#I'm so bored of eating lazy processed meals

[ceruleanterrapin]

I'm on a hunt to search for recipes to cook for myself and my family

[greatpoetryfun]

Over 30 ask game!

7. Any groceries you've been getting into lately?

18. Pro or anti tchotchkes?

20. What's in your freezer right now?

27. Do you prefer Boardgame Night, Build-Your-Own-Pizza Night, or Movie Night with your friends?

43. Favorite book you've read recently?

54. Do you decorate your house for holidays? Which ones?

56. Favorite low-effort meal that you make?

69. What are you looking forward to next week?

7. Any groceries you've been getting into lately?

My groceries are so boring--I can't eat a lot of "interesting" (i.e., processed) food because I have allergies. I have been drinking a lot of Crystal Light drink mixes in an effort to remember to drink during the day.

18. Pro or anti tchotchkes?

Very pro tchotchkes. It's like having a little museum of your entire life.

20. What's in your freezer right now?

Frozen veggies, frozen mango, strawberry fruit bars, a pack of bacon (I really only use it in my soup base, so it will live there until the fall I guess).

27. Do you prefer Boardgame Night, Build-Your-Own-Pizza Night, or Movie Night with your friends?

I would rather do a board game night! Any food preparation-centric event is difficult for me, because my stuff needs to be separate. (A dinner party is different because then I can plan the menu around my/my guests' needs.) And I don't find movies to be "social" enough.

43. Favorite book you've read recently?

I haven't finished a book in a while. I am reading A Sweet Sting of Salt right now, and I've enjoyed what I've read of it.

54. Do you decorate your house for holidays? Which ones?

Yes, but typically just for Halloween and Winter (otherwise known as "it's cold and dark, so let's get some fancy lights, feed people, and exchange gifts"). I don't have the ability to decorate outside, so I make paper cutouts and hang them in our big street-facing window.

56. Favorite low-effort meal that you make?

Rice With Ingredient. if I'm very lazy, the ingredient is shredded cheese from the bag. Or sometimes just a tuna packet.

69. What are you looking forward to next week?

I have a few days off, so it will be a nice mini-vacation. I was going to go camping, but it looks to be too hot and rainy, so I've scrapped those plans. I will be perfectly content to rot in bed for a minimum of one day.

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Hellloooo! Are you still taking requests? :O if you are, can i pleaaase have saitama with a doctor s/o please? 🙉🙊🙈

Yes Yes Yes! I've been waiting for an ask like this! I'll ll do my best, but I'm only a nursing assistant lol. Only thing I can tell you about doctors is that they're usually insufferable pains in the ass working with. But that's for another discussion I hope you like it sorry it's long

Doctor S/O HCs

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It's a miracle how you guys managed to meet considering your schedules but luck have it he liked you enough to find you again

(I'd say you were standing in line in front of him and managed to get hundreds of dollars worth of groceries reduced to like $80. He wants in on that witchcraft)

He admires you so much by the work you do, and is almost intimidated how you can crunch in those long hours.

Always trying to stuff you up with little healthy snacks after you told him sometimes you guys don't have time to sit and eat.

Days off are always the best together. You got used to constantly be running errands on your day off and he helped you learn to chill out and not worry about everything the second you get free time

Lots of tub time together for your sore ass

He's always a sad egg when you get mandated. If it's too long you'll come home to him basically sitting at the door like a puppy. He misses you on the main just isn't aware of it.

If you're having the classic nerve pain or feet n ankles mega ouch he will NOT let you be up on them. He says you should rest as hard as you work.

Any medicine or cream you use for it he likes giving to you, like he's playing doctor

So that's where the househusband energy comes in. He's doing everything he can for you. His kind of lazy is bare minimum lazy, not total slack off. He'll do it for you

He's on your ASS about stretching. ALL THE TIME

He will message you sometimes but if it's a nerve problem it don't help at all for some people

Once you explain a handful of terminology he'll actually be interested in you work ramblings. There isn't ever a boring day, especially with dick bag coworkers

This fool will look downright mortified if you get talking about the not so fun part of the job. Not necessarily the deaths or gore, but the body waste hazards. Don't tell him till AFTER he's eaten any meal or it will ruin the whole appetite

He still listens even if it's gross. Why you chose this life, he'll never know

The job itself is painfully sad, most of the time. Usually everyone's too busy to have a minute to process most things. So if a well loved patient ends up dying, he'll try and be there for you

Literally had no idea what to do but let you just cry it all out while holding you. He'll barely say anything cause he just has no idea how you handle it as well as you do

Every now and then you'll see him in a window waving at you if he's in monster battle ground. The hospital never stops no matter what the warning is so you can get front row seats sometimes

He got knocked into the hospital one time and was like "oh hey hun" before hopping back into battle

You don't really have to ever patch him up after some fight but sometimes his friends that tag along are a different story. He'll be just showing you off and telling everyone what a good job you do as you're trying to stop some bleeding or some shit

Always boasting but he isn't aware of it, tbh

Be like "My partner, a doctor btw-"

When he explained how he lost his hair, you joked about it being alopecia. Now he's just contemplating his life and if it really wasn't hard work, just weird timing.

Because of how much you make, sometimes you take him out on a little bit more expensive dates, or get him really nice gifts.

He loves you but he hates it. The fact you have more money he can make in months is flabbergasting. Don't do this to him when you first meet it will scare him away

He's just grateful someone so smart and caring like you loves him. Ask him, and you're out of his league. He's a lucky mfr

[flagellant]

my go-to lazy meal is a grilled cheese but uh#but uh i infuse the butter with a crushed garlic clove#red pepper flakes#and thyme#and i use two or three cheeses#usually like. havarti and muenster or colbyjack and swiss.#also it's on sourdough bread#i'm sorry

1st of all, I hope you're well inneskeeper, I'm sorry I can't help out in anyway, but I wish you a speedy recovery and fiscal comfort asap.

2ndly, while this sounds AMAZING, hoooooooow is this a lazy meal?! got like 8 steps going!!

Okay so the thing is that for me, it's .2 spoons more to do it this way. It sounds like a lot of extra work, but it's literally just crushing a garlic clove and letting it sit in the butter as it melts. Other than that it's just a normal grilled cheese making process.

The thing about my "depression meals" is that like...eating boring food actively makes my depression worse? So all of my REALLY bad depression meals are conversely significantly more effort, because it's what I do to shock myself out of the depression--I can't be lying in bed staring at the ceiling waiting for water to boil if I'm busy searing salmon and frying rice and reducing a sauce etc. And at the end of it I have a really yummy meal!

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Veggie Recipes!

By popular demand (literally just @sm0rches but w/e) here are some of my favorite veggie recipes.

1. Roasted brussel sprouts: Preheat oven to 350. Clean and halve sprouts, cutting off the stalk. Put into a bowl and toss with 2 teaspoons of olive oil (protip: tossing keeps the oil to a minimum by coating evenly with just a little as opposed to a bunch but drizzled on top. Also I suggest you toss all you veggies and such in the same bowl so you can reuse the dregs and use every drop instead of adding more). Add salt, pepper and a clove of garlic (I keep a jar of pre minced garlic in the fridge because I'm lazy af but you can use garlic powder instead) and toss again. Heat up a pan (cast iron works best but any will do) and place in sprouts flat side down. Let them sit for 5-10 minutes until the flats are brown. Then dump them on a baking sheet and into the oven for 15 mins or until tender. Finish with a squeeze of lemon and serve. You can skip the pan step if you want it done faster/less work but browning the bottoms add a delightful flavor.

2. Roasted broccoli/cauliflower. Largely similar process to the brussel sprouts but fewer steps and more oil for the larger surface area. Oven to 350. Clean and cut the veg and toss with a table spoon of olive oil. Season as you like, I use salt, pepper and garlic and onion powder, but if you want something easy just use steak seasoning and you're good to go. Bake on a baking sheet for 15-20 minutes. Longer if you like the crispy burnt tips of broccoli. Can finish with lemon if you like but I usually end up eating then straight off the pan. They are fantastic. Can do the same process to potatoe slices for a decadent, French fry/chip thing that I make instead of fries. I've yet to meet a veg this treatment didn't work for.

3. Mushroom and onion topping. Not really sure what to call it but it's cheap, low cal, delicious, and can spice up pretty much any dish. I put it on chicken and brown rice most often but it's great for eggs or fish or anything else. Simply chop up mushroom and onion into similar sized bits and sautee with 2-3 teaspoons of olive oil until they are a tender mush. I often add garlic like everything else I make. It's so flavorful and robust, tons of volume and flavor and so low cal. It makes boring meals much more palatable.

4. Bonus recipe! Look up how to make Jaques Peppin's French omelette and/or Gordon Ramsey's scrambled eggs. They can explain it better than I can (but I cut out pretty much all the better they recommend, and any butter I do use is yogurt butter which is much lower cal but still not just hydrogenated oil). Now add some wilted spinach, as much as you can bear. Top with onion and mushroom condiment if you feel bold. So much food. So filling. So fast. So low cal. Cannot recommend enough. Pair with some 40 cal a slice toast and it's heaven for like 400 cals, most of that egg and veg.

Hope this doesn't disappoint since I basically just throw salt, pepper, garlic and lemon on everything but it works for me. I greatly suggest you work on the principles of salt, fat, acid, and heat to get a balanced, delicious flavor for every dish you make.

[fangirlfitness]

Hi!!! After ages I'm back as I had another question I wanted to ask. I'm going back to college next week and I wanted for advice on eating healthy and also meal prep? Because I know I'll be busy this year but I still want to eat well and stay away from processed foods!

Thanks for coming back! :)

There’s a billionty different diets out there, because there are a billionty people who want your money, but really there are just 3 basic rules for eating clean (courtesy of Michael Pollan):

1. Eat food.

This means veggies, fruits, lean proteins, healthy fats, and whole grains. When you go food shopping, stick to the perimeter of the store - this is where they keep all the refrigerated stuff that can’t sit on shelves for 3 years… So that means it’s real food. Real food has about 1-5 ingredients, and all of them are pronouncable. Only eat stuff with ingredients you can pronounce, and avoid food that has added sugar. If you like making soups, frozen veggies are hella cheap, and easy to throw into a pot (technically frozen stuff is in the middle of the store, but as long as you buy the bags that ONLY have the vegetables (no added sugar or salt) you’re still eating clean). If you’re a lazy cook like me who buys broth instead of making it, make sure the broth has a short list of pronouncable ingredients. Instead of soda, drink sparkling water (and please read the ingredient list to make sure they’re not adding aspartame or other artificial flavors or colors). Instead of the typical chips, buy snacks that have short pronouncable ingredient lists. Or better yet, bring apple slices/cucumber slices/carrots/celery sticks with some nuts/nut butter (and yes nuts and nut butter can have junk added to them, so just read the ingredients of everything…). Greek yogurt is also a fantastic portable snack that’s high in protein, but again, be sure to read those ingredient labels (Trader Joe’s, Chobani, and Fage are all clean brands I know off-hand).

If you’ve got a little more money, I recommend the Orgain Whole Meal protein powder. It’s yummy, loaded with nutrients, free of nasty stuff, and you can throw it in a shaker with milk (either dairy or nondairy) for an easy protein shake to take with you.

If you’ve got more of a “savory-tooth”, I highly recommend these all natural delicious jerky bars - the chicken sriracha is my favorite, and having one on hand has been a lifesaver basically every day…

2. Not too much.

Use salad plates instead of dinner plates, keep your smoothies 8-12oz (basically 1 to 1 ½ cups), and stay tuned into your body during and after eating. There are portion guides you can find online, so if you find those kinds of things helpful, go for it. Personally, I like to just listen to my body, eat slowly, and stop eating when I’m full. Of course I understand that can be hard to do in between classes, so there are adorable stainless steel lunch containers that can help with portion control.

3. Mostly plants.

Plants are so freaking good for you, and naturally have real flavor. Literally the only reason we’re not all coo-coo for cucumbers or growling about how great strawberries are is marketing. There’s no money put into advertising for veggies or fruits, so we forget that they’re real food with real flavor. Most of what we “crave” and think of as having so much flavor is actually flavorless food that has had flavor added to it. For example, take pizza. The crust is flavorless flour that has had salt added to it. The sauce, if it’s real sauce, is basically veggies with seasoning (in other words, a real food). And the cheese is milk (a real food) that has been fermented and seasoned. So remove the fake food from the equation (the crust), and add veggies instead. Put some broccoli on a plate, dribble some 5-ingredient tomato sauce on there, maybe add a little diced garlic, toss on a serving or two of low-fat cheese (fat is NOT bad, but when it comes to dairy the lower-fat option is usually healthier), broil it for a bit, and you got yourself a real meal.

Instead of a sub, remove the top and seeds from a bell pepper, throw some (already cooked) seasoned beef or chicken inside with some cheese, and bake until the cheese is all melty. If you’re vegetarian, quinoa and beans can work too!

Instead of boring old cereal and milk, throw some berries into a bowl with a serving of 5-ingredient granola, a serving of greek yogurt, a spoonful of peanut butter, and a square or two of 5-ingredient dark chocolate. Way more delicious…

If you approach every meal with the mindset of adding as many colors, and therefore as many veggies and fruits, as possible then clean eating will feel very easy very quickly.

(btw I say “5-ingredient” a lot but that’s just to reiterate how important it is to buy foods that have short, pronouncable ingredient lists that are all around 5)

In terms of prep, I honestly don’t do much. I’m a ridiculously lazy cook, so everything I make only involves chopping and throwing in a blender, a pot, or a bowl. I make protein shakes with fruit, protein powder, and greek yogurt. I make veggie soups with chicken broth, toasted sesame oil (but olive oil works too), beans, and whatever veggies I have in the fridge. And I make A LOT of salads…

I regularly chop up a cornucopia of fresh veggies and fruits (mostly sturdier produce, like carrots and beets and kale, so they stay fresh even after being chopped up) in a giant bowl. Then I just throw a portion of that in my lunch container, plus some form of protein (chicken, beans, salmon, etc), and I’m good to go. I end up having to prepare 2 giant salads a week, which isn’t that bad.

If you ever need recipe ideas, Thug Kitchen’s got your back

Also, here’s my shameless plug for the recipe tag on my blog, which has the recipes for the above pictured salad and below pictured smoothie

I hope this helps!!