toby and i are the masters of quick cooking.
we always keep frozen both white castles and plain cheap arby's. one must have vlasic hamburger dills to kick some flavor. less then 2 minutes from "i think
i am hungry." to "boy, that smells good." of course we use the throw away plastic plates from smart and final, at our age washing dishes is a waste of time.
if money is a consideration, they cost about 8 cents and they can always be rinsed and reused, but then you might as well use dishes.
for a quick meal that takes longer, bags of frozen vegetables with cheese sauce. about half a bag takes 5 minues to micro. of course you are stuck washing the pirex bowl, but if you leave it in the sink with water for a few days, it washes easily.
trader joe's has corn soup in a box with about 12% salt, very low sodium for a manufactured soup. throw in 2 cans of their corn, micro it in a very big tupper that will hold it all,. eat it out of the tupper, cover the rest with saran wrap and all you have to do is wash a spoon. smart and final sells commercial box of saran wrap for about $15.00 to $20.00 and it will last a few years. same with foil. the little boxes from the grocery store cost to much for what you get.
if you've got about 20 minutes to waste cooking, boneless chicken thighs in a pyrex, covered with canned onion soup, will micro in about 15 minutes. make believe potatoes that come in a box, and made thick should then be put in the pirex when the chicken is cooked. of course a toasted onion bagel for dipping is excellent.
frozen orange roughy and bass, also smart and final, will thaw out on one of those black metal plates is half an hour or less. micro with a slab of butter, covering the plate and the fish, for about 3 minutes for the orange roughy, and about 5 or 6 minutes for the bass. serve with a bottle of lemon juice so you can add a little if you want when it's cooked and eady to be eaten.
these are what i have been eating since my surgery. i have lost 40 pounds and i have never been hungry.
if it takes more then 5 minutes in a micro, it's called cooking, but i like to think of myself as rickamicro.
