what are your 'never fail, even if they're really not well at all' meals?

[AitchTwoOh]

dd's are pasta, pesto and peas, roast chicken and roast potatoes, and white fish poached in milk and a baked potato (both with broccoli).
funnily enough, the latter two were what my mum used to cook me when i was ill.

i'd be interested to know what everyone else's comfort foods are. cheers

i still get myself egg in a cup when i'm feeling yuck

DD is pretty much:
pasta with carrots topped with grated cheese
ditto but substitute brocolli
ditto but substitute peas

DS is beans on toast or with a jacket potato

you feed your kids when they are poorly
soup and sanwiches here, oh and cheese on toast, depends on the level of illness though, oh yeah and crumpets are a favourite. DD is ill I probably won't be feeding her tomorrow

Aitch & pink - I'm sure it was the cup (tho the butter probably helped .

Baby T has egg-mashed-up-in-a-cup..this is buttered bread cut up into small squares and mixed up with a soft egg in a mug...is this a Scottish thing?!

could be... although mine was simply soft egg in a cup with about a quarter of a pack of butter (well, maybe not that much) and toast soldiers. buttered, of course

i used to get soft egg and butter in a cup too, but i'm not scottish. mmm...

Oh yes egg in a cup or macaroni cheese.

mash potato and fish fingers

what is egg in a cup??

Boiled egg in a mug with a big dollop of butter mashed up and eaten with toast soldiers. Easier for little ones and big pathetic ill ones (DH) to manage than a boiled egg in a shell.

oooh my sort of boiled egg.

Pesto pasta never fails here it's my can't be arsed meal.

isn't that interesting that pesto is so high up the list? what did we do without it..?

spag bol
macaroni cheese
chicken/potatoes
chicken soup
Tuna tomatoe pasta

I've never given my DD's pesto. Do yours prefer green or red?

They'll eat either we tend to buy green although I prefer red.

sausages
mash potatoe
baked beans
peas
broccolli
carrots
yogurt
apples
bananas
ready made pancakes
malt loaf

Toast with butter.

yoghurt
orange jelly
fish and brocolli when he is on the mend

(he is 14 mo)

Yoghurt, Yoghurt and more Yoghurt

My kids like both red or green pesto.

One favourite is Chicken Pesto Pasta.

Stir fry chicken,
add some strips of pepper or whatever if I can be arsed.
Stir in couple big spoons pesto,
Mix through cooked pasta
Stir through as much cream as you feel you can get away with.

MMH!

I am surprised people can eat pesto and cream, eggs and butter, when they are ill. We used to have marmite on toast (about 2 bites) or plain toast, and ginger wine in hot water to make the sick taste nice!

when dc are ill they always want rice cooked in chicken stock (made with chicken, carrot and onion). and camomile with lots of sugar.
When I was ill my mum used to make rice with potato and parsley.
when I'm feeling low, I usually have eggs and bacon

Sorry pesto pasta is not an ill dish, chicken soup or egg in a cup mostly