Bonus points for healthy/low carb. Omivore, vegetarian, vegan, I eat all the things but my autistic ass is very low on spoons. I'm a good cook but even the thought of cooking instant ramen sounds daunting sometimes.
Easy things I've incorporated are protein shakes with coffee, flax milk and chia seeds during the morning. Keeps me good til 1pm or so since breakfast grosses me out during the weekdays and it takes like 2 minutes to prepare
Also wraps. Throw a protein on, condiments or a sauce like pesto or something, rip up some lettuce with your BARE HANDS, and that's it. Or if you're feeling fancy, slice up some cheese/veggies. Less than 5 minutes with minimal clean up, just a cutting board knife, plate and maybe a spoon or butter knife. Sometimes if I'm not cutting much ill just do it carefully in my hands or on my plate to avoid washing the cutting board
like fr was expecting a fight, but naw everyones chill talking about their neat snackaroonies i love it
Low carb zero effort food is why I always have a jar of natural peanut butter in the fridge. When I'm having a "so depressed that getting out of bed is a monumental task" day, I can ensure I don't starve.
Oh man, a giant spoon of peanut butter is seriously soooo good and satisfying. I always forget about it when I shop but maybe I'll get a Costco sized jar next time I go lol
It's the final boss of my "plan for the worst" meal plan. If my brain were good, I'd never need to use this.
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The benefits of a rice cooker cannot be overstated
Hot fresh rice, tuna in olive oil, soy sauce to taste
Miso soup with a scoop of 3-4 day old rice in it
cubed tofu, rice, water, soy sauce, whatever veggies you want all in the rice cooker together. turn on that rice cooker to cook the rice and it'll cook everything else. lots of food, genuinely zero effort. this has been the essential cornerstone of my diet recently.
Rice cookers can be more than just rice cookers too. Throw some beans in there. Season the rice straight in the cooker. Get creative. Basically anything that can be steamed will come out fine in a rice cooker.
I had great success the other day with rice, red lentils, mirepoix, and garlic cooked with vegetable broth instead of water. I second "most anything can be cooked in a rice cooker"
Dry beans? How do you estimate the water required? I've been resisting the idea of buying a rice cooker since I'm low on bench space and make it with a small saucepan usually, but if I can rehydrate beans in em then I'm gunna reassess
That gives me an idea about what I can get my father for Christmas.
bean burrito but on those small wheat tortillas with hot sauce and salsa
Hell yeah, idk why I forget that bean burritos are SO GOOD. I used to make my own refried beans from scratch, should make a fuckton one day and love off them
ive only recently been successfully making tasty beans from dry in my pressure cooker. but i've been thinking of trying a refry next because the cans are too expensive for what they are
but yeah they are good i can eat waaay too many in one sitting gurgle gurgle
Hummus and pita
Tomato and olive oil on toast
Refried beans and tortilla chips
CarrotDiced cucumber and tomato, dash of olive oil, Italian seasoning, toss in a bowl. Can add cheese.
Yogurt, sliced banana, granola
Needs onions and balsamic vinegar. Maybe a bit of minced garlic too. I miss being able to dip Italian bread into the bowl when the vegetables were gone. That was so good with a big piece of fresh Parmesan cheese.
Ooh yeah definitely the balsamic. You can let it marinate in the balsamic and seasoning overnight in the fridge.
Yeah. Then add the oil later because in my experience, it it gets too cold it'll solidify.
You can add potatoes too if you want to make a potato salad without any mayonnaise. You can always substitute balsamic vinegar with a bit of lemon juice if you feel like it. I did that once with some scraps of leftover boiled potato and it turned out pretty good. Especially with a bit of oregano.
Almost any pasta with pre-made sauce
Rice (made in rice cooker), can of beans, salt, pepper, hot sauce, and maybe an avocado if you got one = lots of food for no effort. Can also put frozen veggies in with the rice like others are saying if you want even more food for minimal effort.
I think hummus is pretty low effort, especially if you can just get cans of garbanzo beans (I have to buy mine dry and soak them overnight)
Peanut butter and saltine crackers
Someone said silk tofu with some kind of sauce (usually soy sauce and maybe pickled or regular ginger thrown on top), this is also really good and extremely low effort
E: additionally, it's really easy to make some chocolate pudding using silk tofu and chocolate (preferably melted dark chocolate), can also be used as a pie filling if you want to put in a little more effort
Scrambled tofu is pretty good and low effort if you have frozen veggies, but it's just a little bit more effort since it's best to cook it in a skillet and maybe caramelize some onions to go with it
Almost any pasta with pre-made sauce
Honestly this is a lot of my meals. I usually just throw together what ever spices, oils or sauces I have on hand into teacup, mix it a bit and then stir and cook through. My go to this week has been sweet paprika, curry powder, msg, garlic, chilli and soy, fried with olive oil. A little overkill but fuck me if it doesn't slap
Can of baked beans, loop sausage, potatoes.
Simmer beans in pot. Slice up sausage and fry in pan. Put potatoes in microwave 3-5 minutes, flip over and give it another few minutes, chop them up and fry them in a pan. Mix it all together for a lazy meal prep that sticks to your ribs
Sounds like it would make a couple meals too which I'm a fan of for sure. Taking notes for shopping later
Arroz congri lazy edition:
- 1 cup dry rice
- 1 can black beans
Get the rice going in a pot the usual way for your specific rice, once it’s done just warm up the can of beans in there for maybe 5-10 minutes and season to taste. I like putting Tony Chachere’s in it, but anything works. Recently I’ve seasoned it with some oregano, dash of cumin, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, nutritional yeast, and red pepper. There was a period in ‘21 when I was only able to afford 1 meal a day and this was usually it
You can spruce it up if you have the energy by pan frying a bag of frozen peppers and onions and adding that at the end, or even adding some tofu if you want extra protein. It’s traditionally made with steak but we don’t eat animals in this house
overnight oats are pretty low effort albeit with the whole making it the night before thing, just throw vegan or non-vegan milk, rolled oats, and whatever the heck you want as a flavor into a jar and leave it in the fridge overnight
Savoury oatmeal slaps once you get used to the concept, too!
Thanks for this. Just finished prepping it for the first time, used the recipe in the link (chia seeds and vanilla extract, with oat milk). I've never had overnight oats before but they smelt incredible as I was putting them in the fridge and I'm excited to try them in the morn (gonna add bananas).
Is there enough gluten in rye flour to make seitan? And I know oat cheese is a thing, so maybe you could make rye cheese.
Ohh I've been meaning to get those noodles, they're a favorite of a friend of mine. Gotta see if I can find some
Silken tofu with a sauce on top. Paired with rice made in a rice cooker (a worthwhile investment, get one if you don’t have one.) Or just eat it on its own, I’ve done that lol.
Drained can of chickpeas in a pan for a few minutes
Roasted chickpeas is something my uncle eats like popcorn. One time, he offered my father some that he just made and my father absent mindedly held out his hand expecting to receive a dish. My uncle puts the chickpeas in his hand without a plate and burns his hand. Sometimes my uncle is just stupid like that.
