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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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OnAndOnAndonAgain · 18/07/2024 23:09

greengreyblue · 18/07/2024 22:25

With two slices of toast and a tin of beans plus butter that’s about 600 + cals. That’s a meal not a snack.

And about the same for 2 slices of toast with peanut butter

There isn't an awful lot of calories in porridge and meat and 2 veg dinners that you were talking about, unless you had a load of shit in your lunch box 600 cals on beans on toast is fine for a teen

MrsSkylerWhite · 18/07/2024 22:59

JMSA · Today 22:34
A very underrated meal, OP. Every time I have beans on toast I think 'bloody hell, this is nice. Why don't I do this more often?!'
It cools down quicker than I'd like, but it's otherwise fab.”

not sure how you make yours but, tablespoonful of olive oil in the saucepan, let it warm up then add the beans and simmer for 5 minutes til the juice is really thick. Food of the gods.

JMSA · 18/07/2024 22:36

Sausage pasta was a winner with my kids. Pasta with a jar of tomato sauce, with chopped frankfurter sausages stirred through.

JMSA · 18/07/2024 22:34

A very underrated meal, OP. Every time I have beans on toast I think 'bloody hell, this is nice. Why don't I do this more often?!'
It cools down quicker than I'd like, but it's otherwise fab.

Vettrianofan · 18/07/2024 22:32

You should feel so guilty....that you're not giving them alphabet spaghetti on toast once a week 🤣

1Dandelion1 · 18/07/2024 22:32

Nothing wrong with beans on toast.
As a kid we had dippy eggs, beans on toast or bubble and squeak with fried eggs at least once a week. Normally on a night that mum and dad were short on time.

greengreyblue · 18/07/2024 22:28

What are you talking about?

BeautifulLyrics · 18/07/2024 22:27

greengreyblue · 18/07/2024 22:25

With two slices of toast and a tin of beans plus butter that’s about 600 + cals. That’s a meal not a snack.

Not if you have it as a snack. 😂

greengreyblue · 18/07/2024 22:25

With two slices of toast and a tin of beans plus butter that’s about 600 + cals. That’s a meal not a snack.

BeautifulLyrics · 18/07/2024 21:53

greengreyblue · 18/07/2024 20:52

@Newsenmum Of course I went from child size to adult size meals but I’m talking about teens being given masses of extra food. I’ve heard of these teenage sons that drink 4 pints of milk by the fridge and a family pizza as a snack between meals. Nobody needs that.

We're talking about beans on toast as a snack, not 4 pints of milk and a family sized pizza in one sitting.

BeautifulLyrics · 18/07/2024 21:51

i agree. Plus the food shop bill must be enormous!

Not really. Beans and bread are cheap. My teens also had/have eggs, cereal, flapjack, cheese and cracker, cheese on toast, yogurt, tuna, sandwiches jackets etc as snacks, as well as fruit/veg. All cheap really, but yes it adds to the shopping bill as they're growing, but that's part of having kids? How old are yours? Not teens yet I presume?

BeautifulLyrics · 18/07/2024 21:46

Mumsnet is a weird place when it comes to food. Teeny tinies who live on 1 meal a day and black coffee, others congratulating each other for eating 3 McDonald's meals for lunch, now an OP who seems to need mumsnet to give the ok to feed her own kids beans on toast once a week and others insisting beans on toast can only ever be a meal, not a snack. Wild! 😂

Ilovemyshed · 18/07/2024 21:18

Perfectly fine, as is egg and chips, ham egg and chips, corned beef hash, fish fingers and so on.

OnAndOnAndonAgain · 18/07/2024 21:16

greengreyblue · 18/07/2024 20:52

@Newsenmum Of course I went from child size to adult size meals but I’m talking about teens being given masses of extra food. I’ve heard of these teenage sons that drink 4 pints of milk by the fridge and a family pizza as a snack between meals. Nobody needs that.

That's not what we are talking about on here though , we are talking about toast and beans and you said you were never given any extra food during puberty , no one mentioned pints of milk or whole pizzas

greengreyblue · 18/07/2024 20:52

@Newsenmum Of course I went from child size to adult size meals but I’m talking about teens being given masses of extra food. I’ve heard of these teenage sons that drink 4 pints of milk by the fridge and a family pizza as a snack between meals. Nobody needs that.

OnAndOnAndonAgain · 18/07/2024 19:35

LuckySantangelo35 · 18/07/2024 17:39

@greengreyblue

i agree. Plus the food shop bill must be enormous!

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Enormous? For some extra bread and tins of beans? Mine also has lidl weetabix sometimes or pasta so no, it doesn't make the shopping bill enormous

OnAndOnAndonAgain · 18/07/2024 19:33

Newsenmum · 18/07/2024 19:17

Surely at one point you stopped eating child sized meals!

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Well the poster had a snack of peanut butter and toast as well , but some how that's different to a tin of beans and toast 🤣🤣

BeautifulLyrics · 18/07/2024 19:30

Surely at one point you stopped eating child sized meals!

This is mumsnet, so maybe not. 😬

BeautifulLyrics · 18/07/2024 19:29

LuckySantangelo35 · 18/07/2024 13:58

A whole tin of beans, 2 slices of bread and cheese on top or whatever is most definitely a meal and not a snack for anyone regardless of their age or sex!

How ridiculous. As a pp said, if someone eats it as a snack, then it's a snack. It's odd to have such rigid ideas about what can and can't be a snack for someone else. 🤪

OnAndOnAndonAgain · 18/07/2024 19:27

Newsenmum · 18/07/2024 19:16

Locusts???

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Yeah, swarm in and eat everything in sight

Newsenmum · 18/07/2024 19:17

greengreyblue · 18/07/2024 17:24

i wasn’t given extra food when going through puberty!

Surely at one point you stopped eating child sized meals!

Newsenmum · 18/07/2024 19:16

OnAndOnAndonAgain · 18/07/2024 18:39

Yeah, those of us that have locusts just feed them shite for breakfast lunch and dinner

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Locusts???

OnAndOnAndonAgain · 18/07/2024 18:39

greengreyblue · 18/07/2024 17:38

Probably more important that it’s nutritious than extra. But like pregnancy, people over compensate.
My DM cooked good home meals, we always had boiled eggs or porridge for breakfast and a packed lunch , peanut butter on toast after school then a proper meat and two veg dinner.

Yeah, those of us that have locusts just feed them shite for breakfast lunch and dinner

greengreyblue · 18/07/2024 18:08

I love beans on toast but I find it’s very filling so would have it for lunch or breakfast.

Needmorelego · 18/07/2024 17:46

@Justkeeprollingalong only if you're prepared to spell out rude words.

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