When you don't want to cook......what do you have to eat?

ExRelaySprinter
ExRelaySprinter Posts: 874 Member
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  • The_Weaze
    The_Weaze Posts: 511 Member
    Last night I just grabbed some pepperoni slices, a cheese stick, Goldfish crackers and a peach....didn't feel like cooking a meal.
  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    Tuna sammiches. Greek yogurt with fruit. Chips and salsa.
  • mindidily
    mindidily Posts: 196 Member
    That means it's either pizza night or what can you find in the fridge night. Sometimes, I just make everyone a sandwich and put out some cut up veggies (every Sunday I grocery shop and cut up all the veggies for snacks through the week).
  • brenn24179
    brenn24179 Posts: 2,144 Member
    lean cruisine meal and vegetables. tuna or egg sandwich
  • WBB55
    WBB55 Posts: 4,131 Member
    Cheese, olives, summer sausage, fruit, cottage cheese, protein bar, protein shake, sugar-free popsicle, cold chicken I've precooked for snacking on, nuts, celery and peanut butter, pork rinds, dark chocolate
  • laur357
    laur357 Posts: 896 Member
    Cereal, salad, a frozen dinner, leftovers, or frozen soup. I usually have to freeze some of my leftover vegetable or cauliflower & potato soup, and I don't really need to defrost it first. Cheese and triscuits and an apple.

    There's also a yummy ramen bar a few minutes from home . . . spicy miso? Even if I do want to cook, sometimes that wins!
  • marsinah1
    marsinah1 Posts: 106 Member
    A couple small tortillas filled with grated cheese and tomatillo sauce, or yogurt and fruit, or making a sandwich with turkey pepperoni.
  • vivmom2014
    vivmom2014 Posts: 1,649 Member
    Aldi caesar salad kit - $1.99 a bag and it is soooooooo good. (I like to throw some seared shrimp on top, but that requires some minimal cooking.)
  • CurlyCockney
    CurlyCockney Posts: 1,394 Member
    Meat slices (salami, prosciutto, ham) with Mini Laughing Cow Cravings cubes and a slice of linseed bread, although I very often can't cook so I've got a lot of homemade meals in the freezer that I just have to reheat.
  • karyabc
    karyabc Posts: 830 Member
    Yesterday was a can tuna mix with 2 oz of hummus and 2 slice of bread. Simple as that
  • KarenJanine
    KarenJanine Posts: 3,497 Member
    I've usually got portions of various stews, chillis, etc in the freezer for such occasions.

    Cheese, baked beans, toast and canned tuna are also always in stock.
  • Suzley
    Suzley Posts: 58 Member
    A big salad with whatever in the fridge with either tuna or avocado OR a WW ready meal OR 3 egg omelette with spinach or mushroom........
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    I don't have this 'not wanting to cook' problem...I enjoy it :smiley: plus I know then whats IN the food :smile:
  • kellellie
    kellellie Posts: 109 Member
    I keep jasmine rice and cooked chicken quarters in the fridge at all times. I can usually half-cook something decent using them, or just shred up some chicken in a corn tortilla with some salsa verde.
  • PinkyPan1
    PinkyPan1 Posts: 3,018 Member
    No cooking means I am having a large salad with 2 oz tuna, cucumbers, blueberries, strawberries, onion, jalapeno and tomatoes. I put hot pepper flakes on and top it off with a raspberry vinaigrette.
  • mk732
    mk732 Posts: 17 Member
    Ready-made meals from the grocery store, salads, soups and chilies that I've stored in the freezer for such times, sandwiches, or take-out/delivery from a restaurant.
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    We often just go out to eat in those situations. Or my husband and daughter order pizza and I get something from Cracker Barrel (the only non-fast food restaurant in my town.) If I'm really feeling lazy I'll have yogurt or cottage cheese plus some fruit and a granola bar.
  • dizzieblondeuk
    dizzieblondeuk Posts: 286 Member
    Poached or scrambled eggs are the quickest and easiest cooked 'fast food', IMO! I put one or two on toasted wholemeal bread, and I'll perhaps open a tin of peeled plum tomatoes and use half a tin. Hummus, celery, tomatoes and rye crispbreads for when I don't even want to cook!

    For evening meals, when I want more to eat, it'll be something simple like a salad with tuna, ham or cheese. For the 'hang everything' nights, when I can't even muster up the motivation to chop a salad, I'll stick a frozen breaded cod and some frozen chips in to cook for 20-25mins, and nuke a handful of frozen peas to go with it! That's my 'emergency' freezer supply for a quick supper! However, I also have some frozen portions of homemade curry and chilli, but they have to defrost first - I don't like cooking them from frozen. I much prefer to defrost slowly, then reheat, so need a tiny bit of pre-planning.
  • amgreenwell
    amgreenwell Posts: 1,267 Member
    cereal and milk or leftovers of any kind, also love making smoothies
  • rachelbouc
    rachelbouc Posts: 65 Member
    Leftovers are always great. For instance I had leftover chicken from one night and leftover baguette from another night. There was pesto in the fridge so I made a chicken pesto sandwich. Yum! Or sometimes I like cheese, crackers, maybe some salami. Make some hardboiled eggs too! Add some fruit and veggies and tada!
  • pointkoala
    pointkoala Posts: 66 Member
    A sandwich usually.
    If I have a tiny bit of energy, I put on some rice in the rice cooker :-P
  • brightsideofpink
    brightsideofpink Posts: 1,018 Member
    Maybe its technically cooking- but eggs are my "lazy" meal. To me it takes even less effort than gathering the ingredients for a sandwich.
  • spicy618
    spicy618 Posts: 2,114 Member
    Progresso soup with crackers.
  • icck
    icck Posts: 197 Member
    Often a can of tuna or a tuna steak mashed up with something, usually hummus, sliced onion, and hot sauce. Sometimes with scrambled eggs.
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
    cereal or ice cream
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    I often cook anyway because I have to feed my family regardless of wanting to cook. We only eat out 1 meal a week.

    For low effort meals, I might have leftovers, yogurt, sandwich, frozen pizza, eggs, or pasta.
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    If we have leftovers, then we'll eat those.

    If not, then usually a sandwich, greek yogurt with fruit and cereal, tuna or egg salad, or maybe a frozen pizza
  • I_Will_End_You
    I_Will_End_You Posts: 4,397 Member
    edited August 2015
    Usually sandwiches. I have no issue eating peanut butter & jelly sandwiches for dinner. Or we order pizza. We also usually have tortilla shells laying around, so we can open a can of beans and make bean & cheese burritos without much effort. Microwave dinners, egg sandwiches (I don't count frying an egg as cooking), leftovers.
  • ki4eld
    ki4eld Posts: 1,213 Member
    Our "not cook" is fajitas. We have peppers and onions pre-cooked for omelets, so we grab that, some nukable chicken from the freezer, add cheese, sour cream, and salsa. Hubby eats his on a tortilla, I don't. Otherwise, I cook. We do a lot of meal prep on the weekends, so cooking dinner at night is pretty easy. We rarely spend more than 15 minutes cooking, including time to heat the grill. To me, tossing it in the oven and waiting isn't cooking. But again, that's prepped on the weekend. I throw it into a pan and into the oven. Ziploc freezer bags are my friend.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    @ExRelaySprinter - what do you mean by not cooking? Not making hot food or not fussing a lot? Sandwiches are my no fuss, cold meal. I like eggs and veggies for a low fuss, hot meal.

    Last night after hiking in the hot woods I wanted something salty, started to chow down on tortilla chips, restrained myself and added chicken, cheese, and salsa and put it in the toaster oven to melt the cheese.

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