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I mean the one you do when you want something easy to do, but not when you're tired at the point you microwave a frozen-meal, or just cut down a piece of cheese and put it in a bread

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[–] guyrocket@kbin.social 5 points 10 months ago

Smoked salmon and cherry tomatoes

Oatmeal made with milk. Stir in peanut butter when it is hot and ground cinnamon. Filling.

Spiced fried chicken breast, steamed veggies and carb of choice: mac and cheese, mashed potatoes, scalloped potatoes, or wheat bread.

"Stir fry": Fry meat of choice in a frying pan, add spices and vegetables of choice. Eat with rice or on/with wheat bread. 1 frying pan with meat and vegetables add carb to that.

Grill meat and vegetables of choice. Add carb on the side.

[–] MadBob@feddit.nl 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I boil half a cup of rice, add 3tbsp of peanut butter and about 100ml sweet chili sauce, and I mix it evenly. Bish bash bosh.

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[–] mxl@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Canned tuna mixed with rice, and omelette with cheese

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[–] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago

Cooking?!

When I'm specifically being too lazy to?

I don't even cook for myself on the good days.

[–] creamed_eels@toast.ooo 5 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Chicken chickpea curry.

Canned chickpeas, whatever chicken you have on hand, canned diced tomatoes, curry powder, onion, coconut milk, lemon juice. Served over rice.

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[–] Will8250@lemmings.world 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Cook white rice in a rice cooker but instead of water, use a canned soup. Flavor of the soup gets into the rice. A few minutes of prep and walk away.

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[–] Rosco@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago

Savory oats. Put oats, milk, butter and whatever you fancy in a pan. Done.

[–] timlyo@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Probably something from The Sad Bastard Cookbook. It's a free book with lots of easy meals and good advice.

https://traumbooks.itch.io/the-sad-bastard-cookbook

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[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

I have a small rice cooker perfect for 1-2 portions. Aldi sells asian-style pan-fry veggie mixes including spices and all in large bags, frozen. They also sell veggie balls for frying, frozen.

Between those three + some spices + soy sauce, I can always create something nice with just a small pan, plus with the rice cooker timing is unimportant. Takes about 10 minutes max, most of which is standing next to the pan waiting for something to fry. Stacks nicely in a bowl, looks fancy, takes 0 effort, and I can customize the taste with the array of spices I always keep at home nowadays.

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 4 points 10 months ago
  • boneless skinless chicken breasts
  • Taco seasoning
  • Fajita seasoning
  • Salsa

Dump everything into crockpot, come back after work and enjoy shredded chicken tacos / nachos / burritos.

[–] hamburglar26@wilbo.tech 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Bean and Cheese nachos Bonus if you have some sort of leftover chicken or other grilled meat to add.

Cook refried beans. Dab a thin coat of beans with a spoon on a chip and place on greased baking sheet. Add meat if you have it. Cover with shredded cheese. Bake on 350 for 5-6 minutes.

I like to serve with salsa and pickled jalapeΓ±os if I have them, which I usually do just for this dish.

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[–] uhmbah@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)
  1. Cook pasta: spaghettini, spaghetti, linguine, whatever
  2. Strain when cooked, set aside
  3. add heaping tablespoon olive oil+garlic to pot, heat for a minute
  4. Add the pasta, salt and pepper, stir
  5. serve

*Swap some butter for oil if preferred

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[–] mdhughes@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago

Rice cooker, after it's halfway, throw in an egg or two, leftover meat, can of beans, soup, or chili, whatever's available. It's nourishing and always tastes good.

[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

My family's spaghetti and meat sauce recipe. 5 ingredients:

Water, salt, pasta;
ground beef, tomato sauce (from a jar if fancy, but canned is great)

  1. Boil and salt the water. Add the pasta. Boil until as soft as you want. While that's going
  2. Cook the meat, breaking into little chunks. Then drain the fat. Then add the sauce and some salt and mix it. Stop it some time after it's boiling

Serve together.

(Of course there are details like how much of stuff, but that's the jist of it)

[–] jawa21@startrek.website 4 points 10 months ago

Kraft Mac and cheese with sausage cut up in it.

[–] Sho@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Don't have any, too lazy...

[–] MashedTech@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Nutella on toast. Ruin your life and food like me

[–] MacedWindow@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Caprese salad

Buy a tomato. Slice it. Buy presliced mozarella Alternate tomato and mozarella on a plate. Put basil on top. Drizzle either balsamic vinagrette or salt and olive oil.

Delicous and super easy.

Also sometimes I make a quick melt on the waffle press, season with garlic powder and shredded parmeson, and dip in salsa. Fantastic and super easy.

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[–] PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com 4 points 10 months ago

Italian sausage, penne pasta, and marinara. Beyond easy...not particularly healthy.

[–] TheRealCharlesEames@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Hello_there@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago

Boil pasta. Drain. Add whole can of canned tomatoes to pot (fire roasted or Italian seasoning versions optional)

[–] Bonehead@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (9 children)

Carbonara.

Cook some chopped up bacon until crispy. Boil some pasta until cooked. Dump half cup of pasta water into bacon, mix. Mix 3 eggs with a half cup of parmesan, drip in a few tablespoons of pasta water while mixing. Turn off stove, dump pasta into bacon, mix for a few minutes, dump egg and parmesan in, mix vigorously. Eat with a big chunk of crusty bread. Should take 20 minutes from turning on the stove to eating.

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[–] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Salmon and asparagus.

[–] johnyrocket@feddit.ch 3 points 10 months ago
  1. Cook some pasta. Doesn't matter what kind.
  2. Add cream, if no cream is available add milk and condense longer.
  3. Add powdered soup base
  4. Enjoy salty, carbs goodness. (Doesn't taste as good if eaten often) If I am felling healthy i'll also eat a raw fruit or vegetable while the pasta is cooking.
[–] Anonymouse@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

This isn't what you're really asking, but I have a bunch of stuff in the freezer that I can pull out when I'm sick, don't have enough time to prepare a meal or am just exhausted from whatever.

Making lasagne? Make 4, freeze 3. Mex night? I make 20 black bean burritoes at a time. Check out https://onceamonthmeals.com/ for inspiration. Less cooking, less dishes and less food waste. Go pro and pick up a food saver. I make 8 cups of rice and freeze it in a pint food saver bag. It's winter where I live and I have "soup bags" in the freezer so I can take out veggies that were at their peak when they were frozen and put it in a crock pot so I can have summer fresh soup.

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