Hate Cooking! No cook meals/recipes

Grocery shop on your day off. Chop all your fresh produce up and put it in the fridge in containers. When you're ready to eat it on a workday, grab a few handfuls out of each container and throw it on a baking sheet, and stick it in the oven to roast. Takes a few minutes because you already did the chopping on your day off. You can drizzle olive oil or coconut oil on it if you want or sprinkle it with chili powder or salt or whatever, maybe have it with some salsa (if you want homemade salsa you can make that on your day off too, it will keep in the fridge). The only thing I haven't tried to store pre chopped is potatoes, I just cut up some yellow or russet real fast and toss it on the baking sheet with the rest of the veggies.

Another option is a crock pot which will do your cooking for you all day while you're at work.

Just the one recipe comes to mind. I do this with leftover chicken, but you could do this with canned chicken. I skip the tortilla chips. A double serving without the tortilla chips is around 350 kcals and makes a satisfying dinner. It's just a mechanical combination of chopped chicken, an avocado and a jar of commercial salsa. Throw in an extra tomato to bulk it up for very few cals.

http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/avocado-chicken-salad-50400000120282/

How about 1 can tuna, 1 med. onion, 1 apple, 1 cup romaine lettuce, and 1 1/2 tsp antipesto...1 tsp miracle whip (optional) and 2 slices Rudolph's Bavarian bread low sodium. Chop all ingredients and mix. Take half mixture and make a sandwich. Other half can be for within the next couple days. You don't have to cook anything.

Here's another: 2 Charras Chipotle toastadas, chickpea/garlic hummus (homemade if you can, no cooking just puree) 1 red pepper, 3/4 cup kidney beans, lime juice. Take the 2 Chipotle toastadas, spread the hummus on top, add pepper and kidney beans and top with a little lime juice.

I buy salmon and turkey burgers. They are filling, full of protein and taste so great! Pan fry them in a tsp of olive oil, easy!

Lately I've been throwing spinach, goat cheese, fresh cherries (chopped & pitted), and some boiled chicken breast together with some raspberry vinaigrette. Makes for what I think is a sweet & delicious salad and takes all of 10 mins to make.

There are lots of really great "raw" cookbooks out there that are recipes without having to cook at all. It's actually a lifestyle much like veganism or being paleo. Get on amazon.com and search cookbooks for "raw diet" or "raw eating".

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Maybe raw vegan cook books would benefit you. You can look at meal recipes online. No cooking involved, and if vegan isn't your thing and you need protein, you can find a way to throw in a can of tuna, cooked chicken breast, etc.

Right there with you!!! More than 3 steps or 3 ingredients and its cooking. end of story. I can do my own taxes, fix my lawn mower, build a computer from scratch... but stick me in a kitchen and I become a complete moron. I used to have a "gas station" diet - I only ate what you could buy at a gas station... I have progressed a little... but still no cooking in general.


Rice cakes anywhere you would use bread. They add no flavor but salt, absorb the flavor of anything you put on them, and make a handy saucer you can eat. All for 35 cal each. Some ideas for using them with mostly just a micro at best:

1) 2 slices ham plus cheese and BBQ sauce on one and microwave a few seconds. 150 cal. I have eaten 3 of those for dinner
2) Rice cake with chocolate JIF whipped peanut butter - about 100 cals.
3) Rice cake with fried egg on top (rare, as I hate actually making the egg) and cheese.
4) Rice cake with tomato sauce, big slice of canadian bacon and slice of provolone cheese (think "pizza").
5) Flavored rice cakes (chocolate, apple cinnamon etc) with sugar free preserves and whipped cream on top.

Benefit of rice cakes for people like me? They dont mold forever. I throw out an amazing amount of bread, bagels and english muffins cause I never get through the bag in time. Rice cakes are basically styrofoam and last forever.

Also cold cereal works for dinner. or lunch. or a snack. Use unsweetened almond milk to cut some cals. Mix milk with protein powder to up your protein.

I also buy the tyson fully cooked chicken and such where you only have to microwave for a minute. There are also fully cooked hamburgers with cheese already in them in the frozen stuff that you can just micro for a minute too. You know, in case you want "real" food.

ANd if you can afford it... order a 8oz ribeye steak at some restaurant. Take it home, cut into 3 servings. Dinner for 3 nights. One of those "steamable" bags of veggies you microwave and you almost have a real "homecooked" meal

I would work on changing my attitude toward cooking. I am also super busy during the week and do not want to come home from work and cook. So I batch cook on the weekends. My boyfriend and I often do it together and get an assembly line going of Ziplock containers with the screw on lids. We listen to music and drink a little wine and dance in the kitchen. By the time we are done, we have his freezer and mine full of all kinds of tasty and easy to prepare single serve meals.

Then during the week, I just have to steam, grill, or roast veggies, cut up fruit, etc.

It is very hard to continue through life without home-prepared foods. Too expensive, not always the best nutrition, and not always that tasty.

Yeah yeah yeah. I tried it. Don't like it. Don't want to do it. I hate cooking and the last thing I want to do after a full day of work and an evening at the gym is COOK. I've gotten by on big salads for dinner and cottage cheese and fruit for lunch but I seriously need to spice things up.

Anyone have any fun ways to put meals/salads together that are low cal and don't involve much cooking? I'm talking like a creative way to eat tuna, etc. (I get cranky when I have to hard boil eggs).

I'd posted an easy way to prep salads here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1380615-sandwich-alternatives?hl=sandwich#posts-21011653


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http://healthyeater.com/diet-food-delivery-services
www.blueapron.com
www.portablechefnyc.com

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I feel your pain. I hate cooking. As a result, I spend way too much money on fast food and have slowly but surely gained at least 10 pounds in six months after I stopped eating home-prepared foods. I hate to break it to you, but it really is a necessity to cook at home. Not just for weight loss, but for financial reasons and all-around health, too.

What I started doing to relieve this was just buying a bag of already prepared stir fry veggies, and just put them in a skillet over a stove top with just a little bit of a stir fry sauce added in, such as teriyaki sauce. It may not sound great, but if it gets you used to cooking, it may be a start.

Trust me, I still struggle with the same dilemma.

I don't personally have one, but I've heard great things about slow cookers! And I keep seeing tons of recipes for slow cookers online. Makes me want to get one

I feel your pain. I hate cooking. As a result, I spend way too much money on fast food and have slowly but surely gained at least 10 pounds in six months after I stopped eating home-prepared foods. I hate to break it to you, but it really is a necessity to cook at home. Not just for weight loss, but for financial reasons and all-around health, too.

What I started doing to relieve this was just buying a bag of already prepared stir fry veggies, and just put them in a skillet over a stove top with just a little bit of a stir fry sauce added in, such as teriyaki sauce. It may not sound great, but if it gets you used to cooking, it may be a start.

Trust me, I still struggle with the same dilemma.

oh my - that is still cooking to me the words "skillet" and "stovetop" or even worse "slowcooker" make me cringe. Not only am I completely inept (and I could seriously tell you some stories that would make you just shake your head and think I shouldnt be allowed around the sharp scissors), but I have *zero* interest in even attempting it. Its like telling someone they HAVE to pick up a hobby they hate. If there is a way to get around it, there is no need to do something you truly hate. I wouldnt do exercise I hated either. I will do what fits in my life, my interests, I can tolerate and/or enjoy, and that gets me to my goals.

And you do NOT need to cook to lose or maintain weight loss. Calories in/out, get your protein (I get over 150g a day! Mostly protein powder, but it doesnt really matter). It may require a little more creative thinking and definitely requires lowering your "taste" standards a bit (honestly, I just dont care - I eat because its time to eat... what I eat is a lot less relevant to me!) but it is no different than if you cook... pay attention to macros and micros and calories and you are all good.

Try and find a place where you can order premade meals online or find a good take away place. Here in the Dallas, TX area, there are a couple of options but are expensive:

My Fit Foods - Complete healthy meals
Eatzi's - All Takeaway (some healthy choices, some not)