Best Zero Effort Food?

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Akashic Retard said:
Yeah the difference is my oven would take 20 minutes to do this while the air fryer can do it in less than 10.
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Air fryers also use less energy than a convection oven if you're cooking or heating a small amount, as they consume less power and they don't take anywhere nearly as long to preheat.

Someone mentioned baked potatoes ITT. A baked potato for one is an ideal use case for an air fryer instead of a full-sized convection oven.
 
"Skyline" is zero effort and good.

Skyline is a chain restaurant in the Cincinnati area, but my mother would make it at home. It's spaghetti, Skyline brand chili sauce (cincinnati-style chili. which is like a spicy meat sauce), cut up hot dogs, red kidney beans, diced onions, string cheddar cheese, and oyster shell crackers. Kind of like spaghetti and meatballs mixed with a chili dog. I don't even eat spaghetti and meatballs, when I make a spaghetti dish it's always Skyline.
 
A-Stump said:
The curry that comes in a retort pouch. S&B is the gold standard but there's some good lentils curry you can get for like $2 a pouch. Just put some rice on and you've got a good meal.
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Hachi and House Foods are my go-tos for this.
 
Neigh said:
Americans, don't buy the cheap Chicken of the Sea or Beachcliff brand. Spend a little more and get Brunswick or King Oscar.
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I've only had bottom shelf and 5 dollar per can bougie ones. The difference is real. I'll have to try King Oscar but sometimes I like being to buy something below 1 dollar and having a full meal.
 
Refrigerated leftovers from something you cooked yesterday. Pasta dishes, rice dishes, whatever, just make a bunch of it and you've got dinner prepped for the next few days. 5mins in microwave and it tastes fine.
 
hhaergenreyt said:
Pasta dishes
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Not the right thread, but wanted to vent: my mom makes BITCHING chicken pasta, like, the kind where you make strong broth and boil semi-done pasta in it for flavor. The macaroni themselves end so delicious, you can easily eat entire pot.
And. She. Does. Not. Know her own recipee. It could be she is being a cheeky shit and claiming "intuition" to fuck with me, but no matter what, I can not pin the exact proportion of salt, pepper, garlic powder and nutmeg she is using, nor if there is anything else there at all (we constantly have weird shit in spices shelf, hard to pinpoint).
 
Had said:
My fav is doing meal prep then freezing or putting it in the fridge. It's not zero effort because you do have to make a lot of one meal and package it up, but I much prefer it to basic microwave meals and it's also a lot cheaper, tastier and healthier.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=JO6XGR0RDmo
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holy crap the guy in this video is an annoying blowhard. shame because the recipe looks really nice. you just have to wade through 20 minutes of twattery to get it.
 
I cook pork loin in a crock pot with teriyaki sauce, serve it over rice with either the sauce it cooked in or a bottle of some other sauce. Super easy but I've eaten it so much I kind of burned out on it.

Lately it's just frozen pizza, pizza rolls if I'm feeling REALLY lazy.
 
Been having those oatso simple sachets you microwave with a coffee for the last few weeks, forgot how nice they were, breakfast in 2 minutes.
 
My pick would be scrambled eggs on toast with garlic & herbs cream cheese. I eat it for breakfast regularly, barely takes 5 minutes to make and involves absolutely zero skill in making it.
 
Done in 5 minutes and a complete meal packing a good balance of carbs, protein and fat while not breaking the bank:

1 part oats (I blend mine fine) 5 parts liquid - I usually do 50/250 grams. Bring to a boil on high (induction makes this a matter of 45 seconds), stirring constantly, reduce to low or turn off entirely, go away for 4 minutes, stir. You now have oatmeal.

Little sugar, pinch of salt, half cup (125g) of yoghurt, big scoop of protein powder, huge spoon of peanut butter - add cinnamon or cocoa powder if you are so inclined. You now have a a well balanced, easily digestible meal that makes you feel like the world might be okay after all.
 
Jimmy Dean breakfast bowls look like barf but for some shitty easy protein that isn't in drink form it's pretty good, you don't even need a plate. Best frozen bacon I can recall, pair it with some veggies and there you go.
 
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