What do you eat when you don't have much time to cook?

californiagirl2012

I started eating pre-cooked meats and packaged veggies, and my stand by protein powder mixed in oatmeal. The problem with most pre-packaged foods is the sodium goes way up so look out for that! Good luck!

kristen8000

Eggs are my go food (it's still cooking but takes like 2 minutes). Frozen veggies in those individual packages. Sometimes when I really desparate I resort to cereal.

estherdragonbat

Eggs. Burritos with Gardein.

DX2JX2

Meal prep is the key. Cook for multiple days at once. Whenever I cook, I'll usually make enough to provide for one meal of leftovers and a lunch or two. It takes just as long to grill 6 chicken breasts as it does to grill 2.

StaciMarie1974

Things I like to keep on hand: frozen tilapia, salmon filets. Run under cold water for a few minutes then put in the oven (season as you like) for ~20 minutes. Pair with whatever fresh veggies you have on hand. Easy.

CattOfTheGarage

Eggs. Fried, boiled, scrambled, omelettes...

Pasta. You can make a number of quick pasta toppings in the time it takes for the noodles to cook.

Rice with various things through it - canned fish is a good addition.

I keep pots (about 250ml) of leftover cooked meat in the freezer, which makes it very easy to make a quick meal.

ivandobski2

Huel? Quick, nutritious and surprisingly palatable if you hoy a load of fruit, cocoa powder, coffee etc in it.

I generally have one a day instead of a "proper meal" more than that and I crave texture too much.

Kintsugi_Haikyo

What do I eat when you don't have much time to cook?

Everything I can get my hands on.

fuzzylop72

just some veggies, rice or quinoa, and either some legumes or a meat alternative....sorta the same as i eat when I do have time

MegaMooseEsq

AlabasterVerve wrote: »

If it's just me (and I don't feel like taking 15 minutes to cook) I'll make up a plate of snack foods. Whatever I have on hand works - nuts, cheese, leftover meat, sliced fruit & vegetables, pickles, hard boiled eggs etc.

This is what I eat for lunch every day and most dinners if my husband doesn't cook. I also include crackers, olives, dried fruit, and cured meats. And I keep around some commercially made "snack packs" for when I'm REALLY lazy or just want a change. I like the P3 packs in particular.

perkymommy

sandwich, this summer it's been tomato sandwiches or BLTs
scrambled eggs
frozen meal although I won't eat them often due to the sodium in them

Evamutt

protein bar

Goober1142

I cook and freeze brown rice in half cup portions then microwave with frozen or canned veggies. And rotisserie chicken. I hate to cook....

JaydedMiss

I mix up portions of ground turkey with onions and garlic and have it in my freezer and 1-2 in my fridge at all times. I just mix it up into an omelette. High fat (im low on fat if your not just remove 1 or more of the egg yolks) and high protein. Way i make it is under 300 calories to not a bad meal and delicious + almost perfect macros (for me).

Half a can of tuna/ flaked chicken or turkey works in a pinch to if you dont want to prep the ground meat beforehand i just prefer to avoid the excess sodium

RedSierra

BellaMermaid96 wrote: »

I'm trying to find healthy ideas. I can only think of tuna or salads.

I make several small takeout spinach salads at the local grocery and load them with shredded carrots, black olives, chick peas, etc. Each salad is enough for one meal. I also buy Amy's brand canned soup (low sodium). That's an organic brand that's sold in most grocery stores inthe US and on Amazon.

I agree with the people who said to make meals ahead of time and freeze them.

nowine4me

Vegetarian here. Bag of microvave broccoli (cooked) , half can black bean from can, diced peppers or pepper rings (prepared veggie area of grocery), sprinkle of walnuts, raisins and squirt of sriacha. 5 minutes and filling.

yirara

How much time do you need cooking? Prepping, cooking and doing the dishes never takes more than 30 minutes for me. And I always cook from scratch. There are some exceptions of course: tinned chopped tomatoes taste better than the watery things you can get at supermarkets here for example. If I buy something convenience'd I always look at the ingredients. a tin of tomatoes is fine. I would not buy a tin of tomatoes with sugar or herbs added.

alexialmann

Favorite meal on the go: Lenny & Larry's Snickerdoodle Protein Cookie and a banana, with coffee & half and half. Right at about 500 calories.

tinkerbellang83

The food I have prepped in advance - I normally have a couple of meals in the fridge/freezer (such as Chilli, Thai Green Curry, Beef Strogonoff, Saag Paneer, Salmon Fishcakes, Falafel, etc) that can be quickly re-heated or cooked through and eaten with some steamed veg/microwave rice. I prep workday lunches for Mon-Fri - usually some homemade soup (takes about 25 mins to make 4 portions), pasta or salad (cooks whilst making the soup) or some leftovers from the freezer with some salad or microwave rice.

animatorswearbras

super quick - Instant cup of noodles, bag of microwave veg, stir all together after cooked crack an egg in and microwave again, bish bash bosh job done shove a bit of extra soy or sweet chilli too after it's done. (obvs instant noodles are processed and salty but meh ;P)