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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[rainbow]

I'm always short on spoons *g*

Soup. I do 2 kinds. One is *very* simple for days I can't stand up long at all. The other takes a bit more oomph, but not much.
1: 2 cups water, seasoned with salt, pepper, any other herbs or spices you like. 1/4+ cup of some kind of protein. I use ground beef, but whatever works for you and is easy. 1/4-1/2 cup dry noodles. I use Tinkyada brown rice noodles, but any kind would work. Frozen veg. Boil water. Add meat, in small, bite size pieces, and noodles. Stir and cook til noodles are almost done. Add veg. Cook until done, adjust seasonings.
2: 2 cups water, a big clove of garlic put thru a garlic press, some grated ginger (I keep it in the freezer and grate it still frozen), soy/teriyaki/miso, fermented chil bean sauce. Mix those to taste, add protein and noodles and cook til noodles are done. The plain white rice noodles that come in wads like ramen but without seasoning work really well with this, but any noodles will work if you don't have them. I get them at the local Asian grocery store.

Seasoned garbanzos/chickpeas -- canned beans seasoned to taste with cumin, smooshed garlic, lemon juice, olive oil, salt, black pepper. Can be served hot or cold.

Scrambled eggs with salsa and cheese (tortillas optional)

(very late reply)

[dame_grise]

I like the idea of grating the ginger frozen, but I want to know what you do with the skin? Do you keep it?

Re: (very late reply)

[rainbow]

I wipe the ginger clean before freezing, then grate it without peeling. With my grater the thinner, tender skin grates along with the insides but the tougher skin stays intact (as do the tougher fibers if the ginger is older).

I have a small hand grater with a handle by KitchenAid. It's the kind with very small holes for grating hard cheeses, I think.