Tips when you're old and hungry

[Saregama]

Pinning these older threads here

Your best "stupid, easy, fast and hot" meal....

We’ve all been there, right? You didn’t shop for dinner. You didn’t take anything out of the freezer. Your brain is on strike because of all of the “stuff” that’s rattling around inside. Coming up with something cohesive just isn’t in the cards. Well, @pilgrim made one of these a few nights ago and posted on the WFD thread (packaged/frozen 4-cheese tortellini in boxed chicken bone broth. Wine. ) And we thought it deserved it’s very own thread. What are your quick and dirty but oh-so-tasty…

Your Back-Pocket Easy Meals - "Big Bang for Buck"

Do you (or did you, at a very busy point in your life) have recipes you return to when you’re short on time but want something homecooked? Not talking haute cuisine, but rather how you really eat when you don’t have a lot of time for food prep but want to avoid takeout. Are there “shortcut” ingredients or techniques you turn to to shorten cook time or streamline ingredient lists? Old favorites that everyone loves that give you a lot of proverbial “bang” (deliciousness) for your “buck” (whether …