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Your best low-effort meals please!

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BerstieSpotts · 19/11/2013 19:02

Having too many nights recently where neither DP or I can be arsed to cook. Or we can but we can't be bothered to think of anything to cook so we just end up having pasta and sauce and whatever the fuck is in the fridge.

Gah!

We also have no oven, a crappy microwave/grill, no slow cooker and we live in Germany so some foods are harder to get hold of (off the top of my head, bacon, baked beans, Just to make it extra easy, I'm allergic to cheese, so nothing containing that as a necessary ingredient.

Extra points if it creates very little washing up :)

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BerstieSpotts · 19/11/2013 19:03

Gah, bacon, baked beans, spices other than very basic "curry powder" and "chili powder" (I have some curry pastes from the UK though).

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pregnantpause · 20/11/2013 10:29

Omelette, with a side salad to make it look better on the plate.

Spaghetti carbonara- though I don't know how easy ham or pancetta is for you to get.

chorizo and red onions fried, stuffed in a baguette with salad for a posh sandwich.

Red lentil and chickpea soup- from BBC good food- delicious, cheap healthy and fast.

BerstieSpotts · 20/11/2013 11:55

Ham and pancetta very easy :) Thanks for the ideas! Is it really easy to make spaghetti carbonara? I always thought it would be very complicated.

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CogitoErgoSometimes · 20/11/2013 20:22

What I do is make larger amounts of various foods and freeze portions in containers for a day when I can't be bothered. Standard freezer contents would be Bolognese Sauce, Chilli Con Carne, Chicken Curry. While those are heating up in the microwave another day the pasta or rice is cooking and I can throw a bit of salad or a few vegetables on the side.

Other quick dishes...
Stir Fries with Noodles. Dried Noodles take about 3 minutes to cook and thinly sliced meat/veg is done in 5.

Frittatas/Spanish Omelette. Cook potato in the microwave, dice and fry off with some spring onions and things like spinach or courgette. Stir in plenty of eggs and finish under the grill

Grilled Kebabs with Salad... Chunky diced chicken or lamb threaded on skewers with onion, peppers, courgettes etc. If you can get hold of some interesting spice blends and rubs that livens everything up

pregnantpause · 20/11/2013 21:51

Carbonara is as easy as boiling pasta and whisking eggs. Boil your pasta, fry your ham, whisk an egg, add a handful of grated grated cheese, and some pepper to your egg. Drain pasta, add egg and cheese mix as soon as it's drained, fold in ham. Done. Shove in some peas if feeling healthy, a lug of cream if not. Worth considering adding fried onion and garlic IMO- but that would be frowned upon umoungst the purists of course.

I also think miso soup with noodles, spring onions, bean sprouts and chillis is a satisfying meal in minutes (maybe with leftover chicken bits- or ham), but can hardly remember it as DC don't really entertain healthy or hot mealsGrin

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