Savory oats. Put oats, milk, butter and whatever you fancy in a pan. Done.
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Cooking?!
When I'm specifically being too lazy to?
I don't even cook for myself on the good days.
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.
spaghetti ala bolognese is my lazy to cook recipe or chicken paprikás (or rather it's less sour creamy version which is called pörkölt). if I make it from chicken, it's done pretty quickly
or, chili con carne. it's also in the super easy and quick category
Probably something from The Sad Bastard Cookbook. It's a free book with lots of easy meals and good advice.
Don't have any, too lazy...
Nutella on toast. Ruin your life and food like me
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)
- Boil and salt the water. Add the pasta. Boil until as soft as you want. While that's going
- 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)
Italian sausage, penne pasta, and marinara. Beyond easy...not particularly healthy.
- boneless skinless chicken breasts
- Taco seasoning
- Fajita seasoning
- Salsa
Dump everything into crockpot, come back after work and enjoy shredded chicken tacos / nachos / burritos.
Tin of (Aldi) chicken curry, add some frozen peas and spinach and fresh chopped (with a scissors) chillies. Better - in my opinion - than some take away and all chain pubs’ offerings. Five minutes maximum from cupboard and freezer to my mouth.
- Cook pasta: spaghettini, spaghetti, linguine, whatever
- Strain when cooked, set aside
- add heaping tablespoon olive oil+garlic to pot, heat for a minute
- Add the pasta, salt and pepper, stir
- serve
*Swap some butter for oil if preferred
Kraft Mac and cheese with sausage cut up in it.
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.
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 jalapeños if I have them, which I usually do just for this dish.
Boil pasta. Drain. Add whole can of canned tomatoes to pot (fire roasted or Italian seasoning versions optional)
Khai Jiao
It sounds super fancy and foreign, but it's really just a simple omelette with some fish sauce thrown in. You can get fancy with cornstarch to make it a little crispy, but I ain't got time for that.
Instructions:
- Beat some eggs with some fish sauce (not a lot, just a splash or a spoonful)
- Fry eggs in oil, pulling from the side so the liquid on top cooks
It's done when there's no more liquid on top. Eat with rice (can microwave some precooked rice).
Total time: 5-10 min. Try it even if you don't like fish sauce.
Mine is probably oatmeal.
Put half a cup of instant oatmeal, some nuts, peanut butter and a banana in the blender and pour some milk.
I usually put in the refrigerator and eat it in the morning.
For sweetening You can also use dates or maple syrup instead of sugar.
Lemon pepper chicken, take chicken breast, slap it in a pan, fill the pan with lemon juice, So that the chicken is effectively soaking in it while it cooks, put copious amounts of lemon pepper seasoning on the top of the chicken breast, Wait until fully cooked. It's absolutely delicious!
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.
Rice, sardines, kimchi, avocado, soy sauce, sesame oil.
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.
Salmon and asparagus.
Fried eggs with sliced tomato
Indomie! It's not instant ramen soup, exactly.
You cook the noodles, drain them, then mix the flavor packets in. I prefer using half the salt powder package.
They are the pretty much the best instant noodle, and available in the West too. Seriously, go try them sometime!
If I'm too lazy to cook, I open a can of fish and wash a pile of cucumbers to eat as side dishes with the Indomie.
Not sure if this would count, but here it is:
- Stovetop stuffing
- Canned chicken
Boil water amount on the box in the electric kettle. Drain canned chicken. (Some brands need to be rinsed because of the amount of salt in the broth they're canned in.) Add stuffing, butter (amount according to the box) and chicken into a bowl. Stir to incorporate. Add boiling water, stir again, and cover for 5 minutes. Fluff and serve.
I suggest using the low sodium version as there will be a lot of salt between the box of stuffing and canned chicken. Can also use leftover cooked chicken.
Boil some frozen veg - add an egg if you’re feeling fancy. Throw some instant noodles in when the veg and egg is cooked. Strain. Season to your liking.
Slow cooker stuff if I'm lazy but thinking ahead a bit. Just throw shit in a pot and turn it on. I tend to get big lumps of meat rather than steaks or whatever, so the slow cooker has the added benefit of me not needing to do much cutting. I just do a few big chunks and it'll be so tender by the time it's ready it'll fall apart. Takes longer to put it away in containers than to prep it, then I'm done cooking for a week lol
Spaghetti bolognese is a regular if I need something soon. Little more work, but it's extremely quick and doesn't require being in the kitchen for the whole thing. Still makes a ton of meals that keep and reheat nicely.
Roasts are nice if I'm sort of having to impress someone but I'm lazy. You just throw shit in the oven and wait. Occasionally come back to throw in something that has a shorter cook time than the meat. Might be heresy but I've never really been keen on the leftovers of a roast though, so one cook is usually only one meal and maybe a sandwich the next day instead of several.