Ideas for People Who Don't Cook or Barely Do

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  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
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    Frozen veggies and grilled meat on the George Foreman.
  • tiffkittyw
    tiffkittyw Posts: 366 Member
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    I hate cooking so I agree with everyone who recommended a crock pot. I can put chicken and salsa in the pot and it is done when I get home from work. You can make burritos, tacos, put over microwave instant rice etc... I also use my toaster oven a lot to make pizza on pita bread. I only use the oven to bake corn tortillas for tostadas. Otherwise I make pasta (lentil or bean for the protein), or I do eggs for dinner. If it contains a ton of ingredients or takes a long time I'm not making it LOL. Find what works for you by experimenting. You can throw chicken breast, sauce of your choice and canned beans etc... In the crock pot, find what you like :)
  • HuskyGent
    HuskyGent Posts: 32 Member
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    dviolin661 wrote: »
    Learn how to cook, it's easy. Just throw stuff together that you think will taste good. If it doesn't taste good, oh well, it was an experiment, try again.

    This gets my vote. Check out some recipes sites and find a couple of simple recipes that you like the look of and have a go.

  • pebble4321
    pebble4321 Posts: 1,132 Member
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    Google "4 ingredient recipes" and you'll find some stuff with minimal ingredients, mostly not hard to make.

    Or you can assemble simple stuff into a good meal:
    - roast chicken from the supermarket, salad in a bag, add some cheese and hot sauce and tortillas and you have tacos.
    - wholegrain sandwich with chicken or ham and sliced tomatoes, baby spinach leaves and something for flavour (hot sauce, mustard, fruit chutney etc)
    - my favourite lunch (just finished it five minutes ago): brown rice (rice cookers are magic, or buy it already cooked. Use white rice if you prefer), supermarket coleslaw (no dressing, jut the veggies), half a can of Sirena tuna with chilli. I don't add any dressing because the tuna is already spicy and delicious.
    - use ready made soup as a sauce for ravioli or tortellini from the supermarket. Boil the pasta in water, add some veggies for the last 2-3 mins (broccoli, red capsicum strips, for example). Drain the pasta, get rid of the water, put the pasta, veg and soup back in the pan and heat it up until the soup is hot. Adding the veg gives you more volume and nutrition than the pasta alone.
    - Do you have a barbeque? Learn to cook steak or pork fillets on the barbie and serve it with some ready made salad.
  • beautifulwarrior18
    beautifulwarrior18 Posts: 914 Member
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    I will also tell you the easiest way to be successful is to keep it simple. Literally when I started eating to perform I kept it simple and I was incredibly successful. I would take a meat marinade it in a weber or grill mates marinade (using olive oil of course) bake it and pair it with a frozen veggie or a piece of fruit. Nutritious meal with not a lot of thinking.
  • stacey201440
    stacey201440 Posts: 12 Member
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    Once you start using these recipes everyone has suggested akways make a doubke or triple batch then freeze. You can always make your pasta, rice, couscous or quinoa fresh or freeze that in separate portions so you can mix and match. Get a few friends together and have some bevvies, laughs and cook away.
  • mathandcats
    mathandcats Posts: 786 Member
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    I love to cook, but am currently trying to figure out what food is disagreeing with me and so am eating pretty simple meals for now. I'm frequently making rice with various things added. For example, I just made rice with sausage, peas, carrots, onion and garlic. I got precooked sausage, so I just sliced it into rounds and crisped it up in a pan. Fry the onions in some oil or butter until translucent, add minced garlic (can buy it in a jar if you like) and fry for a minute. Then add the rice, stirring to coat in the fat before adding the water and some salt. Throw in whatever veg and meat you are using - you could use frozen veg if you want to cut down on the prep time. Cover and cook until the rice is done. Since I use white basmati, this takes 15 minutes. You could definitely cook the rice in stock to add more flavour, or just add some herbs/spices that you like.
  • DylsGrandma
    DylsGrandma Posts: 69 Member
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    When you have a little time go ahead and bake several chicken breasts or whole chicken to use later in the week. There are several online sites of what to do with precooked chicken. Example: Chicken Taco's, Chicken Salad, Soup, Pizza etc. The more prep done ahead of time the easier meal time will be.
  • Verdenal
    Verdenal Posts: 625 Member
    edited May 2016
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    Good sardines (King Oscar is a brand I recommend) sprinkled with fresh pepper and a spritz of lemon. I eat them out of can, but you can eat them on toast or with Carr's Table Water crackers.

    An avocado cut open and sprinkled with fresh pepper is a healthy if somewhat caloric snack. You can eat it in its skin with a fork.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,182 Member
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    Stir-fry can be simple, easy, and quick. Make a few messes learning how to do it and you'll be fine.
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
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    Watch food porn on the Food Network or Cook Network. That will get you wanting to learn real fast!

    But really, buy you a crockpot. You can dump it in and leave it! No skills necessary other than reading the recipes Most crockpot meals are 4, 6, and even 8 servings (i can stretch the ingredients to get 8 most times).

    If you don't want to cook at all, then I must say you are stuck with all the ready made meals in your local grocery. Or I guess you can buy boxed stuff and visit the grocers deli often.

    How about buying into a Food Service that ships your meals to your home? I personally would not do this, but I guess it could be something to look into.

    Girl friend, learn to cook.. My husband married me for my cooking! LOL Not.....But he stays married to me because of it.. LOL
  • Taylorgo90
    Taylorgo90 Posts: 56 Member
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    Slow cooker is a life saver to me - I just add any meat, onion and some broth and leave it for 4 hours. I eat with a side of veggies
  • chimonetabron2014
    chimonetabron2014 Posts: 57 Member
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    I definitely use the crockpot as it is simple & so easy. I love that I can throw whatever in a crockpot while at wrk. I get off at a weird time so it's nice to have meals prepared. I also do meal prep which helps a LOT because cooking during the week is tough (& lets be honest who wants to do that lol I sure don't after a hectic day) so shop & cook on the weekends, package everything, & enjoy! Good luck! Remember crockpot, simple & easy recipes from the Internet, meal prep!
  • Gioeyebrow
    Gioeyebrow Posts: 404 Member
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    You can do sandwiches and tuna salads and tacos all that stuff is easy or you could buy frozen meals but their high in sodium so i wouldnt thers also healthy fast food you could look uo
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
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    http://greatist.com/eat/no-cook-recipes
    31 Healthy Recipes That Require Zero Cooking
  • Chriswashere86
    Chriswashere86 Posts: 14 Member
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    Don't be lazy and just cook. Don't make up excuses :)

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