Dem Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 What's your favorite meal to make when you don't feel like cooking or doing dishes and your kids are whiny and it's 7 pm and you haven't started making dinner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators ultrarunnergirl Posted December 16, 2014 Moderators Share Posted December 16, 2014 Burgers or "Hot Plates" from Well Fed. Basically just ground (or any) meat cooked up in a pan with fat and spices, paired with the quickest veggies I have on hand (frozen, already cooked up or baby spinach). Especially great if I happen to have a spaghetti squash pre-cooked (I try always to have one). Then I have that with meat and tomato sauce. My favorite comfort food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleeve Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Protein, rubbed with something tasty, seared in a hot pan, sweet potato in the microwave, green veggies in a steamer basket. Done in 10 minutes. Protein, rubbed in ghee and something tasty, in the broiler, over vegetable bin garbage on spinach salad and whatever salad dressing I still have from weekend prep. Done in 15 minutes if the garbage needs prep. Leftovers, over leftovers, on salad. Done in, well, how hot I want the leftovers to be. On days I get an early start on dinner but don't really want to actually cook, standing over the stove top stirring, mixing, combining, and timing, I throw together a one dish meal that sits in the oven for a while. Chop, toss, dump, pop, and chill while the oven does the work. I like when the oven timer wakes me up and I just need to shovel it out and eat. Some days, the bike takes the chef out of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirkor Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Canned tuna, hardboiled eggs, salsa (sometimes with mayo, mustard, etc, it depends), mixed greens ... just a lil' salad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators ladyshanny Posted December 17, 2014 Administrators Share Posted December 17, 2014 Loose ground meat with sides of whatever veggies you have. Right now my favourite is to sauté mushrooms and onions over rather high heat (I use lard). Season with S, P, Garlic Powder. Once the onions and mushrooms are cooked down, add 2# ground beef. Sautee until the beef is cooked and the mushroom water has evaporated. Serve in a bowl alongside steamed green beans and mashed cauliflower with a little (or large) dollop of homemade mayo. Surprisingly tasty for being as plain as it is. Second best is an omelette stuffed with whatever you have in the kitchen/pantry! And if you're even too pressed for time (for me that usually reads: lazy) then you can sautee your omelette fillings and then pour your egg over it and either let it set up or just scramble it all together. Top with compliant salsa and some avocado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBC Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Wrote about just this the other day http://gustopaleo.com/sometimes-i-just-dont-know-what-to-cook/ On your weekends take some time to make freezable meals. Chicken nuggets and schnitzel are good for that. Egg wraps from pantry, pressure cooked meals ready in 30 minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dem Posted December 17, 2014 Author Share Posted December 17, 2014 Sounds like the key is to have stuff prepped ahead of time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GFChris Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 My favorite is salmon salad made with compliant canned salmon, celery and homemade mayo, with a microwaved sweet potato topped with homemade mayo. Only thing you need to prep ahead is the mayo (I always have homemade mayo and all these other items on hand). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dem Posted December 19, 2014 Author Share Posted December 19, 2014 Sounds like an interesting combo Chris! I will have to try the mayo on sweet potato. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vian Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 One thing I like to do when I'm feeling ambitious is to have all my veggies pre-chopped in zipper bags in the fridge. I'll do it on the weekend and have everything ready for the week. Food processor makes it super fast even. Tonight was one of those nights I didn't want to cook and didn't have any leftovers and didn't start thinking of dinner until I was already hungry. I had some chicken breasts thawed in the fridge, so I butterflied them, seasoned with salt and pepper, then fried some bacon in a pan (cut into lardons), scooped out the bacon with a slotted spoon, then cooked the chicken in the bacon grease (butterflied, it takes like 10 minutes). I made a quick salad dressing of 1 part red wine vinegar to 2 parts oil, pinch of s&p and a little mustard, shake shake shake in a mason jar, chopped romaine lettuce, kalamata olives, diced chicken, bacon. Hard boiled eggs are good on it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decker_bear Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Having stuff prepped is definitely the key - but unless you're Superman(woman) in the kitchen, there's times you won't have stuff prepped and ready to go. My super quick meal (as a last resort) is canned chicken (check the lable), onions, squash, mushrooms and spinach sauteed, add coconut milk and some seasonings to make a chicken stew. My BF and son (aka bottomless pits) eat it over rice, but mine is satisfying just as is. I avoid canned chicken whenever possible for a variety of reasons, but if it's between that and hitting the drive thru - you can guess which one wins. I keep frozen veggies in the freezer too as another last resort type food when I can't bring myself to even chop veggies - but I usually mix it in something as I don't care for the texture of frozen veg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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