Bonus points for healthy/low carb. Omivore, vegetarian, vegan, I eat all the things but my autistic ass is very low on spoons. I’m a good cook but even the thought of cooking instant ramen sounds daunting sometimes.
Easy things I’ve incorporated are protein shakes with coffee, flax milk and chia seeds during the morning. Keeps me good til 1pm or so since breakfast grosses me out during the weekdays and it takes like 2 minutes to prepare
Also wraps. Throw a protein on, condiments or a sauce like pesto or something, rip up some lettuce with your BARE HANDS, and that’s it. Or if you’re feeling fancy, slice up some cheese/veggies. Less than 5 minutes with minimal clean up, just a cutting board knife, plate and maybe a spoon or butter knife. Sometimes if I’m not cutting much ill just do it carefully in my hands or on my plate to avoid washing the cutting board
Drained can of chickpeas in a pan for a few minutes
Roasted chickpeas is something my uncle eats like popcorn. One time, he offered my father some that he just made and my father absent mindedly held out his hand expecting to receive a dish. My uncle puts the chickpeas in his hand without a plate and burns his hand. Sometimes my uncle is just stupid like that.
overnight oats are pretty low effort albeit with the whole making it the night before thing, just throw vegan or non-vegan milk, rolled oats, and whatever the heck you want as a flavor into a jar and leave it in the fridge overnight
Savoury oatmeal slaps once you get used to the concept, too!
Thanks for this. Just finished prepping it for the first time, used the recipe in the link (chia seeds and vanilla extract, with oat milk). I’ve never had overnight oats before but they smelt incredible as I was putting them in the fridge and I’m excited to try them in the morn (gonna add bananas).
he’ll yeah hope it’s baller
One pot lentils and rice is a good go-to. Cup of rice, 2/3rds cup of red lentils. Rinse a few times if you want. Fill with water to one knuckle above the top of the rice/lentils. Cook til water is gone or mixture is soft enough to eat (prolly twenty mins). Then add a jarred sauce like korma or one of the canned curry mixes you just mix with coconut milk. If you’re feeling a little more ambitious look up a recipe for kitchedi. As a vegan it was practically my Kraft mac n cheese
I also often stir-fry onions, garlic, potatoes, tofu or cauliflower and garbanzos while waiting for the rice. But once again, that might be a bit more ambitious than you’re asking for
Can of sardines in oil with hot sauce
Can of baked beans, loop sausage, potatoes.
Simmer beans in pot. Slice up sausage and fry in pan. Put potatoes in microwave 3-5 minutes, flip over and give it another few minutes, chop them up and fry them in a pan. Mix it all together for a lazy meal prep that sticks to your ribs
Sounds like it would make a couple meals too which I’m a fan of for sure. Taking notes for shopping later
bean burrito but on those small wheat tortillas with hot sauce and salsa
Hell yeah, idk why I forget that bean burritos are SO GOOD. I used to make my own refried beans from scratch, should make a fuckton one day and love off them
ive only recently been successfully making tasty beans from dry in my pressure cooker. but i’ve been thinking of trying a refry next because the cans are too expensive for what they are
but yeah they are good i can eat waaay too many in one sitting gurgle gurgle
celery and peanut butter
I usually eat this every day for breakfast.
Silken tofu with a sauce on top. Paired with rice made in a rice cooker (a worthwhile investment, get one if you don’t have one.) Or just eat it on its own, I’ve done that lol.
Idk, sometimes I cut up a cooked soy patty and put it in a tomato, onion, and spinach salad. Usually it’s good with some sort of oil-based dressing. That’s basically lunch.
I also really appreciate shirataki noodles as a low-carb pasta substitute.
Also Kalamata olives marinated in brine. I could eat those like candy (so eat them sparingly). Generic pimento-stuffed Spanish olives give the other olives a bad name.
I discovered the olive bar at a few grocery stores near me recently and I’m with you, it’s SO GOOD. They’ll do like roasted tomatoes and peppadew peppers too, I’ll put those maters on everything
Low carb zero effort food is why I always have a jar of natural peanut butter in the fridge. When I’m having a “so depressed that getting out of bed is a monumental task” day, I can ensure I don’t starve.
Oh man, a giant spoon of peanut butter is seriously soooo good and satisfying. I always forget about it when I shop but maybe I’ll get a Costco sized jar next time I go lol
It’s the final boss of my “plan for the worst” meal plan. If my brain were good, I’d never need to use this.
Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuttttttt—
Almost any pasta with pre-made sauce
Rice (made in rice cooker), can of beans, salt, pepper, hot sauce, and maybe an avocado if you got one = lots of food for no effort. Can also put frozen veggies in with the rice like others are saying if you want even more food for minimal effort.
I think hummus is pretty low effort, especially if you can just get cans of garbanzo beans (I have to buy mine dry and soak them overnight)
Peanut butter and saltine crackers
Someone said silk tofu with some kind of sauce (usually soy sauce and maybe pickled or regular ginger thrown on top), this is also really good and extremely low effort
E: additionally, it’s really easy to make some chocolate pudding using silk tofu and chocolate (preferably melted dark chocolate), can also be used as a pie filling if you want to put in a little more effort
Scrambled tofu is pretty good and low effort if you have frozen veggies, but it’s just a little bit more effort since it’s best to cook it in a skillet and maybe caramelize some onions to go with it
Almost any pasta with pre-made sauce
Honestly this is a lot of my meals. I usually just throw together what ever spices, oils or sauces I have on hand into teacup, mix it a bit and then stir and cook through. My go to this week has been sweet paprika, curry powder, msg, garlic, chilli and soy, fried with olive oil. A little overkill but fuck me if it doesn’t slap
Hummus and pita
Tomato and olive oil on toast
Refried beans and tortilla chips
CarrotCacio e pepe. Takes some learning, but it’s essentially just butter, garlic, and parmesan cheese. Also, just smash garlic super hard and it’s minced
Also recommend looking into dishes you can freeze and have on standby. I did it with my spaghetti sauce and it’s absolutely amazing.
I’ve never thought about freezing sauces really, that’s a good idea. Having multiple sauces on hand for pasta or to mix with veg could be super easy to just pull out if the freezer
This is an excellent thread.
like fr was expecting a fight, but naw everyones chill talking about their neat snackaroonies i love it
Rice cooked with a pat of butter and bay leaf. Top it with some baked beans. Add some chili paste or hot sauce and it can get you through some rough times.
