I dont have time to prepare anything as of late and I’ve just been surviving of curry and pasta from the local supermarket and I’m not eating enough either

What are some good recipes that are easy to prepare when not having time? I dont mind them being repetitive or whatever, lots in quantity would help so its for multiple days. Vegan is fine, I want to become Vegan long term, maybe Vegetarian at first, but I must begin eating enough atm

I’m a beginner at cooking FYI so I can’t do anything complex. It can be a “college meal”, I just dont want to go hungry anymore cause I’m too tired to do anything lol and I dont want supermarket frozen bs

  • worlds_okayest_mech_pilot [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    3 days ago

    I could make Japanese curry every day honestly. You can get the curry blocks at a lot of grocery stores’ Asian aisles (if you’re in the US) or order on Amazon. They look like this:

    The recipe is dead simple. The instructions on the box are 99% of the following, so just use that. Half a box makes about a 2-3 full servings and a full box makes 4-6.

    1. Make rice or noodles (I put white rice in a rice cooker). Do the rest while it cooks.
    2. Chop about 3-4 potatoes into 1-inch cubes.
    3. Add whatever vegetables you want. (My version: Chop onion into 1-inch slices, chop carrots into tiny rounds, and optionally dice a little bit of red apple)
    4. If you eat meat: brown meat in pot with a bit of oil (I like pork the best but use anything). Then toss in veg and fruit to cook a minute or two.
    5. Toss in your potatoes and cover with water (2.5 cups if half a box and 5 if full box).
    6. Bring to a boil and then reduce to simmer. Simmer until potatoes are done (10-ish minutes depending on potato size)
    7. Toss in curry blocks and stir until all dissolved and thickened. I also throw in a tiny splash of soy sauce here sometimes.
    8. Eat with rice or noodles.

    You can improvise or change literally everything here if you want, too. I can probably make this in my sleep at this point lol

    A quick Google search says that the curry blocks are vegan, so it’s easy to adapt. Found this recipe for it (pretty much the same as mine): https://sarahsvegankitchen.com/recipes/vegan-japanese-curry/