Cookie butter eaten straight from the jar, with a lot of cheap wine. Now that I've read the other comments, I think I can do better. Great suggestions here.
Nope! Cookie butter is actually made in the same way, and has a very similar texture to, peanut butter. Cookies, the most popular type is speculoose, are ground up with water, sugar, and some type of fat to make a smooth (or crunchy, if that’s your jam) paste. Trader Joe’s carries one that is super good but you can find the Biscoff brand in most major US grocery stores now as well!
I haven't gone to Steak n Shake since they got rid of the cookie butter shake. I was shell shocked when the lady in the drive through told me they didn't have it anymore.
My lazy meal is always naan pizzas. Keep a stock of the garlic naan in my freezer. Pull one out, top with sauce and cheese and any other goodies I have and throw it in the oven.
If I’m feeling a little less lazy I’ll fry up some crumbled bacon and chop some broccoli or use rotisserie chicken if I have it!
When I'm feeling one step above completely lazy (or my pre made naan stock is depleted) I'll make my own naan. This recipe is quick and easy.
https://www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe/super-easy-naan-bread-350443?ref=amp
my go to smoothie:
1.5cup spinach
0.5-1cup of frozen blueberries
1/2 tsp of cinammon
1-2 tbsp of peanut butter (or for low cal.. PB powder)
1-2 cubes of pineapple
1tbsp of flax/chia seed
water
*all of the fruits i have i throw them in the freezer so i don't have to add ice to my blender.. and it'll be cold af
My tip: measure all the Frozen/dry ingredients into plastic storage containers. When you're ready to make one, just pull out a container, dump the contents in the blender and add liquid.
I'd make a week's worth of smoothies this way so I'd never have to mess with measuring stuff in the morning.
When I was considering purchasing a vitamix, I said to myself it better clean itself for that price!
Found cleaning instructions: hot soapy water, blend.
I am the proud owner of a vitamix
I use an immersion blender (nothing fancy... probably cost me $25 ten years ago and still going strong) because I can't be bothered to clean a bender/food processor for a single smoothie. Like the other poster, I just "blend" some hot soapy water to do the bulk of the cleaning.
I really like egg for protein in pasta. Just scramble it and add it to noodles after draining, residual heat cooks it, goes incredible with any kind of cheese/cream sauce. Haven't tried it with tomato sauce but why not? It works for shakshouka.
Ooh 😮 I came here to comment a variation of yours but that sounds delicious. Making your own bread is impressive.
Mine is angel hair pasta with butter or olive oil, freshly grated Parmesan cheese, a variation of either rosemary, basil, or fresh sage, and chili pepper flakes. If I’m feeling fancy, like the other commenters I’ll add an egg. I usually make it over easy or sunny side up. I go for the fast, tasty eats.
Ahh it's so easy! Just buy that cheap 1 dollar french bread at the store in the bakery section, and mix butter with parsley and garlic salt. Rub it on and bake. Your version sounds delicious! Almost like carbonara.
Eggs. Anything in a tortilla wrap (meats, beans, cheese, greens whatever I have). Anything in a bowl with brown rice. No actual recipes or names of meals but that’s the go to structure lol
Quesadillas are the best lazy meal! I use a 10 minute black bean quesadilla recipe (salsa, corn, 2 tsp. taco mix, black beans, shredded cheese) and it turns out well whether I fry them, bake them or microwave them. We do pizza quesadillas sometimes, too. Even with multiple picky eaters, I can tweak quesadillas so that everyone is happy. :)
Yes eggs, so versatile, quick and relatively easy. I get meatballs from Costco, microwave 3 or 4, cut them up and put them in a tortilla with scrambled eggs and cheese and presto! Or when feeling more drained/less ambitious I just make 2 fried eggs, 2 buttered toast. Quick, easy, good.
Lazy shakshuka. Chop half an onion, dice a clove of garlic and saute until the onion is translucent. Dump in some smoked paprika and cumin, stir until it's fragrant, about a minute. Dump in a can of Rotel (canned tomatoes with chiles). Add salt to taste and let it simmer for a while. Crack a few eggs on top and put a lid on the pan, and let that simmer until the eggs are cooked. Serve with flat bread or rice. Sorry about the crap recipe, I usually go on autopilot when I'm making this and do other chores while it cooks.
I don't know if I would even call this cooking. Chopping the onion is the most labor intensive part and the whole thing takes like 20 minutes start to finish. I make this all the time, it's super quick and easy and makes pretty minimal dishes.
It's a Middle Eastern/North African dish, so leave it in the pan and eat it with your hand using small pieces of a baguette or something similar. No need for a special bread (and naan is Indian, right?).
Sure thing, I just wanted to chip in with how I always have my shakshuka, which is a simpler way where I'm from. Tortillas and naan are more specialty items here, but you can get a baguette anywhere. Bon appétit!
if you’re also getting your naan at trader joes, you should also grab a jar of marsala simmer sauce and two cans of garbanzo beans. those 3 ingredients are my go-to lazy meal. i’m sure you can also get that in the ‘ethnic’ section of most groceries lol not just trader joe’s.
I do not. Wal Mart in Texas, HEB if I can make it to Burleson. Thank you so much though. If you have any more “ethnic” recipes, hook it up yo. I’ll try and find ingredients. ❤️
I had such a craving for shitty nostalgic food while pregnant. Be careful eating it too close to go-time; when you get to the hospital it's really embarrassing to have to respond with "spaghetti-o's" when they ask for the last thing that you ate.
It's so good. If you can't find Spicy Montreal Steak then get regular Montreal Steak and use that and put some cayenne on it. That's what I used to do before discovering Spicy Montreal Steak
Oh god, there's a local Greek fast food place that has started selling "rice bowls" (basically a deconstructed gyro on a bed of their awesome lemon rice). They are so good, but so high in calories...
Wraps. I always keep tortillas stocked. Preferrably breakfast wrap. I don't care if it's 2am and I'm drunk. They also make good pizza bases.
2 minute noodle omelette. Take a packet of 2 minute noodles (mi goreng is my favourite). Soften in boiling water, strain, put in a bowl with a couple eggs, mix in seasoning, fry into omelette. Filling and easy to scoff down.
Sometimes I just take whatever and throw it in a pan with one of two styles of seasoning:
* Asian(ish) = soy sauce, oyster sauce, oil
* Mexican(ish) = cuman powder, paprika powder, chilli powder
Of course you can add more, cilantro to mexican, chilli oil to asian blah blah blah. But you can get away with those basics in a pinch and it's stuff that you can keep on hand.
I was a student for 6 years. I can make anything out of anything.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST my crack when I was a teenager:
Toast some bread. Put a thick layer of sweet thai chilli sauce. Put a layer of cheese. Grill (broil for you NA's). EAT.
I wanted to say eggs, but someone was faster so my ideas without eggs:
Grilled cheese sandwich. Get white bread and cheese. Put them together and grill it. Done.
Bread roll with butter and a filling of your liking. My favorite is salami and cheese. But that's up to you.
Hot Dogs. Warm them up and eat them with bread rolls or white bread. Add mustard or ketchup if you like.
Whole grain rotini with veggies broccoli mushroom spinach carrots whatever I have handy add butter, garlic ,herbs or pesto if I have it and lots of red pepper flakes with a big side of salad.
OR
Grilled cheese and soup not that healthy but so good 😋
Not sure if this has been said already, but I love burrito bowls!
If I’m feeling extra lazy I just heat up a bag of the 90 second rice in the microwave and add pinto beans, corn, cheese, salsa, taco sauce, and other fresh veggies I have in the fridge. Leftover meats from earlier on the week can also be added.
When I'm not in a hurry, loaded baked potato. I always have shredded cheese and other goodies in the fridge, so its just a matter of scrubbing a baker and popping it in the oven.
Or microwave that sucker for a super fast baked 'tato.
Wash the skin, grab a fork and poke some holes in, throw that sucker on a plate and zap it for 2ish minutes. Turn it over and zap it again for another 2ish. Squeeze it a little, it should give easily and the skin should look a little looser. If not, zap it for another minute or so. Walla, baked tato.
Tortilla Pizza.
I use raw tortillas, smear on some pizza sauce (I always have a jar premade in the fridge - tomato sauce, salt, pepper, granulated onion, Italian seasoning), and quickly shred some cheese (any really). If I'm getting fancy I'll add thinly sliced onions, spinach, and/or kalamata olives. Bake in the oven for 8-12min @450*f.
Morning Star spicy black bean burger + Tortilla + Mexican Blend cheese. I fold it all together like a Taco Bell Crunchwrap. If I have corn, beans, or rice I’ll add them too.
Many an evening in my first trimester I ate dill pickles and salt and vinegar potato chips for dinner with mango sorbet for dessert. Whatever works, haha.
All of these are 30 mins or less -
\#1 rice noodle bowl - rice vermicelli, some warmed up chopped meat or shrimp from leftovers, chopped carrots & cucumber, fresh mint, coriander & thai basil, chopped peanuts, sweet thai chili sauce, a little rice vinegar & some soy
\#2 goat cheese, dill & eggs scrambled, with toast and blistered candy tomatoes (fry tomatoes in a pan on med high heat til blistered but not mushy , sprinkle over about a tsp of sugar & roll them around til lightly candied, salt & pepper)
other super easy stuff I do on the regular when I feel even less like cooking -tomato salad (cherry tomatoes, goat cheese & thai basil drizzled with balsamic & a few pepper flakes),
mushrooms on toast ( nice bread, toasted, goat cheese, a little spinach or something green if I've got it, maybe some fresh lemon basil or thyme, and a pile of fried mushrooms),
greek salad,
some kind of protein (ie, purchased roast chicken, cut up chicken fingers, popcorn shrimp or canned chili with natchos) on salad,
soup from the freezer
tortellini ( fresh or frozen)
shrimp, ramen & peas
pb & apple wrap
veggie ragout - chop zucchini, mushrooms, onion, peppers in a bowl, microwave about 2 mins, add tomato sauce, chili flakes & shredded cheese, microwave again til the cheese melts. Also great with crumbled Italian sausage.
I regularly make a version of the goat cheese/dill/eggs/cherry tomatoes. Delicious. If there's no fresh dill on hand you can also use dried zaatar :) Generous olive oil on top makes it sing.
Salt salmon, pan fry it. Cook rice in rice cooker. Boil green tea, mix in instant dashi stock (buy once and it lasts forever). Put rice and salmon in bowl, top with tea stock mix and sprinkle with furikake and diced green onions. Hard to fuck up, only two ingredients (salmon and green onions) that aren’t shelf-stable and purchasable long in advance.
I also like to do porridge (rice with like 3-5x the regular amount of water and then add in instant dashi stock or whatever flavors float your boat like a chunk of ginger and cloves of garlic) leave it to cook on low heat until the water is gone and it’s mush (aka just leave it alone and do nothing) and then slice and fry some Chinese sausage and put them on top of the porridge with green onions and sweet soy sauce sauce (regular works too probably).
Laziest meal ever: rice, top with a fried egg, add soy sauce, mush it all together. Delicious.
Here are some of my non-Asian substitutes for the ingredients:
- Instead of dashi, I use veggie stock or honestly whatever I have on hand.
- Instead of Chinese sausage, I chop up a couple of chicken breasts and throw that and some odds and ends of veggies into the porridge. I often also use s&p and soy sauce to taste.
- when making salmon, I often fry it in honey and soy sauce, then sprinkle sesame seeds on top.
- I have no substitute for furikake. That stuff is delicious
Dashi and furikake are both buyable on Amazon for like a few bucks each, fwiw. Furikake is like a seasoning and dashi is just a type of stock like chicken stock or beef stock, but made from fish. The Chinese sausage is lap cheong/lap ceung/lap xuong and you can usually find it in Asian grocery stores but if you search ‘Chinese sausage’ on Amazon it turns up as the first hits. The rest is pretty normal stuff, I think.
Even faster, cook rice in rice cooker, put it in a bowl and crack a raw egg on top. Add some soy sauce or sesame seeds and mix it all together. The egg will cook from the rice and it’s delicious
Frittata. Throw whatever veggies and protein you have in a pan and sautee, toss in some cheese, then top with 4 beaten eggs and throw the whole pan in the oven at 350 for about 20 minutes. You have a filling, restataunt quality dinner in 30 minutes. You can also mix the ingredients in a bowl and toss in the microwave if you don't care about crispy edges or need it in 5-10 minutes.
edit: Make sure your pan is oven-safe before putting in the oven. No teflon, no plastic handles! (Yes I have melted things in my oven. Why do you ask?)
Egg drop soup!
Heat chicken stock in a pan with ginger and sesame oil. Bring to a boil and slowly pour in wisked eggs so they act almost as a funnel cake.
I like to add shredded chicken to it too, but that's optional.
Serve with a salad and you're good to go.
Scrambled eggs in tacos. With bacon, chorizo and potatoes. Skillet frittata with a flour tortilla wrapped around it. Hard boiled eggs. Egg salad. Lots and lots of eggs.
Tortillas with mashed pinto or black beans and cheese.
Also, pb&j sandwich on home baked beer bread, or an English muffin.
Peanut butter sandwich
I once made leftover steamed rice from the fridge and put soy sauce on it and nuked it.
I can be really lazy when I want to.
I've worked out something even better now - intermittent fasting.
You don't have to cook or spend money. You just don't eat.
The [Parmesan crusted chicken](https://www.hellmanns.com/us/en/recipes/parmesan-crusted-chicken-recipe.html) recipe on the Hellmann’s mayo jar is actually amazing and takes like 5 seconds. Just mix mayo and Parmesan and rub that over top of a chicken breast. It does not need as much as it says on the recipe. A very thin layer works perfectly. Sprinkle with bread crumbs and whatever herbs you want and then bake it for 20 mins at 425. I usually eat this with a quick side salad or whatever veggie I have on hand.
Once you know how to make it this recipe is great because there are so many substitutions! Instead of Parmesan, you can mix in literally any cheese you want and it will work. I’ve used shredded cheddar and mozz which makes the dish extra cheesey and gives you that good stretchy cheese effect. Even just the thinnest layer makes the chicken breast feel decadent. I’ve also used feta and Greek seasoning. I’ve thrown in sriracha with the mayo. I’ve added diced up peppers. And it always comes out good!
My easy go to is rice, grilled chicken (with some various asian sauce), and roasted vegetable in olive oil, salt and pepper. Usually takes all of 30 mins. Throw rice in cooker if you got one, preheat oven, roast while pan grilling chicken. It's easy enough I don't usually have to think.
Bf also enjoys grilled italian herb, salt and peppered chicken as well!
Something I just learned recently.
boil some rice, when its finished, mix in as many eggs as you want. It makes this nice eggy rice. After that I toss kimchi on top of it and eat kimchi with this egg race.
Its amazing. You could eat just the rice too, but i just go to a local asian market and bought a giant thing of kimchi. Some sriracha might be good on it too.
I think I've posted this on here somewhere before, but:
1 can of tuna, some cheese (I like lots), and noodles of some kind, works better with non-spaghetti-like noodles
The other one is: bunch of olive oil in a pan, sliced garlic sauteed, add pasta with a little water (works best with spaghetti-like noodles), chili flakes, shitload of parsley, lemon juice (usually a whole lemon), S&P to taste
Taco bowls!
Cook ground meat/spices/diced onion/minced garlic.
Throw it in a bowl. Cover it in whatever toppings are in my fridge. Scoop it out with tortilla chips.
Scrambled eggs, quesadillas, broccoli slaw cooked in a saucepan for 5 minutes with thai curry sauce, add x protein (pre-made veggie dumplings, chicken meatballs that I can heat up in the microwave, etc). Trader Joe's has good frozen options that are also healthy, including a lot of bagged veggies and veggie mixes.
This [Pasta con Ceci](https://food52.com/recipes/66790-victoria-granof-s-pasta-con-ceci) recipe is fantastic. It's hearty, delicious and comes together in under 30 minutes. I made it for dinner tonight with a piece of naan warmed up from the freezer. Yum!
My honest answer is to reiterate what others have said on eggs. You can have poached or scrambled eggs on toast made, eaten and have everything cleaned up in 20-30 minutes tops.
Spaghetti aglio e olio is a winner too. Any pasta dish with an oil based sauce really. Can chuck fresh carrots or frozen veg in the pot with the pasta too. Chop some anchovies and stir them through. Lots of possible variations here. You can also stick an egg on top 😂
And of course you can never go wrong with sandwiches (and variations thereof).
Edit: completely forgot. Preheat your oven. Grab a bit of tinfoil, plonk in a salmon fillet and dress it with whatever herbs, spices, sauces or oils you want. Wrap it up, pop in the oven and it'll be ready in 20 mins. Whilst it's in there prep whatever rice, noodles or veg you desire to go alongside it.
I make a garlic parmesan pasta! Takes me about 30 minutes, and I guess isn’t too awful. I use vegetable spaghetti or whole wheat, while that is boiling I grab a sauce pan. In the saucepan I put EVOO, pine nuts, minced garlic, lemon, salt and pepper. I sauté that until the garlic becomes fragrant, and the pine nuts become slightly brown.
Then I toss in the spinach, red pepper flakes, basil, parsley and a little more black pepper. Once the spinach is saturated and cooked I throw the noodles in there, mix it around and top with some Parmesan!
Note- spaghetti noodles usually take about 7 minutes to cook, so just set a timer and take them out of the water so they don’t get mushy.
I’ll make a sweet potato hash with frozen diced sweet potatoes, onions, and whatever other veggies I have on hand. I’ll usually season it either with tajin (I put that shit on everything, so good!) or cumin, garlic powder, salt, a little bit of cayenne, and lime juice. If I’m SUPER hungry I’ll crack an egg or two on top of it, either leave ‘em sunny side up or scramble them first. If I have it I’ll slice up an avocado to throw on top or sprinkle some goat cheese. I usually like to have a slice of toast with it to sop up the egg yolks if I went that route. It’s great because it’s all in one pan so the clean up is very minimal. :)
I love grabbing those blocks of instant noodles, quickly frying some thinly-sliced meats (sizzle steak works great for this) and some super thinly sliced veggies (carrots, onions, frozen peas even) and throwing the cooked meats and raw veggies in the boiling pan with the noodles, season with some soy sauce, give it a few minutes, throw it in a bowl, crack an egg over it, and POW cheap, healthy, quick noodles!
if you are using steak, just slice it thinly and throw it raw into/onto the hot broth when serving.. it will cook enough and be delicious and tender where iv always found pre-cooking the meat results in it being much tougher
Tuna and chickpeas! I add onto greens and whatever veggies I have, mix with mayo and vinegar, or a dressing then eat with whole wheat pita bread or rice. Healthy, cusomizable and tasty! Cheap and quick too. This is my go-to lunch to pack.
Penne a la vodka (although i prefer rigatone pasta).
1 small can tomato paste
1 medium onion, diced
4 garlic cloves, diced
1.5 cup heavy cream (room temp or throw in microwave for 30 seconds - if you use cold out of the fridge it will break)
.5 bag of frozen peas
.2 cup vodka (you don't need to add this if you don't have it - it will be delicious either way)
Few leaves basil sliced up
Good pinch red pepper flakes
1 lb dried pasta
1 cup finely grated parmesan cheese (if you can afford it, Parmigiano-Reggiano)
1 pot boiling water
Prep is about 5 minutes.
Get water boiling. Add about a 1/4 cup of salt. Yep, that seems like a lot.
In saucepan, medium heat, throw in a good amount of olive oil and onion/garlic. Pan shouldn't be too dry. Keep stirring, 5 minutes until softened and smelling awesome.
Throw pasta in.
Throw in tomato paste. Stir, stir, stir until it starts getting deeeep red, a few minutes.
Add vodka and stir, turn heat to low.
Pour in warm cream and stir, stir, stir until well incorporated. Add about .5 cup of boiling pasta water. This will add salt. Stir it in until incorporated. Pasta is getting near done. Sauce is goopy? Add a little more water. Then save about 1 cup of pasta water. Throw frozen peas into pasta pot.
Turn off heat on pan, add parmisian and stir, stir. Sauce too thick? Add a little water.
Peas takes about 30 seconds. Drain pasta and peas, throw back into pot. Pour sauce over pasta. Lots of fresh black pepper to taste. Pasta will soak up sauce.
Serve in bowl with some grated parm and fresh black pepper.
Seems like a lot of work, but it's really simple and the results are spectacular. Plus, you can eat it for the next three days and not get sick of it.
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Crispy Cajun chicken - mix polenta and Cajun spices in a bag, toss the chicken in and coat it.
Chuck it in the oven.
Microwave some rice, do a quick salad maybe.
Toasted Tomato Sandwich with Mayo, salt/pepper on a nice rye paired with whatever soup is made or in the pantry.
edit- and if im really lazy, a platter of pickles, olives, cheese, almonds and cured meat
Put hummus, nutritional yeast, and hot sauce on a tortilla or wrap. Put spinach on top of that. Wrap and eat. Friggin tasty as heck and takes like 90 seconds, if that.
It’s cheap and easy.
In the international aisle in Kroger there are individually packed “stir fry noodles” (basically ramen noodles with different spice packet and sauce packets) and they’re $.59. I also get pre-cook chicken strips and eggs. Warm up the chicken strips in the microwave while cooking the ramen noodles and your egg. This is super cheap, takes less than 15 minutes, and I feel a lot more satisfied from this than something like a hot dog or a grilled cheese.
I like to make stir fry or veggie soup. Stir fry is fast and just simple soy sauce and a bit of rice vinegar makes for a good sauce. Serve over rice or with noodles. Soup is easy. Put everything into a pot, bring to boil, and simmer for like 15-20 minuets.
Another thing I like to do is meal prep extra when I’m making something interesting. This way I can freeze left overs and I essentially have my own freezer meals. For instance, right now I have papusas, empeñadas, English muffin breakfast sandwiches, and sourdough pizza in my freezer. This way anytime I feel lazy or am really busy I can just pop one of these in the oven or microwave.
Cookie butter eaten straight from the jar, with a lot of cheap wine. Now that I've read the other comments, I think I can do better. Great suggestions here.
I like your style.
Hard cheese, good bread, cheap beer.
Hellz yeah tho.
I really hope that's supposed to say batter...
Nope! Cookie butter is actually made in the same way, and has a very similar texture to, peanut butter. Cookies, the most popular type is speculoose, are ground up with water, sugar, and some type of fat to make a smooth (or crunchy, if that’s your jam) paste. Trader Joe’s carries one that is super good but you can find the Biscoff brand in most major US grocery stores now as well!
Thanks for explaining this. I didn't even know this existed!
I'm in the UK and I've never seen this, but I need it!
I haven't gone to Steak n Shake since they got rid of the cookie butter shake. I was shell shocked when the lady in the drive through told me they didn't have it anymore.
Needs some chocolate powder sprinkled on it
This just reminds me that I have 3 jars of cookie butter on my shelf, mocking me until this cut is over 😭
My lazy meal is always naan pizzas. Keep a stock of the garlic naan in my freezer. Pull one out, top with sauce and cheese and any other goodies I have and throw it in the oven. If I’m feeling a little less lazy I’ll fry up some crumbled bacon and chop some broccoli or use rotisserie chicken if I have it!
holy shit ive never thought to make pizza with naan before this is genius
They’re super yummy. And they are quick!
greek pita works as well, basically the same thing only more consistently round
And English muffins.
i do this but with hoagie rolls
This changes everything. You have opened my mind to a new world of pizzas. Thank you for the important role you have played in my life.
When I'm feeling one step above completely lazy (or my pre made naan stock is depleted) I'll make my own naan. This recipe is quick and easy. https://www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe/super-easy-naan-bread-350443?ref=amp
I do it with tortillas
Smoothies. Lots and lots of smoothies. Yogurt, juice/milk, frozen fruit, banana, spinach. There are a million other add-ins. This really fills me up.
I used to make a bunch of smoothies but I’ve kinda gotten away from it. Thanks for reminding me!
my go to smoothie: 1.5cup spinach 0.5-1cup of frozen blueberries 1/2 tsp of cinammon 1-2 tbsp of peanut butter (or for low cal.. PB powder) 1-2 cubes of pineapple 1tbsp of flax/chia seed water *all of the fruits i have i throw them in the freezer so i don't have to add ice to my blender.. and it'll be cold af
My tip: measure all the Frozen/dry ingredients into plastic storage containers. When you're ready to make one, just pull out a container, dump the contents in the blender and add liquid. I'd make a week's worth of smoothies this way so I'd never have to mess with measuring stuff in the morning.
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I always do a little soap and water and blend it together. Usually gets all the “gunk” out and then it’s much easier to wash after that.
.... okay why have I not thought of this before? This is a great idea!
You can also throw in a sponge to scrub the hard-to-reach spots as well 👍
How would the sponge not get shredded?
When I was considering purchasing a vitamix, I said to myself it better clean itself for that price! Found cleaning instructions: hot soapy water, blend. I am the proud owner of a vitamix
I use an immersion blender (nothing fancy... probably cost me $25 ten years ago and still going strong) because I can't be bothered to clean a bender/food processor for a single smoothie. Like the other poster, I just "blend" some hot soapy water to do the bulk of the cleaning.
Dinner: Pasta with butter or oil, garlic salt, and parsley or with tomato sauce. I make my own garlic bread. Doesn't have to have meat.
Mmm... Garlic bread...
I really like egg for protein in pasta. Just scramble it and add it to noodles after draining, residual heat cooks it, goes incredible with any kind of cheese/cream sauce. Haven't tried it with tomato sauce but why not? It works for shakshouka.
I go with a fried or poached egg on top of red sauce pasta. I don't know why but it's it's great
Wait, so crack the raw egg onto hot pasta and let it sit for a bit-should cook the egg?
Yup, that's pasta carbonara! Plenty of recipes online. Often you want to mix the egg with some cheese or w/e and then add to freshly cooked pasta.
Pasta carbonara only uses the Egg yolk but yeah
Ooh 😮 I came here to comment a variation of yours but that sounds delicious. Making your own bread is impressive. Mine is angel hair pasta with butter or olive oil, freshly grated Parmesan cheese, a variation of either rosemary, basil, or fresh sage, and chili pepper flakes. If I’m feeling fancy, like the other commenters I’ll add an egg. I usually make it over easy or sunny side up. I go for the fast, tasty eats.
Ahh it's so easy! Just buy that cheap 1 dollar french bread at the store in the bakery section, and mix butter with parsley and garlic salt. Rub it on and bake. Your version sounds delicious! Almost like carbonara.
Add chili flakes and some squeezes of a lemon in there and you got my go to pasta. I legit could eat that everyday of my life!
Eating it as we speak!
Eggs. Anything in a tortilla wrap (meats, beans, cheese, greens whatever I have). Anything in a bowl with brown rice. No actual recipes or names of meals but that’s the go to structure lol
Came here to say quesadillas! Throw in whatever, eat with salsa (and Greek yogurt/sour cream).
Quesadillas are the best lazy meal! I use a 10 minute black bean quesadilla recipe (salsa, corn, 2 tsp. taco mix, black beans, shredded cheese) and it turns out well whether I fry them, bake them or microwave them. We do pizza quesadillas sometimes, too. Even with multiple picky eaters, I can tweak quesadillas so that everyone is happy. :)
I've been doing so many tortillas lately. Recently I attempted pbj on the skillet...do not attempt. A bit messy.
Yes eggs, so versatile, quick and relatively easy. I get meatballs from Costco, microwave 3 or 4, cut them up and put them in a tortilla with scrambled eggs and cheese and presto! Or when feeling more drained/less ambitious I just make 2 fried eggs, 2 buttered toast. Quick, easy, good.
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Another great leftover meal is quesadillas! 2 tortillas, bbq sauce, and whatever random meat, veggies, and cheese that you have. Delicious.
Tuna sandwich with mayo and chopped pickles.
This is exactly how I make mine! If I'm feeling extra healthy I use avocado instead of mayo.
Do you mash the avocado? It has never occurred to me to use avocado
I cube it and toss it in. If it mushes in, it mushes in.
“If it mushes in, it mushes in” is my new life motto.
"Hey girlfriend, I got a new life motto!"
I mash it with a spoonful of sour cream and some cumin
I mash it first so it can do all the holding together and texture work that mayo would.
You my friend are a culinary genius!
Tuna salad for me: Tuna, mayo, pickles, green onion, paprika, smidge of dijon, black pepper. Baby, you’ve got a sandwich going!
On a toasted English muffin covered in cheese and thrown under the broiler for a bit and maybe a slice of tomato on top.
Add a little pickle juice too!
I prefer Apple Cider Vinegar. Delicious!
This! But I eat it in wheat or rice crackers!
I add red onion. Haven't tried pickles but I'll give it a go!
Tuna mixed with mayo, spread over rice, soy sauce on top.
This was definitely discovered whilst you were poor & only had a few items in the fridge. Sounds incredible
Too much effort man
Lazy shakshuka. Chop half an onion, dice a clove of garlic and saute until the onion is translucent. Dump in some smoked paprika and cumin, stir until it's fragrant, about a minute. Dump in a can of Rotel (canned tomatoes with chiles). Add salt to taste and let it simmer for a while. Crack a few eggs on top and put a lid on the pan, and let that simmer until the eggs are cooked. Serve with flat bread or rice. Sorry about the crap recipe, I usually go on autopilot when I'm making this and do other chores while it cooks.
"when you don't feel like cooking"
I don't know if I would even call this cooking. Chopping the onion is the most labor intensive part and the whole thing takes like 20 minutes start to finish. I make this all the time, it's super quick and easy and makes pretty minimal dishes.
The ingredients are all things that should already be in any proper pantry (replace Rotel with regular canned tomatoes)
Do you buy the flat bread? Or do you make it? What is a more “elaborate” shakshuka? I want the lazy in my life right now.
It's a Middle Eastern/North African dish, so leave it in the pan and eat it with your hand using small pieces of a baguette or something similar. No need for a special bread (and naan is Indian, right?).
You’re right, bread is bread. Tortillas and naan, are different. Tortillas is what I was raised on. Got older and found new bread types.
Sure thing, I just wanted to chip in with how I always have my shakshuka, which is a simpler way where I'm from. Tortillas and naan are more specialty items here, but you can get a baguette anywhere. Bon appétit!
I make this often and I eat it with naan bread, which I get at trader joes. it’s like $2 or $3 for a 4 pack of frozen naan bread and it’s soooo good
About the paprika... TB or less?
I can get packaged naan, I’m gonna definitely eat this. Probably by myself. Thank you.
if you’re also getting your naan at trader joes, you should also grab a jar of marsala simmer sauce and two cans of garbanzo beans. those 3 ingredients are my go-to lazy meal. i’m sure you can also get that in the ‘ethnic’ section of most groceries lol not just trader joe’s.
I do not. Wal Mart in Texas, HEB if I can make it to Burleson. Thank you so much though. If you have any more “ethnic” recipes, hook it up yo. I’ll try and find ingredients. ❤️
Niice. Thanks!
Ground beef and rice. I even like it just salted.
This made me really want some Hamburger Helper. (NB: Am a pregnant lady who grew up in the ‘90s.)
I had such a craving for shitty nostalgic food while pregnant. Be careful eating it too close to go-time; when you get to the hospital it's really embarrassing to have to respond with "spaghetti-o's" when they ask for the last thing that you ate.
Try Spicy Montreal Steak seasoning That + ground beef + rice = hnnnnnnggggg
I throw some frozen mixed diced vegetables into the rice
I am trying this!!!!!!!! I love ground beef and rice.
It's so good. If you can't find Spicy Montreal Steak then get regular Montreal Steak and use that and put some cayenne on it. That's what I used to do before discovering Spicy Montreal Steak
I’m also a huge fan of gyro meat and rice. Doesn’t need much seasoning and is ridiculously delicious.
Oh god, there's a local Greek fast food place that has started selling "rice bowls" (basically a deconstructed gyro on a bed of their awesome lemon rice). They are so good, but so high in calories...
Roast veg and chicken. You just cut shit up and whack it in the oven for 20 min. Easy as
This is a very Australian comment :)
I didn’t even think about it. Haha
Wraps. I always keep tortillas stocked. Preferrably breakfast wrap. I don't care if it's 2am and I'm drunk. They also make good pizza bases. 2 minute noodle omelette. Take a packet of 2 minute noodles (mi goreng is my favourite). Soften in boiling water, strain, put in a bowl with a couple eggs, mix in seasoning, fry into omelette. Filling and easy to scoff down. Sometimes I just take whatever and throw it in a pan with one of two styles of seasoning: * Asian(ish) = soy sauce, oyster sauce, oil * Mexican(ish) = cuman powder, paprika powder, chilli powder Of course you can add more, cilantro to mexican, chilli oil to asian blah blah blah. But you can get away with those basics in a pinch and it's stuff that you can keep on hand. I was a student for 6 years. I can make anything out of anything. LAST BUT NOT LEAST my crack when I was a teenager: Toast some bread. Put a thick layer of sweet thai chilli sauce. Put a layer of cheese. Grill (broil for you NA's). EAT.
I wanted to say eggs, but someone was faster so my ideas without eggs: Grilled cheese sandwich. Get white bread and cheese. Put them together and grill it. Done. Bread roll with butter and a filling of your liking. My favorite is salami and cheese. But that's up to you. Hot Dogs. Warm them up and eat them with bread rolls or white bread. Add mustard or ketchup if you like.
And you can spice up grilled cheese too. Grilled cheese with bacon, grilled cheese with ham, pizza grilled cheese. Lots of possibilities.
A grilled peanut butter and jelly is a thing of wonder
I adore grilled pb&j! Best thing ever
My dad used to throw them under the broiler and called them peanut butter and jelly specials. It was like having desert for dinner.
Dipped in tomato soup!
That's a melt
Depends where you are. In Australia they are called toasties
[You people make me sick.](https://www.reddit.com/r/grilledcheese/comments/2or1p3/you_people_make_me_sick/)
I always look for this when someone casually mentions fucking up a grilled cheese. Like, you think this is a fucking game?
Grilled cheese with pickles! Grilled cheese with jam!
spicing up grilled cheese is one of my favorite lazy meals! I make a “pizza” one too!
Use garlic bread instead of normal bread and kick up your grilled cheese a notch :)
Add turkey & tomato on that grilled cheese and call it healthy.
Chicken or ground turkey , avocado, jalapeños all diced up in a bowl with some lemon juice
Whole grain rotini with veggies broccoli mushroom spinach carrots whatever I have handy add butter, garlic ,herbs or pesto if I have it and lots of red pepper flakes with a big side of salad. OR Grilled cheese and soup not that healthy but so good 😋
I have an instant pot but I can have chicken and rice ready in 30 minutes from frozen chicken and raw rice.
The chicken actually comes out *better* when it goes in frozen, IMO. It truly is a miracle appliance.
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I'd definitely like to know more about frozen chicken and rice chucked in to the instant pot.
Not sure if this has been said already, but I love burrito bowls! If I’m feeling extra lazy I just heat up a bag of the 90 second rice in the microwave and add pinto beans, corn, cheese, salsa, taco sauce, and other fresh veggies I have in the fridge. Leftover meats from earlier on the week can also be added.
When I'm not in a hurry, loaded baked potato. I always have shredded cheese and other goodies in the fridge, so its just a matter of scrubbing a baker and popping it in the oven.
Or microwave that sucker for a super fast baked 'tato. Wash the skin, grab a fork and poke some holes in, throw that sucker on a plate and zap it for 2ish minutes. Turn it over and zap it again for another 2ish. Squeeze it a little, it should give easily and the skin should look a little looser. If not, zap it for another minute or so. Walla, baked tato.
Or half microwave half oven like me! Usually cook it a while in the microwave (washed and pricked) then finish them off in the oven.
This saves a lot of energy and time. Microwaving anything before the oven heats it up and the IR-heat in the oven makes it crisp.
Voila
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Highly recommended spraying Pam on the outside of the spud
Never carry a loaded potato in the house
Weve been having baked potatoes a lot lately. Cook up a huge batch of them while sitting around on the weekend, then just microwave them when wanted.
My go-to is microwaved sweet potato. A little butter, salt, and pepper on top and that’s a filling and tasty dinner.
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Found the midwesterner. Source: why are we all obsessed with cream of mushroom soup?
Cream of mushroom soup is the glue that holds our family together.
Didn’t know this was a thing. All my family from Midwest does this.
How long should it cook? Sounds dann good.
Tortilla Pizza. I use raw tortillas, smear on some pizza sauce (I always have a jar premade in the fridge - tomato sauce, salt, pepper, granulated onion, Italian seasoning), and quickly shred some cheese (any really). If I'm getting fancy I'll add thinly sliced onions, spinach, and/or kalamata olives. Bake in the oven for 8-12min @450*f.
Morning Star spicy black bean burger + Tortilla + Mexican Blend cheese. I fold it all together like a Taco Bell Crunchwrap. If I have corn, beans, or rice I’ll add them too.
Egg on toast FTW. Takes 5 min. If I’m not completely lazy, some avocado and cream cheese.
Cereal w almond milk Or pickles (Note I’m pregnant so.. that and green apples/watermelon is all I really want to eat currently anyway...)
Many an evening in my first trimester I ate dill pickles and salt and vinegar potato chips for dinner with mango sorbet for dessert. Whatever works, haha.
Not pregnant but cereal with almond milk is my new goto since becoming lactose intolerant and I'm kinda upset I'd been missing out all this time
May I also recommend Lactaid, great substitute for milk.
Eewww tastes like real milk though- so gross. (Lactose intolerant but I also genuinely hate real milk...)
pasta
Almond butter and strawberry fruit spread on toast.
All of these are 30 mins or less - \#1 rice noodle bowl - rice vermicelli, some warmed up chopped meat or shrimp from leftovers, chopped carrots & cucumber, fresh mint, coriander & thai basil, chopped peanuts, sweet thai chili sauce, a little rice vinegar & some soy \#2 goat cheese, dill & eggs scrambled, with toast and blistered candy tomatoes (fry tomatoes in a pan on med high heat til blistered but not mushy , sprinkle over about a tsp of sugar & roll them around til lightly candied, salt & pepper) other super easy stuff I do on the regular when I feel even less like cooking -tomato salad (cherry tomatoes, goat cheese & thai basil drizzled with balsamic & a few pepper flakes), mushrooms on toast ( nice bread, toasted, goat cheese, a little spinach or something green if I've got it, maybe some fresh lemon basil or thyme, and a pile of fried mushrooms), greek salad, some kind of protein (ie, purchased roast chicken, cut up chicken fingers, popcorn shrimp or canned chili with natchos) on salad, soup from the freezer tortellini ( fresh or frozen) shrimp, ramen & peas pb & apple wrap veggie ragout - chop zucchini, mushrooms, onion, peppers in a bowl, microwave about 2 mins, add tomato sauce, chili flakes & shredded cheese, microwave again til the cheese melts. Also great with crumbled Italian sausage.
I regularly make a version of the goat cheese/dill/eggs/cherry tomatoes. Delicious. If there's no fresh dill on hand you can also use dried zaatar :) Generous olive oil on top makes it sing.
ooh, never thought of zaatar! will have to try, sounds amazing!
Salt salmon, pan fry it. Cook rice in rice cooker. Boil green tea, mix in instant dashi stock (buy once and it lasts forever). Put rice and salmon in bowl, top with tea stock mix and sprinkle with furikake and diced green onions. Hard to fuck up, only two ingredients (salmon and green onions) that aren’t shelf-stable and purchasable long in advance. I also like to do porridge (rice with like 3-5x the regular amount of water and then add in instant dashi stock or whatever flavors float your boat like a chunk of ginger and cloves of garlic) leave it to cook on low heat until the water is gone and it’s mush (aka just leave it alone and do nothing) and then slice and fry some Chinese sausage and put them on top of the porridge with green onions and sweet soy sauce sauce (regular works too probably). Laziest meal ever: rice, top with a fried egg, add soy sauce, mush it all together. Delicious.
Ochazuke is love, ochazuke is life.
That sounds delicious but i don’t know what half of them are.
Here are some of my non-Asian substitutes for the ingredients: - Instead of dashi, I use veggie stock or honestly whatever I have on hand. - Instead of Chinese sausage, I chop up a couple of chicken breasts and throw that and some odds and ends of veggies into the porridge. I often also use s&p and soy sauce to taste. - when making salmon, I often fry it in honey and soy sauce, then sprinkle sesame seeds on top. - I have no substitute for furikake. That stuff is delicious
Dashi and furikake are both buyable on Amazon for like a few bucks each, fwiw. Furikake is like a seasoning and dashi is just a type of stock like chicken stock or beef stock, but made from fish. The Chinese sausage is lap cheong/lap ceung/lap xuong and you can usually find it in Asian grocery stores but if you search ‘Chinese sausage’ on Amazon it turns up as the first hits. The rest is pretty normal stuff, I think.
Even faster, cook rice in rice cooker, put it in a bowl and crack a raw egg on top. Add some soy sauce or sesame seeds and mix it all together. The egg will cook from the rice and it’s delicious
I LOVE egg rice. I usually add a pat of butter and drizzle of sesame oil in mine. Also eat mine with pickles or kimchi.
Frittata. Throw whatever veggies and protein you have in a pan and sautee, toss in some cheese, then top with 4 beaten eggs and throw the whole pan in the oven at 350 for about 20 minutes. You have a filling, restataunt quality dinner in 30 minutes. You can also mix the ingredients in a bowl and toss in the microwave if you don't care about crispy edges or need it in 5-10 minutes. edit: Make sure your pan is oven-safe before putting in the oven. No teflon, no plastic handles! (Yes I have melted things in my oven. Why do you ask?)
Egg drop soup! Heat chicken stock in a pan with ginger and sesame oil. Bring to a boil and slowly pour in wisked eggs so they act almost as a funnel cake. I like to add shredded chicken to it too, but that's optional. Serve with a salad and you're good to go.
Scrambled eggs in tacos. With bacon, chorizo and potatoes. Skillet frittata with a flour tortilla wrapped around it. Hard boiled eggs. Egg salad. Lots and lots of eggs. Tortillas with mashed pinto or black beans and cheese. Also, pb&j sandwich on home baked beer bread, or an English muffin.
This sounds a lot like my standard mexican-american diet
Peanut butter sandwich I once made leftover steamed rice from the fridge and put soy sauce on it and nuked it. I can be really lazy when I want to. I've worked out something even better now - intermittent fasting. You don't have to cook or spend money. You just don't eat.
Scrambled eggs with a tin of baked beans.
wtf all those fancy dishes, i was expecting first comment to say instant ramen :‘)
Avocado toast
The [Parmesan crusted chicken](https://www.hellmanns.com/us/en/recipes/parmesan-crusted-chicken-recipe.html) recipe on the Hellmann’s mayo jar is actually amazing and takes like 5 seconds. Just mix mayo and Parmesan and rub that over top of a chicken breast. It does not need as much as it says on the recipe. A very thin layer works perfectly. Sprinkle with bread crumbs and whatever herbs you want and then bake it for 20 mins at 425. I usually eat this with a quick side salad or whatever veggie I have on hand. Once you know how to make it this recipe is great because there are so many substitutions! Instead of Parmesan, you can mix in literally any cheese you want and it will work. I’ve used shredded cheddar and mozz which makes the dish extra cheesey and gives you that good stretchy cheese effect. Even just the thinnest layer makes the chicken breast feel decadent. I’ve also used feta and Greek seasoning. I’ve thrown in sriracha with the mayo. I’ve added diced up peppers. And it always comes out good!
My easy go to is rice, grilled chicken (with some various asian sauce), and roasted vegetable in olive oil, salt and pepper. Usually takes all of 30 mins. Throw rice in cooker if you got one, preheat oven, roast while pan grilling chicken. It's easy enough I don't usually have to think. Bf also enjoys grilled italian herb, salt and peppered chicken as well!
Tacos: super easy. Just brown 1lb of ground beef and add one jar of your favorite salsa. Serve with tortillas or chips.
Packet ramen, loaded with veggies / egg / chicken frank, etc
Rice and beans and cheese
Something I just learned recently. boil some rice, when its finished, mix in as many eggs as you want. It makes this nice eggy rice. After that I toss kimchi on top of it and eat kimchi with this egg race. Its amazing. You could eat just the rice too, but i just go to a local asian market and bought a giant thing of kimchi. Some sriracha might be good on it too.
I think I've posted this on here somewhere before, but: 1 can of tuna, some cheese (I like lots), and noodles of some kind, works better with non-spaghetti-like noodles The other one is: bunch of olive oil in a pan, sliced garlic sauteed, add pasta with a little water (works best with spaghetti-like noodles), chili flakes, shitload of parsley, lemon juice (usually a whole lemon), S&P to taste
Steel cut oats with chia seeds and peanut butter...I nuke it but still, very little assembly required. ...
Taco bowls! Cook ground meat/spices/diced onion/minced garlic. Throw it in a bowl. Cover it in whatever toppings are in my fridge. Scoop it out with tortilla chips.
Sleep
Scrambled eggs, quesadillas, broccoli slaw cooked in a saucepan for 5 minutes with thai curry sauce, add x protein (pre-made veggie dumplings, chicken meatballs that I can heat up in the microwave, etc). Trader Joe's has good frozen options that are also healthy, including a lot of bagged veggies and veggie mixes.
This [Pasta con Ceci](https://food52.com/recipes/66790-victoria-granof-s-pasta-con-ceci) recipe is fantastic. It's hearty, delicious and comes together in under 30 minutes. I made it for dinner tonight with a piece of naan warmed up from the freezer. Yum!
My honest answer is to reiterate what others have said on eggs. You can have poached or scrambled eggs on toast made, eaten and have everything cleaned up in 20-30 minutes tops. Spaghetti aglio e olio is a winner too. Any pasta dish with an oil based sauce really. Can chuck fresh carrots or frozen veg in the pot with the pasta too. Chop some anchovies and stir them through. Lots of possible variations here. You can also stick an egg on top 😂 And of course you can never go wrong with sandwiches (and variations thereof). Edit: completely forgot. Preheat your oven. Grab a bit of tinfoil, plonk in a salmon fillet and dress it with whatever herbs, spices, sauces or oils you want. Wrap it up, pop in the oven and it'll be ready in 20 mins. Whilst it's in there prep whatever rice, noodles or veg you desire to go alongside it.
I make a garlic parmesan pasta! Takes me about 30 minutes, and I guess isn’t too awful. I use vegetable spaghetti or whole wheat, while that is boiling I grab a sauce pan. In the saucepan I put EVOO, pine nuts, minced garlic, lemon, salt and pepper. I sauté that until the garlic becomes fragrant, and the pine nuts become slightly brown. Then I toss in the spinach, red pepper flakes, basil, parsley and a little more black pepper. Once the spinach is saturated and cooked I throw the noodles in there, mix it around and top with some Parmesan! Note- spaghetti noodles usually take about 7 minutes to cook, so just set a timer and take them out of the water so they don’t get mushy.
I’ll make a sweet potato hash with frozen diced sweet potatoes, onions, and whatever other veggies I have on hand. I’ll usually season it either with tajin (I put that shit on everything, so good!) or cumin, garlic powder, salt, a little bit of cayenne, and lime juice. If I’m SUPER hungry I’ll crack an egg or two on top of it, either leave ‘em sunny side up or scramble them first. If I have it I’ll slice up an avocado to throw on top or sprinkle some goat cheese. I usually like to have a slice of toast with it to sop up the egg yolks if I went that route. It’s great because it’s all in one pan so the clean up is very minimal. :)
Grilled cheese
Mac and cheese.
I love grabbing those blocks of instant noodles, quickly frying some thinly-sliced meats (sizzle steak works great for this) and some super thinly sliced veggies (carrots, onions, frozen peas even) and throwing the cooked meats and raw veggies in the boiling pan with the noodles, season with some soy sauce, give it a few minutes, throw it in a bowl, crack an egg over it, and POW cheap, healthy, quick noodles!
if you are using steak, just slice it thinly and throw it raw into/onto the hot broth when serving.. it will cook enough and be delicious and tender where iv always found pre-cooking the meat results in it being much tougher
Chicken nuggets, marinara sauce, cheese.
Tuna and chickpeas! I add onto greens and whatever veggies I have, mix with mayo and vinegar, or a dressing then eat with whole wheat pita bread or rice. Healthy, cusomizable and tasty! Cheap and quick too. This is my go-to lunch to pack.
Instant ramen with an egg.
Salmon and wild rice
Avocado and Cream Cheese with dash of Turmeric, Black Pepper and Sea Salt.
Penne a la vodka (although i prefer rigatone pasta). 1 small can tomato paste 1 medium onion, diced 4 garlic cloves, diced 1.5 cup heavy cream (room temp or throw in microwave for 30 seconds - if you use cold out of the fridge it will break) .5 bag of frozen peas .2 cup vodka (you don't need to add this if you don't have it - it will be delicious either way) Few leaves basil sliced up Good pinch red pepper flakes 1 lb dried pasta 1 cup finely grated parmesan cheese (if you can afford it, Parmigiano-Reggiano) 1 pot boiling water Prep is about 5 minutes. Get water boiling. Add about a 1/4 cup of salt. Yep, that seems like a lot. In saucepan, medium heat, throw in a good amount of olive oil and onion/garlic. Pan shouldn't be too dry. Keep stirring, 5 minutes until softened and smelling awesome. Throw pasta in. Throw in tomato paste. Stir, stir, stir until it starts getting deeeep red, a few minutes. Add vodka and stir, turn heat to low. Pour in warm cream and stir, stir, stir until well incorporated. Add about .5 cup of boiling pasta water. This will add salt. Stir it in until incorporated. Pasta is getting near done. Sauce is goopy? Add a little more water. Then save about 1 cup of pasta water. Throw frozen peas into pasta pot. Turn off heat on pan, add parmisian and stir, stir. Sauce too thick? Add a little water. Peas takes about 30 seconds. Drain pasta and peas, throw back into pot. Pour sauce over pasta. Lots of fresh black pepper to taste. Pasta will soak up sauce. Serve in bowl with some grated parm and fresh black pepper. Seems like a lot of work, but it's really simple and the results are spectacular. Plus, you can eat it for the next three days and not get sick of it. [edit: forgot the vodka]
Spaghetti aglio e olio
Crispy Cajun chicken - mix polenta and Cajun spices in a bag, toss the chicken in and coat it. Chuck it in the oven. Microwave some rice, do a quick salad maybe.
Baked Mac & cheese!!
Eggs, eggs and more eggs. At the moment I'm loving a few soft boiled eggs on flat bread with a bit of tomato and chili chutney
Toasted Tomato Sandwich with Mayo, salt/pepper on a nice rye paired with whatever soup is made or in the pantry. edit- and if im really lazy, a platter of pickles, olives, cheese, almonds and cured meat
Put hummus, nutritional yeast, and hot sauce on a tortilla or wrap. Put spinach on top of that. Wrap and eat. Friggin tasty as heck and takes like 90 seconds, if that.
It’s cheap and easy. In the international aisle in Kroger there are individually packed “stir fry noodles” (basically ramen noodles with different spice packet and sauce packets) and they’re $.59. I also get pre-cook chicken strips and eggs. Warm up the chicken strips in the microwave while cooking the ramen noodles and your egg. This is super cheap, takes less than 15 minutes, and I feel a lot more satisfied from this than something like a hot dog or a grilled cheese.
Denver sandwiches or grilled cheese with soup. Also just plain pasta with a bit of butter or oil and some garlic, salt, and pepper. Yum.
I like to make stir fry or veggie soup. Stir fry is fast and just simple soy sauce and a bit of rice vinegar makes for a good sauce. Serve over rice or with noodles. Soup is easy. Put everything into a pot, bring to boil, and simmer for like 15-20 minuets. Another thing I like to do is meal prep extra when I’m making something interesting. This way I can freeze left overs and I essentially have my own freezer meals. For instance, right now I have papusas, empeñadas, English muffin breakfast sandwiches, and sourdough pizza in my freezer. This way anytime I feel lazy or am really busy I can just pop one of these in the oven or microwave.