Great idea, I'm in! I've seen this topic come up a few times and always thought it'd make a really helpful resource. I guess it's also a balance between nutrition and convenience, to some degree.
i would contribute to this and also am always looking for new, better ideas since i hate thinking about and dealing with food, and have a hard time finding options that are vegan, easy, and work with my allergies and dynamic sensitivities (thanks mast cells!)
Hallo here are several ideas from my list. I focus on grabbables, nukeables, toastables, & minimum preppables, along with things that are few enough in ingredient that I can put them in a reuseable grocery bag, take them back to my nest, make what I want, and then return them (sometimes I just stick the bag back in the fridge):
I have a love/hate relationship with protein shakes. So far I can't find any protein powder that doesn't make me queasy (several types I haven't tried yet because also they taste bad & I'm not enthusiastic), but the middle ground I've landed on is chocolate fairlife milk blended with fruit smoothies in the Ninja bullet blender. Dump acceptable fruit blend into cup, dump fluid into cup, attach blade, wait 45 seconds, rinse blades throughly & hang upsidedown, go sit. (Also could this guide perhaps discuss how much clean up is left after something, because that's definitely part of what I get hung up on, even if I can feed myself)
Fish sticks & sweet potato fries
Prepped salads (not the larger sized bags, individual portion ones)
Prepped cheese & fruit containers (which are kept near the salads at my store, but only the cheez-it & apple kind, the ones with cheese & cartoon characters have had some very weird tasting cheese, and I love cheese & I didn't like it)
The little Balanced Breaks from Sargento (in the cheese aisle, there are ones with chocolate teddy grahams!)
Hard boiled eggs (partner makes them in the instant pot)
Uncrustables (they're overly sweet compared to a regular PBJ but it'll do if I can't manage that, either)
Carrots or broccoli and ranch or hummus
When I can find them, Pilgrim's Pride boneless hot wings are like one of my favorite things
Chicken patty sandwiches (preferably on onion rolls, patties can be toaster ovened instead of ovened)
Baked egg cup ramekin (put in veg, put in cheese, put in meat, put egg on top either scrambled or not, stick in toaster oven, hope it doesn't overbake, am still working this one out to meet my texture requirements)
Needless to say, I am pretty sure this is a serious need, meal prep is so hard - I would buy that book in a heartbeat.
Great idea, I'm in! I've seen this topic come up a few times and always thought it'd make a really helpful resource. I guess it's also a balance between nutrition and convenience, to some degree.
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i would contribute to this and also am always looking for new, better ideas since i hate thinking about and dealing with food, and have a hard time finding options that are vegan, easy, and work with my allergies and dynamic sensitivities (thanks mast cells!)
I would DEFINITELY contribute to this.
Hallo here are several ideas from my list. I focus on grabbables, nukeables, toastables, & minimum preppables, along with things that are few enough in ingredient that I can put them in a reuseable grocery bag, take them back to my nest, make what I want, and then return them (sometimes I just stick the bag back in the fridge):
I have a love/hate relationship with protein shakes. So far I can't find any protein powder that doesn't make me queasy (several types I haven't tried yet because also they taste bad & I'm not enthusiastic), but the middle ground I've landed on is chocolate fairlife milk blended with fruit smoothies in the Ninja bullet blender. Dump acceptable fruit blend into cup, dump fluid into cup, attach blade, wait 45 seconds, rinse blades throughly & hang upsidedown, go sit. (Also could this guide perhaps discuss how much clean up is left after something, because that's definitely part of what I get hung up on, even if I can feed myself)
Fish sticks & sweet potato fries
Prepped salads (not the larger sized bags, individual portion ones)
Prepped cheese & fruit containers (which are kept near the salads at my store, but only the cheez-it & apple kind, the ones with cheese & cartoon characters have had some very weird tasting cheese, and I love cheese & I didn't like it)
The little Balanced Breaks from Sargento (in the cheese aisle, there are ones with chocolate teddy grahams!)
Hard boiled eggs (partner makes them in the instant pot)
Microwaveable butter chicken, microwave peas, microwave lentil & bean blend, naan
Uncrustables (they're overly sweet compared to a regular PBJ but it'll do if I can't manage that, either)
Carrots or broccoli and ranch or hummus
When I can find them, Pilgrim's Pride boneless hot wings are like one of my favorite things
Chicken patty sandwiches (preferably on onion rolls, patties can be toaster ovened instead of ovened)
Baked egg cup ramekin (put in veg, put in cheese, put in meat, put egg on top either scrambled or not, stick in toaster oven, hope it doesn't overbake, am still working this one out to meet my texture requirements)
Needless to say, I am pretty sure this is a serious need, meal prep is so hard - I would buy that book in a heartbeat.