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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