The Lazy Dinners Our Editors Turn to When Recipes Feel Like Too Much Work

Grilled cheese? √
Sardines & toast @LulusMom1 :wink:

And any quick pasta (jarred marinara) that’s less “involved” than those mentioned.

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Grilled cheese is the only one on their list I’ve made.

But a lazy(a.k.a. EASY) dinner for me is cream cheese scrambled eggs and toast (or a toasted English muffin), a bowl of cereal, a burger, Gorton’s fish sticks and a quick remoulade, a loaded baked potato (or even a non-loaded baked potato - just TPSTOBS&P).

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There’s lazy and then there’s lazy. If I’m feeling proper lazy it’s going to be a bowl of cereal or, if I have some premade rice, that rice with a tin of fish and hopefully some kimchi.

One step above that, a mix of whatever frozen things I have from Trader Joe’s, which I’ll ignore the cooking instructions for and throw all together on a sheet pan in a 400F oven until everything seems cooked enough to douse in either TJ’s “Thick & Chunky Salsa” or “Sweet Chili Sauce” – both of which are usually in the fridge – and consume, ideally with a beer. (Many frozen appetizer and/or pseudo-Asian things from Trader Joe’s work in this mixed grill format, including bean and cheese burritos, mini tacos, flautas, pao de queijo, any of the dumplings, mandarin orange chicken, beef with broccoli, and others. Levels of success vary, but tend to be somewhere between “it doesn’t totally suck” and “that’s pretty good.”)

A burger?? That, to me, represents actual commitment. Only happening in lazy mode if it means that Uber Eats is delivering it to my front door.

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Love this. Is there a sash that comes with being Miss Sardine Toast?

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Raw tomato sauce is pretty darned easy. Cook your pasta and stir it into a bowl of cut up tomatoes, capers, olives, garlic. Toss with vinegar (sherry is my favorite here) and olive oil.

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Lazy = a bowl of cereal or yogurt, eggs and toasted bread, really lazy = takeaway whatever.

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