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Hot lunch inspiration please!

37 replies

VampireTheBuffetSlayer · 09/02/2021 19:30

It’s too cold for sandwiches and I’m bored of beams on toast.
DP had nachos today and I would never have thought of those!

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Whattodo121 · 13/02/2021 18:43

Roasted vegetables (pepper, red onion, mushroom, carrot all work well) with some chopped halloumi and baked in the oven for 20 minutes.
Those 5 minute cous cous sachets with butter and grated mozzarella in
Toasted bagels with cream cheese and either salmon or ham
Cheese omelette on toast is yummy too

EternalOptimist7 · 13/02/2021 18:57

Not sure they still have any but I got a load of Baxter’s Sri Lankan Sweet Potato Soup from Aldi recently and it is sooooo good!

tentative3 · 13/02/2021 21:31

Sliced leeks cooked in a bit of butter, add some english mustard and cheese, let that melt that put on toast. Can top with an egg. Delicious.

Woodlandbelle · 13/02/2021 21:42

I cook a jacket potato (but cheat and make it in the microwave) then in crisp it up in the oven. I batch cook chilli and mince sauces so they are lovely
Soup and crusty bread
Today I had a BLT
Scrambled egg on toast

But my favourite thing is to go to the shop and buy a wrap pre made Grin

Disfordarkchocolate · 13/02/2021 21:52

I sometimes make a crust less quiche. Usually leek or mushroom slow cooked in butter, mixed with 4 eggs and a handful or grated cheese. Pop it into a greased pie dish and bake until golden. Keeps for a day or 2 and warms up well.

Titsywoo · 13/02/2021 21:55

I just have leftovers heated up - whenever I make a meal I make an extra portion and one of us eats it for lunch the next day. Homemade curry or dhal with a chapati is a great lunch.

Titsywoo · 13/02/2021 21:57

Oh or I just have some instant noodles (not pot noodle more like super noodles but I buy the Asian equivilant like Koka. Cheap and cheerful!

Graphista · 13/02/2021 22:01

There's LOADS you can have "on toast" that isn't beans:

Tinned spaghetti (channel your inner gene hunt "i'm 'avin' 'oops")

Tinned tomatoes - even better with bacon

Tinned Mac cheese

Eggs any of several ways - fried, scrambled, poached, spiced... my favourite is mashed boiled eggs, boil the eggs and mash in a cup with some butter, ooh I've got some eggs in might have this tomorrow!

Creamed mushrooms - I looove this. Buttered toast, creamer mushrooms, black pepper - heaven!

Tinned pilchards (I'm veggie now but I used to LOVE this)

Cheese - as proper cheese on toast with one side toasted then flip with the cheese on top add a splash of hendos relish if you can

Bit of a niche one but trust me - mince! Done nice and savoury fried off with some onions and a little bit of gravy added. Yummy!

Generally hot lunches:

Soup - as a scot I cannot imagine going to my mums and there NOT being a pot of soup "on the go" even in summer, hell even in a heatwave Grin

Pot snacks - pot noodles, pot pasta, pasta in a mug all that kinda thing

Tinned meals - people are quite snobby about these but they can be lovely and hit the spot for something quick, easy, hot filling and tasty - tinned curry, chilli, ravioli, spaghetti Bol, my dd who is not veggie likes meat chilli, chicken in sauce, Irish stew all that kinda stuff (there are many ways I think our ages should be reversed this is one of them, I like all different foods different cuisines etc she loves basic "British" dishes like stews)

Another Scots thing - hot rolls - maybe not the healthiest but as Long as you're not having it every day it's fine. Crusty morning rolls buttered and filled with hot breakfast items as per your choice from bacon, Lorne sausage, black pud, tattie scone, fried egg, scrambled egg, fried tomato... you get the idea. My favourite is tattie scone and fried egg and it has to be a yolky egg

Pastry products - pasties, sausage rolls, "slices" kinda thing you'd get from Greggs. Get it from the supermarket and get yourself some toastabags and you can heat them in the toaster! Means they're hot and crispy much better than when microwaved

Crumpets - lovely just buttered but also try with marmite, cheese (plastic cheese slices melt into them perfectly), or even pate.

Cous cous is super quick to make, flavoured or unflavoured. If using unflavoured all you need add is something to moisten (Butter, olive oil, soy sauce, hendos relish, sweet chilli sauce... loads of options) some kind of veg to make it healthy Wink I tend to opt for tinned sweet corn maybe some quickly diced mushrooms or sweet peppers, stir in the veg at the fluffing up/adding moisture stage, you can add seasoning if you feel it's needed I always have a garlic grinder in the house, in fact these days I have one I'm using and a spare! As I use it for so many things. So useful. This is something you could easily make in a mug too. Save on washing up!

EternalOptimist7 · 16/02/2021 16:27

Not sure if anyone has mentioned it but I love pasta salad. Cold wholemeal pasta ( penne or fusili), tuna mayo, tinned sweetcorn, apple & loads of black pepper. Rice salads are good too, although I don’t have a recipe. One of my friends makes the most gorgeous & really simple couscous salad with cucumber, tomatoes, mint sauce, olive oil, lemon juice ( and if I remember spring onions & peppers). Great on its own or as a side dish for a barbecue.
I put on another thread about bagel pizzas, which DD loves.

EternalOptimist7 · 16/02/2021 16:33

The couscous salad also has sweetcorn in

Rainbowaftertherain · 16/02/2021 16:53

Are beams on toast not a bit crunchy Wink
I love sausage and mushroom wraps
Warm bread and dips/soup
Baked potatoes and hummus/roast veg with salad
Leftovers (any!) And mash

EternalOptimist7 · 16/02/2021 16:55

Sorry just remembered it’s hot lunch ideas you wanted OP!

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