What are your favourite ready meals?

[Otta]

Yeah I know, I know. Ready meals are evil, especially when it's so easy to whip something up, blah blah blah.

Look, I love to cook, and wish I always had the time, but right now, I don't. Now a lot of ready meals are genuinely rotten, and I'd rather avoid.

I quite like the Tescos Finest Cottage Pie (with lots of added pepper).

Anyone got any favourites to recommend?

StraferJack need not reply ;-)

[Frankito]

I love Sainsbury's Chicken Tikka Masala - the best of the curry ready meals in my opinion and a welcome mid-week treat.

[Help-Ma-Boab]

Pints of Guiness and some twiglets. Keeps me going Friday to sunday!

Failing that Sainsbos Mousaka.

[DJKillaQueen]

Iceland's ?1.50 frozen thin crust pizzas......

[binary_star]

I forget what the range is called but Tesco do ones that have real looking and tasting food in them. I have tried two and they are definitely edible (which is all you can hope from a microwave meal). Think wagamama or similar in a plastic tub:

http://m.tesco.com/mt/www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=265986567

http://m.tesco.com/mt/www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=265990135

Sorry about the mobi link.

[katie1997]

M&S carrot mash or the cabbage mash. With a microwaveable steak pudding. Dinner in under ten minutes. Probably contains a whole week's salt quota. But so what, its yummy.

[richardbach]

poste of the year lol and next what is yuor favrite flavor of crisps lol

[The Minkey]

Avocado

[katie1997]

richardbach Wrote:

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> poste of the year lol and next what is yuor

> favrite flavor of crisps lol

Its a fine topic!

Btw, Pickled onion (but not walkers, ugh). Sadly no-one else seems to do them anymore :(

[red devil]

Pointless crisps threads are sooooo 2009...

[Moos]

Innocent veg Thai curry, but only when Sainsbo's has it on offer 'cos they're stupidly expensive otherwise.

Giggled at your last line, Otta, as I was considering asking whether this was a special thread for Strafer and Carnelli...

[Otta]

Heh, no it is genuine, as I am finding that I often have no time in the evenings at the mo.

That said, those 2, and a couple of other forum food snobs did come to mind >:D<

Those Innocence things ae insanely expensive, as are the smoothies, which is a shame, as I have developed a bit of an addiction to the Kiwi & Lime one! Mmm, green drink.

[DulwichFox]

Frankito Wrote:

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> I love Sainsbury's Chicken Tikka Masala - the best

> of the curry ready meals in my opinion and a

> welcome mid-week treat.

[pre]Nutrition

Nutrient per 100g per 550g (pack)

Energy kCal 160kCal 870kCal <<

Energy kJ 665kJ 3,645kJ

Protein 7.3g 40.2g

Carbohydrate 16.6g 91.2g <<

of which sugars 3.6g 19.6g <<

Fat 6.9g 38.1g

of which saturates 2.4g 13.4g <<

Fibre 0.6g 3.3g

Sodium 0.3g 1.4g

Salt Equivalent 0.6g 3.5g <<

[/pre]

Not exactly an healthy option... :(

[rainbowsummer]

The vegetarian moussaka of the Be Good To Yourself range at Sainsbury's is delicious :))

[Townleygreen]

I quite like the chicken jalfrezi that Sainsbo do.

I realise it isn't a healthy option, but only have it very occasionally.

Mind you, neither is the real thing a healthy option!

[maxxi]

Only really applicable when walking home along LL and realising nothing in larder and no energy/inspiration in self then - only then - I have enjoyed the co-op paella with a dash of tabasco. (seemed to be only ready meal not swimming in fat).

[Bellenden Belle]

Moos Wrote:

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> Giggled at your last line, Otta, as I was

> considering asking whether this was a special

> thread for Strafer and Carnelli...

I can reveal that Carnelli is quite partial to a family size M&S cottage pie washed down by a bottle of red wine when left to his own devices.

I, on the hand, rather like M&S's spinach and ricotta cannelloni.

Ah, if only there was an M&S nearby.....

[Drxyster]

Frankito, Just Eat and Enjoy.

[RosieH]

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> Frankito Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > I love Sainsbury's Chicken Tikka Masala - the

> best

> > of the curry ready meals in my opinion and a

> > welcome mid-week treat.

>

>

> Nutrition

> Nutrient per 100g per 550g (pack)

> Energy kCal 160kCal 870kCal Energy kJ 665kJ 3,645kJ

> Protein 7.3g 40.2g

> Carbohydrate 16.6g 91.2g of which sugars 3.6g 19.6g Fat 6.9g 38.1g

> of which saturates 2.4g 13.4g Fibre 0.6g 3.3g

> Sodium 0.3g 1.4g

> Salt Equivalent 0.6g 3.5g

>

>

> Not exactly an healthy option... :(

550g is a strange pack size - presumably to serve two - standard ready meal for one is around 350-400g. Therefore not as unhealthy as those stats suggest.

[Moos]

Bellenden Belle Wrote:

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> I can reveal that Carnelli is quite partial to a

> family size M&S cottage pie washed down by a

> bottle of red wine when left to his own devices.

>

> I, on the hand, rather like M&S's spinach and

> ricotta cannelloni.

>

> Ah, if only there was an M&S nearby.....

Sneak.

[KatharineM]

NON:'(

[Dorothy]

Marks & Spencer melting middle salmon fishcakes with watercress sauce

Marco Pierre White Indian Chicken Soup (can get from Sainsbs)

[Dorothy]

Meant to say I would never eat any kind of ready meal pasta. It just doesn't work.

[Otta]

Bellenden Belle Wrote:

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> I can reveal that Carnelli is quite partial to a

> family size M&S cottage pie washed down by a

> bottle of red wine when left to his own devices.

Like Like Like!!!

[RosieH]

What Otta said!

Frailty, thy name is Carnell.

(I was going to put in a punctuation face there, but found in the end, I just couldn't do it. So you know, big love there, big man).