Do you have a favorite "instant" staple

I dearly love to use instant mashed potatoes. One of Mark's workers, Bumpy, says he hates instant and won't eat them but whenever I make dinner for Mark to take to work he shares it with others, as well as, Bumpy and he raves about the food all the time. I don't think Mark has ever told him that he's been eating instant mashed...lol

My daughter is a macaroni and cheese fanatic. I keep that on hand at all times, and add in things like broccoli, mushrooms, and sometimes, even fruit!

for me its eggs , I always have eggs , If I am in a hurry I make what my boys used to cal a Mam omelett , I will throw anything into it that will cook quick chopped up , If I am in a really hurry though we have a plate of Scots porridge oats we all love them . Hubby like them with milk but Ross and I like them with milk and a sprinkling of sugar ( low cal sugar for me of course) lol xx

For us, it would have to be Potatoes. I am a Potato nut, and I Love Potatoes just about any way that one can cook them. You never know when I might want Potatoes, and they are quick and easy to do, so that is why I keep them around. Makes me want to go and Cook up some right now even.

Instant mashed potatoes, while not as good as the real thing are a great staple to have around. They are hot, filling and can be doctored up in all kinds of fun ways. I think I like gravy with mine the best, but I also like cheese, or roasted garlic and a friend even turned me onto having mashed potatoes with ranch dressing! you can also used the instant mashed potatoes to make potato fritters, or as a topping for a version of shepards pie. I sometimes make a "leftover" version of this dish. It's usually pretty good, and a great way to use up other leftovers.

Gerty, I keep instant brown rice on hand, too. My other favorite staple is whole flax seed. I have a special spice mill just to use for grinding flax seed fresh, and I put it in everything I bake, including pancakes, corn muffins, and even pizza dough. What amazes me about flax seed other than the wonderful nutrition is that as unpleasant as the odor of freshly ground flax seed seems to me, anything it is baked in has a wonderful flavor.

One Minute Rice is my favorite quick prep food. Rice goes with a lot of dishes easily and takes basically no effort to make. I also like anything that can be popped into the microwave.

Rice, I agree with. Pasta too, is easy to prepare. Also a tin of brown lentils, or red dried lentils. Potatoes go a long way of course. I always have bread available.+ I love my food!

I agree that rice is an excellent staple & we use it quite a bit. For my family, as we were growing up, potato was our staple food. We had it with every main meal. Mahed potato was the most common. Roast potatos were our favourite. We also grated potato & made potato cakes, which were fried. My current family, also has potato as it's staple. I use it on lots of dishes. For instance, shephards pie, has a layer of mashed potato on top. I think we get our reliance on potato comes from our Irish heritage.

Give me some potatoes or pasta and I can whip up a meal quickly. I have taken veggies from our garden and added them to pasta and it is quick and tasty. I love to cook in summer when the garden is harvesting. Yummy

Oh Gerty, I love rice and thought I should give brown rice a go. I'd heard it took longer to cook but it takes ages. I didn't particularly like the texture either, it is still a firm rice even after cooking, also, I didn't particularly like the flavour. Apparently, it's also the taste one has to become accustomed to. I've not seen "instant" brown rice but I'm prepared to give it a go if I find some. I really like pasta as well.

My favourite "instant" is bread. It is readily available any time of the day as we had a loaf of wholemeal bread delivered daily. I only need to have it toasted if I do not want to eat it plain with spreads. Throw in a slide of cheese, couple of leaves and tomato plus some slices of fruit, I had a big "MAC" vegetarian version.

That's a good tip though, healthy. Mine not really healthy but convenience; like instant noodle, microwave nugget, microwave buns, microwave sausages and some campbell can soup.