Very fastest/easiest meal you don't feel guilty about

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What is it? What can you serve your family when you have zero energy but still need to pull it together? That doesn't leave you feeling a little guilty?

(Please spare me the "I never feel guilty" or similarly unhelpful responses)

[Anonymous]

rotisserie chicken, a couple of veggies, sometimes a noodle or bread

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Cheese quesadillas (on soft corn tortillas) with a veggie in it. Microwaved. The preparation is 2 minutes. The microwave is one. Kids like it, and it has a few food groups and is filling .

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Siberian dumplings in a bag (from the store) and heated frozen peas. Its got a carb, protein, fat, green veg and i serve a fruit as well. Kids eat it all up.
We also do canned black refried beans and cheese and guac tacos with fruit on the side.

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Salmon filets from the freezer with lemon butter or soy/mustard, served with freezer sweet potato tots and freezer peas.

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Instant pot spaghetti (it’s really good!) and frozen peas.
https://www.thekitchn.com/instant-pot-spaghetti-264230

[Anonymous]

Very fastest? Probably cereal.

Actual meal - salmon filets in oven (cook from frozen if forget to thaw, but they thaw pretty quick in water), microwave Trader Joe’s rice (brown rice for even less guilt I guess, but we like jasmine), veggies in a microwave steam pack

[Anonymous]

Spaghetti and meatballs - frozen Italian meatballs from TJ and Victoria sauce, and some kind of vegetable - steamed broccoli, green beans, maybe salad.

Black beans (from a can) and rice with some kind of vegetable

Make your own burritos - canned black beans, lettuce, tomato, guac if we have it, shredded cheese, etc. etc.

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If you have time and a pack of boneless skinless chicken thighs, you can make what I call “420” chicken thighs. Cover them with soy sauce and roast at 420 degrees “for 20” minutes, approximately (I use a thermometer to check them).

Serve with a box of seasoned cous cous from the box-y rice aisle (takes 10 minutes) and at the end stir in a bunch of frozen peas. Voila!

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Chicken nuggets / tenders and bagged Caesar salad

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High protein pasta along with sauce made with impossible burger ground “beef” and rao’s marinara. I either roast broccoli while that’s cooking or skip veggies and have berries on the side if I’m living dangerously.

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Frozen ravioli and carrot sticks.

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Angus beef balls from Whole Foods, heated in microwave in 1.5 minutes, 3 minute frozen microwaved brown rice from Trader Joe’s or frozen tortellini that cooks in minutes, wild field greens and dressing and or fresh broccoli cut into pieces drizzled w olive oil, garlic powder and sea salt microwaved with a plate over it for 5 mins. Delish. (I don’t eat the beef Balls. My son does).

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Salmon (frozen filets from Costco—thaw quickly in water), roasted broccoli, cauliflower, and carrots from frozen bag, and roasted sweet potatoes. I drizzle with whatever I have on hand—tahini, pesto, teriyaki, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:Angus beef balls from Whole Foods, heated in microwave in 1.5 minutes, 3 minute frozen microwaved brown rice from Trader Joe’s or frozen tortellini that cooks in minutes, wild field greens and dressing and or fresh broccoli cut into pieces drizzled w olive oil, garlic powder and sea salt microwaved with a plate over it for 5 mins. Delish. (I don’t eat the beef Balls. My son does).

Tortellini cooks in 4 minutes. Drain it and put some pesto sauce, or tomato sauce and very often just plain.