Page 10 | To do beans on toast once a week?

MollyAndMuck · 2024-07-12T21:39:06+00:00

Doing a different work pattern soon and two nights a week will be a lot of pressure to pick up DCs (infant age) from after school, feed them and not end up putting to bed too late. I can't cook from scratch these nights and realistically don't think I'll be organised enough to batch cook for both nights. AIBU to give my kids beans on toast every week for one evening meal? I know it's UPF but at least it's some kind of veg and very quick. They'll be having a hot lunch at school and are pretty good at eating it.

soupfiend · 13/07/2024 11:13

Nothing wrong with spaghetti hoops but wheres the iron?

NImumconfused · 13/07/2024 10:59

MorvernBlack · 13/07/2024 09:54

Heinz have tinkered with the salt/sugar ratios, which makes all their stuff taste too sweet now. Heinz tomato soup was my comfort food for decades, now it's revolting.
Heinz do make sugar and sweetener free pasta sauce though, which is my go to for a quick meal. My other recommendation is fresh pasta in the freezer, 4 mins to cook from frozen, ready by the time the sauce is microwaved.

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Definitely, I don't know what they've done to heinz tomato soup but it's vile now! And the beans you have to drain off half a tin of gloop before using them. I still buy them because autistic DD is not good with changing brands but it irks me that so much of the tin is liquid.

HRTQueen · 13/07/2024 10:56

it really is ok not to think is this the healthiest meal my child/children can eat (though beans in toast is a good meal) because there comes a time when they start eating when out and will eat tons of fried chicken, chips with everything smothered in mayo, burgers, kebabs, the greasiest noodles and all those other delicious fast foods

I have added to my shopping list thick white bread as personally think this is best for a beans on toast meal that I shall be having tonight

flannelonthesink · 13/07/2024 10:46

Nothing wrong with beans on toast! Yummy and filling. Could even chuck on a scrambled egg.

kierenthecommunity · 13/07/2024 10:44

Totally love all toasty meals. Beans, hoops, sardines, tomatoes. Especially love tinned cherry tomatoes on toast 😃

Noshowlomo · 13/07/2024 10:22

Beans on toast is sexy AF. My husband was obsessed with it as a kid and he loves it now and he’s a marathon runner, and climbs mountains regularly so it hasn’t done him any harm !

FiveClovers · 13/07/2024 10:05

GiveMeMySoddingCokeZero · 13/07/2024 08:57

@FiveClovers my bit about pesto pasta wasn't intended as a dig at you, BTW I was writing my post in among doing other stuff so it took a while and a lot of posts came up in the meantime, so I hadn't seen yours.

And though I'm not personally the biggest fan, I actually have nothing against pesto pasta — it's easy and gets everyone fed. I was just using it as an example of something which, if it was a traditional British staple going back to the 19th century, would be derided as a lazy ultra-processed jar-and-packet pile of stodge that will probably set your child up for a lifetime of melting obesely into the sofa in front of reality TV until their early death, or some such bollocks.

That’s alright, I’m not offended! A four minute dinner (using the “fresh pasta” so it cooks more quickly), is right up my street though - I have been known to throw in some olives, feta and sun dried tomatoes, if I’m feeling a bit fancy, but that only adds a minute or so on anyway.

MrsStottlemeyer · 13/07/2024 10:00

Just be aware that if you have the same quick dinner regularly there might come a point where you can no longer stomach it and the thought of it makes you nauseous.
For me it's pasta with tomato and basil sauce (my kids won't eat beans unless it's part of a full English 🙄) we had that on Mondays for years and now none of us can bear it. I think it's the association with rushing!

LadyPenelope68 · 13/07/2024 09:58

Beans on wholemeal toast, using proper butter, some grated cheese on top and cherry tomatoes on the side, has always been a regular, once a week meal here.

MorvernBlack · 13/07/2024 09:54

soupfiend · 13/07/2024 09:47

I mean the best argument is about what beans to buy

Branston or Cross and Blackwell for me

Not Heinz, they're too watery and soupy.

Heinz have tinkered with the salt/sugar ratios, which makes all their stuff taste too sweet now. Heinz tomato soup was my comfort food for decades, now it's revolting.
Heinz do make sugar and sweetener free pasta sauce though, which is my go to for a quick meal. My other recommendation is fresh pasta in the freezer, 4 mins to cook from frozen, ready by the time the sauce is microwaved.

Needmorelego · 13/07/2024 09:52

@MorvernBlack and Alphabet Spaghetti is education cos you can make words 😂

flyinghen · 13/07/2024 09:51

Completely fine

UtterlyOtterly · 13/07/2024 09:49

Not only is this UPF obsession ridiculous, but it encourages those with "morally superior" diets to be boring.

Does anyone remember the thread a couple of years ago when someone wouldn't eat raw carrots because of the sugar content?

MorvernBlack · 13/07/2024 09:49

My GP recommends spaghetti hoops as a good source of iron (I'm anaemic), now I can't eat them as I'm convinced they taste of iron 🤦‍♀️alphabetti spaghetti was always superior anyway.

FlyingontheGround · 13/07/2024 09:49

Beans on toast is a top tier meal, I could eat it every night.

soupfiend · 13/07/2024 09:47

I mean the best argument is about what beans to buy

Branston or Cross and Blackwell for me

Not Heinz, they're too watery and soupy.

Needmorelego · 13/07/2024 09:46

@Hobbesmanc no "shapes" is the superior pasta - in - a tin 😁

BlackForestCake · 13/07/2024 09:31

There is nothing wrong with beans. They are beans with tomatoes, salt and sugar. This UPF nonsense is mad.

Hobbesmanc · 13/07/2024 09:31

Schmoana · 13/07/2024 06:42

Just to say that spaghetti hoops on toast is just carb on carb. Baked beans are much more nutritious

Why this hoops thing! Our local Coop and little Tesco only stock hoops. The tinned spaghetti is much much nicer. The pasta is thicker and so is the sauce.

No hoops. Spaghetti best!

MrsMonzo · 13/07/2024 09:25

Nothing wrong with that at all, beans and sausages on toast is one of my favourite comfort meals (and absolutely smother it in ketchup 😁)

MorvernBlack · 13/07/2024 09:20

Luxell934 · 13/07/2024 09:09

Once a week is totally fine I’d say, beans on toast, poached/scrambled eggs on toast, toasties, sandwiches, soups and crusty bread, all quick easy, healthy meals.

I'd forgotten about toasties. We used the sandwich maker often, I loved a cheese, onion and tomato sauce toastie. We have a waffle maker now, I'm all middle class and make buckwheat waffles or veggie fritters in it 😆 The waffles would still be a quick meal with scrambled egg or beans.

soupfiend · 13/07/2024 09:17

All these suggestions for organic beans. Jesus christ.

Luxell934 · 13/07/2024 09:09

Once a week is totally fine I’d say, beans on toast, poached/scrambled eggs on toast, toasties, sandwiches, soups and crusty bread, all quick easy, healthy meals.

GiveMeMySoddingCokeZero · 13/07/2024 09:03

Probably more 1960s than 19th century actually.

GiveMeMySoddingCokeZero · 13/07/2024 08:57

@FiveClovers my bit about pesto pasta wasn't intended as a dig at you, BTW I was writing my post in among doing other stuff so it took a while and a lot of posts came up in the meantime, so I hadn't seen yours.

And though I'm not personally the biggest fan, I actually have nothing against pesto pasta — it's easy and gets everyone fed. I was just using it as an example of something which, if it was a traditional British staple going back to the 19th century, would be derided as a lazy ultra-processed jar-and-packet pile of stodge that will probably set your child up for a lifetime of melting obesely into the sofa in front of reality TV until their early death, or some such bollocks.