I’m popping over, what can you give me?

[slanksy]

I never have any food other than meals in. It’s not a cost thing (thankfully), it’s more that any snack type things I might buy eg ham, quiche, hummus doesn’t get fully eaten within the use by: it’s really wasteful. The result is my cupboards/fridge are bare and I’ve never got a snack to offer someone. My daughter complained about this today (13). And she’s right. Today she ate out so I don’t feel like cooking - but yet again, there is nothing in the house other than a meal.

If I popped to yours today, what can I have?
or let’s say if I popped to yours on Tuesday at 3pm (saying this as it’s Sunday and you might offer me a roast meat type sandwich (which I would love btw!)

All and any snacking ideas / or very light meals are welcome. Also sweet stuff. But needs to keep unless sold in small amounts. I’m not dieting so happy to hear about all kinds of food!

Thank you

I can offer baked beans, flat breads, mini malt loaves, some frozen chips (cooked before servin, obviously), some mashed potato, a couple of cheese slices, a mini Twister lolly, some couscous (lemon and herb), a red onion and an aubergine. Oh and I think I have some frozen spinach knocking about.

What time shall I expect you all???!

slow cooked treacle tamarind ribs with turmeric and cumin roast potatoes

I've got hard boiled eggs, hummus, cheese, home made chutney, fresh wholemeal bread and butter, plum jam, blackberry jam, sausages, you could have a fish finger sandwich, a baked potato with tuna and home made mayo. There's cereal, granola, crackers, oatcakes, cooked beetroot.

We’ve always got sharing bags of crisps and a jar of salsa for when people pop over, also crackers and cheese, and sweet biscuits.

Half of a shepherds pie

Crackers, cheese, salami, grapes, and olives

Home made lentil soup in the freezer

Greek yoghurt and berries

A load of windfall apple and pears which I could make in to compote with honey and cinnamon

Pretty much always have dried penne rigata, olive oil, Parmesan, some good quality tomato passata, and some smoked bacon to make a simple bowl of pasta.

Also a lot of windfall apples so I could make a crumble, a pie or a French apple yoghurt cake. Brown bananas in the freezer so I could make banana bread. 3 avocados so I could make guacamole and we could eat it with a bag of Doritos that I bought for friends over the weekend that didn't get eaten.

A few boxes of leftovers that were destined for my lunchboxes this week that could be warmed up: smoked haddock chowder, salmon with corn & black bean salsa, pappardelle with mushrooms.

I could make a spanakopita pie, or triangles, with a box of filo, pack of feta, and all the greens and herbs currently languishing in the veg drawer.

I could defrost some chicken and make a curry with a curry kit in the cupboard.

Ooh, ok. For snacks you could have cheesesticks, choc truffles, walnuts, olives, and there are some cookies in the freezer. I've got some leftover sausage tray bake in the fridge, and also some packs of halloumi and tofu in the fridge I could turn into something with the veg and pulses. I usually have the fixings for cookies at most times, and a rice cooker to do a bowl of rice with soy sauce and sesame oil? Lots of meals in the freezer too.

I've got a freezer full of batch cooked main meals but otherwise your options are Popchips, apples and cup a soup (work day lunches).

Despite being a fatty, I rarely buy cake or biscuits and only have bread in at weekends.

Sandwiches - bacon, egg, sausage, cheese, tuna, marmite, pb, fish fingers
stuff on toast
omelettes
biscuits
choc
sweets
ryvitas
crisps
bananas or apples
raspberries or strawberries
yoghurt

and a full meal if you wanted

All kinds of things on toast:

• Sardines
• Cheese
• Baked beans
• Peanut butter
• Various homemade marmalade and jams

I could do a ham or corned beef sandwich

There are always eggs

Oh and if you could wait a bit, I can defrost some chocolate chip cake, banana cake or homemade hobnobs (I bake when I’m stressed…)

full meals you are spoilt for choice, anything from halloumi or feta salad with grains, lasagne, beef stew, cottage pie, pasta… (batch cooking)
there’s also some meringues you could have with berries

This evening slice of cake I made on Saturday.

If you come on Thursday chocolate cookies.

I'm a bit confused about the "snack" deescription. In this house, a snack would be a bit of cheese and a cracker, a small bowl of cereal/granola, a biscuit. A lot of the options here are more like light meals!

We keep multi-bags of crisps/crackers/popcorn on hand so there's always that. Fruit is always available. Home made granola and yoghurt. There's usually cheese although probably not fancy cheese. And often protein/snack bars. We also have nuts and dried fruit in abundance. Those are snacks.

If I feel I need to up my game I can whip up a hummus from chickpeas/beans as I always have those ingredients in my house. On a good day I could make Tzatziki or a guacamole but depends on if I have cucumber or avocado in.

For slightly more substantial offerings it's probably a cheese/egg/bacon sandwich or toastie. Or pasta pesto.

I'm a competent cook with well stocked cupboards so I could probably whip up a proper meal if required - most likely something with pasta. Either vegetarian or using something from the freezer.