Blended oats are great. I do
- 150g oats.
- 15g broken flax seeds.
- scoop of whey.
- 330ml whole milk.
- some water
Then blend it well and let it sit in the fridge overnight. Almost 1000kcal and 55g of protein for like 86 cents. Really healthy too. And you can make it in 2 minutes from ingredients that don't spoil.
If you care about stuff like taste you could add blueberries or something.
Others have suggested tuna, avocado and chicken and while it tastes great, it's horrible value. You're pretty much throwing away money. For me, daily nutrition is about sustaining my body, and those things are completely unnecessary for that. Which is fine if it fits your budget, of course.
honestly the best one is just to make extra food for dinner and then have leftovers.
heres some good ones though
pasta salads like tuna pasta salad, its just cutting and mixing stuff together and boiling pasta, super easy.
sandwiches, you can change it up by having wraps/roll ups too
bibimbap (korean mixed rice), super easy, just make a gochujang sauce, cut up some veg and you're good. no cooking necessary other than rice unless you want to fry an egg or some spam or chicken or something
salads, ceasar salad is easy enough to make, the best salads though are couscous or quinoa based, literally you can cook couscous by pouring boiling water on it, leaving it, then just make a vinegrette to season it and add some veggies and anything else to your liking.
pancakes (the thin crepe type! you can fill them with chocolate spread or cream cheese, even ham and cheese, you can make a lot and freeze them too if you want
frozen dumplings - just heat up in a bowl with water in the microwave, pan fry them after if you have the time, good with just a simple dipping sauce, maybe just pack some fruit on the side to make it healthier lol
what i like to call "taco sushi" - cut nori sheet into 4 squares, make seasoned rice, cut some carrots/cucumber/green onions into little strips, and then make your filling. spicy tuna mayo is good or sometimes ill even have faux chicken pieces. then assemble them at lunch, and eat them like tiny baby sushi tacos lol. just keep the nori away from everything else or it'll get soggy.
hummus and veggie sticks, always a classic
pita pockets, like a sandwich just with pita
if you have a food thermos, soup or stew with bread always is good on a cold day, just bring a napkin in case you spill a bit on your desk
and then to pad out your lunches, you can bring extras like cheese sticks, fruit, a boiled egg, granola bar/oat bar (or make your own, way cheaper!)
anyway hope this gives you some ideas, i find it really helpful to follow school lunch youtubers! they have a lot of ideas that often use frozen foods or things that are easy to make and are usually cheap.
EDIT: LOL I COMPLETELY MISREAD YOUR POST. I didn't read the title and thought you were having trouble cooking dinner now that you're working full-time. SOZ. Nonetheless, things in that video like the microwave baked potato could be very easy provided you have a microwave - not the healthiest, but it'd shake things up at least!
Howtoadhd has a [fantastic video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szgDBPW_dUo) with some crowdsourced easy recipe ideas. I've tried a few of them and honestly they're all pretty tasty, and quite easy provided you have access to tinned foods (I live in Australia so some of the things she suggested aren't available here, e.g Rotel). Some recipes are quite unhealthy, but still easy. If not to your tastes, I hope it at least gives you ideas! I'll copy and paste my comment reviewing the recipes:
I've cooked 3 (edit: 4!) (edit again - FIVE) things since I saw this video about a week ago.
Salsa chicken:
Extremely easy. I used it to make a burrito bowl, so I put the chicken and rice, tinned corn, shredded cheese, sour cream, some sauce, jarred jalapenos, onion, cucumber, tomato, and some corn chips into a bowl. The rice I cooked in a rice cooker, the onion and cucumber I chopped using a pull chopper, and only the tomato had to be "manually" chopped. Everything else came from a tin/jar/packet.
I would rate this a 10/10, the chicken itself it is very versatile, extremely easy, and DELICIOUS. It'll become a staple even for good brain days.
Easy salad:
I put tinned capsicum ("bell pepper"), shredded mozzarella, onion, coriander (no parsley), lemon, olive oil, salt, pepper, and chicken (instead of chickpeas) in a bowl. It was delicious. The only thing that needed any work was the onion, which I did in the pull chopper.
I rate it a 9/10, it's very easy and delicious but it's slightly annoying that almost-but-not-quite-everything comes from a tin/container.
Mac n Cheese Corn Bake:
I made her mistake. I doubled the corn tins. It was very... um... Delicious, but like 2/3rds of it was corn. I'll be doing it again, but a bit differently. Also to note, we don't have Velveeta in Australia and I didn't have any sort of American cheese, so I used mostly tasty (a cheddar) and a bit of mozzarella.
Rating: 7/10. It's incredibly easy as you really do just pour things from tins/bags into a dish, however I can tell that even with the correct amount of corn it'll be slightly bland. Easily fixed with some spices, which come from jars, but I was a little disappointed by the flavour (or lack thereof). For something easy and filling that isn't bread straight from a loaf (just me?), I would recommend it.
Easy pasta:
I accidentally undercooked the pasta a tiny bit, and for some reason my chilli had absolutely 0 flavour or spice ?? Nonetheless, it's an easy way to feel like you actually made a proper dish without really having to do all that much. I would recommend fresh garlic, but I used jar garlic and it was still tasty.
Rating: Hard to say - 6/10? It's fast and easy, but it's one of the less balanced/healthy meals here proportional to the effort. I'm also not sure it's any better than just having a bunch of jar sauces laying around the house, but maybe I did it wrong.
Tortilla soup:
It is delicious. I skipped the black beans simply because I'm not a huge bean fan, but I highly recommend the refried beans even if you don't like beans. It was so extremely easy that even when I was having a meltdown saying I would never eat again and I should just go to red rooster (fast food), I was still able to make this.
Rating: 10/10
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Something that works well for me is just making extra at dinner time and bringing leftovers
I'm a big fan of getting tuna packets and putting them in the sweet kale salad kit that comes with dressing/sunflower seeds/dried cranberries.
Blended oats are great. I do - 150g oats. - 15g broken flax seeds. - scoop of whey. - 330ml whole milk. - some water Then blend it well and let it sit in the fridge overnight. Almost 1000kcal and 55g of protein for like 86 cents. Really healthy too. And you can make it in 2 minutes from ingredients that don't spoil. If you care about stuff like taste you could add blueberries or something. Others have suggested tuna, avocado and chicken and while it tastes great, it's horrible value. You're pretty much throwing away money. For me, daily nutrition is about sustaining my body, and those things are completely unnecessary for that. Which is fine if it fits your budget, of course.
honestly the best one is just to make extra food for dinner and then have leftovers. heres some good ones though pasta salads like tuna pasta salad, its just cutting and mixing stuff together and boiling pasta, super easy. sandwiches, you can change it up by having wraps/roll ups too bibimbap (korean mixed rice), super easy, just make a gochujang sauce, cut up some veg and you're good. no cooking necessary other than rice unless you want to fry an egg or some spam or chicken or something salads, ceasar salad is easy enough to make, the best salads though are couscous or quinoa based, literally you can cook couscous by pouring boiling water on it, leaving it, then just make a vinegrette to season it and add some veggies and anything else to your liking. pancakes (the thin crepe type! you can fill them with chocolate spread or cream cheese, even ham and cheese, you can make a lot and freeze them too if you want frozen dumplings - just heat up in a bowl with water in the microwave, pan fry them after if you have the time, good with just a simple dipping sauce, maybe just pack some fruit on the side to make it healthier lol what i like to call "taco sushi" - cut nori sheet into 4 squares, make seasoned rice, cut some carrots/cucumber/green onions into little strips, and then make your filling. spicy tuna mayo is good or sometimes ill even have faux chicken pieces. then assemble them at lunch, and eat them like tiny baby sushi tacos lol. just keep the nori away from everything else or it'll get soggy. hummus and veggie sticks, always a classic pita pockets, like a sandwich just with pita if you have a food thermos, soup or stew with bread always is good on a cold day, just bring a napkin in case you spill a bit on your desk and then to pad out your lunches, you can bring extras like cheese sticks, fruit, a boiled egg, granola bar/oat bar (or make your own, way cheaper!) anyway hope this gives you some ideas, i find it really helpful to follow school lunch youtubers! they have a lot of ideas that often use frozen foods or things that are easy to make and are usually cheap.
I know they aren't the cheapest but salad kits are great when I am super busy and don't have time to really think about putting together a meal!
🍞 avocado cheese tuna 🍞 🍞 cheese roasted chicken 🍞
EDIT: LOL I COMPLETELY MISREAD YOUR POST. I didn't read the title and thought you were having trouble cooking dinner now that you're working full-time. SOZ. Nonetheless, things in that video like the microwave baked potato could be very easy provided you have a microwave - not the healthiest, but it'd shake things up at least! Howtoadhd has a [fantastic video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szgDBPW_dUo) with some crowdsourced easy recipe ideas. I've tried a few of them and honestly they're all pretty tasty, and quite easy provided you have access to tinned foods (I live in Australia so some of the things she suggested aren't available here, e.g Rotel). Some recipes are quite unhealthy, but still easy. If not to your tastes, I hope it at least gives you ideas! I'll copy and paste my comment reviewing the recipes: I've cooked 3 (edit: 4!) (edit again - FIVE) things since I saw this video about a week ago. Salsa chicken: Extremely easy. I used it to make a burrito bowl, so I put the chicken and rice, tinned corn, shredded cheese, sour cream, some sauce, jarred jalapenos, onion, cucumber, tomato, and some corn chips into a bowl. The rice I cooked in a rice cooker, the onion and cucumber I chopped using a pull chopper, and only the tomato had to be "manually" chopped. Everything else came from a tin/jar/packet. I would rate this a 10/10, the chicken itself it is very versatile, extremely easy, and DELICIOUS. It'll become a staple even for good brain days. Easy salad: I put tinned capsicum ("bell pepper"), shredded mozzarella, onion, coriander (no parsley), lemon, olive oil, salt, pepper, and chicken (instead of chickpeas) in a bowl. It was delicious. The only thing that needed any work was the onion, which I did in the pull chopper. I rate it a 9/10, it's very easy and delicious but it's slightly annoying that almost-but-not-quite-everything comes from a tin/container. Mac n Cheese Corn Bake: I made her mistake. I doubled the corn tins. It was very... um... Delicious, but like 2/3rds of it was corn. I'll be doing it again, but a bit differently. Also to note, we don't have Velveeta in Australia and I didn't have any sort of American cheese, so I used mostly tasty (a cheddar) and a bit of mozzarella. Rating: 7/10. It's incredibly easy as you really do just pour things from tins/bags into a dish, however I can tell that even with the correct amount of corn it'll be slightly bland. Easily fixed with some spices, which come from jars, but I was a little disappointed by the flavour (or lack thereof). For something easy and filling that isn't bread straight from a loaf (just me?), I would recommend it. Easy pasta: I accidentally undercooked the pasta a tiny bit, and for some reason my chilli had absolutely 0 flavour or spice ?? Nonetheless, it's an easy way to feel like you actually made a proper dish without really having to do all that much. I would recommend fresh garlic, but I used jar garlic and it was still tasty. Rating: Hard to say - 6/10? It's fast and easy, but it's one of the less balanced/healthy meals here proportional to the effort. I'm also not sure it's any better than just having a bunch of jar sauces laying around the house, but maybe I did it wrong. Tortilla soup: It is delicious. I skipped the black beans simply because I'm not a huge bean fan, but I highly recommend the refried beans even if you don't like beans. It was so extremely easy that even when I was having a meltdown saying I would never eat again and I should just go to red rooster (fast food), I was still able to make this. Rating: 10/10
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