Easy main course

[cesy]

Does anyone have a favourite easy main course, to cook when you're short of spoons for anything fancy? I'd like to learn more things that are nearly as easy as a ready meal, while not being a ready meal.

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Re: A few selected favorites:

[damned_colonial]

Mine fall into three categories: 1) things that you can cook from ingredients in ~15 minutes, 2) things that take a long time but very little effort, and 3) things you can cook at some other time, and easily freeze for subsequent reheating.

Cook in 15 mins or less:

* Cheesey bread, cheese on toast, grilled cheese sandwich, quesadilla (variations on a theme)
* Eggs, various ways, with toast (my favourite: fried egg chilli chutney sandwich, which I picked up from Lister on Red Dwarf)
* Pasta with random tomato-based sauce
* Asian noodle soups
* Stir-fried tofu and greens over noodles
* Salad with protein and/or carbs built in (variations on a theme)

Slow-cooking but doesn't need your attention/energy:

* Roasted/baked veggies (eg. baked potato with toppings)
* Pot of beans (cooks in 1-2 hours, use it all week in various ways, or freeze -- many variations possible)

Cook in advance, re-use/re-heat/recycle:

* Soup, frozen in single servings
* Lasagne, frozen in single servings

Tell me which ones you'd like more detail about, and I'll post recipes/instructions.

Re: A few selected favorites:

[angelikitten]

(my favourite: fried egg chilli chutney sandwich, which I picked up from Lister on Red Dwarf)

I'm sorry, but I think I may have just fallen in love with you!

Re: A few selected favorites:

[damned_colonial]

Hee!