Instant foods. The kind you just add water to, or pour out of a can and heat up. Although they’re not a staple in my diet, there are a few things that I like to keep in the cupboard, just in case. They fall into four categories:
Firstly, Beanfeast.
Mmm Beanfeast. So easy, so nice. And, if you can’t be bothered to cook rice separately, or wash up another saucepan, you can always try doing them both in together. You have to watch to make sure it doesn’t burn on the bottom, but when you get it right, oh, it’s right!
Next, noodles.
Noodles can be subdivided into instant noodles, and pot noodles.
Pot noodles are not a regular occurrence in my diet these days by any stretch, but life without the occasional pot noodle would be bleak.
My all-time favourite is the bombay bad boy but really is there a bad pot noodle flavour? They’re not known for their health benefits but the guy that invented the pot noodle, Momofuko Ando, lived to 96. Not bad eh?
But as I said I don’t have pot noodles too often, I’m far more likely to have your average instant noodles.
I’ve featured my noodle stash before:
In terms of instant noodles, featured includes rich hot flavour sutah ramen (i get them from Mattas, and even keep some packets stored at Lee’s incase he doesn’t have any food in that I fancy), tesco value (they currently cost 7p!) and Lidl’s brand of noodles. Quick, easy, satisfying, cheap. Everything a good instant snack should be.
Third: Soup.
I am a big fan of canned soup. Yes it is SO good when I make a nice big batch of fresh soup, but sometimes I come in a bit late and I’m cold and I need to eat but I’m tired so I just heat up some soup and toast some bread and its like a hug in my cram cream soup mug. I always have a stash of tins of soup in the cupboard.
Fourth: baked beans.
Normal beans. But also beans and veggie sausages, chilli beans, all kinds of beans. They’re all good. On toast. In a spud. With instant mash. Chips. Whatever.
So there we go. All my guilty instant pleasures. Mmm.
