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A slice of sharp cheddar on wasa crackers

Macaroni and cheese with ground turkey. Brown the turkey while you boil pasta, make a quick bechamel, add cheese.

Tacos. Brown some ground beef, add some taco seasoning (Pensey's Bold Taco Seasoning is my go-to, do a quick corn starch slurry to make a sauce. Serve on soft corn tortillas with cheese, salsa, sour cream (or whatever).

A burrito with some sort of meat and beans. Really depends what I have on hand, but fish chicken or beef all work. Canned black beans or refried beans are easy to use as filler.

I buy some frozen fish patties from Costco and just make sandwiches. Not really much to it than baking it and defrosting a bun.

Fettuccini Alfredo. Butter, cream, and cheese. Throw it over pasta. A tiny pinch of sodium citrate will keep it from separating too. Don't use too much, it makes the texture weird.

I keep ingredients for these things on hand most of the time. I keep a lot of things in my freezer for that purpose. Meat, cheese, homemade burger buns.

Just a note that these are all things that can be made with 15 minutes or less. I don't really keep fully prepared food around.

Hubby, but I wouldn't call him lazy

leftovers

Can of soup.

Whenever I get lazy I just throw some seasoned chicken drumsticks in my airfryer and then add some Uncle Ben's rice. Almost 0 effort.

Tacos! Quick to throw something together from scratch and easy to make ingredients ahead.

Chicken nuggets.

As much ice water as it takes to feel full

Roasted almonds. Tons of protein, lots of fiber, often keeps me sated for longer than a "balanced" meal.

I buy them raw and roast them myself, it takes 15 minutes in the oven on a pan, that's it. I have a giant tub that I go to when I need them.

Yes, they are calorie dense due to the oil but this is a replacement meal, not a daily thing.

It's actually amazing how far 100 g of almonds will take you in a day. I managed to lose 130 lb of fat by incorporating various high protein nuts into my diet.

Edit: Unsalted only. Salted nuts just provoke greater sensations of hunger.

just frozen meat, heat it up, spice it up and cook it with olive oil.

I make spaghetti pasta, put a ready-made sauce from the store (one from a jar), put a grated cheese on top and cook in microwave for 2 minutes.

I still need to do some work here, but I have done it so many many times for my brain it's like putting on shoes or brushing mt teeth, do not think about it. And it's still relatively nice meal for me, I just like it so much I can eat it very often without having enough. This might be the key, find what you like that takes less than 30 minuts and require no attention (like constant checking or mixing) and just get used to it.

Instant rice. Sugar. Cinnamon. Milk.

I take some cooked rice out of the freezer, and put it in the air fryer with a few pieces of pork shoulder season it, and boom I have a nice meal in 15 minutes