Well, then… problem solved… and I think I’ll have eggs for dinner because there are so many of them on my face. 
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Don’t give up @digga! I enjoy your posts!
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For those of you that live in the Northeast and Mid Atlantic area I highly recommend ordering from Sam’s Butcher Shop (an Artisanal smoker) in Moscow, PA. He delivers overnight via Fedex and everything is already cooked and vacuum sealed. You just have to reheat it. Some of our favorite items are the boneless melt in your mouth country ribs. Mrs. P just adds her Cajun rub to it and heats it up. It goes great with Trader Joe’s sweet potato fries and maybe some roasted mini peppers.
We also love his smoked Faroe Island salmon that Mrs. P uses for her salmon penne dish with red onions, capers, olives, fresh garlic, olive oil, and fresh parsley.
We also love his Andouille sausage which Mrs. P adds to a pizza or with sausage, peppers, and onions.
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I forgot a favorite I’ve run into the ground. 'Greasy noodles".
I keep dry rice noodles on hand as well as having a bag of fresh Shanghai noodles in the freezer.
Chop up a bunch of green onions. Look for a scrap of protein, a porkchop or bit of ham or , and sliee it thinly. Refresh rice noodles in boiling water; or boil Shanghai if necessary. Flash sear the protein, toss in noodles, douse with soy, oyster sauce if you must. Serve with Srirachi.
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@HungryAllTheTime never be shy about asking questions around here, we all were new at some point and had to learn our way around. I’m glad to be able to show you features that make HO more useful for you!
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Mine is a 7 minute or less pasta, a few frozen peas thrown in near the end. Drain that, put it in a bowl, add drained canned tuna flaked, drizzle of evoo if it wasn’t tuna in oil, a drizzle of Realemon lemon juice from a bottle, top with parm and fresh black pepper.
Or a fried egg, a slice of cheddar and heavy shake of hot sauce sandwich.
My laziest dish is leftover rice, pasta or potatoes in a small bowl, topped with cheddar, parm, manchego or any other cheese I have on hand, nuked until the cheese melts, with a shake of pepper or crushed chilies .
Today I had microwaved vermicelli topped with manchego.
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Warmed Veg wrap filled with scrambled eggs with hit Green sauce and some sort of cheese rolled into wrap.
Pickled veg over mixed greens
Hummus and Raw veg
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Spaghetti Carbonara, made with extra egg (about three eggs for two pasta servings). It takes just as much time as boiling plain spaghetti.
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You’re so sweet Gretchen, thank you. I was just lazy. It’s funny, I was on a train to NYC Friday, and I had a lot of time on my hands, so I’m looking through my phone and tell my husband, oh, look - it has this and that feature and he’s like - yeah, that feature was introduced years ago. Oh, well… as I said, eggs are wfd tonight (
I have to search later for an emoji with egg on its face).
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@HungryAllTheTime, click the bookmark on a post you want to save for later. I think those all go into your “tags” file in your profile. Might be easier to search that way. @naf, can you confirm if that’s true? (I’ve not used the bookmark feature.)
And there you go. I hadn’t read that far. LOL
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Omelet (with arugula and a sprinkle of parm) and some store bought rosemary fries. Add a nice glass of wine and that was dinner.
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@HungryAllTheTime - a couple of ideas:
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When you read a post on WFD that you want to save or reference later, hit the bookmark below the post - then you can just look through your bookmarks instead of searching the thread
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If something on WFD “qualifies” as quick & easy, you can link it here - click the link symbol below the post, copy, and come here and paste it - it will create a link to that post on this thread
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I keep a separate list of ideas for myself - I’m sure others do too. I use Evernote.
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The search feature here on HO is really good if you have something specific . For eg @ChristinaM asked me about a dish I mentioned on the weekly planning thread - I knew I had posted it at some point - it took a few seconds to filter the search by myself (as poster) and home cooking.
ETA: sorry, I hadn’t read through the responses when I replied. I’ll just leave this here anyway.
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Pasta - butter and pepper, or cacio e pepe
Eggs - scrambled eggs are not my easy eggs (stirring gently takes a while!) - but fried eggs are quick. Omelette somewhere in between. Chawanmushi was a favorite for a while, felt more special than a fried egg with not much more work.
Toast! Anything on top… cheese, ham, marmite, tinned sardines, and so on.
Anda (egg) paratha - beat an egg with salt and chilli powder, pour onto an oiled fry pan. When it’s half set, top with paratha or tortilla and press down to spread the egg. Flip to crisp a bit. Sprinkle some chaat masala or chilli powder and a squeeze of lime. Some quick-picked onions are great too. Roll up or fold (egg side in) and tuck in. Whole thing takes 5 mins. A more elaborate version of this is to roll up some leftover kababs or vegetables or paneer in the egg paratha - called a kathi roll or frankie.
Salmon is remarkably quick - my meal yesterday took maybe 15 mins - the salmon only needed 5, the sweet potato took 5-7 mins in the PC, and the sauce came together in the meantime (and could have been skipped and replaced by ready zhoug or hot sauce or salsa).
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Stirfry of sorts…always thin sliced beef or chicken in the freezer, along with frozen peas, corn, spinach, mixed vegetables. whether it is an Asian inspired or just some canned chopped tomatoes and touch of some red or green pepper, garlic and oil… it is never quite the same but always works.
On a different note, “in with the new out with the old”…jettisoned the house in south Florida and purchased a new one about 6 miles away coupled with both Mrs. PH and I both celebrated our birthdays this past week, made for a wonderful December. The new kitchen, (pictures to follow) is roughly double in size as the old… Haven’t done any cooking yet in the new digs, and have not much to post, but playing house with Mrs. PH and having fun…
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In my leftover category…cold rice with leftover proteins, veggies, dash of dark soy sauce, a drop or two of sesame oil and a splash of Miren some sugar and two over easy on top.
Two poached eggs on an English melted with cheddar.
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I’ve just created a thread on bookmarking a post. You can see it here.
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I was just thinking that!! It’s perfect!! I remember getting the “recipe” in home ec when I was a kid. Seriously - I think it was the first one we did.
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My mother made it for us as kids. Good food memories last a lifetime.
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One of my favorite quick dishes, with a few chopped chives thrown in for good measure.
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