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whentherewerebicycles · 2 months

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hello dear Jes, I am all out of good meal ideas!! I’m always in awe of your drive to cook and the great-looking meals you create. Any good recs for yummy and relatively easy / quick recipes? thank u 🙏

hello!! yes here are some very easy, low effort low prep recipes i love. the bolded ones are the ones i find myself making most often when i am like wow i do NOT want to cook but if i must do so, i wish to make the easiest thing ever.

shakshuka (all recipes are basically the same! i make it with canned tomatoes to cut down on prep, add a sliced jalapeno to make it spicier, and top it with feta and cilantro. if you are not crazy about eggs my sister often makes it with chickpeas and no eggs!)

thai peanut noodles (you can make as-is but i often add roasted broccoli and air fryer tofu if i have time!)

ricotta pasta with roasted broccoli and chickpeas (i roast the broccoli rather than broiling it as i am afraid of broiling lol but it's very easy and delish)

creamy corn pasta (my beloved)

spaghetti with onion-"bacon", corn, and basil

roasted sweet potato tacos (roast sweet potatoes, warm black beans on the stove with spices, and make easy quick-pickled onions if i have time - then you can add avocado, sour cream, cilantro, and any other toppings you like!)

potato egg and cheese breakfast tacos (i roast or air-fry small-cubed potatoes, scramble eggs, melt cheese into the eggs, and top with the salsa of your choice!)

migas breakfast tacos

tortellini with pesto and roasted veggies

caprese toasts (toast bread of your choice, then add pesto, sliced mozzarella, sliced cherry tomatoes, basil if you have it, and balsamic glaze... my all-time fave easy/no-cook meal)

pesto pasta with frozen peas (another super easy one i make when i want to barely cook at all - you boil the frozen peas in the pasta pot for the last three minutes of the pasta's cook time. then add pesto, grated parmesan, a squeeze of lemon, and halved cherry tomatoes if you have them)

easy asparagus soup (thinly slice a leek and cut 1-2 bunches of asparagus into half inch pieces. melt 3 TBS of butter in your pot, then saute the leek plus 5-6 cloves of garlic for 8 min. add asparagus pieces and 4-6 cups of veggie stock, bring to a boil, salt and pepper, and simmer for 30 min. transfer it all to a blender and blend, then add 1/4th cup grated parmesan and the juice of half a lemon. serve with crusty croutons and sliced chives)

roasted sweet potato & figs dish (you can also make with dried dates if you can't find figs!)

easy chana masala

nectarine, arugula, and feta salad (best in the summer when it's nectarine season but delish all year round... you can also use peaches. i usually serve it on a bed of quinoa so it's more filling/more of a main dish. the basil dressing is to die for i could eat it with a spoon)

avocado & egg sandwich (you can make this on a bagel, english muffin, or bread... just toast your bread, mash avocado onto the bread & sprinkle with red pepper flakes, and then scramble or fry eggs to your liking and put on top)

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hauntedpearl · 2 years

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! coffee with hot chocolate mix my beloved it soothes my soul <3

I'm not a huge beverage drinker either, so I totally feel you. When it's hot out though, I make coffee ice cubes and chill coffee so that I can make iced coffee. Did you drink your giant cup of coffee? Did you just add hot chocolate or did you add other things too?

My favorite food is pasta. Specifically rotini with homemade marinara. I also love carrots. Not really a story to go with it I just really love pasta and grew up eating it a lot. I also like to make egg noddles for chicken and noodles. What about you?

idk I might send it to you but it *does* already exist on this site bc i have posted it before. I sketch and paint!

wow do I feel you today. I just got home from work and I'm literally just laying on my bed exhausted. Super busy day- felt like an entire week. I hope your phone calls go well!

<3 gold(ish)

it was just some hot chocolate mix and ice cubes! i did drink the whole thing!! i tried to bribe my mom into drinking some for me but she would not do it! she was like this is your problem. you deal with it agfshskdms which. okay fair. but YOU are the coffee drinker so help a sister out, you know? but she only ever drinks her hot filter coffee and was not interested in my strange concoction 🤭🤭

i think it might be the paneer butter masala if we're thinking of what's a little bit of a comfort food and also something that we would think of as fancy. we didn't really make it at home growing up, but whenever we went out to eat, I'd get it. and it tastes so good when made right, but not all restaurants do! (i live in South India, and the dish is from the North. so chefs down here don't always get the proportions right) i have all these memories of my parents and i eating out together whenever i think of that dish. so yeah. as for what we make at home, i honestly CANNOT choose. i love everything my mom makes! there's this one dish tho— it's rice and boiled lentils with a chili oil kind of thing where we pickle raw mangoes in brine and a bunch of spices. and it's SO GOOD like. it's been a staple for me since i was a kid and i love eating it even now!

omg get some rest!! i hope you had a good day, tho!! and thank youu!! my calls went well but now i have things to Think About and Decisions To Make and Fics To Write and it's all a little scary and overwhelming but i want to believe that I'll sort it all out. i don't know. being all grown up is just so. ughhhhh. sometimes i still feel like I'm not really grown-up, like adolescence extends into your mid-twenties or whatever. i know I'm not alone in feeling so clueless, so atleast there's that i guess 🫠💜

and ooooh 👀 that's so cool, tho!! that you paint!! do you have a favourite medium you like working with? and what kind of art do you usually lean towards??

anyway. hope you get some nice rest tonight!! It's super late but i was up talking to a friend, so i caught you in time haha! I'm going to turn in now! good night! <333

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