Do You Ever Not Know What You Want To Eat? What Do You Usually Wind Up Having?

OneEyedDiva

OneEyedDiva

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This happens to me too often. Sometimes I'll stand there looking in the refrigerator, but that doesn't help. It also doesn't help that I hate to cook so it has to be something quick and easy. Lately mine has been cereals... flavored oatmeal in the packets or Cheerios. Sometimes it's Chef BoyarDee mini ravioli, like a couple of days ago. It used to be a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, but I don't buy jelly anymore ...use agave instead. So what's your go to food when you don't know what to eat?
 

I try not to let it happen. When it does, I will go usually to shredded wheat and toast, baked potato and veggies, grilled cheese and soup.

I will go pick up a Pizza at Little Cesears once in a while. Pretty good and a good price.

I always have some fruit or something sweet around, brownies are in the oven now. No, they are not Pam's strawberry iced ones. Wish they were!!
 
We have a strict regimen of salads for lunch 5 days a week, which is fine with me. But I do get hungry late in the afternoon after I go to the gym. Fruit and vegetables don't cut it. I need something more substantial. I bought Dried Fuji Apple slices but they don't fill me up.

I recently picked up a Bison Quinoa Bowl at Whole Foods. It is really tasty. But my go-to is Cheesy Cauliflower Rice with Shrimp from Sprouts. I usually buy extra shrimp to go in it. Whole Foods had shrimp and grits recently and I was in heaven. I put the extra shrimp in that and ate it for days. For some reason, I like some type of casserole.

We have what we call "mouse food" in our house because late at night we get hungry and we say the "mice ate it". Our favorite Mouse Food is pizza.
 

There's always tuna in my house, so that's my goto food for lunch. For dinner it's salmon or some other kind of fish with potato of some sort. Fish can be thawed out quickly. Red meat or poultry can't, so that's why fish is my spur-of-the-moment food.
 
@dseag2 and @win231
I also love shrimp but the doc says to watch it because it a high cholesterol food. You would think she would fuss about pizza!

My favorite nut is the walnut, good in salads of all kinds, good in sweets and great all alone for a snack.

My 2nd is the brazil nut, I go to Sprouts for those in the bulk section, only place I have found them.
 
It may not be inspired but I always make a hot meal for dinner. Protein, starch (potatoes/rice/etc) and two vegetables. It may take opening the freezer a few times to find something to work with; we’ve never gone hungry. Sometimes I have a frozen Mac n Cheese and the two vegetables.
 
I can't say that I'm too fussy over food, I like most anything.
I've been described by friends as a 'Human Hoover', because I'll clear away any scraps, and, if you've got hold of a cake and you wave it in my direction, there's a good chance that you may lose the tips of your fingers. 😊
 
OneEyedDiva said:
This happens to me too often. Sometimes I'll stand there looking in the refrigerator, but that doesn't help. It also doesn't help that I hate to cook so it has to be something quick and easy.
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yes if I'm staring at the fridge.. and there's food in there but I'm like..'meh''... then I'll usually pull out a frozen Shrimp Wonton soup.... it takes minutes to microwave in the container .. and it's done.. no messing with anything else...
 
I like to cook, but I don't want to have to do the whole shebang every day. So, when I cook, I make enough to freeze, and then I have pre-prepared home cooked meals on hand. I can just pull something out and defrost it if I haven't thawed it out beforehand. I just make a couple of sides, and I'm good to go.

If I don't even want to do that, there's always canned wild-caught salmon, tuna, and sardines in the pantry. I can make a sandwich on whole grain bread with lettuce and tomato and have that with some canned soup that I keep on hand for when I don't feel like going to any trouble. Or I can have breakfast for dinner or a grilled cheese sammy. That's not complicated, but it does require some actual cooking.

A really lazy option would be cheese and crackers with sliced apple or some crudités. On rare occasions when I'm too lazy for any kind of prep at all, if there's hummus in the fridge, I can have that with corn chips. I always have nuts and seeds around for snacking but wouldn't consider it a meal. I haven't bought take-out food in years and don't even think about it. That might sound weird, but I just don't.

If you don't mind a little prep work, you might consider making a big basic salad. You can eat that over a few days and vary the stuff you add to it. Add some store bought rotisserie chicken, steamed veggies, tuna, marinated artichokes, or jarred roasted peppers, etc.

A good, well-rounded diet is important to me, and I like to eat healthy. I couldn't sustain myself by eating only out of bags and boxes. If you hate to cook, you have to rely on pre-packaged convenience foods. I don't know what else you can do. wassat

Bella ✌️
 
katlupe said:
I eat low carbs and plan my food out for the day in the morning on Cronometer. So I know what I am eating that day. Eating this way makes me not hungry so I don't eat snacks. If I have not decided what to eat for some reason, I usually make eggs and bacon.
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Yup! Eggs and bacon is another one of my "go to" meals.
 

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