Meals for when you are very tired

[suzysiu]

I almost feel that this post is not suitable for wokthecasbah, but I will give it a go. I am interested in what others do for meals when you are very tired, whether that be friday night, or a weeknight when you get home late from work/ exercise. Like poached eggs with toast or cheese on toast. My mum used to cook a lot of pasta & sauce. My sister's

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[penelly]

~ vegemite+cheese on toast.

~ jaffles are great, but I don't have a jafflemaker at the moment.

~ I used to have pasta+sauce a lot, but not as often anymore.

~ noodles with miso soup - can throw in some vegies or tofu while the noodles cook.

~ I keep meaning to make a big batch of soup that I can freeze and re-heat.

[suzysiu]

Ah yes freezing and reheating is great!

Miso soup sounds worth a try. What product do you buy? Is it instant soup or includes noodles?

[penelly]

Oh I don't know the brand name, but it's miso paste in a little box that I bought at an Asian grocery store. I think there are lots of types/brands.

I use various kinds of noodles, boil them up and then add the miso paste at the end so it makes a broth.

[nadz0r]

i back pen on the miso - just get the pastey sachets from your asian shop.

asian noodles are also really quick cooks - the clear bean noodles and japanese soba are 1 - 2 min cooks.

[nadz0r]

aside from reheating frozen food i do:

* steak + salad
* some sort of meat with potato (microwave potato for quick cook)
* toast + avocado + vegemite
* poached chicken breast + salad
* the microwaved egg poacher (omg, so dodgy, but just quick)

and of course, i always have a protein shake a ssoon as i get home from exercise cause that takes the edge off wheil i prepare food and want to eat EVERYTHING :(

as for frozen fish, i buy fresh salmon and salt cure it (cover it with salt, leave for a day in the fridge), rinse it and then cut into 100 - 150g portions. freeze. before you need them put them in the fridge (for about 8 hours) and then roast them in the oven for 10 mins with a light spray of oil. i have a turbo roaster (it's like a flavourwave) and it's awesome.

[leggz]

I have a favourite lazy dish that we whip out at least once a week. It involves preparing cous cous [this takes about 5 seconds, haha] then teaming it with strips of browned lamb, fetta, diced raw red onion, diced raw tomato and diced raw cucumber. It's delicious, healthy and takes about 10 minutes from whoah to go. :)

[spookylolly]

This is actually a really good post for this community because a lot of us would find ourselves in the same boat being too busy or tired to prepare something, but still needing to eat. :)

I am the laziest of the lazy. When I am dying of starvation and need food now, I just go for a bowl of oat bran, protein powder, yoghurt and frozen berries. Day, night, whenever. Failing that, we usually have bananas in the house. A banana will usually see me through until dinner of some sort is thrown together. Not exactly a recipe, but still helpful.

[smelsworst]

currently, im a fan of breakfast for dinner.. notably: muesli with some fresh fruit, ginger, and a handful of mixed nuts.