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[–] StarlordOfAfrica 0 points 9 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago
Cooking at home has been known to be by far the cheapest and usually healthiest of diets for eternities. Problem is fats are too lazy to cook.
Healthy food isn't "too expensive" it's just too slow and requires too much effort,
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[–] Duke_of_Dung 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Completely agree with everything you say here. Add to the fact that you control just what you put into your body and home cooking is the way to go.
[–] redditHasCooties 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I live literally on top of a pizza place (my name is Philip J. Fry, you may know my dog Seymour), and I was feeling uber lazy today, but rather than ordering a pizza from downstairs, waiting for it to be ready, and bringing it back up I grabbed a chicken breast from the fridge, sliced a tomato, grilled them both on an electric grill (which may or may not actually be a panini press...), tossed some pepper on them and called it good enough.
It was my crappiest meal of the week, not super flavorful or anything, but it took me like 7 minutes to make, I doubt it was much more than, what? 250-300 calories? and it probably cost me like $2.
Had I felt even marginally less lazy, I have brown rice, quinoa, eggs, lettuce, onions, garlic, spinach, and who knows how much more stuff... not to mention a ton of spices... I could've very easily at least made it tastier with still minimal effort and without really raising the calorie count or price by an awful lot.
What I cooked today is an awful way to eat, and I would absolutely not recommend that anyone eats like this every day, I try to treat myself better than that, but I was feeling lazy and I made myself a quick, cheap meal in less time than it would've taken me to heat up a Hungry Man frozen dinner, let alone go out and eat at a restaurant.
People talk about the price and the work involved, but the work and price are there when I make beef bourguignon, but that's a treat. That's a tasty meal that I make when I feel like it, most meals (not what I cooked today, but real meals) can be done in a reasonable time at a reasonable cost... their excuses are just excuses.
[–] Jessee ago
It's like no effort the way I do it
Oatmeal to start the day, 1 min of prep 2 mins in microwave
10 boiled eggs, fill that pot with water let it cook throw em in and 10 mins later you done Simultaneously I get some pots to cook my pasta and rice which is no effort at all
Throw some nuts in there and my bulk meals are gtg
[–] HowieCameUnglued 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Really depends what you cook/eat. My meals yesterday (on a cut right now, so trying to stay under 1700): coffee, greek yogurt w/ granola and berries, coffee, store-bought hummus, pita, cheese, apple, coffee, chicken breast, seasoning, 10-minute instant rice, soy sauce, coffee. Of these, only the chicken takes anything resembling "cooking". I probably spent a grand total of 20 minutes in either food preparation and cleanup.
Or for the really, really lazy, there's Soylent, which is cheaper and easier than pretty much any alternative.
[–] Jessee ago
How does their pricing work, on their site it says $1.5/400 kcal which is pretty expensive
It looks nice but too many fats for my liking, if they threw in some more protein and less fats it would be amazing for bulking
[–] StarlordOfAfrica ago
Wow actually had to look up what Soylent is. Has a bit too many carbs for my taste, but if you eat (or drink I guess) the right amount that's probably fine.