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 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

All the people saying they are chucking / dumping / throwing / splashing stuff on to a plate in a bid to make it sound lazier…. It doesnt!

(Bread or crackers and cheese, followed by a piece of fruit, has been lunch since my childhood . Variations involving rolls, sliced ham and either lettuce and tomato (summer) or soup (winter) are possible, but not necessary. It’s unusual, but by no means unknown , to serve exactly the same for supper)

My daughter made her own tea tonight.
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Packet of chicken satay sticks,a packet of wotsits and a pot of jelly 🤷‍♀️
Am I a winner 🤣

Choc ice and chips is at least more appetising than "shite and sugar", which is what my mum offered whenever someone asked what was for dinner

I couldn't be arsed earlier so my lunch was a few slices of ham straight from the packet and two clementines.

You forgot Corned beef pie. Other wise known as Corned Dog here Corned beef is staple in our house, I usually have two or three tins of it in.
My legendary corned dog pie is often requested for parties, buffets, or just for the hell of it..
Right, keep this under your hat…I cheat. I use ready made pastry mix, (not the ready rolled stuff, even I don’t go that far)
Tin of corned beef,
Frozen mash ( life is too short to be peeling, boiling and mashing spuds when Tesco do it all for me)!
Frozen onions (same as above)
I don’t skimp on the corned beef, the full tin goes in.
The pastry is blind baked, no soggy bottoms in this pie.

As for CBA meals, I’ve had the odd slice of bread and peanut butter (no allergies needless to say) for lunch lately.

DH and I, on our honeymoon in Italy 20 odd years ago, went to Verona for the day; it was baking hot, we didn’t fancy lunch so bought ourselves a chunk of watermelon each from the market. Absolutely lovely.

I also have memories of student celebrations where ‘lunch’ consisted of a shared bottle of cava and a Mars bar. Those were the days. 😂

SIL wins it for me though, with breakfast boulders for 2 year old DD when her little brother was born. And that was fine by me.

When I was a kid my mums go to can’t be arsed tea was a tin of stewed steak in gravy, thickened with bistro granules and poured over new potatoes with peas.
Food of the Gods that. I still crave it as comfort food now 😂

Indeed!

DS 2. CBA lunch (he is 20 and so I am not making him lunch anymore!)

Chicken tikka masala frozen ready meal…he thought it looked a bit small and so added a can of tuna. Microwaved it. Ate it standing up right next to the microwave… he couldnt be arsed to even cross the kitchen and sit down 🤣

Ooh, I always have a can of Aldi or Princess corned beef lurking in the back of the cupboard. 😋 Home & Bargains do lovely vacuum packed corn of the cobs that stay fresh for months. Another great standby.

Only once? This sounds like a winner! 😀

Previous posters mentioned various versions of Corned Beef Hash. Mine is left over potatoes or mash, corned beef, onions, gently sautéed in a pan until the bottom is browned, it’s then flipped over to cook the top , it comes out like a pp said, crispy bits, soft, squishy bits,, it’s served with baked beans.
I do a corned beef stew,: corned beef, onion, spuds, turnip, carrots, celery, leeks, any veg really simmered in gravy stock, Sometimes the potatoes act as a thickener.
Comfort food in winter.

I literally just cut up avocados for my kids when I CBA with dinner. I figure they’re relatively nutritious… we have avocado for dinner at least every other week.

Sometimes, if I’m willing to do dishes afterwards, I blend it with frozen blueberries and baby oatmeal and call it “homemade ice cream” . They love it! 🤢😂

That's a normal dinner in our house!!!

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Haha love it. You have made me crave corned beef now!!

Excellent!!

@SeaToSki that made me laugh out loud! I have a 16 year old. He once decided to make a ‘snack’ so started with a pot noodle, began to add a tin of beans, realised it wouldn’t fit, poured it all into a pan, stirred and then ate it from the pan! I was hoping he might become more refined soon, you’ve worried me now! 😂

As far as I'm aware* baked beans represent all nutritional food groups and you can eat them cold.

*I have no need to be corrected on this matter thanks

Positively energetic. Just possibly they're all Jamie Oliver sockpuppeting.

That's the kind I make. Potato hash I guess
Looks vile, tastes lovely

Mine randomly purchased a birthday cake when he went to the shops with his friend and had that for dinner once 🤣🤣

My DC went through a massively fussy stage. When I was in tears at scraping carefully planned healthy dinners into the bin yet again, I decided if they wanted spaghetti hoops on toast every day, they could have it. I got reduced sugar tinned pasta, wholemeal sliced bread, grated some cheese on top and gave them peas, carrot sticks etc on the side. They probably had tinned spaghetti on toast about three or four times a week for a few months.

Your dinner sounds inspired by comparison!

It sound like a proper meal to me; 2 colours, had protein, vegetable and dairy.

In our house egg soldiers makes a regular appearance, which takes all of 5 minutes with an egg cooker.

Not from this country, I have never had corned beef. What does the “corned” mean?

Going by some of the descriptions, crispy on the outside and soft in the middle, served on carbs (potatoes) with onion gravy….that’s not so different from sliced foie gras, fried or seared, served on a mini toast with onion chutney/caramelised onions!!