To think that simple foods are often forgotten and underrated.

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I don't really eat much sweet stuff but I really fancied something tonight, so I made some pancakes. Took about 15 mins, so quick and cheap. We had them with lemon and sugar....mmmm
Nothing fancy ....but delicious!

What is your simple and underrated favorite?

I'm vegetarian but my friend swears by fried eggs, chips and tuna. Can someone try it and tell me what they think?

This is mine too!

A Victoria sponge cake with jam and a dusting of caster sugar.
Toast and marmite
Macaroni cheese, piping hot and bubbling from the oven.

I loved my mum’s old eye level grill.
You could see what you were grilling
You didn’t suddenly fill the kitchen with smoke from burned on grease from something
You could see when your Mum’s favourite tea cakes were about to set on fire, are they still a thing ?
I just much preferred them, no back breaking bending over to see the grill
The fact that you can’t have them now, is probably the reason we never grill anything, and why air fryers are so popular, you can easily see what you are in effect grilling.

Toasted bacon sandwich.

We just had leftover roast chicken in gravy with mash. Plain, simple, gobbled up by all.

Also had egg fried sandwiches for lunch. We were at a buffet last night and we were given leftovers to take home... curled up sandwich triangles - soak them in beaten egg, fry and slather in condiments of choice. Remember having them as a child.

Beans and cheese on toast
Sausage and mash with loads of gravy
My guilty pleasure...cheese and broccoli pasta from lidl.

I haven't liked any grill I've ever used since those days!

I love making scones because I'm always amazed they're so simple and really do turn into proper scones (and I'm not great at cakes, but scones work). The other thing I love is on a friday i get one of the kids to make scrambled eggs on toast and we just have that with other stuff put on the table (cucumber, tomato, dried fruit). Then if they're still hungry they have porridge and tinned fruit before bed. It's nice not having to think, as we basically just eat the food that is easily available.

Omelette

That first cup of tea and jam on toast you get after you give birth. I don't like tea or jam on toast but that tasted like it had been prepared by God himself.

American pancakes with maple syrup and a side of bacon.

Macaroni cheese, preferably with breadcrumbs on top.

Whenever I'm home alone, I'm partial to a sort of ploughman's with bread, cheese, pickle, and whatever else I happen to fancy: sliced apple, carrots, hummus, etc. When people were talking about "girl dinner" a couple of years ago, I realised I was part of a trend I hadn't known existed. 😀

What, you got jam??? Did you go private?

I'm the custodian of all the ancient family recipes: all the lovely simple soups and stews and breads and cakes my grandparents made. 😋 Cheap and tasty and no waste!

Egg and beans on toast is something that we started eating as a cheap quick meal but now we look forward to it

Scrambled eggs in a cup with butter and maybe some cheese. 3 mins tops.

Haha my grandma has one!

I also rediscovered tinned plum tomatoes on toast which I had as a vegan breakfast option at a very nice cafe. Have recreated several times at home since. Yum!

I had the simplest of simple the other day: standing up in the kitchen, boiled egg in hand, still a tiny bit warm, after each bite a new pinch of sea salt. Perfect ratio per bite.

Me too - I often have an ‘emergency’ ham sandwich 💕

Cheap white bread and crisps sandwich 😁

Egg & salad cream sandwiches
A proper chip butty on a buttered breadcake
A good fry up
Bread & beef dripping

Cheese toastie with beans
homemade soup with bread and butter
jacket potato with cheese and beans
cheese on beans on toast
crackers with cheese/pate/dips
tuna/mayo with a really simple dlad
roast chicken dinner

Another vote for beans on toast, but my ultimate comfort food is a soft boiled egg with toast soldiers.

Corned beef pie 😋