Favorite meal with minimal cooking

1) PB&J (or banana) on an Arnold sandwich thin
2) Eggs and toast
3) Cereal or oatmeal
4) Tuna and plain Greek yogurt
5) Tomato, avocado, and fresh Mozz cheese salad with balsamic vinegar
6) Homemade pizza on an English Muffin with store bought sauce
7) Smart Ones

I like to make brown rice and cook tuna steaks in the same microwave bowl as the rice. Basically, it is a poached fish with brown rice. It takes about 21 minutes. I also put Parmesan cheese and salad dressing on it. I know it is a little weird but it works for me. I also love to cook stuffed salmon. Sam's Club stuffed salmon is very good. In addition, I love to cook angel hair pasta and when it is done I pour Campbells Chunky New England Calm Chowder on it along with Parmesan cheese on it. I know that I have some weird tastes in food but I try to eat as healthy as possible. I avoid red meat, fried food, Pizza Hut, and fast food. I have not had fast food in over three years.

I buy frozen fish fillets and bake them with some frozen veggies. Just season them to your liking, pop them in the oven for 20 minutes, boom, done. Fish is great for you, and I usually make it with (frozen) green beans, carrots, and potatoes.

This takes me 10 minutes, and is fine on it's own, or with any meat/fish/chicken mixed in, or on the side. This makes enough for about 12 people, if you want a smaller yield, then just halve the ingredients.

Also, you can add any veges you like.

CousCous Vege Salad

1 x cup of wholemeal couscous (cooked)
1 x green bell pepper
1/2 x red onion
6-8 x button mushrooms
100g reduced fat feta cheese
Handful of chopped parsley

Dressing
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
lemon juice (from 2-3 lemons)
sea salt
pepper

Chop all veges and feta cheese into small cubes. Place into bowl with couscous and parsley.

Pour olive oil and lemon juice into a cup, with 3-4 good twists each of ground sea salt and ground pepper. Whisk with a fork.

Stir the dressing through the bowl of couscous, veges and feta. Done!

Some fantastic ideas Ive copied and pasted for later. Thanks all !

Frozen veggie burgers- just heat up and you're good
1/2 cup of low fat cottage cheese and 1 cup of tomato soup (from a box)

I do quick and easy picante chicken. Combine boneless, skinless chicken (breasts or thighs), picante sauce, just a spoonful or two of brown sugar and mustard, a cup of rice (white or brown) and bake at 400 for about 20 to 25 minutes. One of my family's favorites.

Eggs and oatmeal are the quickest meals for me to make for breakfast. A lot of times I eat the instant oatmeal packets.

For lunch or dinner the easiest meal for me is rotisserie chicken w/ veggies on the side. I buy the already made rotisserie chicken from a grocery store (Giant, Safeway, Walmart, etc.). I stock up on a lot of frozen vegetables. My favorite is broccoli. I either boil it or saute' it to my liking. Warm the rotisserie chicken up and I have a meal of protein and veggies. Takes no longer than 10 minutes at the most.

Blueseraphchaos wrote: »

I take raw eggs, whisk them, pour them into a muffin tin, add chopped up veggies and shredded cheese, and ham or bacon sometimes, cook them in the oven, then freeze. They're great to just grab, throw in the microwave, and eat while you're running out the door. I'm pretty sure there are recipes for this online.

I do this all the time (well, not the freezing part) - Takes less than 5 minutes to make a "omelet in a cup" using the microwave this way.

Canned black beans, canned or frozen corn, chopped onion,sliced jalapeño or bell and fresh cilantro if you have it. Add sriacha and heat it up and garnish with some avo. You can eat it in a bowl or in a wrap.

In the winter I like soups. It helps if your pantry is well stocked, and if you have some leftovers in the fridge.

You can throw a soup together in 20 minutes with the following method:

2 - 4 cups chicken or beef stock
Container of pre-chopped onion, celery and carrot

Let veggies simmer. When tender, add the following:

1 cup salsa, pasta sauce, or canned tomatoes
2 cups lentils or canned beans (Trader Joe's has steamed lentils ready to eat)
1/2 cup leftover chicken, pork or beef, chopped
Seasonings of your choice: coriander, thyme, rosemary, oregano, basil or cilantro...

Optional: frozen veggies, leftover rice, quinoa, pasta, corn, potatoes

You should have lots left over, making future meals really quick.
Sometimes I season each serving of soup separately. Then I can change it up so I don't grow tired of it day after day.

Courgette and mushroom spaghetti is one of my go-to recipes.

Fresh spaghetti (the kind that just needs 3 mins in boiling water)
Slice a courgette and some mushrooms finely and fry in a little bit of olive oil until brown and crispy (the courgette goes all gorgeously sweet and a bit crunchy), add some garlic (I use the squeezy tube lazy stuff), and salt, then add the spag, squidge it all round and add a tiny bit of olive oil to dress. Serve with a big salad (from a bag). Voila!

I actually had to google that after I wrote it just to check, in case I had told you to make pasta with some weird exotic fruit or something lol