The Official Professional Bachelor Food Suggestion Thread

[samjjones]

Grilled pork roll and cheese on a hard roll, frozen fries with beef gravy.

[samjjones]

Omelettes are also super easy/quick to make.

[limon]

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I am a working professional who lives alone and works 60-70 hours per week. Needless to say, I don't really have a lot of time to cook, but at the same time, if I eat out/ bring in food all the time I will go broke and get fat. I have thus assembled a small list of foodstuffs that are: 1. Not that unhealthy, 2. Taste Decent, and most importantly: are quick and easy to make. I'd love to discuss with other people who are in a similar situation what they "cook," as I am always looking for new ideas.

Here is my list:

Simple Foods:

1. Cream of Wheat.
2. Oatmeal
3. Macaroni and Cheese, with Cut up Hot Dogs
4. Lipton Pasta Sides (these cost $1, you just need milk to make them, and taste pretty good, my favorite flavor is tomato parmesan).
5. Roast Beef + Swiss Cheese + Bread, heat up roast beef first in micrwave, then throw whole sandwhich in toaster (ZOMG French Dip!) Boars Head Londonport Roast Beef is Best.
6. Same as Above, except w/ turkey breast
7. Flavored Tofu cut into squares(can be gotten in the healthfood section of most grocery stores), then wrapped in wonton wrappers (also can be gotten usually near the tofu), toasted until golden brown in toaster oven, and dipped in Duck Sauze (It sounds funky, but its delicious, trust me).
8. Scrambled Eggs with Bacos imitation bacon bits put in the eggs while they are being cooked, and toast + jelly

When I want to make a nice meal for more than myself:

1. Shake and Bake (This is awesome for chicken cutlets, I recommend Italian style shake and bake bread crumbs, throw some sauce on the chicken with a little melted parmigiana cheese, and some pasta, its a meal that will impress your friends).

As you can see, my list is not very extensive, as I am a recovering "prepared-food"aholic, and would love sugestions from other people who are in similar culinary straits.

I picture Mr. Diablo as being well versed in the culinary arts, would would appreciate his input as well.

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if i ate any of that i would projectile vomit (sorry dude). even when i was broke i ate well. in los angeles, if i was broke, id spend alot of time at phillipes, zankou, el tepeyac, papa cristos, pie n burger, and pinks...wait, im flush w/ cash and i do that anyway..lol

when i cook at home i like to get some tony maroni sausages cut them thin and throw them in the pan w/ some olive oil. get a lil black on em and then crush some garlic in there for just a second. then throw some barilla marinara over that, now add about a 1/2 cup of a solid trader joes red to the mix and let simmer. boil up some pasta put the sausage marinara over it and you wont know your not in a fine italian dining establishment

[nyc999]

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nyc,

That is weird. Great minds is the only logical explanation. Well, that or you're a really fast copier.

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So fast that in that minute I actually found a Kraft box to copy the recipe.

[kurosh]

I have spent the past few months trying to find healthy and easy to make foods.

My local supermarket has premarinated chicken breasts. I cook them in a closed pot with olive oil on medium heat for about 10min/side. They are super juicy and delicious. I like them with sliced tomatoes.

Premixed salads are great.

Fruit platters.

Get lots of nuts... walnuts, pecans, cashews, peanuts, sunflower seeds, etc.

Amy's soups are good. I like the chunky vegetable and other vegetable based ones.

For veggies, get the frozen ones you microwave in the bag.

Frozen stirfry is good, depending on the brand.

I like to have a random slab of cheese or two.

If you get oatmeal, make sure it's not instant oatmeal.

[jman220]

All,
This is great, I'm going to go food shopping tommorrow night and try some out.

[gumpzilla]

If you're doing things like macaroni and cheese, it really wouldn't take too much longer to do a pasta with some simple sauteed vegetables. While the water's heating up, you chop the vegetables - zucchini, summer squash, broccoli, onions, spinach, mushrooms, bell peppers, eggplant are all pretty good here - and cook them in a little bit of olive oil until it softens up a bit. You can then use a store-bought tomato sauce, or do what I usually do, which is just to add a small amount more olive oil to the drained pasta, some crushed garlic, and some salt and pepper. Stir that all up, throw in the vegetables, delicious. It's also worth splurging on real Parmesan that you grate, in my opinion. Tastes great, and completely different from the pre-grated Kraft powder stuff.

Baked potatoes can be done pretty quickly in the microwave, as El D mentioned, and take about zero effort. You might also consider investing in a slow-cooker, which would allow you to cook a bunch of things where you throw stuff in and walk away, basically. Soups and stews are the most natural, but you can do some other things as well.

[traz]

Campbell's soup-meals...some of them are friggin awesome

[lippy]

Jman,

Trader Joe's has completely altered my eating habits. It's easier to make stuff from TJ's than it is to make hot dogs + mac/cheese.

Start with;

- Pizza that entices you, it's all good
- Burritos, many many burritos
- Bags of chicken + veggies + sauce (they have stir fry, oriental and other varieties)

This should get you well on your way.

[jaydub]

Jman,

Presuming you have a real kitchen and do not wish to eat like a college student; buy How to Cook Everything or for that matter one of the other dozen good cookbooks. Most have indexes for sub 30 minute meals. Then you can eat meals like Sauteed Cod with Spicy Garlic Sauce instead of dried pasta in a bag.

J