Underrated, simple foods or meals

[bolognazey]

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.

That's showing off. That's not simple.🤦‍♀️

Agree about a cheese sandwich and toast. I'd also add a simple bacon sandwich to that list.

An omelette is fab for a light meal, with some buttery new potatoes if I want a little more substance.

Jacket potato, cheese and beans always hits my comfort food buttons.

PMT me is also fond of a chip butty (preferably with some curry sauce!).

Jacket potato with butter and cheese

No need for a ton of seasoning, side salad, fancy fillings.

Just a lovely soft jacket potato! Yum.

+1 for beans on toast.

Some crusty bread and butter.

Mozarella with tomatoes and basil.

Some sliced apples with decent peanut butter, some granola, coconut and cinnamon on top! Amazing! You can use bananas and strawberries too!

Boiled egg on top of the marmite?

Corn on the cob with lashings of butter and freshly ground black pepper. Two little stickies in the end. Kitchen roll for your face after. 😛

Totally agree about the mozerella with toms and basil!

Agree with the cheese on toast. I would add Worcestershire sauce on it to bring it to another level 🤤

also I really fancy a jacket potato now!

This is also a very good one! But for me it would definitely have to be a blue cheese

Just proper chip shop chips (ideally with lots of salt and vinegar and cheap white bread and butter)

These are the simple things that I forget how good they are.

cornflakes
heinz tomato soup
egg mayo sandwich (with red onion and / or cress)
cheese sandwich (preferably toasted and served with the soup)
plain crisps
and with an odd to @bolognazey user name, spaghetti bolognaise

It's all the childhood meals:
Beans and eggs on potatoe waffles
Egg in a cup
Fresh soda bread or scones with butter and jam
Tayto sandwich
Chicken fillet roll
Pot noodles on bread
Tuna pasta with mayo

sliced apple and peanut butter.
A brace of satsumas.
Two low fat babybel (I like that they are more squeaky and toothsome than the full fat version) with an apple.
A simple lemon chickpeas saucy recipe I found in the Guardian years ago with rice.

Cheese sandwiches are the best! Followed by crisp, bacon or sausage sandwiches, in that order.

Can I ask what’s difficult about it?

Hard boiled egg and salt.

Bacon sandwich.
Softly scrambled eggs on toast
Boursin garlic & herb cheese on crusty bread or roll.

Cheese and apple sandwich
Buttered cream crackers
Home made lentil soup
Boiled egg ans soldiers
Beans on toast with a fried egg on top😋

Toasted tiger bread with salted butter and raspberry jam and spaghetti with butter, cheese and sweet chilli sauce mixed through.

Jacket potato, cottage cheese, cherry tomatoes
cheese tomato and onion toastie
cheddar and marmite ciabatta
smoked salmon cream cheese bagel
cheesy chips and gravy

A boiled egg, white set yolk runny, white bread and butter cut into soldiers with a sprinkle of salt. I use to have this every day as a child. I lived with my Nan for about 18 months when I was a toddler then as an adult she would love to tell everyone how I use to insist on a heg and shoulder for my tea. Still think it’s the best

Sausage beans and chips 😋

Re egg in a cup i.e. mashed up boiled egg with a bit of butter and salt? Is this an Irish thing? We always got that when I was a kid (yummy) but most other people I've mentioned it too have never had it except my sister in law who's Dad is Irish. Perhaps I can clear it up now? Seems basic like it would be a thing everywhere but perhaps not?

Fried tomatoes on buttered brown toast, salt and pepper, mug of tea. Heaven. Also works with mushrooms and brown sauce.