My go-to dinner when I'm tired and just want something fast with secret vegetables is cheesy orzo with spinach: I cook whole wheat orzo, stir in giant handfuls of baby spinach and some grated extra sharp cheddar, and top with basil and black pepper if I can muster the extra energy for toppings. One pot, quick and easy, and something everyone in my family will happily eat. But not fish+vegan (fishegan?) friendly unfortunately...although maybe it would work with pureed butternut squash and cashew instead of cheese...
This sounds really good. I will have to try it. I keep getting ready to make vegan mac and cheese with cashew cheese only to remember my blender is in storage. When I get back to normal kitchen basics I will probably get to post more recipes! Fishegan, seems really close to a last name. :)
I also don't cook - in part because I don't really enjoy it, in part because my husband is a better cook than I am, and in part because we are lucky enough to be able to order fresh, healthy meals from a local company for many of our meals. We also have a pretty picky eater who basically only likes PB&J, chicken nuggets, and mac & cheese (with some fruit and veg as well), so we try not to stress over food. This is the season of life we are in, we both work full-time and are parenting, and the world is always too much. Now for the best part - comfort food! I am definitely a pizza lover. I also love soup but I want someone else to make it - see above "I don't cook". Grilled cheese and tomato soup has always been a comfort food for me. I'm also super happy with scrambled eggs and toast (or egg and cheese burrito or croissant/bagel/other sandwich), or a baked sweet potato - I love sweet potatoes, and I will put almost anything on one (taco fixings in a baked sweet potato are AMAZE), and my favorite chili that we make at home is a ground turkey and sweet potato chili that is so dang good. I also do love pasta - gnocchi is my favorite but so hard to do well at home, and really any pasta will do :) And chocolate is absolutely my ultimate comfort food, of course!
Parenting is hard. There’s too many commitments and responsibilities. While it’s not healthy, I chose not to cook much - almost ever. It forced my husband to learn to cook and now we only eat non-processed, non-fast foods if HE makes it. My sanity needed one less thing to do or decide on and that was the easiest thing to stop at the time.
We also don’t use actual dishes or silverware. While that gave us an added expense, it alleviated another chore, mostly for me but also for my husband bc he didn’t seem ti understand that dishes are a neverending chore.
My go-to dinner when I'm tired and just want something fast with secret vegetables is cheesy orzo with spinach: I cook whole wheat orzo, stir in giant handfuls of baby spinach and some grated extra sharp cheddar, and top with basil and black pepper if I can muster the extra energy for toppings. One pot, quick and easy, and something everyone in my family will happily eat. But not fish+vegan (fishegan?) friendly unfortunately...although maybe it would work with pureed butternut squash and cashew instead of cheese...
This sounds really good. I will have to try it. I keep getting ready to make vegan mac and cheese with cashew cheese only to remember my blender is in storage. When I get back to normal kitchen basics I will probably get to post more recipes! Fishegan, seems really close to a last name. :)
I also don't cook - in part because I don't really enjoy it, in part because my husband is a better cook than I am, and in part because we are lucky enough to be able to order fresh, healthy meals from a local company for many of our meals. We also have a pretty picky eater who basically only likes PB&J, chicken nuggets, and mac & cheese (with some fruit and veg as well), so we try not to stress over food. This is the season of life we are in, we both work full-time and are parenting, and the world is always too much. Now for the best part - comfort food! I am definitely a pizza lover. I also love soup but I want someone else to make it - see above "I don't cook". Grilled cheese and tomato soup has always been a comfort food for me. I'm also super happy with scrambled eggs and toast (or egg and cheese burrito or croissant/bagel/other sandwich), or a baked sweet potato - I love sweet potatoes, and I will put almost anything on one (taco fixings in a baked sweet potato are AMAZE), and my favorite chili that we make at home is a ground turkey and sweet potato chili that is so dang good. I also do love pasta - gnocchi is my favorite but so hard to do well at home, and really any pasta will do :) And chocolate is absolutely my ultimate comfort food, of course!
Parenting is hard. There’s too many commitments and responsibilities. While it’s not healthy, I chose not to cook much - almost ever. It forced my husband to learn to cook and now we only eat non-processed, non-fast foods if HE makes it. My sanity needed one less thing to do or decide on and that was the easiest thing to stop at the time.
We also don’t use actual dishes or silverware. While that gave us an added expense, it alleviated another chore, mostly for me but also for my husband bc he didn’t seem ti understand that dishes are a neverending chore.