What’s your favourite ready meal?

[Charliebighamfan]

Partly because I’m bored but also because we’ve been through most of the Charlie Bigham ones (or the ones you get in most big supermarkets). I do like the CB chilli con carne & moussaka. What are your favourites (doesn’t have to be CB)?

I’ve never thought to try the curries in Asda & I know it’s usually good value. The ready made risotto from Iceland is a really good shout, shame it’s been out of stock. I think Aldi do a frozen paella though I’ve never tried it.

M&S do a really good macaroni cheese in their special range. Just don’t look at the calories in it! The Aldi special range one is also pretty decent.

Another good quick tea when you aren't feeling great is the fresh pasta/sauce meal deal some shops do, we often get the spinach and ricotta tortellini and tomato and mascarpone sauce from Tesco if we are short on time and it's ready in less than 10 minutes.

We like Cook vegetable lasagne and lamb dupiaza.

Also Waitrose mussels in white wine sauce with some french fries in the oven for an easy treat

I like Sainsbury's extra special vegetarian cottage pie and vegetarian moussaka . I like them as they are veggie rather than vegan and have real dairy in .

I also like most supermarket's special range fish pies . I find the Charlie Bingham's too salty though .

Aldi lasagne is better than Charlie Bighams and much cheaper. Aldi butter chicken too.

CB chicken tikka masala, by a country mile.

M&S chicken arrabiata is nice, in fact most of their pasta meals are decent. I also love the fajitas but they don't seem to do them all the time

Lidls spaghetti carbonara is really lovely

So many good ideas here & lots I hadn’t thought of. Also prefer veggie rather than vegan- the more cheese the better! The M&S pasta ready meals do sound like they’re generally good. Also I like the idea of the fresh pasta & sauce- I used to do that when I was first living in London& it always hits the spot!

Aldi Mac & cheese from their special range, topped with croutons or something - served 2 - very decent, half the price of CB and to be honest, not worth making your own.
Its very handy if you are running late, or having a busy day.

Waitrose Prawn and chilli pizza and their entire indian range

Icelands Takaway spinach and ricotta cannelloni is lush i heat it in the oven rather than in the microwave

Waitrose curries are good. Hope your chemo goes well for you and you soon feel much better.

Wasabi or itsu I can't remember but they have great noodle ones

Hope your chemo goes well

Thanks all, this is great. For me I liken the feeling after chemo to being a bit like morning sickness, that kind of low level bleurgh feeling. I don’t have much energy & crave carby type foods. It’s good to have some quick meal ideas as a back up.

Asda lasagne, the one you can cook in a microwave, not tried the oven only one in the foil dish. Aldi paella.
Asda stir fry deal, veg, noodles & sauce just add a pack of the ready cooked topside beef.

Ocado do some really good ones

this is perfect Carby dinner. We had it once a week when I was first trimester

this is a firm fave in our house - so so flavourful and fresh! But also cheesy and comforting…

It’s not quite microwave as you heat in a pan but it’s close enough for me
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Waitress "Number 1 cauliflower and broccoli three cheese gratin". Really tasty, and of course just to add to my 5 a day I add a load of chunky chips to dunk in the sauce 😊

Hope your treatment goes well.

Does pizza count?

M and s mac and cheese

Spinach and ricotta cannelloni, because it would be a fiddle to make. Mmmm, haven't tried Iceland's.........yet.

All the M&S pastas are very good. Even the four cheese ravioli is lovely - simple but tasty and comforting.

Bollinger Champaign. 😀