Underrated, simple foods or meals

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Sometimes I think there is nothing better than just a plain cheese sandwich. Bread, a nice crumbly mature cheese, butter.

Sure, I love a cheese ploughmans with all the trimmings and pickle. I love a cheese and salad. But I just think a plain cheese sandwich very often gets overlooked. It’s simple but delicious.

Similarily, sometimes I think you can’t beat just butter on toast.

I’m just curious what other simple foods or meals others enjoy.

Beans on toast with a sprinkling of cheese on top - one of my favourites

sausage chips and beans

Egg, chips and beans. (Chips done in the deep fat fryer.)

Scrambled egg with grated cheese

Tomato sandwich with really good tomatoes on really good white bread. For some reason I’ve not had one for years- should remedy this!

canned Lentil soup
rice cakes and cottage cheese
Greek yogurt and muesli

so simple, and I’d happily live off them

Ham sandwich with a crusty white roll, salty butter and Dijon mustard.
Or for a proper meal, corned beef hash.

cheese on toast, or a bowl of your favourite cereal with nice cold milk.

A bowl of soup - homemade (or tinned) with some crusty granary bread.

Bread, cheese and a glass of red wine is my absolute favourite meal.

(They all need to be the best I can get, but … yeah …)

Bowl of cornflakes
ice cold milk
sprinkle of sugar
eaten at night

perfection

or a well done crumpet with butter and a mug of tea - maybe a piece of mature cheddar or Red Leicester on the side

Chip butty or a crisp sandwich with lots of butter and decent chips/crisps.

Boiled egg and toast .

Boiled new potatoes in a little butter and whatever herbs you have like mint, parsley or chives, steamed asparagus or tender stem broccoli with quiche or salmon. I usually make my own quiche then freeze it in slices for when I need it so it comes out as simple but their are some nice premade quiches I use if I haven't made one. We call it our "boring dinner" but its actually really lovely.

My granny’s soda bread and home made butter as thick as the slice of bread.

Pasta mixed with fried red onion, chorizo or salami, green beans or tender stem and a splash of red wine vinegar.

Pho using pre made broth and leftover chicken or beef,

Apple and honey sandwich.
Baked potato with salty butter.

Potato salad. YUM!!!

I love a ham egg and chips 🤤 especially with a slice of white bread and butter 🥰

A jacket potato with lashings of salty butter and a bit too much grated cheese. Potato needs to be done in the oven, low and slow so that the skin cracks when you cut in to it.

My other fav’ is fish fingers and chips. Fish fingers would feature somewhere in my final meal if I was on death row.

I definitely think cheese on toast, eggs on toast, beans on toast, jacket potato with cheese and beans , fish finger sandwiches

@NorWouldTilly what is your best!?

Buttered toast with marmite, topped with a really good quality poached egg.

I recently tried the recipe on the back of my packet of spaghetti. It was basically just spaghetti, butter and pepper. It was delicious.

Bacon ( streaky or back free range ) sandwich one white uncut bread with brown sauce or mustard. Or one of each !
Jacket potato cooked low and slow with butter cheese and beans.
Good quality egg with butter and marmite on uncut white bread. Or boiled with soldiers.

Just flew home and l made a tomato sandwich with butter and salt for the journey.. fresh Spanish tomatoes in a fresh crusty roll.. the tomato had softened into the bread. 😋