What is the healthiest quick meal?

[SangerRainsford]

Mhm, YES, yoghurt and carrots are good. Sandwiches are no good, as mentioned, making them is too much work, and prepared are too expensive.
But some yoghurt works nice, as it simply slides down the throat, and since I do not drink milk, cannot stand the taste, yoghurt is a good alternative, as is chocolate milk. Thanks for reminding me.

But, also, what about vitamins? I found I can survive long on only water and vitamins; not sufficient in the long run, but ARE there any vitamin-packs and similar, that it is possible to 'live' on in the longer run?

Still waiting for the 'food pill'. You know, a cheap little pill that gives the nutrition of a meal. The biggest problem with eating on drug binges is that you cannot imagine having to have to taste anything...or the amount of work in eating a kebab *lol*

As mentioned, to "live" you only need the essential fatty acids, amino acids, water, and vitamins/minerals.
If you're looking for the "food pill" approach, do weightgainer as I'd mentioned. Weightgainer, whether a powdered mixture, or whether a home-made, blended drink, is going to be the closest you'll find.
It seems you do not want to prepare it, have to spend much effort consuming it, or cleaning it. And you want nutrition. Shakes (weightgain or home-made "smoothies"-style shakes) are really all that fit here. Milk is solid enough too. Both really should have a multi-vitamin added.

(on the "food pill" note, it's impossible. Again, I do get where you're coming from, have needed quick/instantly made, easy to get down, nutritionally complete meals myself - liquid meals are really the only way to go here based on your original post's concerns. Food pills can't happen due to the size of the macronutrients (calories), you simply cannot "squish" them into a pill, a meal would be hundreds of pills)

 

[SangerRainsford]

I'd say a nice veggie/fruit smoothie. I like ones with kale, spinach, blueberries, strawberries, and a little milk. You can also add protein powder.

Home-made smoothies are awesome in these situations (and in general). If you're looking to deal with post-mdma session nutrition (anyone w/ experience here knows the tremendous benefit in getting nutes/water into your system before you fall asleep - for me, it does huge wonders with regards to my "hangover" the next day. It's a night/day difference IMO.

However, wihle also having familiarity w/ extended periods in which I could barely eat (whether depression, withdrawals, whatever - this happens in many people for many reasons), I should mention that in those cases, it's not just "mega-nutrient" yourself. At that point, you need to realize the mega-nutrient density that you'd want in these situations is not applicable for longer-term scenarios (ie, you're a heavily into crack/meth/etc and don't plan to stop - but want ot maximize your nutrition within your situation).

OP read more like 'emergency' meals than "what's quick, easy and healthy", and still unsure if we're talking the type to be optimized for 1-2day needs (post-rolls), or 3-5wks (kicking an opiate's actute w/d's and paws). In these situations, for most people the best is what I recommended. Liquid-meals (however ya make it) take zero time to prepare, are 100% proper nutriitionally, are easy on the stomach (the fiber makes the food absorb longer, produces soft-bulk, and other things that ease digestion - a common problem in said situations already), and while they become more important it's more about knowing what you need, not simply getting what's strong.

(OP, if you had any specific vits/mins formulas of interest, feel free to link them for a critique, I've seen more formulas than anybody lol, sadly!)

 

[cutecute]

I cook healthy meals with 4-6 servings although there are two of us.
This way there are at least 3 things in the fridge to eat.
I have yet to figure out how to eat healthy CHEAPLY.

^this. it's all about preparation. if you can devote a few hours on one day of the week to cooking, you'll have wholesome, nutritious food for the whole week that you can eat cold or heat up if you feel like it.

packaged, pre-prepared foods are made with only profit in mind and because of this they are often filled with the cheapest ingredients, whether they be toxic to your body or not. whether or not the foods you choose contain preservatives, pesticides, industrial seed oils, msg, and other harmful chemicals is just as important, if not more important than their macronutrient profiles. most people opt for these foods because of convenience but if you plan and cook ahead it is only a hassle for a short time, and for the rest of the week you will be prepared with meals no matter how fucked up you are when you get home.

and goring your hand in a blender would definitely worsen the exhausted end of a drug binge. a smoothie is a fine idea, put some kale in it, but please use a food processor with a locking lid or some other contraption that won't leave your smoothie filled with blood and human flesh and make me cry.

 

[Busty St Clare]

Couscous is our quick "go to" meal. Takes less than 5 minutes to prepare and we usually add some cooked lean lamb and flavour with Moroccan spice with added feta, cucumber or sundried tomato.

Not quite as healthy is our chilly/garlic/olive oil suace that we coat cooked pasta and add chopped anchovies or chorizo. The trade off is it takes as long as it takes to cook the pasta and coat it in chillie hot oil .

 

[Wizzle]

Of course, bananas are great. Tasty (but you must get them just right, otherwise they are vile), cheap and easy, they even come with their own carrying case.
As for baked beans, YES! They are indeed cheap, and pretty tasty, at least those first two tins of the day, after that... you feel kind of bad, and empty inside.
BUT... I was never quite sure, I mean, ARE baked beans healthy? They do fill you, but they MUST contain far too much salt and fat? The beans themselves I would imagine are pure vitamins, minerals, etc, but that rich thick sauce... Must be pure heart poison, no?

That's why you dump the sauce.

I dunno though, I love kidney beans, but would always get massive gas from eating more then 1,5 can a day. I would eat that stuff all day long if not for the extreme gas buildup.

 

[addictivepersona]

^this. it's all about preparation. if you can devote a few hours on one day of the week to cooking, you'll have wholesome, nutritious food for the whole week that you can eat cold or heat up if you feel like it.

packaged, pre-prepared foods are made with only profit in mind and because of this they are often filled with the cheapest ingredients, whether they be toxic to your body or not. whether or not the foods you choose contain preservatives, pesticides, industrial seed oils, msg, and other harmful chemicals is just as important, if not more important than their macronutrient profiles. most people opt for these foods because of convenience but if you plan and cook ahead it is only a hassle for a short time, and for the rest of the week you will be prepared with meals no matter how fucked up you are when you get home.

This. Lol. Even in just one hour a week, you can cook a LOT if you are organized/determined. Once-a-week cooking rocks.

I dunno though, I love kidney beans, but would always get massive gas from eating more then 1,5 can a day. I would eat that stuff all day long if not for the extreme gas buildup.

If you eat beans frequently, you won't get gas. Though it could've been from the preservatives in the canned beans--I eat beans cooked from dry and rarely get gas now.

 

[moonyham]

I stopped getting gas from baked beans after eating them for a week or so.

And baked beans arent bad for you, the sauce is all good.. it definitly isnt full of fat.. sugar yes, fat no.

 

[trll]

Hi there,
I am a little concerned about the fainting, can you get your blood pressure checked?
I dont know if you can find a product called "Emergen C "which is a sachet which you mix with water to drink. It comes in many flavours. It contains a large dose of vit C, good for healing and fighting infection, A range of B vits, good for stress, nerves and to help to utilise other nutrients, aiding energy. As well as a range of some important minerals. They are easily absorbed into the body and are high quality. (which means the body uptakes them rather than them just being pissed away). From a brief google they seem to be available in the states, UK and Aus. They are distributed by Alacer Corp. They are not so cheap, working out around 50p (UK currency) each. but well worth investing in a box. They a brilliant for hangovers and drug binges, replacing the vits/minerals you may have knocked out by using.
That may offer you the energy boost to prepare yourself, some simple quick meals. Grilled fish or chicken, with salad, brown rice is good. (though refrigerate any leftover rice as soon as it cools, to avoid poisoning. Once refrigerated lasts 3 days and you can steam or quick boil to use.) Miso soup. If you have a health food shop near you may find "live" miso, which you mix with warm water, full of nutrients and enzymes, add chopped spring onions and tofu, or anything you like.
Oats are a good and easy breakfast, and have something in which is supposedly calming. Maybe add some fruit.
It is always cheaper to cook from scratch and much better for you, though it requiers some forward planning, cook soups and stews, and freeze for later. A quick pasta sauce, fry some onions and maybe finely chopped carrot mushroom, tin of tomatoes a little mixed herbs,top with cheese.
Tinned tuna, very useful and good protien.

One more tip, molasses (a kind of treacle) is cheap and full of minerals inc. iron. Iron is more readily absorbed in conjunction with vit C. a spoonful with a glass of squeezed orange juice, will do wonders if you are anaemic. (may be a cause of your fainting)
Cheap cuts of meat, and offal are just as nutritious as expensive ones.
Cheap: bananas, peanut butter, eggs, tinned fish, pasta, rice (wholemeal best) oranges, kiwi fruit, red peppers, milk, tinned pulses. Fresh herbs if you have acess also make food tastier, and fresh parsely is almost a supper food good for vit c and other mineral.
rent out or buy a cookbook?
Another good tip for eating better and cheaper is to get together with friends, and share costs and labour. If you are in a place that you can get friends over it is a real incentive to cook and eat better. I truly believe that diet is the key to good mental and physical health, and really important if you use drugs and alcohol, which destroy many vitamins.
I wish you well, pm me if you would like more help, I am quite good on this stuff.
bx

 

[Changed]

I agree... finding people that share your interest in eating healthy really makes it easy to make better decisions. Even if these people are other posters in threads like this, knowing that other people desire to eat healthy is incentive to do the same.

 

[Giog]

This. Lol. Even in just one hour a week, you can cook a LOT if you are organized/determined. Once-a-week cooking rocks.

If you eat beans frequently, you won't get gas. Though it could've been from the preservatives in the canned beans--I eat beans cooked from dry and rarely get gas now.

I am trying to prepare ahead. Can you please give me some suggestions of what you cook on that one day that lasts you a week or so? I'm now living alone and have no clue on what to cook ahead of time or even what to eat each day and I'm a health freak... so I'm one of those people that would rather not eat at all than to eat crap.... I hope you see the problem here lol, so yeah thanks in advance

 

[moonyham]

Ok so heres like, a good way you can cook ahead.

You've got your base foods. Rice, potato, pasta etc. These can be cooked ahead of time, and are good for a week, depending how you prepare them.

Boil some potatoes, cook up some rice, cook some pasta. Store these things in the fridge, pasta should have a bit of oil on it to help keep it fresh.
These are your base foods, that often take the most time and effort to cook, taken care of.

Then youve got your meats and protein. You can boil eggs and leave them in the fridge for a long time, so do that. Steak, chops, etc can be cooked and left for 3 days minimum before they start to go wierd. Buying smoked chicken is also a good idea, this stuff stays good for a week and is very tasty and you can eat it as is or fry it up with some onion and beans with a bit of soy sauce and chuck it on some rice. Canned tuna is great too.

Having a lettuce crisper(wierd container made for keeping lettuce fresh) is great. Each day just prepare veg and fruit as those are the easier, quickest, and cleanest things to prepare. Not much mess and no salmonella everywhere. Dont really want to prepare this stuff to far ahead of time either because well.. it loses freshness real quick.

 

[Giog]

Thanks man, I'll keep all those things in mind!

 

[Changed]

Yeah, just to add to that: I bought those re-usable Tupperware containers with snap-on lids. Make a big batch of pasta, rice, lentils, etc... and store it in the fridge. Add, say, stir-fried vegetables one night, sauteed chicken breast the next, etc... Makes things quick and healthy.

Also, buying bulk snacks, like raw almonds and dried fruit (if you can find w/o preservatives) are great.

 

[attempt4]

I eat very healthy however I am a bit fussy with a few things. Im all for storing foods and re-heating later, but say I made for example, a shit-ton of pasta and sauce ... how the hell would i reheat that? Or anything, really.....I mean obviously something like soup I can (and do) just ladel it in a pan and heat it up, but more solid foods, how can I reheat shit? Can I just put ANYTHING in the oven and cover in foil?

I will not use a microwave.

i think i just answered my own question with the foil/oven thing.

 

[Budisti]

make a wok, just takes a few minutes

 

[Changed]

I find it easiest to just put cold pasta, rice, lentils, soups, etc... on the stove, in a covered pot, and re-heat at medium until it is warm...

 

[addictivepersona]

Can you please give me some suggestions of what you cook on that one day that lasts you a week or so?

I typically cook beans, rice, wheatberries, and something new. The beans are from their dry state, obviously, so they can take up to an hour and a half to cook depending on the type (apparently if you soak 'em, it'll take less time to cook--I never soak 'em). The rice is non-instant brown Basmati typically, so that takes about 45 minutes. The wheat berries take anywhere from 45 minutes to an hour and fifteen minutes--I normally just add too much water and plan on draining them last since they can withstand a bit of overcooking. The rice is done when all the water's absorbed.

I eat very healthy however I am a bit fussy with a few things. Im all for storing foods and re-heating later, but say I made for example, a shit-ton of pasta and sauce ... how the hell would i reheat that? Or anything, really.....I mean obviously something like soup I can (and do) just ladel it in a pan and heat it up, but more solid foods, how can I reheat shit? Can I just put ANYTHING in the oven and cover in foil?

I will not use a microwave.

i think i just answered my own question with the foil/oven thing.

Lol, you can reheat it in the oven with foil, but that will take a bit longer. Depending upon what you made, you can just reheat it in a pot with a tiny bit of water (talkin' not even a quarter cup). Pasta and sauce should be stored separately unless you want the noodles to absorb more of the sauce and eventually get soggy. To heat up pasta and sauce, you could either heat them together on the stove, or boil some water and run that over the pasta in a colander and heat the sauce on the stove by itself.

*Shrug* I feel like I'm being a bit more wordy than need be, but if you want any more suggestions or anything, just ask.

 

[SangerRainsford]

I'm in no way trying to insult or belittle anyone's posts...
However, half the suggestions are completely devoid of any real nutrients, and they clearly don't match the OP's needs (drug-induced food aversion, if I'm reading it properly - ie, cooking means the food prolly won't get eaten..)

If we're just tossing random meals in the mix, there's no "right" answer, there's infinity combinations that are reasonably quick and cover all macro's/micro's.

 

[trll]

Do you have a freezer?
That way you can make up batches of bolognese sauce, curries, stews,soups. Keep a ccouple of portions in the fridge and freeze the rest in portions.You can use freezer or sanwhich bags with an elastick band That way you get a variety over the week I would only recomend keeping cooked rice/potatoes for 3/4 days. Pasta is quick to cook as you need it, then add pre-made sauces which you heat in a pan.
Good nutrition indried pulses, though many need overnight soak, they are cheap to buy in bulk.
Lentils and chickpeas do not need soaking, but simmer for a while, can be a couple of hours., But you can make numerous dishes from them. Chick pea and chorizo stew lasts well in fridge. cooked and chilled chickpeas can be added to a tomatoe salad.
I quick guide to getting a good balance diet, is to look for a 3 equal amounts of protien, carbs and veg. eat as much raw veg as you can for optimum nutrients etc,as many differnt colours as you can
Quick meals, pasta with tuna, sweetcorn. Eggs soft boiied & crispy bacon on crispy salad leaves. Tomato mozzalla and avocado sandwhch.
Try to think of food as fuel for your body, that helps me to make the effort.
bx

 

[SangerRainsford]

trll- food/water as fuel, I like that I think the same way, never really spoke it/put it in words, but always had a "filling the gas tank" feeling about food LOL