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I’ll preface this with the fact that I haaaaaate cooking. Like, a lot. Not that I can’t because I totally can, I just despise it - the planning, the shopping, the prep, the act, the clean up, etc. Plus I’m coming out of a depressive episode and just can’t wrap my brain around anything more complicated than cereal most days.
So I’m looking for SUPER SIMPLE meal suggestions that require as few ingredients and as few dirty dishes as possible. I need to feed 4 people usually and one is a teenage boy who eats as much as the three of us combined. I no longer own a crock pot nor an Instant Pot because I found them too burdensome to clean. We do have an air fryer, though.
As an example - my current new find is boxed au gratin potatoes, kielbasa, frozen broccoli, and shredded cheese. All I have to do is slice the sausage, then everything gets dumped into a casserole dish & baked. Done. I use disposable tinfoil pans so really all I get dirty is a knife.
I tried making ravioli lasagna last night and it was only meh so I wouldn’t do it again. We have loaded baked potatoes as a meal pretty often because it’s so easy and chili, too.
Ideas? Suggestions? Commiseration?
So I’m looking for SUPER SIMPLE meal suggestions that require as few ingredients and as few dirty dishes as possible. I need to feed 4 people usually and one is a teenage boy who eats as much as the three of us combined. I no longer own a crock pot nor an Instant Pot because I found them too burdensome to clean. We do have an air fryer, though.
As an example - my current new find is boxed au gratin potatoes, kielbasa, frozen broccoli, and shredded cheese. All I have to do is slice the sausage, then everything gets dumped into a casserole dish & baked. Done. I use disposable tinfoil pans so really all I get dirty is a knife.
I tried making ravioli lasagna last night and it was only meh so I wouldn’t do it again. We have loaded baked potatoes as a meal pretty often because it’s so easy and chili, too.
Ideas? Suggestions? Commiseration?