To do beans on toast once a week?

Beans on Toast with a fried egg on top was a weekly supper at school and a Saturday brunch in the holidays at home.
I was 23 before I admitted to myself that I'm not keen on beans and egg together. But apart from egg I don't think that there is much that beans doesn't go with: when DS was at his fussiest and would only eat things with 'dip' I served cucumber sticks and toast fingers with blitzed baked bean dip (cold) and it went down a storm!!

Don't over think it, this is absolutely fine. My youngest won't eat toast so he has beans on plate 😋

We have a night like this, likely 2 after the summer.. our go to meals are: (just incase it helps!)
soup
goujons in wraps
beans on toast/muffins
sandwiches/toasties
pizza naans (6 mins in an air fryer)
French toast
bagels
Probably loads more but those are the easy ones ☺️

Baked beans have high levels of protein and fibre and are available with low sugar. They form part of a healthy diet.

Why would they be hungry?

Fajitas or tacos?

Stir a big chunk of butter into the beans. A squirt of BBQ sauce, and a sliced pepperami.

Utterly fabulous filth.

Won’t they be hungry?

40 min from scratch and most of that is just sitting simmering while you get on with other things.

‘Fed is best’? It’s not like formula vs breast. They’re not babies anymore, beans on toast perfectly healthy. Healthier than sausages!

Beans arent veg.......but yes perfectly fine,throw some cheese on top to add another food group.x

My son had it for his tea one night and for his lunch today so more than once a week. Don’t stress over it, fed is best.

Bolognaise freezes really well and pasta is quick make for a quick tea, that’s one of my go too’s. Freezing down mash works well too for a quick tea, sausage and mash or fry off some chicken and frozen veg quick.

Beans on toast is lush, not to mention pretty healthy. What’s the problem here? It’s a ball ache to cook a hot home cooked meal every single fecking night. Beans on toast is perfect.

Batchelors Pasta 'n' sauce or savoury rice?

Toasted sandwich and a cup-a-soup?

Real risotto, no. Savoury rice, yes. Even if you cook the rice from scratch, that's quite quick, but it becomes super quick if you use a pouch of rice or leftover home-cooked rice. Fry an onion (can keep some ready chopped in the freezer), maybe some mushrooms, ready-chopped peppers (freezer again), peas, maybe some chopped tomato, cooked chicken or prawns or a tin of tuna, some sort of seasoning or sauce, mix in the rice, heat till piping hot, done.

Risotto or omlette are super quick
You can use a ready chopped or frozen veg mix if no time to chop.

I'm one of those weird people who Lake jacket potatoes done in the microwave, take about 5 mins

I don't like the skin when they are done in the oven

250 replies tell you it's been an interesting chat for people so ... shrug.

You asked if you were being unreasonable to feed your kids beans on toast and I answered that you don't need mumsnet approval and of course you aren't being unreasonable. I see now that you just wanted a thread of your own and your aim seems to have been to give people an 'interesting chat'. 🤪👍

Of course it’s fine. Mine had jacket spud with beans and sausages (from a tin) once a week when we had swimming lessons straight from work and school. Those McCain jackets you can microwave. They survived!

One of my children, who won't touch peas at home, tells me to the individual pea how much she's eaten each day at school. They have excellent school meals and the menu is published in advance so we can talk about what they're eating and I can plan home food around that. If the veg is sweetcorn they're not going to eat it so we make sure there's an extra portion of fruit or veg at home.

They are "policed" at our school - they're not allowed to leave until they've checked with an adult, and the supervisors encourage them to choose other veg from the salad bar if they don't like what comes with the main meal. If they're not eating, it's discussed with parents. It also helps that the cook is excellent. So yes, I'm confident that their nutritional needs are being well supported at school, and not sure how getting home and heating up their balanced meal of carbs, protein and veg adds more to the mix than serving an uncooked but nutritionally adequate meal.

OP Someone already suggested a toastie maker and I think that is a good shout. I have one that you can change the plates so you can do the traditional cheap bread cut into triangles or swap the plates for a panini or make waffles.

I also use mine to cook eggs, a bit of spray oil and then put the eggs in to the triangle and leave for a couple of mins.

You can also use ready rolled pastry, although I have not done it.

Another quick meal is hotdogs, eith with bread rolls or you can just add them tot he beans (you can get tins of beans and sausages).

@MollyAndMuck tofu might be worth checking it's high protein and quick lots of different styles (silken, firm etc).can make sauces, scrambled etc

Op I hear you on the slow cooker thing, they gross me out as well.