Colombia - Arepa with beef tips on top

You can find arepas at Costco or some mainstream grocery stores. Then just sauté some beef in a little butter to add on top. Or you could top with sauté chicken or any other protein.

Gluten free, fast, simple and delicious!

OP's question wasn't about complete, nutritious meals from around the world. The question was about lazy dinners. The type you might make when you are exhausted, have no time, or are so hungry that you do not have the patience to prepare a full meal. This type of meal doesn't have to be "complete". It is usually something quick and filling.
In Greece during the summers, we would often make a village salad (tomatoes, cucumbers, green peppers, feta) with bread and olives. Add a can of tuna if you have it. A Greek version of shakshuka is pretty common, too (a little onion, tomato, olive oil in a sauce pan - crack a few eggs into it) and eat with feta and bread. Bread and cheese with a few olives is also considered a very basic meal.

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Anonymous wrote:Yogurt-rice with an assortment of pickles.
https://www.padmalakshmi.com/yogurt-rice-recipe

That is no dish, salad, intro, or side dish.

That’s what we often eat in India as an entire meal with condiments. Not everyone needs to follow your rules.

I would respectfully say that I have never seen just yogurt rice, even the fancy one in your recipe, served as a full meal unless people are doing the equivalent of a lazy dinner. It is preceded by a vegetable/rice dish, at least, for a full meal. Doesn’t mean it’s not awesome!

Just because you haven’t seen it served as a stand-alone meal doesn’t mean it can’t be one. That’s what many of us grew up eating for either lunch or dinner on hot summer days in India.

Yikes no. In my (also hot) part of India, it is firmly a lazy meal, like late at night after travel. Yogurt rice is not nutritious enough to be a regular meal especially for children, and there are other hot-weather meals that are actually nutritious.

Keema with peas. Very quick Indian dish, I use ground turkey and serve with basmati rice. Madhur Jaffrey has a good recipe for it.

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Anonymous wrote:In france, eat a can of couscous. It is their ramen.

Also, tuna salad sandwich, but instead of mayo, use pureed tomato. This is how the ffench stay so thin.

a "can" of couscous? Does it come already cooked in a can? It's pasta, so it's like Chef BoyardCousCous?

Yes. It is exactly like spaghettios. Nobody thinks it is healthful choice. But much like kraft easy mac bowls (🤢), couscous dinner in a can has a loyal customer base. https://my-french-grocery.com/product/royal-couscous-chicken-meat-balls-merguez/

Thanks for this and the link! Cous cous in a can with chicken meatballs! ❤️. I would actually love that despite the assuredly insane sodium!

Any meat that is thinly sliced, grilled or fried with a bit of butter; Boston lettuce with lemon garlic olive oil dressing, with some good bread and favorite spread.

Pasta and finely chopped cabbage, sautéed with garlic.

Roasted vegetables (choose any), with bursts or ricotta and bread

Fruit or veggies with nut butters

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Anonymous wrote:Not a traditional meal, but I had this growing up in the Middle East as a fast supper (lunch at 2-3 pm used to be the main meal of the day): open a can of tuna, add lemon and olive oil, sometimes a bit of crushed garlic, and eat with hot pita bread just dipping the bread into tuna. I still do this, and still love it. It’s my secret pleasure fast food.

Yum!

I eat this all the time. It is delicious .

Reheated rice, kimchi and a couple of over easy fried eggs

Ramen (like a packet, but an actual Asian one,
Not maruchan) and add tofu, fish balls or crab stick

Rice with a packet of something microwaveable like dal or curry veggies

Rice, crab stick or shrimp, avocado and seaweed pack - diy fake California rolls

Fresh roll salad - iceberg, slivered carrots, green onion, cilantro and shrimp with a hoisin dressing (hoisin+oil+rice vinegar)

Anonymous wrote:Not a traditional meal, but I had this growing up in the Middle East as a fast supper (lunch at 2-3 pm used to be the main meal of the day): open a can of tuna, add lemon and olive oil, sometimes a bit of crushed garlic, and eat with hot pita bread just dipping the bread into tuna. I still do this, and still love it. It’s my secret pleasure fast food.

Yum!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yogurt-rice with an assortment of pickles.
https://www.padmalakshmi.com/yogurt-rice-recipe

That is no dish, salad, intro, or side dish.

That’s what we often eat in India as an entire meal with condiments. Not everyone needs to follow your rules.

I would respectfully say that I have never seen just yogurt rice, even the fancy one in your recipe, served as a full meal unless people are doing the equivalent of a lazy dinner. It is preceded by a vegetable/rice dish, at least, for a full meal. Doesn’t mean it’s not awesome!

Did you miss the thread title?

I was just responding to the immediate PP. I don’t want people thinking that yogurt rice is what regular people eat as a full meal in India. It’s a perfect lazy dinner, though!

I am that immediate PP and thank you for explaining this to a person born and raised in Chennai. People in my very large community and all over the state do eat it occasionally as a meal accompanied by pickles, papads, assorted vathals, vadams, chips, etc.

My family is from 2 southern states and my husband’s are from one as well. I was also born and spent much of my childhood in India. In my experience, it’s the perfect lazy dinner. If things got hectic or we were coming back from a trip, curd rice was the meal, but people wouldn’t call that a full meal. For a non-lazy dinner, there was always some vegetable or a curry with rice, but curd rice was always how we ended a meal. It’s not too nutritious on its own. I learned something new today, and sorry for generalizing. You’re right that I don’t know Chennai.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yogurt-rice with an assortment of pickles.
https://www.padmalakshmi.com/yogurt-rice-recipe

That is no dish, salad, intro, or side dish.

That’s what we often eat in India as an entire meal with condiments. Not everyone needs to follow your rules.

I would respectfully say that I have never seen just yogurt rice, even the fancy one in your recipe, served as a full meal unless people are doing the equivalent of a lazy dinner. It is preceded by a vegetable/rice dish, at least, for a full meal. Doesn’t mean it’s not awesome!

Did you miss the thread title?

I was just responding to the immediate PP. I don’t want people thinking that yogurt rice is what regular people eat as a full meal in India. It’s a perfect lazy dinner, though!

I am that immediate PP and thank you for explaining this to a person born and raised in Chennai. People in my very large community and all over the state do eat it occasionally as a meal accompanied by pickles, papads, assorted vathals, vadams, chips, etc.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yogurt-rice with an assortment of pickles.
https://www.padmalakshmi.com/yogurt-rice-recipe

That is no dish, salad, intro, or side dish.

That’s what we often eat in India as an entire meal with condiments. Not everyone needs to follow your rules.

I would respectfully say that I have never seen just yogurt rice, even the fancy one in your recipe, served as a full meal unless people are doing the equivalent of a lazy dinner. It is preceded by a vegetable/rice dish, at least, for a full meal. Doesn’t mean it’s not awesome!

Just because you haven’t seen it served as a stand-alone meal doesn’t mean it can’t be one. That’s what many of us grew up eating for either lunch or dinner on hot summer days in India.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yogurt-rice with an assortment of pickles.
https://www.padmalakshmi.com/yogurt-rice-recipe

That is no dish, salad, intro, or side dish.

That’s what we often eat in India as an entire meal with condiments. Not everyone needs to follow your rules.

I would respectfully say that I have never seen just yogurt rice, even the fancy one in your recipe, served as a full meal unless people are doing the equivalent of a lazy dinner. It is preceded by a vegetable/rice dish, at least, for a full meal. Doesn’t mean it’s not awesome!

Did you miss the thread title?

I was just responding to the immediate PP. I don’t want people thinking that yogurt rice is what regular people eat as a full meal in India. It’s a perfect lazy dinner, though!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In france, eat a can of couscous. It is their ramen.

Also, tuna salad sandwich, but instead of mayo, use pureed tomato. This is how the ffench stay so thin.

a "can" of couscous? Does it come already cooked in a can? It's pasta, so it's like Chef BoyardCousCous?

Yes. It is exactly like spaghettios. Nobody thinks it is healthful choice. But much like kraft easy mac bowls (🤢), couscous dinner in a can has a loyal customer base. https://my-french-grocery.com/product/royal-couscous-chicken-meat-balls-merguez/

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yogurt-rice with an assortment of pickles.
https://www.padmalakshmi.com/yogurt-rice-recipe

That is no dish, salad, intro, or side dish.

That’s what we often eat in India as an entire meal with condiments. Not everyone needs to follow your rules.

I would respectfully say that I have never seen just yogurt rice, even the fancy one in your recipe, served as a full meal unless people are doing the equivalent of a lazy dinner. It is preceded by a vegetable/rice dish, at least, for a full meal. Doesn’t mean it’s not awesome!

Did you miss the thread title?