Everyone’s got a recipe that takes very little effort so I thought I’d create a space to share them. Perhaps it’s your recipe or from a website. It doesn’t matter. Cheers.
Rice and tuna with mix ins. It looks like a deconstructed sushi bowl but you could probably substitute a can of chicken, beans, or chickpeas if you don’t like tuna.
bean fryup:
can of drained mixed 4-5 beans
chuck in frypan high heat
add sliced mushrooms, some sliced cherry tomatoes too if desired
add half a pack of Mexican taco spices
optional: add some spinach leaves if on hand and let them wilt in
make a hole/gap in the mix. crack and egg and cook until it’s done to your perfection
serve on its own or on toast
Jaffles filled with -
Cheese (and ham or tomato)
Baked beans
Spaghetti
Tinned stew
Or leftover bolognese sauce.
Stovetop one pot macaroni and cheese:
If you don’t want to read the whole thing, ages ago I roughly halved it and converted to cups for a simple version. Not perfect but easy.
This is a good amount for one person and requires one pot, one spoon/fork, and one stovetop burner. Maybe a grater if your cheese isn’t pre shredded.
2/3 cups pasta (I use small elbows or spirals)
1.5 cups water
1 cup milk or soy milk
Cheese (a few handfuls)
Seasoning - a pinch/squirt of mustard, a tablespoon or two of paprika, a shake of nutmeg, or just salt and pepper. Whatever you’re using.
There are a lot of instructions in the original to avoid burning or gumminess.
But basically just add the water and boil the pasta til it begins to soften (stirring as it sticks), add the milk and butter, then turn it down to low to simmer. Keep watching and stirring so it won’t stick and burn. When it’s thickening but there’s still some liquid left season it and stir the cheese in.
If pasta is still a bit hard in the middle (pull out a single noodle with a utensil, blow on it to cool and bite it) add extra milk and keep cooking. If it’s too liquid give it longer to cook down. It thickens a bit as it cools so don’t worry too much.
Alterations:
It can be made vegan/dairy free with plant milk, spread, and/or nutritional yeast or cheez. Add drained tinned/frozen peas and corn at the liquid stage and gently heat through. Or stir in leftover pumpkin puree.
For easy cleanup:
Cook it using your eating utensil and after a few minutes to cool, eat directly from the pot. (Note - Avoid using metal utensils on nonstick pans. Use either a non-metal utensil or a stainless steel pot.)
Scrape out the pot with a spatula or wipe it out with a paper towel immediately after finishing the meal, and scrub it out immediately with a soapy sponge or dish brush. (Do the spoon or fork too.) Rinse and leave to drip dry in rack overnight.
Chicken burritos look good for hot days.
This is from a company’s website so feels weirdly like posting an ad. But it’s fairly no cook.
The gist of it is spreading tortillas with refried beans then filling them with rice, salsa, avocado and cold chicken. You can use a bbq chook and buy precooked rice and almost everything else is in cans or jars.
It can also possibly be made without access to a knife. (The avocado is the one thing that needs cutting but could be scooped out or cut with a butter knife.)
