It's Friday, you want something delicious and easy to cook but can't stretch to a takeaway. What are you having?

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We're having super noodles with chopped up hot dogs.

Nothing beats a nasty Friday tea.

Sauteed tomatoes, garlic, chilli, prawn spaghetti with fresh lemon juice . Easy and yum.

Garlic and herb king prawns from Lidl with gnocchi.

Homemade pizza. I do the dough before I leave for work and when I get home it's ready to go. I part baked and froze a second base, which will make it ever quicker next time.

Chicken noodle soup

Spanish people, look away now.

Had chicken, peas, pepper and onion in the freezer and found a schwarz paella sachet and some long grain rice in the cupboard. It was delicious!

Oh how amazing! We are thinking of moving to this village which is why I know of it, we are outside the area at the moment. Is it starting with A and ending with n?!

Gnocchi with a fresh ready made pasta sauce, sprinkle of parmesan and black pepper. Done in 5 minutes.

That sounds flipping amazing.

Nom.

Stirred honey, grainy mustard, soya sauce, Worcestershire sauce and double cream together. Added salmon fillets. Microwaved for five minutes. Had with brown rice and vegetables. Delicious.

Omelette, with tomatoes mushrooms and ham.

My DP is Spanish and he'd prefer that to PP who has chorizo in hers. If I had a pound for every time he's said what is wrong with British people chorizo doesn't go in paella, we'd have enough for a very nice meal out.

I'm American and he wanted to give our kid strong American names like Keith or Bruce, so his opinion shall be discounted anyway! 🤣

We have been staying in and doing fakeaways as we cant afford the real thing at the moment.Our favourite is Simply Cook and if anyone wants 4 free recipes with no p&p or obligation to order more then
www.simplycook.com/invite/N6FYNV?t=cp&pg=ref&via=dt
and we both get a completely free box.

I've just used your code @Toadymalone I use Gousto at times but never tried Simply Cook - it appeals because I can swap out ingredients or there's no time pressure because things are going off!

That's exactly what we like,if I had to deal with perishables,it would put me under pressure,but I like the fact we can do a recipe, as and when suits us.Has the added bonus of tasting like a takeaway/bit of a treat meal as well.Hope you enjoy 😊

Thank you for this thread. It has made me think (slightly) beyond a baked potato for dinner.
In the oven we have paprika and garlic potato wedges. Ready, on the countertop are various small amounts of leftovers; homemade salsa and guacamole, baked beans (strictly for DH) and a tiny bit of chilli con carne. I have fresh cream and lemon juice to assemble soured cream.

Some peppery sausages will join the wedges in a mo.

We usually have supermarket pizza on Fridays (Tesco finest or the Crosta Mollica ones) but tonight we had one of our quick favourites - fresh pasta with smoked salmon, creme fraiche, cherry tomatoes, chopped basil, parmesan, black pepper.
Takes minutes, tastes amazing

egg fried rice

beans on toast

pasta with homemade chilli & tomato sauce

Frozen birds eye burgers and fresh homemade chips

I never get anything good ! Random stuff like kiwi vegan yoghurt etc is all I find !

We have been using the Too good to go app on a fri/sat night and have had some really good takeaway bargains.I would really recommend.We have had carvery takeout for around £4 plus there is a lovely Chinese by us where you get a take out carton for £1 each instead of £5.It has been great for us.

The child in me really enjoys the surprise/lucky dip element of it as well as the price.

DD requested “crunchy” chicken so I made some with panko breadcrumbs and Cooked in the oven with home made chips and sweetcorn. Nursery food but it was good and not terribly unhealthy.

Sometimes,when I want a cheap but feels like a dirty takeaway kind of night I just do a big batch of chips and make up a sachet of the chip shop curry sauce you can get from asda/morrisons etc.U pour the curry sauce all over the chips,add some white sliced bread with loads of spread/butter and Bob's your uncle plus it feels like a takeaway for pennies.

Bread on chips and curry sauce?????

Sorry,I pour the curry sauce over the chips and have lots of buttered white bread on a side plate to make delicious chip butties with.

I love the mayflower Chinese curry sauce/paste that you can buy from asda and home bargains etc.I use it with chicken and peas and either rice or chips,and it makes a banging takeaway substitute