Did I just win the award for most 'I can't be fucked' tea for my DC?

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I've been working overtime today, exhausted, feel like shit.

My 3 year old had a plate of corned beef, cheese and sweetcorn for his tea.

Did I just win the award for most 'that'll do' tea?

He quite enjoyed it tbf! He asked for more.

Ready for today to be done 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

I'm born and bred south east and corned beef and spam were staples in our house during my childhood (spam fritters cooked in batter, anyone?). I still love a bit of corned beef in sarnies or with some salad and sweet pickle, delicious.

My mother's CBA tea for us was toast and dripping (from the Sunday roast) with a little salt sprinkled on it. Food of the gods.

IN THE TOASTER!?

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Last wk my 5 and 2 yr old had a fishfinger wrap for lunch with cucumber and tomatoes. On the same day for tea they had a fishfinger wrap with baked beans 🤷🏻‍♀️

An old friend from Derbyshire used to call it a medley, roll and butter few crisps, bit of ham and a tomatoe on a paper plate, all the kids loved it.

As a child my favourite cba tea was a plate of cooked new or just small potatoes , some salt and butter. Add in a roll mop and that was bliss as far as I was concerned. Mum was v happy.

Best shit tea I've done was Jacob's crackers with plastic burger cheese and slices of apple.
Kid loved it.

I've just read the Thread and found 2 meals I usually do! That wasn't my cba me😳😁

Meat, veg and dairy. You're doing great Mumma x

best made with day old mash - loads of butter in a pan - in a bowl mush mash, corned beef and cheese (optional) together - place in hot pan - jiggle a bit, flip when a bit firm - do other side - add fried egg if you want to be fancy!

see also eggy bread - food of the Gods

also Tomato/potato combo - I'm so doing that

spam fritters cooked in batter, anyone - yes - staple 1970's Northern food!

Our CBA tea. Instant noodles with a tin of mackerel in tomato sauce mixed in.

See also Nigella's spaghetti with marmite.

I think the tea you made sounds lovely OP, I bloody love corned beef and thanks to your thread I'm going to get some in and make a corned beef and potato pie for dinner tomorrow 😋.

I've not seen sugar sandwiches mentioned.

My mums can't be arsed tea would be white bread, proper butter then sprinkled liberally with white sugar. Bloody lovely.

I had two fillings by the time I was 10🦷

My grandson loves having a can of tinned meatballs in gravy for tea here hehehe

I bet a salad cream and crisp sarnie would be good.

If your DC will eat corned beef, cheese and sweetcorn you should be very proud 😁

Mine was a ham roll tonight.

Try frying the corned beef, dipped in batter, had this often as child, yummy, corned beef fritters!

If you want to get your kids eating corned beef (yes they also still sell Spam), read Swallows and Amazons to them, they are always eating Pemmican (corned beef) and make it sound quite romantic. It even made me want to give it a go again.

An imaginative tea. Has carbs, protein, fat & vitamins.

ooh I really fancy a corned beef & picalilie (so?) sarnie now. 😋

The choc ice and chips advert is from 1978, so it might have inspired your choice, @SpidersAreShitheads - it features a dad cooking tea while mum is in hospital with a new baby, so maybe 3 year old you thought it was the treat you got 😁

My favourite CBA (or my kids favourite) dinner is those packets of tortelloni they do in Lidl. Drop in boiling water, wait about 3 minutes and serve. On a good day they get stir in pasta sauce or grated cheese on top. Even quicker than the effort involved in getting a takeaway. Or baked bean toasted sandwiches in the sandwich toaster, sometimes with cheese if I'm putting effort in.
Most of my meals are pretty basic though to be fair, and my favourite kitchen gadget is the Clever Chef- a sort of slow cooker that does everything on a timer, while I go and have a rest or crack on with whatever else needs doing. This evening it was a bag of frozen paella, thrown in with a handful of frozen peas and set to saute 20 minutes. I just stir it and serve it when it beeps, it doesn't burn or boil over when I leave the room. The pan is non stick so very little effort involved in cleaning either. We are moving house this week so really have no time or energy for cooking, not that I enjoy cooking normally. I'm not usually one for wasting money on kitchen gadgets but this one is a game changer. it does rice, pasta, yoghurt, porridge, roasts, cakes, stews etc.

Most lunches at home, especially weekends/ holidays are known as "table picnics" Empty contents of fridge onto table (butter, any random salad, sliced meat or cheese), add bread, crisps on a good day, fruit bowl is already there, help yourself.

And sardines. I think that's part of why I like those, forked straight from the can, for a CBA lunch.

I feel much better about “can’t be f*** teas now after reading this thread. Tonight mine had, meatballs, carrots and new potatoes. In my head it looked much more normal that it actually did on the plate.
my kids do love what I call “lion tea” (whatever’s “lion” around…) where we just cook the random bits like the last few chicken nuggets, cocktail sausages / sausage rolls etc with vegetable sticks, nachos and a dip