What do you eat when you don't feel like cooking?

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  • I've been feeling pretty lazy lately, and I havn't wanted to cook ANYTHING. I love cooking so this is pretty weird for me, but I've been trying to come with things that are easy to make without being pre-packaged. I thought it would be fun to share some of our "go to" ideas for when we're just drained and don't feel like cooking.

    I eat pretty much the same breakfast everyday. A piece of toast with 1 tblspoon on peanut butter and a cup of soy yogurt. Simple, easy, and fast.

    A baked sweet potato and some beans.

    I usually have some mock tuna or egg salad in the fridge, so I'll throw some of that on a piece of whole grain bread and have a piece of fruit.

    A couple of pieces of fruit and a bowl of oatmeal.
  • cereal. Its my go to no cook food. But, I always throw the bowl on the scale and make sure I'm only eating one serving, cause things can get hairy with cereal. I also like oats in yogurt.
    When I'm super lazy, I'll eat pickels straight outta the jar, wrapped with a piece of lunch meat. Ya, learned that recipe in college...
  • Yogurt and Cereal

    Or a nuke a small potato and eat it with a T of Sour Cream and salt and pepper .

    I do the pickles and lunch meat thing too!
  • cereal...usually special K...some times honey nut cherrios without milk. Sometimes apples, If I have it....if I want something hot, popcorn.
  • It's the only time I'll eat those frozen meals by Lean Cuisine or Healthy Choice.
  • yogurt + fruit
    laughing cow cheese + celery
    PB + apple
    lettuce wraps
  • Salad... like lettuce with sliced avocado, orange and other random vegetables.

    And I usually have at least one portion of previously-made curry or soup in the freezer, ready to be unfrozen and eaten.
  • Frozen vegetable meals that take 4 mins in the microwave (only have around 140 cals for whole container). Half sandwich and a piece of fruit, fat free cottage cheese, can of tuna, salmon pouch, raw veggies.......the list is endless :P
  • I had a tomato with cottage cheese, and a bowl of progesso light soup. Soup goes in the microwave, and just cut up the tomato. Tada insta dinner.
  • I love love love a good sandwich melt! Turkey and light cheese on whole wheat with honey mustard light mayo pickles and lettuce. YUMMM
  • Did you guys ever see that Ziploc bag that is suppose to cook food on steam or something like that???
    So that is my favorite thing to use when I don’t want to cook.
    For the fall I make my own diet “Apple pie, without the dough”.
    I slice the apple and put cinnamon and sweet low in a bag and heat it up...
    Smells delicious, like fall food and has so little calories.
    I also do it with pumpkin... Super fast and delicious...
    enjoy!!!
  • Not want to cook? All the time. Not an option though, with a hungry husband who'd just as soon eat a double cheeseburger and super sized order of fries than something quick, fast and in a hurry. I feel almost obligated to cook to keep him from killing himself with grease...
  • those salads in the bag, then i'll defrost the frozen shrimp in a bag.. it's great!

    lean cusine and weight watcher meals

    tunas always good

    really lazy nites.. special k bar and fruit
  • really lazy nights, can of green beans and bottle of hot sauce...lol! you don't even have to take the green beans out of the can, so it saves you doing a dish...heck, you can even eat it with your fingers if your that lazy.
  • My "no cook" option is always a local salad bar. They have lean proteins, tons of veggies, etc. I just pick it up and am good to go.