Instant ramen. Or if I’m feeling fancy, ramen that takes 6 whole minutes to cook
Chinese snail noodles are a little more work but usually worth it.
If I’m feeling rich an instant hot pot is nice
If I seriously don’t feel up to cooking, like there’s no fucking way I’m turning on the stove? Cereal.
My “just throw it in a pan” meal? Seashell pasta + canned tomato soup. Apparently one fateful day before payday, my grandmother had two hungry kids to feed, and nothing in the house but those two ingredients. So my gramma invented Spaghettios from first principles and a family comfort food was born. A hot meal so simple you can make it without a working brain stem.
I like this idea. Do you boil the pasta first or just cook it in the soup?
Boil pasta first, don’t salt the water, there’s plenty of salt in a can of tomato soup. Partially drain the pasta, you want some of the water left to dilute the canned soup, add soup, on an electric stove I turn the burner off at that point, there’s plenty of heat left in the system to bring the soup up to temperature, a couple grinds of black pepper, ladle into bowls and spoon into your choice of face hole.
I do recommend using the water the pasta was boiled in rather than fully draining the pasta, adding the soup and then adding more water. The starch dissolved in the water does good things to the texture of the soup.
A whole jar of pickles
I love me some pickles.
My people!
Peanut butter sammich
This is going to be super Asian… But I usually have rice on hand, and in the fridge an assortment of Chinese pickled/preserved veggies, fermented tofu, Vietnamese fermented prawns, salted and/or century eggs, kimchi, jars of seasoning like sate for example. Keeps forever (use clean utensils to avoid contaminating the jars) and good in a pinch.
Even better to add a side of greens if I have them. Boil or saute for a few minutes, then toss them in whatever seasoning (oyster sauce for example, keeps it simple and magically makes everything taste like stir fry).
I’m going to have to keep an eye out for fermented prawns. That sounds awesome
You can try to find it at a well-stocked Asian grocery store. It’s called “tom chua” or “mam tom chua” (sour shrimp) and sold in jars like this:
The flavor is actually more sweet and sour though. It’s very strong, so I’d recommend it more if you’re already familiar with fish sauce. You eat it whole, complete with the shell (it’s softened similar to sardines are).
Thanks! We have a great Asian grocery store here because we’re next to a huge university with lots of international students. I’ll look for some next time I’m there
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I liked your joke though, why’d you delete it?
Soylent!
I’m here, what’d I miss?
Beetlejuicing.
Also, no, I’m not drinking people.
I’m choosing sleep for dinner tonight!
Popcorn, cereal, or yogurt with fruit.
Kraft Dinner 🇨🇦
Look I’m Canadian and grew up on KD so it will always have a place in my heart, but my god we switched to Annie’s recently and the difference is staggering. I will never go back to KD.
Definitely ! Or Mr noodles in the microwave is even quicker . If I have everything I need I can make a smash burger in 10 minutes too .
I’ve basically got 2 lazy meals:
Veg dog on a toasted bun with diced red onion, pickled jalapeños, mayo, mustard and ketchup.
Instant ramen with some extra fixins. Always green onions and shishimi togarashi and then some combo of frozen corn, black fungus, pickled bamboo shoots, kimchi, sesame oil, miso, nori, fried gluten, and/or tofu.
- Boil macaroni elbows. Drain.
- Open jar of pasta sauce. Pour over macaroni. Stir until heated through.
- Add salt, pepper, a sprinkle of chile flakes.
Done.
Baked beans on toast is my usual go to when I want something quick and minimal effort.
Can o soup.
