What's your favourite ready meal?

[TomAllenWife]

Got Saturday night to myself (bliss)
Going to buy a dinner from M&S or Waitrose

I'm having pasta tomorrow

What would be your ultimate tv dinner to sit on the sofa with?

I don't know if m&s or Waitrose do then, but my absolute favorite is cinnamon kitchen Indian ready meals. They are closer to takeaway quality than to a normal ready meal. However the price reflects that so I don't have them often at all...

From waitrose I'd get the Kleftico. It's gorgeous. Few herby roast potatoes and some veg.
I've got some mussels, going to have them with crusty bread and chilled white wine.

What's a ready meal?

Four cheese ravioli is the best. Don’t tell anyone.

I used to like M&S's mushroom papardelle (not sure if they still do it). Pasta ready meals are generally better imo but not very good if you're having pasta tomorrow. Don't know about Waitrose but Charlie Bingham's are good - quite homemade style.

I am going to be hated.but...
Snuggly cereal and toast.
If you really can't abide me for that option. A shepherds or fish pie.
Never had a ready meal from there so I can't know.
So I might just have a proper cooked jacket and beans.i am of no help.
If it's a ready meal it's got to be a good one.like the deluxe version I guess they do.

Fish pie with peas!

There's always one 🙄

I like the Tuscan Sausage Pasta from M&S

OH hates fish pie and lasagne so it's my secret treat if he's dining out

The Itsu Katsu curry 🤤

Charlie Bingham lasagne or cottage pie

Either a curry or a ham and mushroom tagliatellei. Mushrooms are hated in this house apart from by me.

Another vote for Charlie Binghams

Oh I love that one.

I’m a fan of any king prawn linguine ready meal covered in parmigiano reggiano and doused in Franks Hot Sauce (don’t judge) 😋

@PlasticTatMNBingo its a ready meal you put in the oven or Mike 😵‍💫

Quote fail. That one being the Tuscan sausage penne

Any Charlie Bigham, but especially the Tikka Masala, or the Meatballs Al Forno.

Dear god all these pasta suggestions when I'm having pasta tomorrow 🤦🏼‍♀️😂

Fish pie is a good shout, who does the best? Charlie?? Or M&S?

charlie cottage pie then no pasta overload

Don't know if you are veggie, avoid the M&S plant based range. The katsu curry is the definition of disappointment.

However their veggie Indian side dishes are gorgeous

I’m the other “one” I don’t eat ready meals. As a treat I would choose fish and chips from the chippie.

M&S king prawn bucatini... absolute lush

M & S Thai fish cakes with their unicorn bao buns and vegetarian spring rolls - costs about £10 but is my favourite treat and is also fairly low fat so I don’t feel guilty (except for the cost)

Don't be a dingus

My favs are beef stroganoff plus rice or paella - Waitrose do a decent frozen paella 🥘

Charlie Bingham’s, just about any of their meals. No M&S food hall near me so I haven’t had a ready meal from there for about 25 years.

<goes off to look up M&S ready meal options >