What are your ‘I’m poorly’ foods

[Dreamsarereal]

In bed with Covid, can’t do much, don’t really want to eat but feel I have to be proactive about it so just had sour dough bread and honey washed down with kombucha.
What I really want is hot Ribena and rich tea biscuits.
What helps you when you are poorly!

Eggy cup with toast soldiers, or marmite on toast and a mug of tea.

Heinz tomato soup with cheese sandwiches

Let's be ill together

Oh I'd forgotten how much I love dry Frosties! May have to get some

Mashed potato with a soft poached egg on top.

Lilt

I've been feeling unwell for a while now...

Heinz tomato soup, crusty bread and butter or cheese spread.
original lucozade
if it’s a cold: hot squash or stones ginger wine

Homemade veg soup or Italian white bean soup

Beans on toast

Cereal

Proper cocoa made with milk

Lucozade original or Sport (orange)

Lemsip (ideally blackcurrant)

Just plain spaghetti in heated chopped tinned tomatoes with a knob of butter and a bit of pepper. Has also become DHs comfort food, after originally declaring he hated it.

Bachelors pasta packets with shredded chicken added, fresh cherry tomato and parmesan

I know I could cook the pasta but when you're ill it's less faff and so salty and crappy I love it

Plain toast (no butter), plain jacket potato (ditto) or cream crackers (ditto)

Instant noodles but instead of the powder or sauce packs I add pesto and loads of cheese. It is somehow better than spaghetti with pesto. No idea why! I prefer to use the shin ramyun noodles as they are thicker.

Riso in brodo - orzo cooked in chicken broth till soupy, bit of cream if you have it, grated parmesan, lots and lots of black pepper

@Knittedfairies that’s not an illness; it’s s hangover 😂

M&S cheese tasters or Walkers sweet chilli sensations. When I was having chemo it was fruit mentos and love hearts

Boiled egg and toast with hot ribena, sometimes I take a notion for horlicks, I keep an emergency tub just in case.

I've got Covid right now too (third time in total) and my Covid poorly foods are different to my other poorly foods and I don't know why other than the fact that Covid makes me so hungry I'm just snacking non-stop. I've never lost my sense of taste though, and the only thing I've lost my sense of smell with is Vaporub which is really weird but that's only lasted 1-2 days each time at least.

So far this time I've been enjoying:

crisps, so many crisps but especially sour cream and onion Discos and every flavour of Hula Hoops

Toast with butter and a small scraping of Vegemite. I can't get enough of this right now.

Rocky road bites

Buttery crumpets

Blue Riband biscuits

And for drinks, tea. All the tea. I'm a coffee drinker normally but I always prefer tea when I'm ill.

I hope you feel better soon OP.

Tea and toast
turkey and Swiss cheese on white bread sandwich
mashed tatties and gravy

Macaroni and cheese
Boiled egg mashed up in a cup with butter and bits of white bread. Tastes better than it sounds

Homemade chicken soup, cheese scone, chocolate, a strawberry tart, ice cream, lemsip, hot lemonade or hot cordial.

That Itsu Brilliant broth chicken flavour. Has a nice heat to it. Lemon and honey tea. If I’ve got a cold/ cough/ sore throat I can’t stand any sort of dairy. It has to be citrus or Chili flavours.

soft boiled eggs with bread and butter soldiers with a fair bit of salt! Food of the gods.

Tomato soup, buttery mash

Dit has to be Flu Stew! ( This rhymes in my accent ☺️)

Onions, Garlic, Leeks
Carrots
Potatoes
Parsnips

Peeled and sliced/cut into chunks
Hot water
Bouillon or stock cube.
Salt and pepper

Put everything into a very large pan and bring to the boil.
Simmer until the vegetables are tender.

This is the best thing for a bad cold.

Real comfort food.

Hot and spicy clear broth Asian noodle soup with dumplings and veggies