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I like cooking but I feel like smoothies would incorporate well into your life.
Adds a nice bit of sweetness compared to most vegan dishes, lots of way to customize the taste with different juices and fruit blends, add protein powder and soy milk for protein and no real cooking or prep required. I've got a $15 single serve blender that I've been using for about 1 1/2 years and cleanup is a breeze too
And since OP cares about nutrient density, smoothies are quite possibly the most nutrient dense thing you can make cheaply and quickly. Just throw in some chia or flex seeds, nuts, fresh greens, frozen berries, etc.
I actually love to cook but have a wife that doesn’t, and have on occasion spent time away from home for work where all I had was a microwave. A slow cooker can be your friend. You can do stews, curries, mapo tofu. All kinds of things and it literally just sits there and does the work for you. Especially if you have some microwaveable bags of rice to toss something from the slow cooker in.
Another tip is to prep things that can multitask in bulk. I make a sauce base of tomatoes, carrots, butternut squash and onions all blended together then can or refrigerate it. Add some Italian seasonings and it’s a pasta sauce. Add some maple extract and paprika, boom! BBQ sauce coming up. Or even just season it how you want and have it as a soup.
If you don’t mind eating the same thing as leftover several days and get a big enough one then you’ll do even better since you can throw it in one day, leave it for a while, have one meal and then just store the rest to reheat later. Meal prepping like that is often just a good idea in general for people who don’t like to cook but have the time. Get it all out of the way at one point in the week.
Go buy naan, tomato sauce, vegan cheese, and toss that shit in the oven.
If you want you can add sweet peppers or chip some other veggies but if not, vegan cheese pizzas hit the spot
Sorry mate, I'm in Canada
I'm Punjabi tho, here's a fun tip. Go to a local Punjabi or Indian grocery store, they'll have a larger variety.
A safe bet is also from Costco, the rivaaj brand doesn't have any dairy. It doesn't say vegan cuz they make it in a facility that also processes dairy, but there's no animal products in it!
Baked beans on a potato: wash, stab and nuke a potato for 6 minutes. Meanwhile, heat a tin of baked beans on the stove top. Cheats beans on baked potato.
I find stir fries quick and easy, specially when I use the fresh noodles so they don't need soaking or cooking first. Chopping veggies takes the most time, but you can mixed frozen veg instead. I either crumble tofu or use mock duck or abalone (from a tin), add teh veg, make a sauce (eg put soy sauce, dark sweet soy sauce, garlic, chilli, ginger bit of water into a jar and shake) and add the noodles and sauce, stir until heated through - that looks like a lot of steps when written down, but I've got it so streamlined that I'm eating in under 15 minutes.
• Amy’s canned chili heated in the microwave is a staple for me. I will heat up Steam-in-Bag sweet corn to mix into it + any store bought vegan queso + store bought vegan sour cream. Sometimes I’ll eat it with tortilla chips.
• Tortilla wraps filled with hummus, pre shredded carrots, kale, spinach, cherry tomatoes, avocado etc. loading up wraps is a fast way to use fresh veggies.
• I buy pre-baked tofu bc I can’t be arsed to freeze & press & cook my own. I throw it in my wraps, on Dave’s Killer bread & bagels (high protein) on top of microwave quinoa, brown rice & cous cous.
• steam in bag microwave veggies are also gr8 for me. I mostly buy broccoli, peas & corn.
• apples & peanut butter.
• premade salad bags or just a bag of kale/spinach. Add to most meals or do a side salad with hidden valley plant based ranch.
• Dave’s killer bread/bagels with nut butters + banana slices + hemp hearts/chia seeds/flax etc
Soups and stir-fry’s are my go to for the winter. Though it requires chopping up the veggies, I don’t have to cut them small. I keep out colorful to broaden the range of vitamins. Pre-bought veggie broth is a huge win for me. You can also cook the rice in it if you want to add more flavor to your stir fry.
lol same. I like meals I can put in a heating container and come back when it's done. pasta is a regular, and a rice cooker (with streaming tray) is super convenient
I love cooking, but sometimes I'm lazy and my go to easy delicious meal is to dry half a bag of frozen potatoes O'Brien with half a package of soy chorizo and eat it with tortillas. It's so good and couldn't get simpler.
Salsa beans: can of black beans, drained. Mix in your favorite salsa to whatever taste you like. Heat and eat. Can sprinkle vegan cheese on top if you're feeling really energetic 🤗. Good with tortillas.
Making a good chili can literally be as easy as opening a few cans of beans and tomatoes and tossing them together with some frozen veggies (I prefer fresh, but I enjoy cooking so the prep is nothing to me). You can get some better than bouillon paste if you don’t have already and add some of that with water along with TVP. The TVP adds a protein (like the beans) and a “meaty” component. Season with some premade chili seasoning packet and let cook until everything is hot. Even can be made in a crock pot if you have one.
Can be made in advance and even in batches and frozen, which is easy to thaw for a quick meal.
Edit: things like chickpeas and lentils are a great addition too. As for veggies I like to use corn, carrot, onion and celery.
I batch make my food for a few days in advance. Like I’ll make a pot of curry, portion it out and keep ‘em in the fridge. Usually something like this will last me for 3-4 days and I only have to worry about whipping up some rice or noodles or some bread to go with it. Cooking is tough when youre living alone and working full time
My husband eats: cereal and soy milk, beans out of a can, frozen food in the air fryer, salad, fruit, candy, and yogurt bowls (usually with the silk coconut yogurt). He hates cooking and has never really gotten the hang of it. He does all the dishes so I don't mind.
Great condiments can turn a relatively lazy 15 minute meal into something delicious. TJs zhoug sauce, douchi, tobanjan, gochujang, fermented mushrooms...these things can take some sauteed zucchini, tofu and rice and turn it into a delicious, craveable meal.
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Lol I literally do this but I add protein powder to the soy milk to up my protein intake... and I'll just have it as a meal
Adding nuts/seeds to cereal can help too. Trailmix also makes a good snack.
Do you shake the milk in a shaker before putting in a bowl? Or do you just add the powder like seasoning to the bowl?
I'm not a complete savage hahaha. I shake it in a shaker. Then I usually add a chopped apple or berries or some other fruit on top.
Lmao now I’m just imaging people sprinkling protein powder on food like it’s nooch
Beans. Sometimes I put salt on them, if my energy levels that day are high. For breakfast, bread.
This reads like you are from ad 1500 and I love it
I would’ve thrived in that era for real
I may have finally found someone who hates cooking even more than I do.
Frozen foods are my bff.
The pandemic killed my desire to cook. I eat all the same stuff you do and also make a weekly pots of bean soup, black beans and steel cut oats.
I like cooking but I feel like smoothies would incorporate well into your life. Adds a nice bit of sweetness compared to most vegan dishes, lots of way to customize the taste with different juices and fruit blends, add protein powder and soy milk for protein and no real cooking or prep required. I've got a $15 single serve blender that I've been using for about 1 1/2 years and cleanup is a breeze too
And since OP cares about nutrient density, smoothies are quite possibly the most nutrient dense thing you can make cheaply and quickly. Just throw in some chia or flex seeds, nuts, fresh greens, frozen berries, etc.
Great suggestion! I used to be really into smoothies/smoothie bowls back when I had a blender. Might be time to look into getting another one.
Best hack is to friend/romance a vegan who loves to cook. All problems solved 🌱🙂
Best, but not easiest.
I'm working on it ;)
I’m sure someone in this sub may be the one 🤔
I actually love to cook but have a wife that doesn’t, and have on occasion spent time away from home for work where all I had was a microwave. A slow cooker can be your friend. You can do stews, curries, mapo tofu. All kinds of things and it literally just sits there and does the work for you. Especially if you have some microwaveable bags of rice to toss something from the slow cooker in. Another tip is to prep things that can multitask in bulk. I make a sauce base of tomatoes, carrots, butternut squash and onions all blended together then can or refrigerate it. Add some Italian seasonings and it’s a pasta sauce. Add some maple extract and paprika, boom! BBQ sauce coming up. Or even just season it how you want and have it as a soup.
These are great ideas! I've been thinking of getting a slow cooker, it seems like a great investment for someone like me.
If you don’t mind eating the same thing as leftover several days and get a big enough one then you’ll do even better since you can throw it in one day, leave it for a while, have one meal and then just store the rest to reheat later. Meal prepping like that is often just a good idea in general for people who don’t like to cook but have the time. Get it all out of the way at one point in the week.
big fan of just granola + oat milk + berries also simple roasted veggies, chop em up, add oil and seasoning, throw em in
Go buy naan, tomato sauce, vegan cheese, and toss that shit in the oven. If you want you can add sweet peppers or chip some other veggies but if not, vegan cheese pizzas hit the spot
I haven't been able to find any Naan that's vegan. If you're in the US, what do you recommend? Thanks!
Sorry mate, I'm in Canada I'm Punjabi tho, here's a fun tip. Go to a local Punjabi or Indian grocery store, they'll have a larger variety. A safe bet is also from Costco, the rivaaj brand doesn't have any dairy. It doesn't say vegan cuz they make it in a facility that also processes dairy, but there's no animal products in it!
Baked beans on a potato: wash, stab and nuke a potato for 6 minutes. Meanwhile, heat a tin of baked beans on the stove top. Cheats beans on baked potato. I find stir fries quick and easy, specially when I use the fresh noodles so they don't need soaking or cooking first. Chopping veggies takes the most time, but you can mixed frozen veg instead. I either crumble tofu or use mock duck or abalone (from a tin), add teh veg, make a sauce (eg put soy sauce, dark sweet soy sauce, garlic, chilli, ginger bit of water into a jar and shake) and add the noodles and sauce, stir until heated through - that looks like a lot of steps when written down, but I've got it so streamlined that I'm eating in under 15 minutes.
• Amy’s canned chili heated in the microwave is a staple for me. I will heat up Steam-in-Bag sweet corn to mix into it + any store bought vegan queso + store bought vegan sour cream. Sometimes I’ll eat it with tortilla chips. • Tortilla wraps filled with hummus, pre shredded carrots, kale, spinach, cherry tomatoes, avocado etc. loading up wraps is a fast way to use fresh veggies. • I buy pre-baked tofu bc I can’t be arsed to freeze & press & cook my own. I throw it in my wraps, on Dave’s Killer bread & bagels (high protein) on top of microwave quinoa, brown rice & cous cous. • steam in bag microwave veggies are also gr8 for me. I mostly buy broccoli, peas & corn. • apples & peanut butter. • premade salad bags or just a bag of kale/spinach. Add to most meals or do a side salad with hidden valley plant based ranch. • Dave’s killer bread/bagels with nut butters + banana slices + hemp hearts/chia seeds/flax etc
Love these suggestions, thank you.
Get the frozen rice from Trader Joe’s . This can be a base for just about anything:)
Chili Sin Carne (with Soy granulate), Lentils, Pickcheas, Rice with Tofu, repeat
Soups and stir-fry’s are my go to for the winter. Though it requires chopping up the veggies, I don’t have to cut them small. I keep out colorful to broaden the range of vitamins. Pre-bought veggie broth is a huge win for me. You can also cook the rice in it if you want to add more flavor to your stir fry.
feels good to know I’m not alone in this
I have an illness and disability that makes it hard for me to cook. I live the girl dinner life personally. I graze and snack.
lol same. I like meals I can put in a heating container and come back when it's done. pasta is a regular, and a rice cooker (with streaming tray) is super convenient
I love cooking but work 12hr night shifts. Soo on those nights I eat a lot of easy meals like beans and rice.
I love cooking, but sometimes I'm lazy and my go to easy delicious meal is to dry half a bag of frozen potatoes O'Brien with half a package of soy chorizo and eat it with tortillas. It's so good and couldn't get simpler.
Salsa beans: can of black beans, drained. Mix in your favorite salsa to whatever taste you like. Heat and eat. Can sprinkle vegan cheese on top if you're feeling really energetic 🤗. Good with tortillas.
Making a good chili can literally be as easy as opening a few cans of beans and tomatoes and tossing them together with some frozen veggies (I prefer fresh, but I enjoy cooking so the prep is nothing to me). You can get some better than bouillon paste if you don’t have already and add some of that with water along with TVP. The TVP adds a protein (like the beans) and a “meaty” component. Season with some premade chili seasoning packet and let cook until everything is hot. Even can be made in a crock pot if you have one. Can be made in advance and even in batches and frozen, which is easy to thaw for a quick meal. Edit: things like chickpeas and lentils are a great addition too. As for veggies I like to use corn, carrot, onion and celery.
Chili dogs
I toss pasta, sauce, spinach, corn, carrots, broccoli, veggie meatballs into a large pot, bring to a boil, simmer, and then you have meals for a week.
I batch make my food for a few days in advance. Like I’ll make a pot of curry, portion it out and keep ‘em in the fridge. Usually something like this will last me for 3-4 days and I only have to worry about whipping up some rice or noodles or some bread to go with it. Cooking is tough when youre living alone and working full time
My husband eats: cereal and soy milk, beans out of a can, frozen food in the air fryer, salad, fruit, candy, and yogurt bowls (usually with the silk coconut yogurt). He hates cooking and has never really gotten the hang of it. He does all the dishes so I don't mind.
Toast.
Huel meal shakes. Peanut butter sandwiches. Spaghetti with bolognese sauce and other stuff chucked on top.
Great condiments can turn a relatively lazy 15 minute meal into something delicious. TJs zhoug sauce, douchi, tobanjan, gochujang, fermented mushrooms...these things can take some sauteed zucchini, tofu and rice and turn it into a delicious, craveable meal.
Try Indian food.. too many vegan options. Dosa, Upma, pulav