Instant rice. Sugar. Cinnamon. Milk.
Super lazy? Random bread/toast with store bought hummus.
A little bit cooking is okay? Then pasta with olive oil and garlic (and parmesan or chili if available). Or alternatively I put a can of kidney beans with a can of tomatoes, garlic, chili, and spices in a pot, cook it a bit, and serve with rice, pasta, bread, or tortilla chips. Or whatever else is quickly available.
Or frozen pizza.
Humous and baguette
It’s challenging to cook when one lives alone. I came up with a frozen buffet system.
I make several main dishes, several side dishes, and several desserts. Subsequently, I divide the foods into portions that I would normally eat, then I freeze.
That way I can grab 2 or 3 items, microwave, and eat whenever I’m hungry.
Doing this, I only need to cook once or twice every shopping cycle.
Fruit
Baked beans on toast is my usual go to when I want something quick and minimal effort.
If I seriously don’t feel up to cooking, like there’s no fucking way I’m turning on the stove? Cereal.
My “just throw it in a pan” meal? Seashell pasta + canned tomato soup. Apparently one fateful day before payday, my grandmother had two hungry kids to feed, and nothing in the house but those two ingredients. So my gramma invented Spaghettios from first principles and a family comfort food was born. A hot meal so simple you can make it without a working brain stem.
Two cans of air fried garbanzo beans. I don’t consider it cooking because it takes all of 19 seconds to open the cans, drain, spray cooking spray and turn an air fryer on. Gives me what feels like a bag of potato chips at a much healthier nutrition on the cheap. Toss some tajin seasoning on there and away I go.
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I’ve basically got 2 lazy meals:
Veg dog on a toasted bun with diced red onion, pickled jalapeños, mayo, mustard and ketchup.
Instant ramen with some extra fixins. Always green onions and shishimi togarashi and then some combo of frozen corn, black fungus, pickled bamboo shoots, kimchi, sesame oil, miso, nori, fried gluten, and/or tofu.
what brand veggie dog! sounds delish!!
I like the beyond ones a lot, but gusta are pretty good too, and a bit cheaper.
Peanut butter on bread. Just put a layer of PB on there, fold it in half. I take three with a glass of milk and I’m good to go. Great for those times when I’ve forgotten to eat dinner and I just want to make the bad feeling in my tummy go away.
What is up with the rest of these comments though, half of them still involve cooking. Who the hell has patience for that?
Peanut butter, banana, and honey. That’s where it’s at baby
That sounds interesting, how much peanut butter, banana, and honey do you apply and in what order?
It’s peanut butter, banana, and honey. The answer is however much you want to stuff in your gob.
A whole jar of pickles
I love me some pickles.
My people!
I usually have Rice left over in the fridge cause I always cook it in big batches. Egg fried Rice is so quick and simple.
Careful with rice >24 hrs old!
Why? If your frying it, not much can survive to make you sick the normal ways?
Tuna salad. Almost all of the ingredients are stable or long lasting and it’s very tasty and filling.
Ingredients are
A can of tuna ("in oil) is best, “in water” turns tuna to mush) Mayonnaise Finely diced onion Diced pickle Diced celery, lettuce or other leafy green Fresh or dry dill (optional ) Garlic powder (optional) Small drizzle of olive oil (optional, I use it when I use less mayo) American cheese (served on bread of choice, also optional)
It can be served on most breads as a sandwich or crackers. I recommend the bread be toasted as well
Directions: Dice components, drain tuna, stir, add mayo, stir, serve on carb of choice.
I think the prompt was ease of prep, not how stable the ingredients are.
You just dirtied a knife, a cutting board, a fork, a bowl, a plate, used a can opener, 11 ingredients, and prepped four of the main ingredients.
I do like tuna salad though and this sounds delicious. Except for the American cheese.
