What Are Easy Foods to Make?

joshuakcaron
joshuakcaron Posts: 343 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
So I'm opening this thread with a different title because everytime I've tried to open it on another title it's been locked and deleted for reasons I do not understand.

If you check my diary out I'm eating way to little for a grown man. I'm not much of a cook but I'm looking for easy foods to make so I can add more fuel to my engine.

Here's the 411 on me.

I wake up at 10:30-11:30. Make lunch (today I had pasta). Go out for my morning coffee. Prep my dinner for work, get my work clothes ready, get my gym clothes ready. Pack up. 2:50 I leave for work, get there at 3. Eat on my break (we have no microwave at my work so I usually pack soup). I barely have time to finish eating. I get off work between 11-midnight depending on the day. I head out to the gym after work and get home between 2-3am. Now I just need a little extra fuel I think cause after I ate a bit more after work yesterday I felt a lot better. I feel hungry coming up to my break at 6pm but for the most part I'm okay. At around 10-1030 I start feeling dizzy but I'm not allowed eating on the job. Suggestions?

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  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    If you're already making food, could you try just making larger portions of what you're already eating?

  • _Waffle_
    _Waffle_ Posts: 13,049 Member
    Single serving yogurt and granola bars are really quick easy snacks.
  • joshuakcaron
    joshuakcaron Posts: 343 Member
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    If you're already making food, could you try just making larger portions of what you're already eating?

    They fill me up a lot I guess I'm looking for higher calorie foods? Since I don't have much time to eat. See most people get more than 30 minute breaks at work for 9 hour shifts but I don't. So I stuff as much as I can down while at work.
  • joshuakcaron
    joshuakcaron Posts: 343 Member
    Maybe I can buy a second thermos for oatmeal and I can eat that as I walk to the gym? What do you guys think?
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    joshuakcaron wrote: »
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    If you're already making food, could you try just making larger portions of what you're already eating?

    They fill me up a lot I guess I'm looking for higher calorie foods? Since I don't have much time to eat. See most people get more than 30 minute breaks at work for 9 hour shifts but I don't. So I stuff as much as I can down while at work.

    Oh, I get it. Have you seen this list: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10142490/a-list-of-calorie-dense-foods#latest
  • TexasJade
    TexasJade Posts: 68 Member
    Peanut butter and banana sandwhich or wraps with meat, cheese, and veggies in them. Cheese sticks, bags of nuts, nut bars with fruit and chocolate. Easy to walk with to the gym.
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    Your threads are being closed because you are eating way too little for a grown man and that is not advocated here.
    When I was on a work site with ten hour days I would pack my breakfast and have it before my shift started, and I packed an extra protein shake to have on my way home. Soup is not enough of a meal. Include crackers...something else. If heating up the food takes too much time out of your break, eat cold stuff. Check out the list of calorie dense foods, hiker's mix and cheeses being right up there, and have them on hand. Eat at every break.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,055 Member
    edited October 2015
    You need more protein, fat, and calories. You are likely dizzy because you are not fueling yourself properly. Yesterday's lunch would have been good if you had tripled the pork - 42 grams is way too little for you.

    For your soups, try one with more protein and fat, and less carbs.

    For today's lunch, it reads like you had both corn pasta and spaghetti - is that right? There could not have been much meat in that meat sauce for only 12 g of protein. I recommend more meat and lose one of the pastas.

    In other words, you can eat similar foods, just pay more attention to the macros as well as getting more calories, which is easy to do when you add protein and especially fat.
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  • VykkDraygoVPR
    VykkDraygoVPR Posts: 465 Member
    Why not eat after you get home from work? If you can afford a crock pot, then you can put in some meat and veggies so you can have a hot meal after you get home at night. It's worth the investment.


    Either way, the question is kind of vague, and not really answerable. You can cook anything you want. It's a skill, more than a talent. I don't know what your budget and shopping habits are like. If you just want calorie dense options...

    Peanut butter
    Nuts
    Full fat dairy (cream, milk, cheese)


    If you want a meal you can actually make:

    Skirt steak (or chicken, or pork, whatever, really)
    2 bell peppers
    1 jalapeno
    1 poblano pepper
    2 cups of beef broth
    1 can of tomato paste
    1 onion
    several garlic cloves
    salt
    your favorite spices (I like chili powder, pepper, cayenne, cilantro, and garam masala)

    Chop it up, throw it all in a pot, add water to cover, and let it cook. I usually add the spices when it's almost done, so I can do it to taste. Last time, I let it go for 21 hours in a crock pot (on low). It was glorious.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    Greek yogurt (for an extra punch add crunchy things like nuts, cereal, granola, etc)
    Nuts
    Granola
    Ready-made protein shakes
    Protein or Granola bars
    Cheese sticks or String cheese
    Beef jerky or Turkey jerky
    Trail mix
    Peanut butter (add some pretzels or fruit like bananas or apples)
    Hummus (add veggies, tortilla chips, or pita chips)
    Guacamole (same as above)
    Higher calorie fruits like bananas
    Ice cream
    Snickers bars
    Milk, chocolate milk, strawberry milk
    Fruit juice
    Hard boiled eggs (sometimes you can find them ready-made in stores)
    Chocolate protein balls: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/233985/chocolate-protein-balls/
    Homemade smoothies
    Bulletproof coffee
    Garlic bread with your spaghetti
    Cream based soups
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    You've been told that you're not supposed to re-open threads were closed and/or deleted. So, you do know why the re-opened threads were shut down. They weren't supposed to exist in the first place.

    Not knowing is one thing. Pretending you weren't told...that's another.

    To answer the question posed: Learn to cook.
  • joshuakcaron
    joshuakcaron Posts: 343 Member
    Kalikel wrote: »
    You've been told that you're not supposed to re-open threads were closed and/or deleted. So, you do know why the re-opened threads were shut down. They weren't supposed to exist in the first place.

    Not knowing is one thing. Pretending you weren't told...that's another.

    To answer the question posed: Learn to cook.

    I actually got a response as to why it was closed. They closed it for something I never even said. They literally skinned through the thread and took like 2 words out of context and mixed them up. I'm dealing with the manager about it now it's complete nonsense.
  • joshuakcaron
    joshuakcaron Posts: 343 Member
    VykkDraygoVPR wrote: »
    Why not eat after you get home from work? If you can afford a crock pot, then you can put in some meat and veggies so you can have a hot meal after you get home at night. It's worth the investment.


    Either way, the question is kind of vague, and not really answerable. You can cook anything you want. It's a skill, more than a talent. I don't know what your budget and shopping habits are like. If you just want calorie dense options...

    Peanut butter
    Nuts
    Full fat dairy (cream, milk, cheese)


    If you want a meal you can actually make:

    Skirt steak (or chicken, or pork, whatever, really)
    2 bell peppers
    1 jalapeno
    1 poblano pepper
    2 cups of beef broth
    1 can of tomato paste
    1 onion
    several garlic cloves
    salt
    your favorite spices (I like chili powder, pepper, cayenne, cilantro, and garam masala)

    Chop it up, throw it all in a pot, add water to cover, and let it cook. I usually add the spices when it's almost done, so I can do it to taste. Last time, I let it go for 21 hours in a crock pot (on low). It was glorious.

    I'm a rookie cook so I'm looking for easy things that I can cook. I make hard boiled eggs and soup, that's about it haha XD
  • joshuakcaron
    joshuakcaron Posts: 343 Member
    Caitwn wrote: »
    Can you and/or can you team up with anyone in your family to do advance meal prep? If so, there are tons of resources out there and great recipes. When I learned how to do advance meal prep it pretty much transformed my breakfast and work lunches into much healthier options.

    For now, though:

    Good old beef jerky is high-protein and transportable.

    Pre-cook hard-boiled eggs and throw one or two into a baggie to eat on the way to work along with your soup or whatever.

    If you do opt for the oatmeal idea, consider throwing a spoonful of peanut butter into the oatmeal. It's delicious, and gives you great protein and some good fats for energy.

    Or fix up a cup of Greek yogurt with chopped fruit (whichever kind you like), then throw a tablespoon of peanut butter in there and stir it up.

    Apple slices with cheese are a good option.

    Or wrap some lean deli turkey slices around sticks of string cheese and toss those into a baggie. Again, good protein boost + portable.

    This takes a minute to prep, but it's really tasty:
    Fold 1/2 cup black beans, 1 tablespoon salsa, and 1 slice cheddar cheese in a small flour tortilla. Cook it in a dry nonstick pan until the cheese is melted and tortilla is lightly browned. Then wrap it in foil and stick in a plastic baggie for easy transport.

    The bean and tortillas sound delicious!!! How many calories do you figure it adds up to?
  • Protranser
    Protranser Posts: 517 Member
    Salads are super easy to make, too. No cooking required, just throw together a bunch of diced/shredded veggies, herbs, meats and cheeses and you're good to go. Two ingredients that work well together are red onions and cilantro.
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