What's the best simplest thing that you like to eat?

Loveskale · **Joined:** Tue Jul 21, 2009 1:33 pm **Posts:** 1228

Last night I enjoyed a bowl of penne pasta, peas, avocado, and salsa. Basically I had the pasta and peas and decided to add the avocado and salsa. It was delicious! (Note: I'm not mwl)

So, it got me thinking, sometimes the simplest things are the best things. What are your favourite simplest foods?

Mine are:

Steamed potatoes + salsa

Anelli pasta (little wheels) + peas

Sometimes I eat just peas

kate68 · **Joined:** Mon Jan 16, 2012 8:34 am **Posts:** 35

I boil potatoes and cabbage in broth and red pepper flakes and then mash it into colcannon. It's my favorite comfort food!

Loveskale · **Joined:** Tue Jul 21, 2009 1:33 pm **Posts:** 1228

That sound amazing! So you just add enough broth to cook the potatoes and cabbage and use the broth itself to mash it? I have to try this!

giddyupgin · **Posted:** Sat Feb 04, 2012 9:09 am

my favorite is .......
Smashed potatoes

nuke some small potatoes..don't pierce them

then smash them on your non stick pan with the bottom of a bowl..and crisp them..turn over and crisp again..you can sprinkle some herbs on if you want..I just top them with barbq sauce and call it good.....

AlwaysAgnes · **Joined:** Sat Sep 03, 2011 11:45 am **Posts:** 1395

Banana. It's the most simple thing I can think of. :lol:

GeoffreyLevens · **Posted:** Sat Feb 04, 2012 11:31 am

Partly depends on the season. In summer, ice cold watermelon right out of the shell using a big spoon. After eating down a ways, there is a lot of "liberated" juice in there so I pick it up and drink right from the melon, like a giant viking mug. Also other juicy fruit. Fall, apples. All times, bean w/ lots of sauteed veggies burrito. Manna bread, warmed up in toaster oven. Cold winter day, super thick, split pea soup (with lots of carrots, onions, etc) maybe with a wee dab of lower sodium miso mixed in after cooking.

stoumi · **Posted:** Sat Feb 04, 2012 11:35 am

A baked sweet potato. I could probably eat them every day. I add a touch of cumin and mix it up, so good.

Katydid · **Joined:** Sat Jan 09, 2010 7:30 am **Posts:** 2622

Quinoa or brown rice topped with black bean and corn salsa.
Kate

veganteen · **Joined:** Mon Sep 19, 2011 5:57 pm **Posts:** 177

A bowl of plain brown rice. It has so much flavor, it's addicting.

Also, baked sweet potatoes.

TerriT · **Posted:** Sat Feb 04, 2012 1:06 pm

Another vote for baked sweet potatoes. We got our first microwave recently and since they cook so much faster in there, I'm eating them a lot more often.

eaufraiche703 · **Posted:** Sat Feb 04, 2012 2:13 pm

mmmm! good ideas here!

i also love peas
or peas and rice
or an ear of corn
or any kind of spud at any temp
or a gorgeous apple

(but the smashed potatoes w/ bbq sauce, colcannon, pasta/avocado, rice/bean/salsa, pea soup, watermelon ---- all this sounds so tasty!)

shell1226 · **Joined:** Mon Mar 14, 2011 9:47 am **Posts:** 765

My favorites are currently
1. Baked sweet potato
2. Nuked yukon gold potato
3. Mixture of black beans, corn, peppers, brown rice and salsa....omg, I can eat this all day long!

Gramma Jackie · **Posted:** Sat Feb 04, 2012 3:46 pm

Either rice with veggies on top or a baked potato with frozen broccoli on top.

Potatohead · **Posted:** Sat Feb 04, 2012 5:14 pm

Mashed potatoes mixed with peas and carrots....lately I have been eating this every day :nod:

kate68 · **Joined:** Mon Jan 16, 2012 8:34 am **Posts:** 35

Loveskale wrote:

That sound amazing! So you just add enough broth to cook the potatoes and cabbage and use the broth itself to mash it? I have to try this!

Yep! I chop the potatoes very small before putting them in the pot so they don't take too long. I don't put in enough broth to cover, so I kinda have to stir a bit while they are all boiling, but it is amazing when done. :-D

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