses here. Easy stuff on toast and pasta six ways seems to be the order of the day. I wonder if it’s just me who feels a bit of parental guilt about not providing a meal containing seven vegetables and an organic, free-range source of protein. Sometimes a family with full bellies is all that you need to call a meal time a success.
It’s hard to make time to prep and cook a from scratch meal every night, it doesn’t matter what Jamie Oliver says, I defy him to cook a meal with a child clinging to his leg screeching “but I’m hun-grreeeeee”. A mid-week can’t be bothered meal is nothing to feel bad about. Honest.
What’s your favourite can’t be bothered meal? I am genuinely interested.
I do “homemade pizzas” which is basically pitta bread with tomato purée, ham and cheese! I usually always have these items in my fridge/cupboard.
My boys love it as they get to help make them too
That sounds easy, yummy and cheap. I like it!
Mine is either soup, beans or cheese with toast!
Did you know fewer people are eating cheese on toast these days? I love it, it’s one of my favourite things! Thanks for commenting.
Something on toast (beans / cheese / egg), tuna pasta, jacket potato with cheese / beans or fish fingers, wedges and frozen veg.
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Quick, easy and nutritious. I like it. We don’t eat enough fish so I keep trying to sneak tuna into things for the small boy.
Yes, tuna is a huge favourite in our house 🙂 pasta, sandwiches, tuna and potatoes or salad – can’t go wrong 🙂 xx
Yes,I agree with you and the Jamie Oliver comment. I have two kids and a puppy. One or all is usually at my feet and it’s hard to concentrate with their complaint or arguing etc. I do try and cook most nights but it’s hard at times. It’s good to have left overs frozen, and I usually do a “pot luck” or “store cupboard” night, where everything gets chucked at them. It could be fish, frozen veg or a pizza and something else. As long as they eat, and it’s fairly healthy… Although we do have a take away once a week:)
That’s a really good idea, I might start doing that. A take away every so often doesn’t hurt either. Things always seem to taste nicer if I’ve not had to cook them!
I agree with you that pasta and pesto is a bit of a tricky one to beat, though it know cheese on toast, fishfinger sandwiches and pasta with ham & cheese also goes down rather nicely in this house. Thank you for linking up with #SundayStars love Steph xxxx