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"Cheat" recipes for those of us who can't cook / won't cook

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If you struggle with cooking, this thread may help you, and if you are a good cook perhaps you would be kind enough to contribute.

I find as I'm getting older I don't have the energy or inclination for cooking and I also don't like some foods I used to cook such as fresh meat and veg, due mainly to texture. So to avoid living on ready meals and pizzas, I've been trying to sort out recipes that are really easy using tinned, frozen and pre prepared ingredients.

Please add your own cheat recipes to this thread. I will start - mine are the what I would cook for 2 people.

My first one is a "Roast dinner"

Ingredients: Two roasted chicken breasts, frozen stuffing balls, frozen honey roast parsnips, frozen mini roast potatoes, Chicken Gravy granules.

Method: Heat oven to 200C. Fill one oven tray with half roast parsnips and half roast potatoes, and put the chicken breasts and stuffing balls in another oven tray.

Cook the parsnips and potatoes for 30 minutes, and the chicken and stuffing balls for 25 minutes (so put the chicken tray in 5 minutes after the veg one)

A few minutes before the cooking time ends, make gravy with chicken gravy granules as per instructions (I make up about half a pint for two of us)

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  • Have you considered Gousto? I find it very useful as you pick some meals, the ingredients just turn up, and you follow the recipe. No coming up with meal ideas, compiling a shopping list, going round the supermarket trying to find things, having to deal with if you forgot something, spices are just in small pots you throw into the pan so no measuring things out, ...

    I tend to pick the "quick and easy" meals but sometimes get longer ones, or they also have "no-cook" ones which usually just need a microwave. I adjust some things a bit. I can't stand the texture of onions so I just leave those out. 

    Invite link below if anyone fancies trying it out. That will also give you 65% off your first box, and 25% off your first 2 months. Full disclosure that it also gives me £20 off.

    https://gousto.co.uk/raf?promo_code=ENJOY45246251

    I used to use Hello Fresh but I think Gousto is better with ensuring all of the ingredients are in, and the recipes don't seem to have as many errors as hello fresh. The minimum number of meals is also more flexible, and they are less intrusive. Hello Fresh would badger you if you skipped a week, asking if you want to unskip, even when you've told them you're away on holiday. Gousto don't auto-select meals, so if you don't pick anything, none show up. Much more pleasant to deal with.

  • in reply to D

    Do these companies operate outside of big towns and cities?

    How are they for people who are veggie, vegan, wheat and/or dairy intolerant or have any other allergies?

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    There is a section for vegetarian and vegan meals I believe. I've had a few vegetarian options and they were nice. Not sure about allergies and such.

    I believe they are still fine outside of big towns. The parcels are shipped with ice packs in for the items which should be stored in the fridge. I've had them delivered late in the day before and the ice is still solid keeping things chilled.

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  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    There is a section for vegetarian and vegan meals I believe. I've had a few vegetarian options and they were nice. Not sure about allergies and such.

    I believe they are still fine outside of big towns. The parcels are shipped with ice packs in for the items which should be stored in the fridge. I've had them delivered late in the day before and the ice is still solid keeping things chilled.

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