Minimalist Recipes

Drop oil, stir fried spinach, touch ginger, fried egg. Smoked salmon, cottage cheese, mixed salad (ANY DAY!) Drop oil, chicken pieces, mixed vegetables, lots of spices, soy sauce, stir fry. Any meat / fish / crustaceans, curry powder, plain yoghurt, cauliflower rice. Butternut / sweet potato / aubergine / baby marrows / pumpkin stuffed with spicy stir fried vegetables and / or meat and baked.

Sichuan tomato and egg stir fry on noodles. I would add a chopped clove of garlic per person to this. I don't bother to remove the tomato pulp.

https://www.chinasichuanfood.com/chinese-tomato-and-egg-stir-fry/

acpgee wrote: »

Italy has some great super quick and easy recipes. My go to minimalist recipes from the store cupboard are spaghetti aglio olio, bagna cauda, pasta puttanesca, spaghetti carbonara, spaghetti con bottarga.

https://www.thekitchn.com/spaghetti-aglio-e-olio-259028
https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/bagna-cauda-2827
https://www.bbc.com/food/recipes/pasta_puttanesca_81206
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1052/ultimate-spaghetti-carbonara
https://www.ft.com/content/bf5fb834-8ceb-11e3-ad57-00144feab7de

Puttanesca is so simple, quick and so so so yummy!
Plus if you make carbonara in the classic way you only need: guanciale (or pancetta, if it's easier to find), pecorino, egg, pepper and bucatini (or whatever pasta type you want). Cheap and easy
another good pasta sauce is aubergine and tomato. Diced aubergine cooked in tomato passata with some onions, garlic, pepper and origano.

Socca - french flat bread that has chickpea flour, salt, oil, and water (many varieties can be found with different herbs added)

Stir fried asparagus over rice - just lightly stir fry asparagus, add finely diced garlic and soy sauce until fragrant, and serve over cooked rice.

For dessert - pomegranate arils over vanilla ice cream. The pomegranate is really tart, and with the sweet ice cream, it's awesome, and the color is very pretty.

Eggroll in a Bowl

Chopped Cabbage or a bag of Cole Slaw Mix
Ground Turkey
Soy Sauce
Sesame Oil
Onions/Garlic/Scallions/Sesame Seeds/Ginger (optional)

Fry the ground turkey in the sesame oil. Add the cabbage/cole slaw mix (and the Onions/Garlic/Scallions/Sesame Seeds/Ginger, if desired) and soy sauce. Fry until cabbage is done. Goes well with rice if that fits your calories.