Super simple/basic comfort foods

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Share with me your favourite basic comfort foods for no reason other than I just ate some crackers with butter and was struck by how delicious it was. I'm thinking say 3-4 ingredients max.

I'll start with:

White toast, salted butter
In similar vein, Jacobs cracker with salted butter
Jacket potato, salted butter
Crumpet, nutella
Toast, butter, baked beans

Pickled Beetroot sandwiches.

Risotto is amazing but takes ages to make, i class that as full on cooking!

Jacket potato with butter tuna, onion and mayo.

Baguette with sliced cold hard boiled egg,butter and salt

Pasta, butter, grated cheese
Carbonara ish - pasta, egg, garlic philly, parmesan, ham (or bacon)
tortilla chips, refried beans, melted cheese. Lots of cheese
Fishfinger sandwich

Heinz tomato soup, best served in a big mug accompanied with buttered bread.

Yess I love crackers/corn thins with butter

Buttered rice/pasta boiled with chicken stock with corn and peas (+shredded fish/chicken)

Plain quesadilla (tortilla with melted cheese)

15 minute ish spag bol

Not authentic but yummy.

Add the pasta to boiling water.

Fry chopped onions until transparent, add 1 clove garlic & mince & brown the mixture Then add chopped tinned tomatoes (no juice), Tom purée, bay leaf, salt & pepper then 1 -2 tablespoons olive oil to thicken

drain pasta, cover with sauce, add grated cheese.

Boiled eggs and buttered toast soldiers.
Buttery, cheesy mashed potatoes with a poached egg on top.
(My DM used to make this for us as children when we were ill. )
A bowl of tomato soup with a spoonful of mash in and grated cheese over the top. Wonderfully comforting after school on a brutal winter's day.

Egg noodles (Lidl’s are cheapest & best) cooked according to the instructions on the packet then tossed in sesame oil & soy sauce & served with fried onions, a fried egg & lots of black pepper. I could literally eat this every day.

Also - pan-fried grilled cheese sandwich, angel hair pasta with butter and pesto, fried eggs on corn thins (so good)

Derbyshire oatcake, salted butter, peanut butter. Absolute heaven.

Fried up root veges and mashed potato with red onion, and a poached egg on top, with tomato sauce. . .

Try oven-baked risotto, it’s so easy and perfect every time. White wine in it is a must.

www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/oven-baked-risotto/amp

Boiled egg and buttered soldiers.
Poached egg on marmite toast.
A cup of hot bovril with a spoon of ketchup .
A fluffy buttery jacket potato.
Mashed sweet potato with crumbled feta forked in and lots of black pepper.
A cup of Assam or English Breakfast tea with fig rolls for dunking.

@Coffeellama you can make risotto in a slow cooker or pressure cooker too, whack everything in and leave it to do it's thing.

I know it's sacrilege but I don't always do the slow adding of liquid on a job either, if you stick it all in and hope for the best it usually turns out ok.

Marmite and spaghetti, with cheese
Spaghetti alla Norma, with cheese
Spaghetti puttanesca, with cheese
Chips and mayonnaise

Not simple at all, but homemade pan-fried gyoza with Korean ramen, drizzled with soy sauce and chilli oil.

White toast and butter. It's got to be Warburtons.

Basically any white carb with something fattening!

Semolina with raspberry jam, a splash of cream and a sprinkling of nutmeg. Really quick and easy to whip up on the hob.

Boiled egg and soldiers.
Super noodles with a tin of tuna and grated cheese.
Heinz tomato soup.

Crackers, yoghurt, wasabi
Soba noodles, garlic, mushrooms
Bean sprouts, ginger, baby sweetcorn spears
Omlette with eggs, peas and dill

Bag of mini Cheddars and a pot of houmous. Use Cheddars as a spoon to transport houmous to mouth. Wash down with gin and tonic

Try this recipe, absolutely delicious and easy (add chorizo and lots of parmesan)

www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/oven-baked-risotto/amp

You may see a theme here.

Yes to tinned tomatoes on toast, but with grated cheese on
Yes to pasta mayo and tuna, but with grated cheese

I do tuna mayo on toast with grated cheese on top, then slightly grilled

Mature cheese on toast with raw red onion

Shortbread biscuit with squirty cream and jam on.
Custard - Just a simple bowl of custard.

Not only 3 ingredients but simple and the most homeliest of them all

A nice pan of scouse with buttered crusty bread - fabulous

A favourite of mine as a teenager was a tin of cream of tomato soup, with tinned sweetcorn stirred in, grated cheese with ground pepper on top, and served with thick sliced white bread and butter. 😋

McIntosh macaroni cheese with bought mash and ketchup. Induces a bit of a carb coma.