What is your happy food or happy meal?

[MythicalBiologicalFennel]

I have recently learned to cook a red bean and rice soup and it's gorgeous. I made a big batch and had it for lunch this week. It made me happy to think about it at work in the morning. It made me happy to cook it and eat it. It was tasty, cheap, filling and healthy I wish all my meals were like that!

Have you got any meals or foods that make you happy?

[graziemille567]

Soft white bloomer bread absolutely smothered in salted butter - absolute heaven!
Or a really good pasta dish, either carbonara or a really rich meat ragu, with tons of Parmesan and black pepper on top of it. Has to be linguine/tagliatelle/pappardelle- no rubbery pasta shapes!
God, I'm salivating thinking about it all!

[MustardScreams]

My healthy happy meal is a ahi poké bowl from a local restaurant. The sauce is delicious.

My comfort happy food is extra buttery & cheesy soft polenta, mushrooms fried in butter, garlic and thyme till they’re caramelised and 2 really soft poached eggs. Yum

[PusheenLovesPizza]

Or pizza, obviously.

[PusheenLovesPizza]

King oyster mushrooms sliced really thinly, mix of roast potato, sweet potato, yellow squash & celeriac, cherry tomato salad and red pepper & aubergine relish, all drizzled with lemon and olive oil. Followed by a bowl of strawberries.

[HowlsMovingBungalow]

Roast Beef
Cauliflower cheese / macaroni cheese
Fish Pie
Welsh Rarebit
Boiled eggs with soldiers

Nursery food makes me happy it seems!

[Gingerkittykat]

Macaroni cheese, I make it with halved cherry tomatoes stirred through and my sister makes it with bacon and a nice crispy top.

Scotch Broth, made the traditional way with lamb bone stock and chunks of lamb. My butcher makes the perfect meaty broth for £1.39 for a 500ml tub which is heaven.

[LifeInAHamsterWheel]

Jamie Oliver's Fantastic Fish Pie. Heaven on a plate

or

Sausages, chips, fried egg and beans with a big mug of tea

[commanderdalgliesh]

Co-op salted toffee pecan granola - it's probably worse than having a bowl of ice cream for breakfast but it's amazing!

[Sadiesnakes]

My happy food right now is an açai bowl, with chopped banana, strawberries, sliced almonds, chia seed, granola, and drizzled with honey.
I'm addicted, but at least it's semi healthy.

[Monty27]

@42Blondie1984
Oh definitely lentil dahl dhansak and naan bread
♥️

[IJumpedAboardAPirateShip]

I’m such a loser but honestly really good hummus makes me happy! And this steamed lentil and bruschetta dip thing I make with fancy crackers to scoop it up with

Pre-veganism it was a chorizo and butter bean dish I used to make regularly. Actually that would still make me very happy!!

[Nextphonewontbesamsung]

Comfort food to me is sausage, mash and baked beans with HP sauce on the side.

My favourite posh meal or going out meal usually involves lamb. Lamb in a curry or a lovely roast lamb Sunday lunch.

[GenevaMaybe]

Sausage and mash
Perfectly cooked fillet steak with the best horseradish and a side of triple cooked chips
A really really good tagine

[Tolleshunt]

Lamb stew made to my mum’s recipe (that I think was probably my grandma’s recipe before that).

[OhioOhioOhio]

A big piece of chocolate cake.

[Sarcelle]

Cheese on toast, must be wholemeal bread, extra mature cheddar.

Cottage Pie

Toad in the hole with peas and mash potato - no onion gravy though, just normal gravy.

Cod, chorizo and butter bean stew

Yummy

[1Bobbinwinder]

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Love this dal. So delicious.

[ilovepixie]

Tea and hot toast with real butter.

[GemmeFatale]

I’d love a good dahl recipe if anyone is willing to share (I like spicy!)

My comfort sick meal is poached egg on Welsh rarebit. My mum used to make it after we had been ill to start building us back up.

My happy meal at the moment is dirty veggie scramble. Veg (whatever is in but generally mushroom, onion, tomato, and spinach). Eggs. Tabasco. Scramble together. Maybe top with jalapeños and cheese (I’m trying to do without the cheese as I need to drop some baby weight). It’s healthy and filling without being heavy feeling, quick to make and keeps me going ages (I never needed breakfast pre baby and now I’m dying by 10am if I try to skip it).

[BillieEilish]

fish pie with peas (Jamies quick one is great, no bechamel)

[coconutcurls]

Anything made with mince especially spag bol, chilli and cottage pie.

[Whoopstheregomyinsides]

Jacket spud with cheese and coleslaw

[Disfordarkchocolate]

Waffles, made by my husband and topped with strawberries and maple syrup x

[DuggeesWoggle]

I recently had my baby after 3 months of gestational diabetes and I made a bowl of porridge (which I could never have tolerated with GD), with full fat milk, topped with blackcurrant jam, a blob of almond butter and a drizzle of double cream. It was absolute heaven and I could have eaten ten bowls of it (and then probably been sick!)

Anything with a creamy cheese sauce (apart from cauliflower cheese )

I love a bowl with brown rice/quinoa, salmon, crunchy salads, spinach and topped with seeds - tastes so healthy and satisfying, makes me feel happy.

Recipe for the soup please!

[NabooThatsWho]

Egg in a cup with really buttery toast.
A really buttery, cheesy baked potato.
My mums beef curry casserole with rice.
Singapore chow mien.