{"id":319,"date":"2023-01-26T10:24:02","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T10:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milkyeggs.com\/?p=319"},"modified":"2023-10-30T22:53:58","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T22:53:58","slug":"meals-that-are-healthy-quick-inexpensive-simple-and-tasty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milkyeggs.com\/cooking\/meals-that-are-healthy-quick-inexpensive-simple-and-tasty\/","title":{"rendered":"Meals that are healthy, quick, inexpensive, simple, and tasty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Although I enjoy cooking for its own sake, I am often too occupied by other things in my life to spend time planning and preparing elaborate meals. I am therefore constantly on the lookout for meals that satisfy the following criteria:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Reasonably healthy, with a good balance of macros and not too much sugar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Quick to prepare, so I don&#8217;t have to spend more than a couple minutes &#8220;cooking&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Somewhat inexpensive, so I can buy the requisite ingredients often without breaking the bank<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Simple, namely in terms of cleanup, so I don&#8217;t have to spend too long doing the dishes afterward, as well as in ingredient composition, so it&#8217;s easy to keep the components stocked<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fairly tasty, because I still need to actually enjoy my meal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It is surprisingly hard to find compilations of such meals! This may be because the type of meal I am thinking of is so simple that it usually doesn&#8217;t seem worth including in lists of weeknight recipes and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is my list of such meals, which I will update as time goes on. I strongly recommend trying these! They are all very tasty and convenient, much moreso than most recipe compilations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beverages (not many calories but will help fill you up):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Miso soup<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Instant coffee + unsweetened cocoa powder<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Instant meals:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>MealSquares (a bit expensive but very healthy)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CLIF Builders Protein Bars (a bit sweet but good to have on hand)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Minimal assembly required:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Fresh fruit<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Naan + hummus<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Roasted Japanese sweet potatoes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Roasted Brussels sprouts + onions + balsamic vinegar (use very high temp)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Roasted cabbage + olive oil (use very high temp)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bread + olive oil + balsamic vinegar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bread + scrambled eggs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Toasted bread + mashed avocado + chili flakes + lemon juice (avocado toast)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rice + water porridge<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rice + red beans<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rice + dried anchovies + spicy peanuts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rice + preserved fish<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rice + spicy Chinese pickles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rice + raw egg yolk + soy sauce + mirin + sesame oil + sesame seeds<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rice + stir fried bok choy + garlic<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rice + sauteed mushrooms + soy sauce + mirin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rice + canned sardines + soy sauce (optional: chili crisp)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rice + fried egg + soy sauce (optional: chili crisp)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(in rice cooker) Rice + diced mushrooms + soy sauce + sesame oil + mirin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(in rice cooker) Rice + Chinese sausage<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(in rice cooker) Rice + shelled chestnuts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dashi + Napa cabbage + leftover meat (soup)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Microwaved frozen corn + butter + olive oil + salt + MSG + pepper<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Homemade popcorn + salt + MSG + ground Sichuan peppercorn<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Steamed frozen pork buns<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pan-fried frozen potstickers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Soft tofu + bonito flakes + soy sauce + sesame oil + sesame seeds<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Canned tomatoes + onion + garlic + olive oil (microwave then blend into soup)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Some cooking required:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>French toast<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bread + shakshuka<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Split peas + chicken stock + Sichuan peppercorns + ginger<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Steak (somewhat expensive)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Easy meals that can be scaled up and eaten throughout the week:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Roasted tomato sauce for pasta<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Saag paneer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chana masala<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Japanese curry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Japanese potato salad<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mapo tofu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although I enjoy cooking for its own sake, I am often too occupied by other things in my life to spend time planning and preparing elaborate meals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milkyeggs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milkyeggs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milkyeggs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milkyeggs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milkyeggs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/milkyeggs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":351,"href":"https:\/\/milkyeggs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319\/revisions\/351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milkyeggs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milkyeggs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milkyeggs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}