Food!

[FishCustard]

While I have for the past nine months or so eaten the food that is served up by the school canteen for lunch, what I got today has made me reconsider. I got a chicken salad baguette where the tomatoes were warm and soggy, the chicken was grey & the baguette was dry and then a muffin which smelled vaguely of meat. Yep. Call me crazy, but I don't think cakes aren't supposed to have a meaty aroma. Clearly they've been storing things where they shouldn't.

 

The point of this ranting is this: can you recommend me any decent microwave/just-add-water type meals that I can keep in the office? Think Pot Noodle but actually edible.

 

Thanks in advance!

Edited December 17, 2013 by FishCustard

[dhicks]

can you recommend me any decent microwave/just-add-water type meals that I can keep in the office?

 

You could get sachets of miso soup - the paste-based ones, not powder (Itsu do nice ones). Henz now do paste-based tomato soup, too. You can get vacum-packed noodles these days, ready to eat - mix the two together and you have a high-end Pot Noodle. I'm sure there'll be somewhere that does dehydrated vegetables that you can just add boiling water too, or if you have a bit of time in the morning you could stick some chopped vegetables in a pot to take to work with you and add boiling water later. Peperami might come in handy, too.

[FishCustard]

You could get sachets of miso soup - the paste-based ones, not powder (Itsu do nice ones). Henz now do paste-based tomato soup, too. You can get vacum-packed noodles these days, ready to eat - mix the two together and you have a high-end Pot Noodle. I'm sure there'll be somewhere that does dehydrated vegetables that you can just add boiling water too, or if you have a bit of time in the morning you could stick some chopped vegetables in a pot to take to work with you and add boiling water later. Peperami might come in handy, too.

 

What a fantastic idea - I do rather like miso soup (and most Japanese food to be honest); I shall pop into Itsu and see what they've got. I could also have a look on Amazon I suppose, they seem to do everything these days...

 

Thanks!

[SpuffMonkey]

Here you go - eben includes a DIY Pot Noodle recipe and several other things

 

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[CAM]

Careful with Miso though, I personally find it to be great straight out the pot but rather nasty if it cools even slightly. Soon as it arrives at the table I down it!

[HaleStorm]

Asda's own "pot snacks" are pretty good, kind of like pasta-n-sauce but in pot form, Chicken and Mushroom pasta, tomato and basil pasta, chow mein noodles, sweet and sour noodles etc etc....they are normally on 4 for £2 as well. Online Food Shopping - ASDA Groceries

[bushby]

Rarmen!

[laserblazer]

I get the tins of chunky soaps from Aldi at 69p. They do a larger selection now, adding lamb with mint and chunky veg. A tin of that and a banana less than £1.00. Can't be bad. On Fridays, I have Aldi Herring in mustard or mango spice sauce. I put it on crispbread. Slightly more expensive at 89p but we all deserve the occasional treat

[SpuffMonkey]

I get the tins of chunky soaps from Aldi at 69p.

 

Wash your mouth out ;-)

[tech_guy]

Soaps? I'm confused. I thought we were talking about food?

[FishCustard]

I mean the canteen food is bad, but it's not so bad I'll contemplate eating soap as an alternative!

 

Thanks for all the suggestions!

[NikChillin]

Pasta sachets for cups or even the larger sachets, they take 10 mins to cook in microwave but are quite substantial compared to the cup version.

[laserblazer]

Wash your mouth out ;-)

I hate soaps

[AMLinington]

Naked Noodle Ramen Noodle Soups are quite nice, as are the flavoured Uncle Bens Rices (The mushroom one is my favourite).

 

I think the bigger issue here is the quality and storage of canteen food being served to students - have you reported your experiences to SLT?

[twin--turbo]

I have a food flask,

 

Prepare something at home and it's still hot at lunchtime.

 

Never used the canteen in 5 years.

[andrew_91090]

I always buy the Tesco Light Choices meals, costs £1-£1.20, takes 10 minutes in the microwave and you get a good variety eg Chicken pasta bake, chicken tikka masala, sweet chilli noodles etc...

[pcstru]

The innocent pot things are quite good. Supermarkets tend to have their own versions too.