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You’ve likely been in a situation where you plop on the couch and veg in front of the TV, exhausted after a long day at work. You suddenly hear your stomach grumbling, but the lack of energy has hindered you from whipping up a nice home-cooked meal.
In these situations, we always have the internet to call on for help. But if you have no time to watch a full YouTube recipe video, here are some lazy meal suggestions from the Reddit community.
Whether it’s beans and rice, a unique twist on avocado and toast, or a bowl of Honeycombs, these are guaranteed to curb your hunger with almost zero effort.
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#1
Frozen vegetables is the ultimate shortcut in cooking.
I have been dealing with depression for a long long time in my life. Sometimes I wouldn't think about feeding myself for weeks. But, this one thing has changed things momentarily.
Don't get me wrong. All those microwavable meals and instant ramens are always in my pantry. But there is one thing that really helped me to break my depressive routine. I could so easily cook meals and prepare a main dish without thinking more. I don't have to make sure that the vegetables haven't gone bad by sitting in the fridge for too long. I don't have to think about if I can use the whole head of cauliflower before it goes bad. I don't have to think about chopping the vegetables. And I don't have to think about dealing with the rotting remains of the vegetables.
I just want to highlight something that has really worked out wonders for me. Hope some of you can benefit from it.
Love to all.
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#4
Egg roll in a bowl - ground meat of your choice, and a bag of two of coleslaw or broccoli slaw mix, sautéed with some soy sauce, sesame oil, ginger, garlic, and a splash of sriracha. Good stuff, and takes like no time.
#8
Beans and rice. The added bonus is it means I know I won't have to worry about tomorrow's lunch either which is comforting on those kind of nights.
#10
Frozen pizza, just slap that bad boy in the oven, hop in the shower and it's done soon after you are.
#11
Pita pizza— pita bread, tomato sauce, shredded mozzarella. Bake til crispy like a thin crust pizza!
#12
Breakfast for dinner, and there's a good variety for that.
Soup and PB&J sandwiches.
I also keep several (homemade in advance) containers of pasta sauce in the freezer. All I need to do is heat up the sauce and make whatever pasta and dinner is done.
My husband's favorite 'meal' as a kid was mac and cheese and baked beans. So, sometimes we do that. (yeah, I know, but he loves it and I don't mind)
And when all else fails, Chinese or Mexican food.
#13
Two fried eggs on toast. If I can muster up the energy to dig thru the freezer, I toss some tater tots in the pan too.
#14
Costco has like a 5 lbs. bag of gyoza that take like 10 minutes to make and very little effort. Eat with a side salad, EZ meal.
edit: here’s my not so secret anymore dipping sauce recipe, a couple bits of bacon microwaved for 10 seconds, combined with dark soy sauce, normal soy sauce, hot sauce, and a couple drops of rice wine vinegar. It’s very meaty and savory.
#15
Some sort of pasta aglio olio. So much better than the sum of its parts and the most tedious part is waiting for the water to boil.
#16
Cereal. No cooking involved and it's ready within 2 minutes depending on how fast you get the bowl, spoon, milk and cereal of choice all together.
Honeycombs! Dinners done!
#17
D**n guys, I just throw frozen chicken nuggets and fries in the oven for 20 minutes. That or a frozen pizza.
#19
We don't have central a/c, so in the summer time, it's anything that won't heat up the kitchen. Breakfast, pork bowls, sandwiches, oatmeal and fruit, etc.
#21
Microwave a hot pocket (bacon egg and cheese) for 2 minutes. Go sit on the couch. Forget about the hot pocket in the microwave. Go to bed hungry 4 hours later. Wake up. Open the microwave to heat up yesterday's coffee. See hot pocket. Scoot it over and put coffee next to it. Heat both up. Cry. Go to work.
#23
Everything In The Fridge Salad + canned chickpeas
I always have veggies around, and a can of beans somewhere. Leftover roasted veg or whatever i made last night goes in too
Or- microwave baked potato + canned black beans + salsa, and avocado if it’s around.
#24
Tuna melt. Whip up some tuna, I always keep caramelized onions on deck. slice of cheese, on the panini press. Takes maybe 5-7 minutes.
#27
Spaghetti or raviolis - if kids are home. If kids aren't home, some combo of string cheese and nuts and a salad.
#28
I'll make a jazzed up ramen; often times it's just ramen with some leftover chicken and some fancy garlic oil I keep in the cabinet and a soft boiled egg. Other times, I'll chuck some garlic in the oven to roast, pour myself a drink, and then add that to the concoction. You can level up depending on how fancy/tired you're feeling. Want some scallions cut on a bias? Go for it! You got furikake laying around? H**l yeah!
Other times, I eat a can of tuna over the sink with some cajun seasoning and a glass of wine.
#29
Alfredo, but even less complicated than the one above: just cream, garlic, parmesan, tomatoes.
#30
I always keep ingredients for udon on hand: frozen udon noodles, frozen shrimp and fish cake, a supply of boiled eggs in the fridge, and bottled udon broth concentrate. Topped with fresh green onion which is one of the easiest things to grow from scraps.
Other easy Asian meals that require little planning (we usually have a pot of rice going): frozen gyoza, frozen mackerel (just pan fry from frozen a few minutes on each side), noodles topped with shrimp/chicken and any veggies we have with a soy sauce/sesame oil sauce, bibimbap with any meat/mushrooms and veggies we have with gochujang/sesame oil.
If I didn’t need to cook for my family most nights I’d be fine with just eating cheese lol.
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