Ideas for fast food?

[WillTravelForFood]

Super fast: packaged smoked salmon (usually hot-smoked instead of the traditional cold-smoked lox), served over rice or salad.

If served over rice, put it in a bowl and pour some green tea as a broth. Season with furikake, seaweed, sesame seeds, wasabi.

[Mosca]

Pretty straightforward: a sandwich and a can of soup. Or a salad. Or, pasta with jarred sauce.

Either that, or we raid the freezer. We have a lot of stuff that I made in big batches, like meatballs, chili, etc.

[Texas Larry]

Maybe not extremely fast, unless nuked, but we like loaded baked potatoes for very easy meals.

[Sweaty Paul]

We do “Make your own pizzas”. Open a can of Roma Tomatoes blend/smash and make a quick sauce then use large flour tortillas for the crust. I usually do a quick bake in the oven to crisp them up a bit and then apply the sauce and toppings and bake.

Tonight because Kansas decided to get cold again I made this recipe https://youtu.be/z9WUEVnG0CA
I found on “Food Wishes” by Chef John. Quick and tasty.

Also like grilling some chicken thighs and making some quick grilled chicken tacos or chicken quesadillas.

[texastweeter]

Whole wheat bread, Peter pan crunchy, and homemade jam or preserves.

[texastweeter]

Or batter and fry it. Attjack

[Starsky]

Or, add ham, batter it, then deep fry, sprinkle powdered sugar on it for sort of a Monte Cristo

[randy.56]

Smooth not crunchy

[barelfly]

Gonna throw one more idea for you - I grill a few packs of chicken on Sunday’s that we use for the rest of the week. Chopped chicken for salads, or to reheat and throw into the Costco Pho bowls. As well as some rice or noodles of some sort. With spring upon us and light later in the evenings, I’m usually on my bike up to about 6pm or later. So these cooks on Sunday’s help out.

there’s also the Sous Vide that saves me quite a bit during the week - whether I’m in the office working or out on the bike. It’s not fast, but if you plan, it’s perfect for a quick finished meal if you are able to start it up a few hours ahead of course.

[snowswamp]

Gyros. A local butcher has frozen precooked meat sliced thin so it fries up fast. The toppings are easy and the tzatziki sauce is simple. I think larger naan from the grocery is better than most pita I’ve found.

Breakfast burritos. You take breakfast and wrap it in a tortilla. Pretty simple and fulfilling.

[Old Glory]

For quick frozen spinach raviolis with a good jarred sauce. Side salad if we have stuff to make one.

Sheet pan meal like Pan Head John Suggested.

Sous Vide makes things super simple but not quick.

Sausage Cacciatore in an instant pot over pasta

[Bkhuna]

Sous Vide is the ultimate in reheating left-overs. Especially nice because it won't over cook whatever is being reheated. The ones with wi-fi can be turned on remotely and be at temp when you walk in the door.

[TheCountofQ]

One of my favorites is Spinach ravioli with cream of mushroom. Insane good!!

[Bkhuna]

Fried rice is always an option. We always make extra rice (benefits of having a rice cooker) and put some in the fridge where is awaits the call to duty.

The options with fried rice are pretty numerous.

Leftover rice can also be used at breakfast time to make Loco Moco or Japanese rice wrapped omelet. https://www.justonecookbook.com/omurice/

[WillTravelForFood]

*brisket* fried rice for the win.

[Spinaker]

Eggs and Bacon. Fry the eggs in the bacon grease and you have a meal.

[Reds Fan 5]

Fried rice, tacos, pasta, sautéed chops or chicken breasts with a pan sauce. Quick sides are steam in the bag vegetable, microwave baked potato, or frozen potatoes.

[Jim White]

Tonight I made a version of one of our go-to simple cooks. Works for chicken or pork, tonight it was boneless skinless breasts. I marinated a few minutes in Bachan's hot and spicy while the oven preheated to 325. Then I took a small casserole dish, added one cup of rice (we use basmati) and two cups of chicken broth. Then I put the chicken on top,



After 20 minutes or so, I added a bit more Bachan's on top. Total cook time was sometime between 30 and 40 minutes, just waiting for the liquid all to absorb into the rice.



Paired with a chopped salad from a bag, it's a very good meal in a short time with minimal effort.

[smokenoob]

I buy Royal Red Shrimp at Joe Patti’s that is flash frozen on the boat. Usually buy 3-4 pounds at a time. Quick dinner is put a dozen in salt water to thaw 30 minutes, season, grill and toss on spinach salad.

The flash frozen shrimp is thickly coated with ice and protected from freezer burn.

[gboss]

Kenji's Beef With Broccoli from The Wok comes together pretty quickly. I've taken to slicing, marinating, and freezing portions of the beef. The sauce can be made ahead of time. Day of, it's just cut some broccoli, garlic and ginger, and a few minutes with the stir fry. Rice cooker can be programmed.

[Alan Brice]

Any protein, as a side or main. Large volume of elbow macaroni. Cooks in 7-11 min. Add melty cheese and sweet peas, done! (Hot sauce to your liking). In a hurry? Hot dogs or sausage by themselves or chunked into your Mac n chee. Asparagus or broccoli steamed in your already hot pasta water, as a side. Dare I say it, canned chicken into your Mac n chee, cracked fresh pepper. Yummm. Left over Mac n chee add crab, lobster and or shrimp. Deep fry cubed mix n pick your fav vino. No time at all. 10-20 min.