Do you like "Lazy Food"?

[dot matrix]

I gotta admit... I'm quite impressed with what food chemists can turn into shelf-stable/tinned/just-add-water/microwavable meals these days, and I have found some really great stuff in there as well, but the budget-y nature of these meals is lost on me due to the sheer volume of mouths to feed in my household. Still, I do love myself some cup-a-soup from time to time.

What about you? Are you still buying these kinds of foods? If so, what do you think? Are they genuinely underrated or are the vast majority just garbage? Tell us!

i eat a lot this type of meals, tbh im smashing a bowl of smiling fries that i just did with the only love of my life, my airfryer

 

[YuriSukiSan]

What about you? Are you still buying these kinds of foods? If so, what do you think? Are they genuinely underrated or are the vast majority just garbage? Tell us!

I don't think that it comes as a surprise that French people are a little stuck up when it comes to food, I have a very negative opinion. Lazy cooking is fine but lazy food can be a very bad thing. I don't think it's all bad but people need to understand is that there's a history behind this, mega corporations wanting to turn on a profit on selling you poison. Not always, not everything is like that but if you're curious I think you might want to check this documentary out. It's just a small clip but it sums it up.

 

[Stingy Perry Stingy Perry]

Instant Ramen topped with slices of hard boiled eggs and blanched cabbage.

 

[Firenoh]

Hot Pockets: microwavable, no mess pizzas in less than 3 minutes are hard to beat. Those and key lime yogurt.

 

[faceless0man]

usallly what ı make easy to cook meat and noodles is my favorite

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Today I learned that there's microwavable hot dogs... more than a few, too.

I don't know, guys. I think we are crossing some sort of line with those. Regular hot dogs are already want I make when I wanna be lazy XD

 

[Stingy Perry Stingy Perry]

Today I learned that there's microwavable hot dogs... more than a few, too.

I don't know, guys. I think we are crossing some sort of line with those. Regular hot dogs are already want I make when I wanna be lazy XD

Microwaveable hotdogs?! There’s a line between being lazy and a sloth, that hotdog crosses it.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Microwaveable hotdogs?! There’s a line between being lazy and a sloth, that hotdog crosses it.

Agreed!

Here you go: https://studentmunch.com/feasters-hot-dog/

 

[Zerpina]

Today I learned that there's microwavable hot dogs... more than a few, too.

I don't know, guys. I think we are crossing some sort of line with those. Regular hot dogs are already want I make when I wanna be lazy XD

To be fair @Waffles, Any hotdog is nuke-able

 

[PrismRed]

If it's edible I like it. Reason being? I can't cook to save my life.
Story time, my job demanded me to go outta town for 2 weeks back in 2018, reimbursement claim takes too long in my office so I need to be smart with my food budget. Fortunately, boss booked me a motel, but I have no idea how to use the microwave or stove, my only choice is either eat outside or get creative. I chose the latter.

Here is my strategy:
Go to the market, buy canned sprats (the bigger the better), canned beans, a roll of aluminumum foil, sauce of your liking, toast bread that come in packs.
Back at the motel, cover the sprinkler with plastic or a piece of the aluninumum foil.
Take the clothes iron, I'm sure you all know where I'm going with this.
Make a makeshift stove, turn it around and use whatever to hold it in place, I usually use small chairs or tables, cover the iron surface with the alimuminum foil so it's easy to clean.
Day 1, enjoy the sprats, it should last you for lunch and dinner, once done don't throw away the can, it's gonna become our pan.

Every morning we only gonna eat toast, just put it in the pan and wait until it cooks, you can add sauce or jam or whatever, if alunumunim is burned after use, toss it and make a new one.
If you like coffee in the morning, buy a cheap one and make a huge batch on day 1, use your aluninunum foil to make a pot (may need the whole roll to make it so always keep an extra) to boil the water for coffee. Next morning I usually make a cup, again from the alinumilum, and I use the laptop adapter as coffee heater.

For dinner, we only gonna eat the beans, canned beans should last for few days or probably more, for variety you can buy cheap sides to go, like processed cheese or sausage, my personal fav is instant bolognese.

And that is how I survive 2 weeks in the uhhh wilds, it only cost about $26.

 

[Don Patch]

Some of the soup and instant noodle-type dishes from Asia are pretty great.
But often times even with those I end up adding things to make them into more of a meal.

 

[IyoTheHelpfulWolf]

You can heat pre-cooked frozen chicken tenders or hash browns in a toaster. No I don't mean a toaster oven, I mean a toaster. Tastes better than out of a microwave. Just unplug it before you use tongs to retrieve your food.

 

[medisinn]

I usually eat rice or pasta with sauteed chicken and veggies. Occasionally I'll get a craving for hot dogs and ramen. It's nothing but salt and more salt with some cholesterol and carbs thrown in, so it's a rare event. Dry ramen, of course, I'm not putting hot dogs in soupy ramen.

Other times when I want shitty food, I'll get a Totino's pizza. They are...not great. Somewhat better when you add shredded cheese, pepperoni, canned mushrooms, onions or whatever else before throwing them in the oven or air fryer, which is usually what I do. My parents would do that now and then when I was growing up, so I suppose I am carrying on the tradition. Of course, a Totino's can also be heated up in the microwave, and then rolled up and eaten like the soggy, rubbery nightmare that it is.

 

[mollieifusco]

Other times when I want shitty food, I'll get a Totino's pizza. They are...not great. Somewhat better when you add shredded cheese, pepperoni, canned mushrooms, onions or whatever else before throwing them in the oven or air fryer, which is usually what I do. My parents would do that now and then when I was growing up, so I suppose I am carrying on the tradition. Of course, a Totino's can also be heated up in the microwave, and then rolled up and eaten like the soggy, rubbery nightmare that it is.

The cul-de-sac suburbanite's Quick-n-Easy. Man, the days I ate those things while watching Cartoon Network...

Nostalgic enough for me to forgive the fact that flavor only got out of those things with seasoning additives/toppings. These days I'm much the same as you: rice is too multi-faceted a recipe foundation - and easy to make atop that - that it's downright impossible not to throw a cup on when I'm feeling peckish. Rice with eggs' are my common staple, fashioned with chicken bouillon. Best part: it's perfect for sweeping the kitchen. Compliments so easily with everything that it's a good one-two punch of taking and using stock.

Aside from rice, there's some choice stuff you can still make with dirt-cheap ramen noodles as well, though it demands ingredients to pick up the slack. Mushrooms, onion and kale are my go-to for that; perfect melody for both flavor and wallet. The fact you can couple it with the rice as well helps loads. Besides that, pinto refried bean burritos and veggie meatballs fashioned from lentils are good freezer-stock for the stomach.

Prep-work goes against the fashion of "lazy food", though. If ever I'm truly - and I mean truly - lazy, then there's these three mainstays.

Peanut butter and pancake mix, rice with vinegar, or a simple peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Given that I'm not feeling like buying a microwave meal or something from Taco Bell. Even I'm not above the influence...

 

[Vetusomaru]

Depends on your definition on "lazy food". Salad is also lazy food since you can make it less than 5 minutes.

 

[ZEGA ZONIC]

I just air fry the leftovers from last night's dinner.

 

[King Koopa's iconKing Koopa]

I struggle with chronic illness so I've had a decent amount of "lazy food." I still try to meet my nutritional needs though.

 

[Nidoking's iconNidoking]

I almost exclusively fed myself off that kind of stuff for quite a many years, and I'll always have a soft spot for some of it. Instant ramen in particular, though I strive to find better ones the older I get. Canned vegetables and chili are still a pretty prominent part of my diet, too.

 

[Mr. Daddy]

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Other times when I want shitty food, I'll get a Totino's pizza. They are...not great. Somewhat better when you add shredded cheese, pepperoni, canned mushrooms, onions or whatever else before throwing them in the oven or air fryer, which is usually what I do. My parents would do that now and then when I was growing up, so I suppose I am carrying on the tradition. Of course, a Totino's can also be heated up in the microwave, and then rolled up and eaten like the soggy, rubbery nightmare that it is.

Always happy to see a fellow edible cardboard enjoyer. Pepperoni Totino's were my lifeblood for a while when I got old enough to reasonably feed myself whenever I was hungry. Using the grated parmesan that's probably about as much sawdust as it is actual cheese was always how I topped them.

 

[Deleted member 884]

Since I don't often eat, they're an alternative to pasta or risotto. Something to cook on a frying pan on in a oven.

 

[RanmyakuIchi's icon RanmyakuIchi RanmyakuIchi]

I like these Frozen Tombstone 5 cheese pizzas more than they probably deserve

Baked well done and destroyed with red pepper flakes and grated garlic parmesan cheese, it's awful and I love it.

 

[Yousef]

No, I prefer if my food goes to work and stops being lazy!

 

[Antihero]

Canned chick peas with chopped vegetables of your choice

 

[Mr. Daddy]

I like these Frozen Tombstone 5 cheese pizzas more than they probably deserve

Baked well done and destroyed with red pepper flakes and grated garlic parmesan cheese, it's awful and I love it.

It does help they put all the cheese they can while still being profitable on them, lol

 

[naizou's icon naizou naizou]

Instant ramen is my staple food. I know it's not healthy, but it's easy.