Otherwise, though, I second what people have said above. When I do cook, I make a lot, store leftover portions in tupperware, and eat them for several nights in a row. (I guess this wouldn't work as well for people who tend to get bored with eating the same thing all the time.) Also, like frozen veggies, frozen fruits still have tons of nutrients, so I usually try to keep blueberries, raspberries, or strawberries in the freezer. They're good as between-meal snacks or desserts.
In general I try to always keep a lot of my nonperishable staples around. I almost always have frozen chicken breast or chicken/turkey sausage in the freezer; also bread, so that it lasts longer. I always have canned tomatoes and pasta in the cupboard, and usually canned soup, some kind of crackers, and--for when it's all I can manage--a box of Easy Mac.
When I'm up to some very basic cooking, I'll usually do something like marinate chicken breast in my favorite spice(s), cook it on the stovetop (takes less than ten minutes), and eat it with rice (sometimes cooked in chicken or other broth). My other simple recipe is to cook a pot of pasta; make the "sauce" out of canned diced tomatoes, garlic, and Italian seasoning (and diced onions and/or sliced red peppers when I'm up to that kind of prep work); and just throw it all together in a pan on the stove. Often I'll add chicken sausage to that, but it's good by itself, too. And my most elementary dish, that I make when I want to eat something slightly better than a frozen dinner or macaroni or whatever, is something I ate a lot as a kid: spaghetti with parmesan and melted butter. It's comfort food, and at least it's SOMETHING.
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Date: 2011-08-03 02:07 am (UTC)Otherwise, though, I second what people have said above. When I do cook, I make a lot, store leftover portions in tupperware, and eat them for several nights in a row. (I guess this wouldn't work as well for people who tend to get bored with eating the same thing all the time.) Also, like frozen veggies, frozen fruits still have tons of nutrients, so I usually try to keep blueberries, raspberries, or strawberries in the freezer. They're good as between-meal snacks or desserts.
In general I try to always keep a lot of my nonperishable staples around. I almost always have frozen chicken breast or chicken/turkey sausage in the freezer; also bread, so that it lasts longer. I always have canned tomatoes and pasta in the cupboard, and usually canned soup, some kind of crackers, and--for when it's all I can manage--a box of Easy Mac.
When I'm up to some very basic cooking, I'll usually do something like marinate chicken breast in my favorite spice(s), cook it on the stovetop (takes less than ten minutes), and eat it with rice (sometimes cooked in chicken or other broth). My other simple recipe is to cook a pot of pasta; make the "sauce" out of canned diced tomatoes, garlic, and Italian seasoning (and diced onions and/or sliced red peppers when I'm up to that kind of prep work); and just throw it all together in a pan on the stove. Often I'll add chicken sausage to that, but it's good by itself, too. And my most elementary dish, that I make when I want to eat something slightly better than a frozen dinner or macaroni or whatever, is something I ate a lot as a kid: spaghetti with parmesan and melted butter. It's comfort food, and at least it's SOMETHING.