#low energy meals

[amethystsoda]

just wanna say for people who have chronic illness/adhd/any form of low energy or spoons—using premade items, canned goods, boxed meals, microwave meals, and everything in between isn’t a shame or embarrassing!!!!

If you have limited energy, helping yourself find a manageable way to eat meals is so important!!

[ineffectualdemon]

Today's relatively low effort meal as my pain is about a 7.5-8 today and my mental health is not the best and I wanted something that didn't require a lot of prep and I could cook from my kitchen stool

Ingredients:

pasta of your choice. How much pasta? That's between you and god

A quarter jar of left over red pasta sauce (or just any amount red pasta sauce you got. I don't care I'm not your mom)

Pepperoni - however much you desire

Method:

Make a little tower of however much pepperoni that you want. Measure with your heart

Cut the pepperoni tower into eight little triangles so now you have 8 triangle shaped towers

Bring a saucepan of water to a boil

Add pasta of your choice and cook for the appropriate amount of time

As the pasta cooks if you're using pasta sauce that needs heating start heating that in a separate saucepan and add the pepperoni. It will start off in big chunks but if you stab the chunks with a wooden spoon enough they'll come apart. Heat on low as the pasta cooks

Drain the pasta and turn off the heat for the sauce

Add pasta too the sauce and mix

Eat either out of the pan or put in a bow

It tastes fine and, with the addition of bread to soak up the extra sauce, filling enough dor lunch

[lokilysolbitch]

kay y'all i just put my extra cup ramen broth in some microwave rice let's see how it tastes

[cjcooksvegan]

9 Easy Vegan Depression Meals For Low-Energy Days

9 vegan depression meals for low-energy days #vegan #mentalhealth #loweffortmeals

[bugzdoesthingsinperil]

i cant decide how to aesthetically make a first post so im honestly just gonna talk about my breakfast/lunch from today which was a salad that was literally just spinach, a few veggies, strawbs, bluebs, and pineapple w poppyseed dressing, a strawberry applesauce cup, shitty, tiny gluten free toast taht didn't toast at all with cashew butter on it, three tiny gerkin pickles, and air-fry carrot fries. i got the carrot fries from a vid on pinterest and they're my favorite. destroy whole bags of carrots makin them also does this meal have any protein besides the cashew butter (if that even counts) idfk !! i just think its yummy and i didn't want to actually cook or prep anything

[schrodingersgerbil]

A baller easy meal - Grill up some precooked/leftover chicken with whatever pepper and/or onion you’ve got on hand (I used a combo shishito and jalapeño, but I go to the school of “we use what we have and it’ll be fine”,) and put that shit on Annie’s mac and cheese with some pepper. If you’ve got em, crush some crackers on top for a crunch. I got it done with 10 minutes and the peppers made it GOD TIER.

[nightmaretour]

Daily reminder that fruit and veggies don't have to be "healthy" to be nutritious. Drink that fruit juice from concentrate. Eat that jam and nut butter. Use fruit and vegetables out of a can. Eat a dessert with fruit in it. Snack on salted nuts (in moderation) or dried fruit. Literally any way you can get fruit and vegetables into your body is better than none at all.

If fresh fruit and veg aren't available to you, take too much energy to eat or prepare, or if you just can't bring yourself to eat them, whatever way you can eat them is good enough.

[mich3elle]

just a girl and her white monster against the world

[noodlebutts]

Please forgive me if this is a question you're tired of hearing 😅 I am not much in the cat community so I don't know if this is an exhausted point. I was just wondering if the stereotype of Siamese cats being super vocal is true?

Yes. Live in fear. The first 18 months of Zuko's time with us was full of yells and suffering. You can hear it outside your house, they will outlast you, the only answer is to reach a compromise with a cat. If you are not prepared to be held hostage by a cat, DNI

[amethystsoda]

New favorite low energy dessert/snack:

Key Lime yogurt (this fairlife one was super delicious!!!), granola/cereal (this was cheaper than the granola bags that have JUMPED in price recently), and whipped cream.

Mix the yogurt and cereal together, then top with whipped cream as needed 💚🤍

perfect quick protein boost with a little sweetness and no bake time 💪

[crimeronan]

3-ingredient low-energy meal. take corn or flour tortilla. add a handful of mexican-style cheese blend from the grocery store. drench in ur fave spicy salsa. fold up burrito-style. make another one, microwave for 3 minutes. bam. done. dry-mouthed autoimmune bitches will love how goddamn easy the melted cheese-salsa combo is to eat (YAY WET SLOP) hydroxychloroquine autoimmune bitches will love how the cheese provides so much protein that it's OK if you don't feel hunger and forget to eat again for many many more hours. also you dont have to use the stove or stand for more than 5 mins. thanks everyone i'll be here all night

[candyn-gutz]

my headspace is so silly btw. we got a natsume who's kind of insane she does random experiments in the basement and has blown shit up before. we have a tsumugi. he has anxiety. also hes like sort of a biblically accurate angel if a biblically accurate angel was a wet and pathetic rabbitboy. leo causes issues. did u know there is a chronic infestation of cereal in the headspace entirely bc leo shoves that shit anywhere he can. dude looooooves his cereal. its a shame i don't have cheerios to eat irl he'd eat that shit up

o we also have a sena but he mostly just judges us all and is the only normal one here <3

(there's. more. but those r like the Important Ones. minus ritsu nd niki who are also important but shhh)

IF A BIBLICALLY ACCURATE ANGEL WAS A WET AND PATHETIC RABBITBOY. this will forever be in my vocabulary now. thank you.

[fibing-and-vibing]

Easy low-effort meal, overnight oats edition:

Making this recipe requires very little physical energy and very few decisions to be made, so I’ve been able to make it even on bad symptom days and/or in depressive episodes. Oats have a lot of health benefits that especially apply to fibromyalgia issues, including: regulating blood sugar levels, improving gut health and digestion, improving energy levels, providing plenty of fiber and nutrients, and they’re not inflammatory & gluten free. Same goes for the add-ins tbh, which also have a good amount of omegas and protein. You can personalize it based on what sounds good to you or what you have.

Tools:

Big container with lid (I use my 7 cup pyrex)

Spatula for mixing

1/2 cup measuring cup

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups quick oats (I use Robin Hood minute oats)

1/4 cup ground flax

1/4 cup chia seeds

1/4 cup hemp hearts

Pinch salt

Sprinkle of cinnamon to taste (optional, but supposedly anti-inflammatory)

1 cup greek yogurt (I like vanilla extra creamy, but mix it up sometimes. I always get extra creamy though bc I like the thickness, and it has the most protein.)

1 cup oat milk (or whatever milk situation you have.)

1/4 cup maple syrup (or honey, and can use more to taste.)

Method:

Put all the dry ingredients into your container. I just eyeball the 1/4 cup by using half of the 1/2 cup so I only dirty one thing.

Give it a stir with the spatula until it looks evenly mixed.

Use the spatula to scoop yourself a cup of yogurt (again, I use two of the same 1/2 and the same spatula.)

Add in the oat milk.

Add in the maple syrup.

Stir it all up until it’s evenly incorporated. It’ll be thick, more like a pudding. And that’s it lol put it in the fridge.

To serve:

Wait at least four hours, but this will keep like a week if you don’t finish it before that.

It’ll be even thicker after sitting with those chia seeds. I think of it almost like an oatmeal concentrate lol - I scoop out however much I want into a little bowl, add in more oat milk, and mush it out to create a more classic oatmeal consistency. This stretches it out so you don’t have to make it as often.

If you want, you can also add extra maple syrup/honey to your individual portion, and/or a little sprinkle of cinnamon.

Again feel free to customize if you want to add anything in like nuts, dry fruit, flavors, etc but also it’s great like this if you don’t wanna think about it!

Any day you manage to feed yourself is a good day, and you’re doing a great job! <3

[seilon]

look i live in california i know damn well the price of groceries is absurd. but whenever i see someone say “i buy hellofresh because it’s wayyy cheaper than groceries” i wince. you people just dont know how to fucking shop

[visceravalentines]

this is me being a whiney baby but being on call after a full workday is 👎🤮😖

[its-yashas-strong-arms]

best thing I've ever done for myself is stuff my fridge absolutely full of minimal-effort homemade meal packs.

baggies of portioned-out bok choy and wontons and pre-ground ginger and garlic, so I can just dump a baggie into a pan, add soy sauce, water, and noodles. wait 5 minutes. boom, noodle soup. single-portion baggies of bolognese, so I can just thaw it & boil pasta and have a good zero-effort meal. single portions of burrito filling, so I can make a burrito in 2 minutes or less.

just two or three different types is enough variety that i'm happy eating something i have in my freezer whenever i'm low-energy & it's actually really helpful