Fastest Food Challenge

jazzyjustlaw

Sometimes I get home and I don't have the energy to spend a while cooking. This week for example, I cannot seem to get motivated. I therefore think I need some assistance. For example, tonight I cooked pizza and chips in 15 minutes.

Anyone got any healthy foods they can whip up in less than 30 minutes? I need something to stop me from just serving pizza and chips. At least
its slighly better than eating out in terms of money. The pizzas were three for 94p in Lidl!!

So in your responses try to keep it cheap - oh and I m a veggie lol:eek:

Come on keep me on the straight and narrow.

Paulie'sGirl

I'll plump for the easy one - stirfy. Take any and all veg in the fridge, chop an appropriate quantity into similar sized bits and fry in a hot wok with a tiny amount of oil, add soy sauce and any other flavouring you like. Add hardest stuff first and soft stuff last. Mean while boil some noodles. At the last second hoy the drained noodles in with the veg. Toss together and serve. Yum

0 to table in, oh, 10 max?

Paulie'sGirl

(just a question on the rules - does it mean under 30 minutes fresh on the night?)

cos cooking stuff in advance drastically reduced cooking time on a night. mass cooking of a weekend when you have time saves it in the midweek when you don't

also making stuff like pizza bases on a saturday when you just wanna punch some dough means you can roll them out and freeze them on greaseproof paper for another time. PM me for the recipe, or check the magnificent index...

JillD_2

scrambled egg on toast. with baked beans if you are really hungry. This takes under 10 minutes and is yummee

angchris

when i was working i found it alot easier to get organised the night before, know what you are having the next day and get it prepared as much as poss beforehand, get all your veggies etc chopped and in the fridge waiting for you to get home and cook. a slow cooker would be good for you as well as you can just bung it all in and turn on in the morning and come home to a lovely warm homecooked meal. why not try bulk cooking and do yourself a dozen or so homemade micro meals that you can freeze.. maybe a veggie lasagna or bean casserole and portion them up into small containers and nuke in micro when you really cant be bothered

reehsetin

jacket potato in micro takes 10mins ish
pitta bread - bit of frozen tomato sauce on top, chop up 1 or two veg and stick on top, pitta bread pizza may fave 5min meal

JillD_2

I am a veggie too :j
Jacket potatoes (zap in mcrowave for 5 minutes then whack in oven for rest of time)
Pasta with tomato and veggie sauce
Turn leftovers into pasta bake by toppong with cheese and breadcrumbs the next night
Quorn fillets with tomato and veggie sauce and rice
Tortilla wraps with veggie fajita mix (like stir fries)
Sausage (veggie) beans and mash
Fried egg (use frylight to make it healthy) and potato wedges with veg

All should be doable in half an hour.
Have fun!
Jill

ps am feeling hungry now!

emg

Some of my favourite 'quickies' are...

Pasta with feta cheese and peas
Omelette
Jacket potato (microwaved) with beans and cheese
toasted sandwiches with tomato soup
salad with avocado, hardboiled eggs and tomato

There is a very good Nigel Slater book (is it called 'real fast food' or something like that?) It's full of recipes that take less than 30 mins.

Queenie

OK, what are your cooking instruments?

Obviously a microwave makes things easier ... but by the same token, if you have a slow cooker, the prep time is similar even though the cooking time can be considerably longer; likewise with a pressure cooker!

It's horse for course in some respects What cooking facilities are available?

sarahlouise210

My quickest meal for after work cant be bothered moments was:
Pasta, tin of chick peas, tin of kidney beans..stir in a spicy pasta sauce..hey presto - yum on a plate in 10 minutes!

lambanana

my super quick meal is always pasta and sauce, I do it every Monday because that's food shop day and I'm too tired to mess around when I get home from work followed by food shopping