What's your go to recipe when you don't feel like cooking?

AJB1014
AJB1014 Posts: 1,380 Member
Just returned home from a long weekend away. I'm exhausted from traveling but don't want to order take out! I don't mind going to the grocery store to pick up a few things, but its the physical act of cooking I'm not looking forward to. What do you like to whip up when you don't feel like being in the kitchen?
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  • andreascjonsson
    andreascjonsson Posts: 433 Member
    Pickled herring and potatoes or just pickled herring on swedish crispbread and cheese.
  • k8eekins
    k8eekins Posts: 2,264 Member
    crazyravr wrote: »
    AJB1014 wrote: »
    Just returned home from a long weekend away. I'm exhausted from traveling but don't want to order take out! I don't mind going to the grocery store to pick up a few things, but its the physical act of cooking I'm not looking forward to. What do you like to whip up when you don't feel like being in the kitchen?

    Stop by a store on the way home pick up a box salad mix and rotisserie chicken. Not only do you get fed quick but have leftovers for next day.
    rutzsa wrote: »
    I second the rotisserie chicken, salad, and I would pick up a good French baguette or loaf of bread to go with it!

    Rotisserie chicken (or foil packet salmon or some other fish on the grill or in the oven) sometimes is the go to for days like this, only I get flour tortillas and vegetable sprouts plus fresh lemons.
  • gamerbabe14
    gamerbabe14 Posts: 876 Member
    Baked potato or anything I can roast really quickly.
  • kristingjertsen
    kristingjertsen Posts: 239 Member
    I cut up a small avocado, add some diced red onion, cherry tomatoes, a half tbsp. olive oil, and sprinkle on chili lime seasoning. If I have some cooked chicken, I will add some of that. If not, I open a can of sardines in water, drain them, add a tsp of olive oil and a squeeze of lime and call it dinner. Quick, easy, and filling.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    Grilled cheese sandwich
    Spaghetti
    Eggs
    Salad
    Cold sandwich
    Frozen burrito
    Canned soup
    Leftovers
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    edited June 2018
    Instant noodles with a protein of choice (beans, canned tuna, luncheon meat torn into bite size pieces, sausage...etc), and a raw vegetable that I eat as is without fussy preparations after the meal. Usually a tomato. That's what I have when I'm both lazy and short on time.

    When I'm lazy but have a little bit more time, I have these whole grain pouches that you cook in-pouch in boiling water until done. It varies by grain and can take anywhere from 7 to 45 minutes. I just throw a pouch in the water and set my alarm to take it out in time. No fussing with it or risk burning it or adding too much/too little liquid. Barley, buckwheat, buckwheat and rice, millet...etc. Then I have them sweet with milk and honey or savory with canned beans and herbs/spices/powders.

    Or... I just buy a falafel sandwich. Falafel shops are practically at every corner here. Or just make my own sandwiches with whatever I feel like putting in it.
  • sytchequeen
    sytchequeen Posts: 526 Member
    aeloine wrote: »
    I get the salad kits from Walmart when I don't want to cook. The "Family" sized Caesar salad is only 480 calories.

    A salad "kit"? Never have I ever :D I guess that's just chopped salad stuff and a pouch of dressing?

    I would pick up some salad veggies and a rotisserie chicken. Just a little chopping and job done.
  • ccsernica
    ccsernica Posts: 1,040 Member
    Toast.
  • hesn92
    hesn92 Posts: 5,966 Member
    I like the rotisserie chicken idea but I’d eat it in tortillas maybe some avocado, or premade guacamole since I can never find ripe avocados at the store.
  • midlomel1971
    midlomel1971 Posts: 1,283 Member
    a bowl of cereal