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To do beans on toast once a week?

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MollyAndMuck · 12/07/2024 22:39

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.

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Hankunamatata · 12/07/2024 23:30

Or cheese toasties op. They are another easy meal

Hankunamatata · 12/07/2024 23:29

I'm even more terrible - pot noodles or instant noodles.
Have gone a bit posher and gone for so a noodles with the fancy broth but not sure that's any better 🤔

Perfectlystill · 12/07/2024 23:27

I agree slow cookers are depressing. The food they produce is sad.

OP I love good food and am a good cook and I also love beans on toast so much I have it at least once a week with good strong cheddar grated on top and masses of Worcestershire sauce. Yum.

GiveMeMySoddingCokeZero · 12/07/2024 23:26

Absolutely fine as long as you don't do what my parents did and try to hide slightly burnt toast slices under the beans.

I could tell, Mum. I could always tell.

Andthereitis · 12/07/2024 23:26

MollyAndMuck · 12/07/2024 22:47

Oh yes, now there's the variety I was wanting. 😂

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With cheese on the toast before you put the hoops or beans on.

AuschwitzHistorian · 12/07/2024 23:25

My DC are grown ups now but we used to have a couple of quick meals during the week one being beans on toast or on a frozen McCain jacket potato. They also used to have tinned soup with a sandwich some nights if we were rushing to get to one thing or another. Honestly, beans and toast are fine.

Crinklycrisp · 12/07/2024 23:24

Meanwhile in the real world, No one would give a shiny shit about eating beans on fucking toast once a week.

Takeyourshoesoff · 12/07/2024 23:24

We have a picky bits dinner most nights this time of year, even in deepest darkest winter it's not uncommon for us to have bread/crackers, cheeses, cold meat, pickled/fresh vegetables, fresh/dried fruit, maybe some boiled eggs, nuts, or some leftovers like potato or pasta salad. Sometimes we have hot and cold meals, like hot dogs in buns with coleslaw, or quiche and salad. Microwave baked potatoes, pasta in sauce, air fryer salmon, stir fry, omelette. I don't think many things in my house take much longer than beans on toast on a weeknight. There just isn't time! Soup is another favourite, with cheese on toast ideally! Beans on toast with a sprinkle of cheese and a bit of Worcestershire sauce is a great weeknight meal anyway though, but some other ideas as well.

Sunnydaysun · 12/07/2024 23:23

We all have beans on toast once a week when it's a really busy afterschool club evening.

soupfiend · 12/07/2024 23:21

paywalled · 12/07/2024 23:17

Beans, fast food and good for you.

Or is that eggs.

Back when I was growing up (70s), things on toast was a dinner, thats what you had for dinner

Beans on toast
Cheese on toast
Cheese and beans on toast
Sardines on toast
Sardines and cheese on toast
Mushrooms on toast
Egg on toast

Now, I cant eat bread anymore but my preference would be for beans on toast, topped with cheese, under the grill with a fried egg on top.
Thats what you call a dinner

Wigtopia · 12/07/2024 23:21

beans on toast happens once a week here! As does jacket potato’s which have been cooked previously so just need reheating! Another good quick one is pittas, a couple of tubs of hummus with lots of carrot, cucumber, tomatoes and red peppers.

no shame in quick meals.

OkPedro · 12/07/2024 23:21

Beans on toast is ultra processed?! Who knew.. I will continue to eat beans on toast with grated cheese and worcestershire sauce 😋 at least once a week.. my almost teen children love beans on toast.
I can't stop laughing at "rather than resorting to" FFS 🙄😆

Hungrycaterpillarsmummy · 12/07/2024 23:20

An omelette is a fast meal.

I would be bored with beans on toast twice a week. I don't think my kids have ever had it!!

greengreyblue · 12/07/2024 23:19

Are you unreasonable to feed your children a nutritious and filling meal??? No of course you’re not!

Whu · 12/07/2024 23:18

I’ve eaten it as a meal at least twice a week for as long as I can remember! It’s the only food I can think of that I can enjoy breakfast/ lunch or dinner. It’s quick, cheap, filling, a complete protein and one of your 5 a day. Love it!

paywalled · 12/07/2024 23:17

Beans, fast food and good for you.

Or is that eggs.

plainjayne8282 · 12/07/2024 23:17

JC03745 · 12/07/2024 22:52

Could you batch cook pasta sauces like Bolognese into freezer bags/containers? Remove from the freezer in the morning and leave in the fridge, then just cook the pasta and re-heat the sauce when you get in?

Why?

Why are you answering her question with a whole load of unrelated questions?

Why can't they just have beans on toast?

MrsSkylerWhite · 12/07/2024 23:17

Beans on toast, grated cheese on top, glass of milk, apple or orange for pud. Job done.

Comedycook · 12/07/2024 23:16

ttcat37 · 12/07/2024 23:14

Just had to google what UPF was. FML, what a miserable existence avoiding everything that fits into that category. Is it some mumsnet thing to gloat about, avoiding UPFs? What exactly do you think might happen if your kids eat beans on toast once a week?

UPFs are just the latest middle class obsession😂

OnAndOnAndonAgain · 12/07/2024 23:15

soupfiend · 12/07/2024 23:14

I cant wait for this obsession with UPFs to be over.

Same, although something else will come along after to keep the food bores going I'm sure

LuckySantangelo35 · 12/07/2024 23:15

Those who are so militant regarding UPF’s - what meals do you consider to be ‘ok’? Just plain meat and veg or something?

plainjayne8282 · 12/07/2024 23:15

Of course it's totally fine.

It's a good dinner. Put some cheese on top as well. Maybe some spring onion.

I'm all for reducing UPF, but I think this is going a bit far.

There's nothing wrong with beans.

Wholemeal bread would be better than white bread. But, ultimately, unless you want to bake your own, bread is considered UPF.

Which personally I think is going a bit far.

I think it's a good dinner.

ILoveToCleanSaidNooneEver · 12/07/2024 23:15

I didn't know baked beans were even an UPF 👀.

They are a great source of protein though, and if you serve them with toasted wholemeal bread, I believe that is a pretty nutritious meal. (I could be wrong though, obviously not realising baked beans are UPF).

ilovesooty · 12/07/2024 23:14

LuckySantangelo35 · 12/07/2024 23:00

@JC03745

why? Why can’t they just have beans on toast?

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Exactly. Nothing wrong with beans on toast.

ttcat37 · 12/07/2024 23:14

Just had to google what UPF was. FML, what a miserable existence avoiding everything that fits into that category. Is it some mumsnet thing to gloat about, avoiding UPFs? What exactly do you think might happen if your kids eat beans on toast once a week?

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