Are there any good ready meals?

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mmakiwi7@reddit

ASDA Bom Bahia curries are amazing. best of all supermarkets and better than takeaway

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Large_Candidate1141@reddit

I am pretty picky but recently I got into ordering planty and they are really good. Also they focus a lot on nutrition, which has helped me lot in losing weight.

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Accurate_Prompt_8800@reddit

Charlie Bigham, or any from Marks and Spencer are generally quite good.

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bigfootsbeard1@reddit

I’ve been wanting to try Charlie Bingham but my husband is veggie and CB doesn’t do a single meat/fish free dish! At least not one that’s stocked in my big Tesco

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Accurate_Prompt_8800@reddit

They do, if you google they have some - it wouldn’t make sense for them to completely ignore an entire section of the market - perhaps you could order it from Ocado?

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bigfootsbeard1@reddit

That’s what I thought! Yeah might be a shout. We’re due to have a baby very soon so we need to stock up on freezer meals

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Speaking from experience, go and find your local Cook store (or order for delivery) and stock up. Great food, not unreasonable in price and all able to be cooked directly from the freezer. Lifesaver with a new baby!

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bigfootsbeard1@reddit

Thanks!

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Orak1000@reddit

Makes you wonder how new mothers managed before ready meals became a thing, doesn't it.

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financereddit_@reddit

Cook also do a discount for new parents, I think it might be for 6 months

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Accurate_Prompt_8800@reddit

https://www.ocado.com/browse/fresh-chilled-food-20002/ready-meals-easy-to-cook-37875?filters=vegetarian-19996,charlie-bigham-s-23409

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bigfootsbeard1@reddit

Thank you! I really appreciate it

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pajamakitten@reddit

it wouldn’t make sense for them to completely ignore an entire section of the market

laughs in vegan

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JugglinB@reddit

It should have said "it wouldn’t make sense for them to completely ignore a ~~entire~~statistically large enough to make it economically viable section to make it economically viable of the market"

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tonification@reddit

The new M&S Collection Goan Beef Vindaloo is really really nice.

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mcbeef89@reddit

the Keralan lamb curry is excellent too, and I say this as someone who lives in the middle of London's South Indian community

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blondererer@reddit

I was looking at this. Is it blow your head off spicy?

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tonification@reddit

Not at all. It's nice.

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blondererer@reddit

Thank you! I’ll try to pick one up.

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Reasonable_Blood6959@reddit

Charlie Bigham’s with a reduced sticker is like winning the lottery

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choochoochooochoo@reddit

And they say not to freeze them but you absolutely can. I've never had any problems.

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Tropicaljet_9@reddit

Charlie Bighams say not to freeze their meals containing rice or gratin toppings because they might go watery. However like you, I've frozen loads of their meals and never had any problems either.

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MelodicAd2213@reddit

I got a free CB Lasagne with my last Ocado order, Worra treat!

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Mediocre_Sprinkles@reddit

Eh, they only ever take £1 off max where I am

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StandardBanger@reddit

There was actually a whole rabble of people in Waitrose the other evening waiting to swoop on the Bingham the second the stickers went on them

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lookeo@reddit

Had their fish pie recently and it was inferior to Sainsbury's own in nearly every way

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dl40uk@reddit

Came here to comment exactly this. CB draws you in with the fancy packaging but waaayyy overpriced. Blind taste tested and Sainsbury's is much tastier.

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n0131271@reddit

The Aldi luxury fish pie is also a lot more flavorful with lots more fish

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emerald-city-queen@reddit

Omg, thanks for sharing 👍👍👍

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emerald-city-queen@reddit

😲 wow!!!

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TheRealWhoop@reddit

They’re great but they’re tiny, not a full meal.

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emerald-city-queen@reddit

Always see this one I. Sainsbury's and just saw it earlier, yesterday when I walked in... I may have to give it a go!

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RepeatedlyIcy@reddit

Had the m&s butter chicken and black daahl yesterday and now I'm going to get that instead of usual Indian take away at double the cost

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d4ng3r0u5@reddit

There's a weight watchers Korean noodles one that's nice

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Tattycakes@reddit

Tesco finest are pretty decent

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skybluepink77@reddit

Most supermarket ready meals are reasonably edible [possibly Co-op is an exception here, or maybe I just chose a bad selection.]

My faves are: Tesco Finest Ham Hock and Leek Pie [delicious]

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Electricbell20@reddit

A few words of caution when interpreting the answers.

The UK has a class system and there are a couple of topics which really bring this out, one of those is ready meals. Ready meals are seen as working class or possibly even below.

M&S will be a common answer because they had a very effective advertising campaign of their ready meals for probably more than a decade. They have "Dine in for £..." offers with the idea you have date night but you don't have to go out. It's the most middle class answer

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DrHenryWu@reddit

The same people who look down on ready meals are the same who will pay someone to clean their house because they want more time to do stuff. Good forbid someone buys ready meals to help themselves.

Lazy generalisation. Ready meals are disgusting slop but I could never afford or want someone to clean my house for me. Eating real food will help you not eating slop

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WelcometotheZhongguo@reddit

Very rarely do I get one but I had an M&S collection Beef Vindaloo which was excellent last week. Particularly the slow roast hunks of beef

But random in a curry but it worked for me!

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RisqueIV@reddit

vindaloos should be always be beef

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WelcometotheZhongguo@reddit

I say pork.

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RisqueIV@reddit

dick

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WelcometotheZhongguo@reddit

I don’t know if that’s your favourite meat or whether you’re trying to insult me.

Vindaloo is traditionally pork, Goan’s were hugely influenced by Catholic Portuguese who imported a pork stew which forms the basis of the dish invented in India. But today pretty much any meat could be used. And obviously there’s a number of religious taboos for other religions which preclude pork.

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RisqueIV@reddit

and over here it was popularised by Bangladeshi / Pakistani owned "Indian" restaurants and given they are to a man Muslim - beef, not pork.

Are you trying to insult my heritage, dick?

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InfiniteBaker6972@reddit

Find yourself a branch of COOK. They also deliver and often have concessions in other places. They’re the pricier end but there’s often a deal on. Their frozen meals are delicious and you cook ‘em straight from the freezer.

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MoseSchrute70@reddit

Morrisons do a few nice ones in their The Best range. Their chilli con carne was the best I’d ever had until they discontinued it.

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Tropicaljet_9@reddit

Birds Eye Inspirations Spanish Paella with Chicken and Prawns is great. It's cooked straight from frozen on the hob, takes around 10mins. Lots of chicken, decent-size king prawns (not tiny freshwater prawns), fresh red pepper, onion and peas in a smokey tomatoey sauce. I keep a couple in for when I want a "fresh" tasting meal but I can't be bothered to spend ages making something from scratch.

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True-Abalone-3380@reddit

M&S are generally very good for what they are.

I've heard very good things about Cook, but haven't tried them.

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citygirluk@reddit

Cook is excellent, pricey but the food is genuinely nice - and easy to cook straight from frozen (their thing is all their food packs are frozen so this is important!).

Someone got me a voucher for post pregnancy and I loved it, so now I often buy that as a gift for other new parents!

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World_wanderer12@reddit

Cook are good, I get them for my elderly parents.

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GrandAsOwt@reddit

My son in law’s friends gave him a voucher for Cook when my grandson was born. It was a great gift: good, tasty food from the freezer when it was needed.

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flawedlass@reddit

Was one of the best gifts we were given when we had our second, so tasty and so easy!

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RuneClash007@reddit

I worked in a Cook warehouse for 1 shift

I now refuse to eat their food

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CMartineW@reddit

Oh no, please elaborate

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RuneClash007@reddit

Just shit working conditions, nothing disgusting.

Put me down for the incorrect shift times, so I turned up at 6am like I was told, to be told my shift starts at 3pm.

Bus journey there, and back home, to then go back there 9 hours later, and then home again. Was then told that it's currently sunday-thursday shift pattern (finishing at 11 at night) but as it was getting to a busy period, I'll be rotad onto sunday-friday. Only having a Saturday off sounds like hell too

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TrueSolid611@reddit

All their pasta ones are banging

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KingKhram@reddit

Cook is excellent. Thanks for reminding me about Cook because I have a 15% off voucher to ise

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Gungadin34@reddit

Obviously this is subjective, but in my opinion, I'm yet to come across a ready meal that has impressed me. Waitrose do some fantastic frozen chicken kievs, but it's not really a "ready meal" as you have to prepare everything else yourself. You can't always spend the time preparing a proper meal, just try not to eat ready meals too often if you can avoid it

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Tropicaljet_9@reddit

Waitrose frozen whole chicken breast kievs are great! They're exactly the same as the fresh ones just cheaper. I always keep a box in the freezer for an easy emergency meal.

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Master_Block1302@reddit

Ah; I know the ones. Pissed me right off, having to chase the chickens down, slaughter them, catch the cows, milk them, churn the butter, grow the garlic etc.

Dinner took me 8 months, not 25 minutes.

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Gungadin34@reddit

I just use wild garlic to cut a step out

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underwater-sunlight@reddit

The sainsburys taste the difference lasagne is pretty good. Not for the microwave though, it needs to be done in the oven (or air fryer I guess)

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cloche_du_fromage@reddit

M&S chicken kievs and dauphinoise potatoes

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notanadultyadult@reddit

I personally prefer the Tesco finest wild garlic chicken kievs over the M&S ones. They just didn’t impress me.

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cloche_du_fromage@reddit

Aldi deluxe ones are good too. The M&S ones have taken a bit of a size and quality hit over the last couple of years.

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notanadultyadult@reddit

I have no Aldi in NI 😭

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haybayley@reddit

I had some Waitrose kievs for dinner tonight as part of their dine in for £12 range and they were some of the best shop-bought ones I’ve ever had (truffle and Parmesan ones)

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Beautiful-Control161@reddit

Those kievs ruined all other kievs for me. Told my Mrs ill kick her out if she brings any others home now 🤣🤣

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Same_Grouness@reddit

Some of them are good, some are just cheap slop.

I love a fish pie, and just about every supermarket does a decent one for about £5. It's fine for a quick, cheap dinner.

Don't know if you get them in England but up here we also get Haggis, Neeps & Tatties, or Stovies, in ready meals too, there is this one company that do them, they used to be £1 each but I think they are more like £1.75 now, but amazing value for what they are. And they taste fine.

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BlokeyBlokeBloke@reddit

I would kill my own mother for a bowl of stovies. I played hockey when I lived in Aberdeen and the pub that sponsored our teams gave us unlimited stovies after every match. Absolute heaven.

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SpasmodicSpasmoid@reddit

Where can I get myself a cheap sloppy fish pie for a fiver. Perhaps millbay in Plymouth

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thatscotbird@reddit

I ate McIntosh meals the entire first trimester of my pregnancy, I had stovies for lunch and mince & tatties for dinner for weeks

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VitaObscure@reddit

Oh my god, stovies as a ready meal. Amazing.

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ingutek@reddit

dont have square sausage chunks in them but just like a paste, still tan them tho!

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ohnobobbins@reddit

We did a fish pie comparison over the lockdowns and M&S were always the best, no competition. In our defence, we were quite bored and we really like fish pie 😂

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gownautilus@reddit

Absolutely no defence necessary though!

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Timely_Egg_6827@reddit

Not corden bleu but they hit the spot. The mac with pork good too.

There is a really good butcher in EK that moved into ready meals. Fantastic quality. Strachan esp their burger stacks with black pudding or haggis.

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ProperGanderz@reddit

M and S have the best ones but they’re all good, Tesco ones are fine

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80IQDroolingRetard@reddit

What country are you from where ready meals aren't common? I thought they were a staple in supermarkets across the world. What do people in other countries eat if they don't cook - just fast food?

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pajamakitten@reddit

I have heard Aussies are shocked by how much of our supermarket space is devoted to ready meals.

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FiendishHawk@reddit

In the USA there are a lot of cheap takeout places and many of them do cuisines other than “deep fried.”

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80IQDroolingRetard@reddit

That sounds expensive, but to be fair, Americans are a lot richer than us so it makes sense.

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loranlily@reddit

Food is SO much more expensive in the US though.

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FiendishHawk@reddit

It’s cheaper than in the UK in relation to the average wage. Ready meals are available but are more expensive than in the UK so it’s not much point.

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palishkoto@reddit

My family's Chinese and you don't really get ready meals, apart from things like quick noodle tubs. Generally it's cheaper to eat out than in so in a pickle you just go to a local cheap eatery.

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urlobismydrug@reddit (OP)

I’m from Chile, and buying prepared meals isn’t that popular. Like if you go to a supermarket you don’t have the biggest area with them -i guess people prefer to cook. Also, people order lots of deliveries (that aren’t always fast food) and sometimes eat frozen foods.

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Legit_Vampire@reddit

Got to be honest we've tried the good fellas frozen cannelloni, lasagne - meat feast pasta bake & they taste amazing. 4 for £3 at Asda at min.

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lazyplayboy@reddit

Our co-op does a range of homemade style frozen meals, they're very good.

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scottjameson75@reddit

I can't remember the brand, but my local corner shop sells a decent pie & mash.

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spicyzsurviving@reddit

Amy’s kitchen frozen meals are quite good (and good for you generally!)

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Glyn21@reddit

Lidls do pretty great ready meals actually! The curry is good.

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WiccanPixxie@reddit

I like the wasabi ready meals that have been in Tesco. I’ve also tried some of the Real Greek ready meals that have been available, and they’ve been pretty tasty too

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PopTrogdor@reddit

M&S Lasagna, and their Max and Cheese too are phenomenal.

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SirGeorgeAgdgdgwngo@reddit

M&S and Sainsbury's Taste the Difference are generally decent. The Wasabi boxes (sweet & sour and katsu) are pretty good, too.

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Master_Block1302@reddit

Waitrose Indian ready meals were rubbish until about 2 years ago. They must have got a new exec chef or something, because now they’re jolly good.

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Emotional-Ebb8321@reddit

If your level of cooking talent is "put thing in oven on timer", or you simply lack time to prepare a meal from scratch, then they are perfectly serviceable. With a little knowledge and some time, however, it's quite easy to make something that tastes substantially better.

Food prices are kind of in a crazy flux period these days, so it's hard to say which would win in terms of cost-effectiveness.

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ClingerOn@reddit

My level of cooking talent is way above ready meal but sometimes I just want a ready meal. I did about 10 years of cooking from scratch every single night and eventually I just wanted to sit down and have a quick bit of food after work without worrying about another fucking job to do.

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_poptart@reddit

Hi I’m not from round here and had an interesting question about all in one dishes where you cook them quickly and easily - are they any good and what’s your favourite?

Gestures at any kind of ready meal * Yeah they’re ok, but what you really need to do is learn to cook and buy many ingredients and just try better and not buy them at all because they’re too expensive - oh, have I not answered your question? What do you mean you can cook well and that’s none of my business?

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intrepid_wombat@reddit

woah you good? you've just added some stuff that this person didn't even say.

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_poptart@reddit

Sorry, I assume your level of cooking talent is higher than putting stuff on a timer like us mere mortals

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TartanElmer@reddit

Asda Bom Bahia, I actually quite enjoy. Not had a disappointing one yet.

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Cantorisbass@reddit

I much prefer home cooking.

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SnotandMisery@reddit

I agree with the M&S recommendations. Their Italian range is 3 for £9 which is quite a bit more than tesco or asda but the quality is so much better. I love their chicken and mushroom risotto.

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Kingsworth@reddit

It’s not that much more is it? Either way, definitely worth it. The chicken tagliatelle is very tasty.

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RainingBlood398@reddit

When my babies were in ICU there was a M&S in the hospital. I lived on their ready meals for 3 weeks. They are actually decent for the price and they have a lot of variety.

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GordonLivingstone@reddit

Some are very good. Price is usually an indication of what you will get! The very cheapest will maximise cheap ingredients and minimise the expensive ones.

I always check the ingredients list. If it majors on guar gum, stabilisers and obscure additives then that is not a good sign.

If all the ingredients are those you would expect, then you are on the right track.

Pull back the attractive cardboard sleeve and check what you are getting - there may be less in the tray than you expect.

Can be worth haunting the reduced shelf. You can often try top of the range items for a low price that way. They will be on their last use-by day but that is OK if you eat then that day or, for many items, put them in the freezer.

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poppalopp@reddit

Fancy ones are always gonna be the best like Charlie Bingham or M&S (I only call them fancy because they’re damn expensive).

I like ready meals tho so my preference is Sainsbury’s & Tesco, Co-Op is serviceable and then Asda and Morrison’s are blech.

Chronic pain and depression means a ready meal makes me happy.

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pm_me_your_amphibian@reddit

Charlie bigham!

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woods_edge@reddit

Waitrose BBQ pork with sticky rice is genuinely good.

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Curiousrage13@reddit

There's a brand called "Wasabi" that does great ready meals, their katsu chicken is amazing!!

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Embarrassed_File_795@reddit

Marks and Spencers. 3 for 9 iirc. Best ones I've had.

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RisqueIV@reddit

they were substantially cheaper not very long ago

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Embarrassed_File_795@reddit

Yeah, I remember them being 3 for 7. Much better value, but like everything, the price goes up and quality drops.

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urafkntwat@reddit

Aldi lasagne slaps

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Professional-Ad1892@reddit

I really like Tesco finest Thai red curry, I add cherry tomatoes to it as well.

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Phoenyx_wilson@reddit

Aldi do a pro peri chicken in the fridge section which is my favourite thing ever plus you can buy a pack of wraps and make a bareto which is awsome.

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StandardBanger@reddit

It’s not a complete ready meal but Sainos have been doing a brisket, short rib & burned ends combo & it’s lush… especially with corn on the cob, slaw, potato salad, Mac & cheese & gravy made from the meat juices. They were on Nectar price a little while ago so I brought 10 & they’re sitting in my freezer for CBA days 🤤🤤

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KelpFox05@reddit

The Cooperative Food ones are pretty good for what they are, or maybe I've just become fond of them after living directly next door to a Co-op for the past 6-ish years. I'm especially fond of the beef stew and dumplings one.

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Through__Glass@reddit

Morrisons chicken biryani is the best biryani I've eaten

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Revolutionary_Oil897@reddit

The only one I bother to buy is lasagna from Lidl, just because I hate making it. You can buy a decent pizza for the same price as most ready meals, and it will be better.

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yellowteapots@reddit

Quite enjoy the lidl high protein spaghetti bolognaise!

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josh5676543@reddit

Try some see if you like any

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obiwanmoloney@reddit

Aldi curries are superb for a ready meal.

I think they are a “gourmet” range or something similar. Butter chicken, chicken jalfrezi etc.

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Lopsided_Soup_3533@reddit

I really like asda bistro macaroni cheese but I do gussy it up with extra cheese, aromat and sometimes bacon

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kittycatnala@reddit

I think Sainsbury’s taste the difference range and M&S have the best choice and taste in ready meals.

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LoisTano@reddit

M&S is top tier tbh. the chicken yorkshire pudding meal is incredible especially if you whack in some quick frozen veg

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PixieT3@reddit

Lidls fancy casserole ones are quite good. They do a chicken casserole with dumplings one now, and it was pretty good! You never see that option so the fact that it was good enough to finish it too, i was delighted.

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Thestolenone@reddit

The only one I'll buy is the Aubergine Parmegiana by Piccolino from Iceland. Everything else has gone down the pan. Thry have even made macaroni cheese get woorse.

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Scarred_fish@reddit

Short answer. No.

Just try one. Like takeaways they all range from awful to inedible.

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knight-under-stars@reddit

Are you saying that all takeaways are at best "awful"?

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JP198364839@reddit

Sainsbury’s Taste the Difference Cottage Pie has always been good for me.

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International-Bat777@reddit

Cook are very good and they also run programmes to get people with barriers to work into employment. Could be mental health, addiction, ex-offenders etc. They have transformed the lives of so many people who others wouldn't give a chance to.

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tmstms@reddit

Charlie Bigham is not bad.

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Poo_Poo_La_Foo@reddit

I honestly really like their meals, but I once ate a lasagne from them then developed the most appalling food poisoning so much so my GP was on the brink of blue lighting me to hospital after 3 days without water. I have gone back to eat some of their other dishes, but I'm afraid that lasagne has scared me for life!

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NuisancePenguin44@reddit

Oh my God, I've had the worst stomach ever today and didn't know what it could be but I had the lasagne yesterday...

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Poo_Poo_La_Foo@reddit

Sorry didn't mean to provoke anxiety, I'm sure you'll be just fine! It was a few years ago. I tried to alert them but having binned the packaging they didn't care/wouldn't believe me.

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tmstms@reddit

Scarily appropriate username.

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Poo_Poo_La_Foo@reddit

Hahaahhaha so true

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Same_Grouness@reddit

Just picked up a Charlie Bingham cottage pie for tonight, never had the cottage pie before but their lasagna was decent, especially for a ready meal lasagna.

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tmr89@reddit

Bigham*

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Same_Grouness@reddit

You know I noticed the person before me (are you related? the tm family out in force) wrote Bigham so I started googling it and google filled it out like Bingham automatically so I assumed that was correct, rather than just what people incorrectly google.

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Poo_Poo_La_Foo@reddit

Not from a supermarket, but I just signed up to try 'STOCKED'. They're pre-cooked dishes in individual kind of 'cubes' - you pick how many blocks of food you want from the fridge, then just chuck in a pan or microwave and serve with things like veg or rice or pasta. Am quite keen on the sound of the dishes! I think I've go a chicken curry, a chick pea dish, lentil dhal and something....pork...?

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wildOldcheesecake@reddit

Iceland ready meal curries without the rice are actually very good as far as ready meal curries go. I’ve tried most ready meal curries for shits and giggles. As an Asian, I was genuinely impressed.

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zauchi@reddit

Iceland have some decent ready meals at cheap prices, but yeah, the curries from Iceland without the rice are pretty good. Though not the Chinese ready meals (I've never had a decent Chinese ready meal. lol).

Another 'cheap' option I would say is the Tesco curries ready meal (IMO the finest versions taste worse) from the fridge section, they are much better than Sainsbury's equivalent. They used to have a prawn tikka which was fab but the rest are not bad (the lamb rogan is a bit stingy on the meat though).

A bit more expensive but the ready meals from 'Wasabi' are ok (in the fridge section), but whereas I do not like them all plenty of people might.

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Ultravioletskies@reddit

Recently discovered Asda's "Bomb Bahia" curry range - it's on a fine in deal at the moment. They're absolutely beautiful. We had the butter chicken and chicken biryani with pilau rice - and it's hands down is the best supermarket curry I've ever had. Two mains and two sides for a tenner.

Usually supermarket curries are a disappointment without enough flavour but these definitely are worth trying.

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laissezfaireHand@reddit

Charles Bigham's Lasagna. That's a premium product and it definitely deserves its price tag. It is the only ready meal I treat myself once a week. You need oven for that.

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Throwaway91847817@reddit

I like the M&S italian ones. Other supermarkets, not so much.

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PaleontologistNo1627@reddit

Some random ones I’ve found to be very good.

Waitrose … Kerelan Chicken, Number 1 Beer Battered Haddock.

Sainsbury’s … The Best Fish Pie

M&S are pretty solid across the board.

Various Supermarkets…Crosta and Mollica Pizza.

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Affectionate-Boot-12@reddit

My wife swears by the Bisto Chicken Dinners and to be fair, they are pretty nice.

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lalalaladididi@reddit

I've had 30 delivered today by tesco.

Their curry is very good. Starting at 85p

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FidelityBob@reddit

To good ones are good, cheap ones are awful. As everyone says Charlie Bingham or M&S are great, otherwise the supermarkets premium brand, not their budget meals. I don't understand the people 100% putting them down, I suspect they have only ever had cheap ones.

Having Charlie Bingham's lasagne tonight,

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Unusual_Resident_784@reddit

Tesco finest Beef Stroganoff is pretty decent for what it is.

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Therealladyboneyard@reddit

Morrison’s Thai green curry is good

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DrHenryWu@reddit

99.9% is disgusting slop

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qqqqtip@reddit

i love sainsbury’s taste the difference mac and cheese

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Zestyclosereality@reddit

To be honest I've enjoyed almost all of the ready meals I've eaten. Generally if I get one it'll be because it's been reduced. Ready meal macaroni cheese hits the spot for me. But perhaps I've just got low standards.

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rmc1211@reddit

They are basically all bland pap.
The flavours are toned down for the lowest common denominator and they use cheap ingredients. Even M and S who people seem to love. Try a "spicy" indian ready meal from them and you will understand a lot of about the UK. The majority of UK people are suspicious of any flavour other than salt.

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hsw77@reddit

Usually cook everything from scratch but I liked the look of one of Aldi's new curry range (chicken tikka biryani) expecting mild disappointment. Had it for lunch. It was delicious!

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redrioja@reddit

M&S are decent. Charlie Bingham if you're splashing out.I found Tesco to be awful for the price. Morrisons are ok, I like their protein range which basically means there is more chicken in the dish which is nice.

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A_K_Chase@reddit

Typically we cook everything from scratch, so we don't usually buy them but we did buy some from a place called 'Cook' to cover the week after my wife gave birth. They were very disappointing, to be quite frank. Better to cook yourself, even if it's just something simple.

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