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When you don't feel like cooking

Mayflowers — Sat, 15 Aug 2020 00:21:05 GMT

When you don't feel like cooking, what do you eat? I am so tired of cooking, especially in this heat. Any suggestions?

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KKJ — Sat, 15 Aug 2020 00:26:22 GMT

I can totally relate as I get SO tired of cooking as well. A quick and easy lunch or dinner we like are BLT's, especially now with nice garden tomatoes.

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SandySparkles — Sat, 15 Aug 2020 00:52:26 GMT

I eat a lot of soups and salads when I don't want to cook, but I also order salmon fried rice from my favorite Thai restaurant.😊

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deepwaterdotter — Sat, 15 Aug 2020 00:41:50 GMT

I hate to admit it, but I've eaten a big bowl of Cheerios and milk with buttered toast a couple of times when its been just me for a meal.

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Leggett28 — Sat, 15 Aug 2020 00:41:54 GMT

I’m sick of cooking. We have a lot of tomatoes from our garden. I make a no cook pasta sauce. The tomatoes are par boiled and cut up. Olive oil, lots of fresh garlic lots of fresh basil and parsley and salt. Mix in a non metal bowl. Cover and let set for two to four hours. The only thing to cook is the pasta. We love this.

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Mayflowers — Sat, 15 Aug 2020 00:45:11 GMT

That sound incredible!

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Skyegirl21 — Sat, 15 Aug 2020 00:49:01 GMT

I always keep ripe avocados and bread wraps in the fridge so I can take any small amount leftover meat, ground beef, chicken, pork, and make a Mexican meal out of it for me and hubby, with guacamole, and some cheese.

If it was just me alone ( almost never) I would make a big salad with egg, avocado, cheese and any leftovers.

Also, I always have 1 or 2 entrees in the freezer from my local catering place, if I really don't wanna do anything!

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nana59 — Sat, 15 Aug 2020 00:59:53 GMT

cereal...i could live on nothing but cereal......with blueberries or a banana....

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Leggett28 — Sat, 15 Aug 2020 01:07:42 GMT

@Mayflowers It’s good. But I forgot to add parmigiana reggiano. I get this at Costco.

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jeanlake — Sat, 15 Aug 2020 01:07:52 GMT

I could eat cheaply if it was just me. Cottage cheese with pepper / love steamed vegetable packs in the freezer section / grilled cheese and pickle sandwich / baked potato / soup / leftover pizza / oatmeal

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Mellyg — Sat, 15 Aug 2020 01:13:37 GMT

@Leggett28 wrote:
I’m sick of cooking. We have a lot of tomatoes from our garden. I make a no cook pasta sauce. The tomatoes are par boiled and cut up. Olive oil, lots of fresh garlic lots of fresh basil and parsley and salt. Mix in a non metal bowl. Cover and let set for two to four hours. The only thing to cook is the pasta. We love this.

That sounds heavenly. And your tomatoes are beautiful!

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RedTop — Sat, 15 Aug 2020 01:14:23 GMT

When my husband and I are home alone, we look for simple fix meals. Our go-to favorites are; BLT's, chicken, ham, or tuna salad sandwiches, quesadillas, burritos, fajitas, country ham biscuits, or chef salads.

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Leggett28 — Sat, 15 Aug 2020 01:18:15 GMT

@jeanlake I’m lucky my husband is so easy when it comes to food. He likes everything. Whatever I fix is okay with him. We love turkey, cheese and rye bread grilled. Love left over pizza.

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Free2be — Sat, 15 Aug 2020 01:30:22 GMT

Green salads are my go-to fill in, usually the chef's style or if there's no meat to add (and I'm off red meat now) I add canned tuna.

Tonight we went to McDonalds. Not a favorite but one of the few here with a drive up window. I had a double fish filet which made it more substantial. Their fish is pretty good.

I'm very tired of my own cooking, too. Those fresh home grown tomatoes look sooo good!!! A plate of sliced 'maters with a little mayo would make a good dinner for me.

A smoothie of favorite ingredients with something like avocado on toast would be a good meal, too.

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SXMGirl — Sat, 15 Aug 2020 01:35:34 GMT

I am home by myself most week nights, so I don't always feel like cooking. My go-to dinners are pasta with sauteed spinach, garlic, olive oil, and locatelli; spinach omelet; salad with homemade dressing, or a scrambled or poached egg with spinach on an English muffin.

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Leggett28 — Sat, 15 Aug 2020 01:38:11 GMT

@Free2be I totally get it. Sometimes I don’t care who cooks what. I just want something to eat.

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Twins Mom — Sat, 15 Aug 2020 01:42:16 GMT

@Leggett28

What beautiful tomatoes!! May I ask what variety they are?

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NicksmomESQ — Sat, 15 Aug 2020 01:43:19 GMT

When I don't feel like cooking I either order in or go out to outside dining.

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Wiscfan3 — Sat, 15 Aug 2020 01:50:57 GMT

Sandwiches--turkey, chicken, ham, tuna, egg salad, etc. for easy/ cold meals or baked potatoes in the microwave are easy if you want something hot. We also have cereal and toast for dinner once in a while. Or just microwave some popcorn, have some fruit with it and call it dinner!!

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Twins Mom — Sat, 15 Aug 2020 01:57:45 GMT

Frozen pizza. Before Covid we might do take out pizza hut now I try to have a couple on hand.