Feed Me Fast - The Filling Station (Mead Vice)

Mega Fast Meals Modern living, especially in this economic climate, means that finding the time to cook a meal, or just a bite to eat, can prove to be quite difficult. With a little bit of planning, or just thinking ahead, it isn't as difficult or time-consuming as it seems. The two main points to observe are, firstly, after a heavy day, you don't have the energy, or the inclination to prep and cook a meal. Especially if you live alone. Secondly, every-time you look in the cupboards or fridge, there seems to be nothing there. Ok, its Friday night, you've just finished work, and after a quick shower and change of clothes, your out on the town. A meal in the pub, or a side trip to the chip shop is always on the cards. But on a Tuesday night, in the middle of the week, not going anywhere, and skint, it's a micro meal and crap tv. Unless you decide to make a few small changes. Microwave meals, as stated on the nutrition label that is on the packaging,...

The Sandwich What better place to start, than with the humble sandwich. Known as a sandwich to most, referred to as a butty, or buttie, in the north of England (probably a derivative of buttered bread), the sandwich is quite simply two or more pieces of bread, with one or more fillings in between. It can be hot or cold, depending on the bread, the filling and personal preference. A History The history of the sandwich goes back much further than the 4 th Earl of Sandwich. There is evidence of people using bread with meat and fish as far back as the early Neolithic period (9400 B.C.) Jewish religious leader and sage Hiller the Elder (110 B.C. - 10 A.D.) is said to have eaten paschal lamb and herbs between two pieces of matzah (a Jewish unleavened bread, which is eaten during passover) During the three periods of the Middle Ages (5th century until 15th century), there are many accounts of people using trenchers. A trencher was originally a large slab of stale bread, u...

This site is dedicated to quick and easy meals that cost very little to make, and don't take a lot of time to cook.  In today's society it is really easy to eat quickly and conveniently, but we don't always know what we are putting into our bodies, but a hectic lifestyle can mean that we simply don't have the time to cook a meal and sit with the family to eat and socialize.  I have worked in professional kitchens for most of my life, in one form or another, and have worked in different kinds of kitchens, with different types of dietary requirements, and have collected lots of idea's, some tried and tested, most of them successful. I will point out that not everything on this site is going to be healthy, nor is it going to be all junk food. The aim is to get fed and get full.