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To ask what your favourite lazy, but still kind of health dinner is?

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justmeandthedogs · 22/04/2026 18:28

I need inspiration.

mine is a cheeseburger salad. Shredded lettuce, pickled red onions (homemade so they’re exactly how I like them), a bit of cheddar cheese, sauces of your choice and some fried beef mince. If I’m feeling gluttonous I’ll add some bacon too. It feels so decadent but takes ten minutes to make!

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Charel2girl5 · 23/04/2026 16:00

Chicken thighs in the air fryer, couscous (the packets from Lidl are lovely) and a salad.

LoudPlumDog · 23/04/2026 15:58

Eggs on sourdough with avocado, fruit salad after

Waterwaterwaterwaterwatercycle · 23/04/2026 15:58

UnlikelyIntimacies · 23/04/2026 15:52

I bake bread semi-regularly, but I assure you it's completely compatible with a FT job.

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As a non-trad wife and no domestic goddess, I agree!

Knead it with a dough hook on a free standing cake mixer and do the first prove overnight in the fridge. If I didn't have these options, no way would I ever bake bread from scratch, but I do it fairly regularly now

UnlikelyIntimacies · 23/04/2026 15:52

rhabarbarmarmelade · 23/04/2026 15:47

Hilarious. This is all just cooking to me - or are you all trad wives, baking bread from scratch

I bake bread semi-regularly, but I assure you it's completely compatible with a FT job.

rhabarbarmarmelade · 23/04/2026 15:47

Hilarious. This is all just cooking to me - or are you all trad wives, baking bread from scratch

TomatoSandwiches · 23/04/2026 15:45

Good olive oil and a decent splash of balsamic or other vinegar you like, some juice from my pickle jars and then chopped up kalamata olives, capers, grated italian cheese, jarred roast peppers, tinned fish is I have it or sundried toms, lots of pepper and a baguette 😋

PortSalutPlease · 23/04/2026 14:48

Sweet chilli chicken noodle salad.

Chicken breasts in the air fryer, chop them up, Chop up peppers, cucumber, spring onion and coriander, grate a carrot, chuck in some sweetcorn, chop up some tinned pineapple rings, keep the juice.

Add microwave bag of rice noodles.

Sauce is soy sauce, sweet chilli, some of the pineapple juice, juice of a lime.

Esmereldapawpatrol · 23/04/2026 14:47

TheGoldenOwl · 22/04/2026 18:51

Creamy garlic mushrooms on toast.

I freeze portions of chopped garlic and cubes of double cream.

Butter toast generously and Sprinkle with pre-grated parmesan

This just made salivate!!

Didntask · 23/04/2026 14:46

A bag of Merchant Gourmet frozen Korean style vegetables and a bag of frozen king prawns. Whack them both into a frying pan, put a lid on and ignore for 10 mins. Done.

Wiaa · 23/04/2026 14:45

My favourite is smashed avocado on toast, but i mix it with cherry tomatoes, spring onions, peppers ( all really finely chopped), pomegranate and some grated cheese ( salt, pepper and lemon juice too). I pile it all on top and its just delicious

JBJ · 23/04/2026 14:42

I love the precooked sweet chilli salmon fillets, a pack of Ainsley Harriott couscous and a bag of steamfresh veg. Quick, reasonably healthy and really nice.

Roundaboot · 23/04/2026 14:42

Air fried sardines (literally open a can of sardines in oil, drain a bit of oil off, put in air fryer for 10mins or so until skin goes crispy) on a bagged salad with some toasted pitta bread.

Or kimchi noodles. Straight to work noodles stir fried with a load of kimchi which works as a sauce too. I can make this into a full meal by adding stir fry veg, tofu and a fried egg on top but just the noodles and kimchi is pretty tasty too.

LindorDoubleChoc · 23/04/2026 14:33

Salmon baked in foil with butter and lemon, or teriyaki sauce. With home made egg fried rice with extra veg like spring onions, mushrooms, peas or shredded sugar snaps. You do have to remember to cook and cool the rice earlier in the day or the day before.

LindorDoubleChoc · 23/04/2026 14:27

Would have been a good idea to post this in the Food/Recipes topic.

dlcy · 23/04/2026 14:24

These aren’t lazy.

mine is pesto pasta with halloumi on the side

Pallisers · 23/04/2026 14:16

Pasta with decent jarred pesto sauce and a salad of whatever is left in the fridge. DD and I are having it tonight while we watch an episode of the BBC Pride and Prejudice.

JaneIves · 23/04/2026 14:12

Instant Noodles.

My favourite are the nissim demae spicy ramen noodles, jazzed up with ribbon carrots, pak Choi or spinach, shredded chicken and a fried egg on top. With lots of crispy chilli oil.

Lifeomars · 23/04/2026 14:10

user2848502016 · 22/04/2026 20:15

Ready cooked chicken thighs with salad, takes seconds but I always enjoy it

Or an omelette is always a healthy but quick and tasty option

I hardly ever make an omelette, yet everytime I do I think how delicious and easy it is and wonder why I don't do it more often.

Lifeomars · 23/04/2026 14:06

I bought an air fryer a month ago and it has changed my life! Got the Ninja Crispi, the one that comes with two glass bowls and the power pod that does the actual cooking. I love it, so quick and I can get my tea from cook to plate to my hungry belly in around 20 minutes. My quick healthy one is salmon, asparagus, cherry tomatoes and a few mini roasties all bunged in the air fryer . I pre heat it for 5 mins and do a bit of clearing up in the kitchen while this is going on then bung in the frozen mini roasties for about 5 mins, then add the salmon for another 5 mins, then pop in the veg for another 5 mins, so a total of 15 mins. Because it has a glass bowl I can see things cooking. Sometimes I add some cole slaw and/or mixed salad if there is some in the fridge

UnlikelyIntimacies · 23/04/2026 14:06

patioh · 23/04/2026 14:05

Is that a typo?! I can't figure it out.

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'Cotton wool bread', I think. Bread of no appreciable nutritional value. Grin

patioh · 23/04/2026 14:05

JustMeHello · 22/04/2026 22:58

Me too. And then use a slice of cotton wool read to mop up the juice.

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Is that a typo?! I can't figure it out.

thesecondmrsdewinter20 · 23/04/2026 14:00

Wholemeal pasta, tin of mackerel / sardines, cherry tomatoes, broccoli, olive oil and salt

EveryDayisFriday · 23/04/2026 13:50

Salmon or chicken and veg. Airfryer, add seasoning and microwave veg.

Tuna Jacket Potato

Cheeseburger wraps. Spread raw seasoned minced beef on a tortilla wrap, fry face down in frying pan until crispy, flip for a few mins, add cheese. Move the to plate and add chopped lettuce, gherkins and burger sauce. 🍔 so tasty and filling.

BillieWiper · 23/04/2026 13:44

Periperi2025 · 23/04/2026 13:12

With just grated cheese on they're fine, they don't need long.

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Ah ok thank you. Probably what, 20 seconds? I've always assumed you had to do it in oven or grill.

Periperi2025 · 23/04/2026 13:12

BillieWiper · 22/04/2026 22:42

Don't nachos go soggy in mic?

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With just grated cheese on they're fine, they don't need long.

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