House full of covid what do you make for dinner when you haven’t got much in?

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Online shop is coming tomorrow morning, last online shop was Friday but couldn’t go in to store to do top up shop Tuesday like normal due to covid. So what do people make when they don’t have much fresh stuff in? I am sure there are loads of things I could make with what we have but my mind is blank.

What do you have in the fridge/cupboards/garden?

Get a takeaway? Freezer surprise? Family or friends drop stuff to you?

Pasta bake of some sort usually.

Can use up ends of veg, or frozen. Tin of tomatoes. Whatever cheese is left in the fridge.

Get a takeaway delivered!

Pasta is always my go to for when there's not much in!

Pasta - with pesto, or with tinned toms, anchovies, garlic, chilli flakes and olives.

Risotto with peas and bacon

Jacket potatoes with tuna/cheese/beans

Beans with melted cheese on toast

Omelettes

Pancakes

Fish fingers with macaroni cheese or chips

Fish finger sandwiches

It’s a question of what you have really…

Depends what you have in the freezer. I have frozen fish mix so I add that to rice a peas, bit of soy sauce. "Fishy rice" nicer than its name.

Or pasta, tomato sauce and tuna with cheese and crushed crisps on top. "Fishy pasta"

I always have quorn pieces and peas in the freezer so emergency food usually some sort of rice dish with those and the contents of the spice cupboard. Did it the other day with some dried ginger, soy sauce and 5 spice, was pretty good!

Pasta with tomato sauce is usually or go to. Or we usually have bags and bags of gyoza and dim sum in the freezer. Also frozen prawns and veg.

We've also been struck down a few days before our food delivery so tonight is a takeaway, tomorrow will be pasta, Friday I'll do dim sum, Saturday prawn fried rice. Sunday - fresh stuff!

Lunch has been toasted crumpets with cheese and yoghurts for the kids. Might get an Uber grocery delivery of fruit.

I don’t want to risk a takeaway as 2dc has severe allergies and can’t take the risk of not being able to get them due to covid.

It’s mainly fresh veg/salad/fruit we are missing currently have:
12 Granny Smiths
1 leek
1 red pepper
1/2 bag of salad
2 mangos
7 carrots
I have cheese, butter, milk, yogurt, garlic bread, gammon joint and some ham left in the fridge.
Freezer is well stocked with all different types of meat but I don’t buy much frozen veg and have no chip but I do have 30 fish fingers, 12 sausages, peas and sweetcorn.

No tin veg
I do have jarred sauces in the cupboard, rice, pasta and spices, eggs, flour etc

I think it’s the lack of fresh veg and potatoes that has thrown me.

Curried whatever you have.

I really craved a fish finger sandwich when I had covid!

Tinned soup and a cheese sandwich would do for us if we had not a lot in

Macaroni cheese with the ham and fried leeks added.

One meal with limited veg won’t kill you. Just do chopped carrots and pepper and then fish fingers and garlic bread. Call it tapas!

cheesy ham pasta with pepper and leek

Macaroni and cheese is a good idea or ham and cheese omelettes. I know one dinner with no veg won’t hurt us but the lack of veg, potatoes, frozen chips etc has thrown me.

You’ve got loads!

Special fried rice (rice with whatever else you have thrown in).

Apple pie?

Hope you’re all feeling better soon.

Curried whatever.

Pasta and peas.

"Fishy rice" nicer than its name.

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Nigella's fish finger bhorta or an approximation of. With garlic bread on the side.

www.nigella.com/recipes/fish-finger-bhorta

Or some spicy/bacony rice dish with a runny egg on top.

We went with fish finger sandwiches and beans last week in the same situation. Kids thought it was brilliant.

There's loads of meals in that lot

Meatball pasta bake, slice pepper, leek and Carrots and stirfry, cook the pasta and add peas and sweetcorn towards the end of it time, cook and slice the sausages. Mix all together, add a jar of sauce, top with cheese and bake

I'd do a pasta sauce with the sausages, peppers, leek and assuming you have a tin of tomatoes or sauce.

Serve with pasta and garlic bread if you want to push the boat out.

Obvs you can make meatballs out the sausages, or just cook and slice!

Great minds 😂