Surprisingly edible store cupboard meals

Pasta (even Kraft) is sickness comfort food. I don't often eat it otherwise.

Idiotic poll, none of the above.

I agree it's a bad poll.

Polls on DL are a waste of time if you're trying to be cutesy-clever.

Pasta and jarred sauce.

Frozen veggies mixed into canned soup.

indian entres in the foil envelopes and basmati rice.

vacuum packed fondue with frozen vegetables for dipping.

noodles and peanut sauce from a jar.

frozen chinese dumplings.

toast with jarred tapenade

Toast with fish roe and butter

Tuna salad.

I have a shelf of jarred antipasti, tapenades, sauces, tinned fish

Lemon rice soup: White rice, water, chicken stock, garlic, butter and lemon juice.

Blue box Kraft Mac and cheese is my dinner

[quote] I made dinner tonight just with stuff I already had.

Shouldn't this be filed under Get a Fucking Blog?

My mother used to make this chicken a la king thing with canned campbell's cream of mushroom. The other day i was feeling blue and i made a giant batch, throw some fresh mushrooms, peas and carrots in it, and now i have a ton of it in the freezer for days that i cant be bothered to cook.

Last night I had pasta but no sauce in the house, so I used olive oil and some crumbled goat cheese and it was good.

Yes R8, but that won't stop the fatties from flocking here. This thread will fill up by noon Pacific Time

[quote]I get the houseboy to whip something up

The only thing I get the houseboy to whip is my ass!

Gin and regret

i eat things like that on a regulary basis.

*regulat

r14/r15 Quit while you're behind, doll. We get it.

What the fuck is an "store cupboard meal?" Do you mean processed food or anything with out produce?

"store cupboard" must be the cupboard that is filled with "stores" - goods that you store

right?

regulatory? regulation? regularity?

regularitily

It's funny that all the "bespoke" non-dairy, organic, non-gluten, fresh-from-my-own-chicken's-ass eaters here are probably the same loons who start all those "Fussy Eaters", and "Baby Tastes" threads!

I can go home and make a dozen 'comfort' foods without even opening my refrigerator. Knorr chicken and noodles with a can of white meat chicken, Knorr teriyaki rice with a can of tuna, tuna noodle casserole, chili and rice, etc. I'm always prepared. My refrigerator is stocked with organic spinach and cheese ravioli, frozen hamburgers and rolls, frozen hotdogs and rolls, eggs, bacon, bread, frozen veggies, various Stouffers entrees, and pot pies among other things. I pass about a dozen restaurants on my way from the subway in the evening and I need to know that I can make something or I'll indulge.

Moo much?

So, basically, this is asking what white trash food habits you have? Comfort food doesn't equal this crap.

BTW, those are foods that I can make quickly and cheaply and that I always have on hand for when I'm too arsed to walk the four long blocks and fight the lines in the grocery store. It doesn't mean that those are the only things I eat. Last night, I had salmon and the night before, loin lamb chops, but those are things I buy at the shop on my way home from work. Tonight, I will probably use one of my 'comfort' foods because it is after 7:00 and I'm still at my desk. Or, I might actually stop and get some wings or something else equally evil.

I doctor up the knorr soups (that come in the carton) in the winter in a pinch. Its not crap in my opinion.

It's easy to be a good cook when you have a fridge full of fresh ingredients, it takes imagination to put together something reasonably healthy / acceptable salt and sugar levels when you're putting together the contents of packages and tins. You can't do it without some frozen stuff, either veggies or protein, to even out the huge sodium content of store cupboard standbys.

You really have never heard of a store cupboard r17? It's the kitchen cupboard where the tins and long shelf life goods are kept.

[quote]I doctor up the knorr soups (that come in the carton) in the winter in a pinch. Its not crap in my opinion.

I agree. Knorr dry soups also provide a good starting point for whatever doctoring you want to do. One of my favorites starts with Knorr Minestrone. I reduce the liquid from 4 to 3 cups, then add 3 cups of vegetables (frozen ones are fine), a 14-ounce can of baked beans and 1/4 teaspoon or so of pepper. The result is thick and filling, more like stew than soup, and really tasty.

R18 So does that mean things that come in boxes and cans?

Tinned chickpeas heated with olive oil, garlic and sliced cacciatore. Dress with leaves of choice. Cheap, warming, delicious.

R27 - I refer to the liquid Knorr soups in the tetrapack cartons. Not the dried powder ones. They are too salty and fake for me. But whatever.

I boil ramen noodles in chicken stock with a squeeze of lemon juice and some steamed broccoli. sometimes add a few chill flakes when I have a cold.

[quote]Tinned chickpeas heated with olive oil, garlic and sliced cacciatore

WTF is "sliced cacciatore?"

I always have small containers of sauce and meatballs in my freezer for a quick pasta dinner. Usually containers of frozen chili, too.

Rice and pasta are my "go to" staples.

Hershey Bars and York Peppermint Patties.

r10, that's a popular Italian dish, pasta aglio et olio (oil & garlic) -- they usually put Parmesan cheese on top rather than goat cheese, but your version sounds good too.

r23 thinks only his own bespoke organic meal-ettes can be considered anything above "white trash" eating. Of course, people raised in double-wides or in poverty often have this chip on their shoulder, and must overcompensate like this.

I think that all sounds great r21. I actually admit to enjoying a hot dog every once in awhile, and I'm not fat or dead!

Ramen

I always keep the ingredients on hand for Linguine with White Clam sauce. I usually throw in a can of baby clams and use dried herbs.