In these situations, we always have the internet to call on for help. But if you have no time to watch a fullYouTube recipevideo, here are somelazy meal suggestionsfrom the Reddit community.

Whether it’s beans and rice, a unique twist on avocado and toast, or a bowl of Honeycombs, these are guaranteed to curb your hunger withalmost zero effort.

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Frozen mixed vegetables from Birdseye, perfect for lazy meals with corn, peas, carrots, and green beans.

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Bagged Caesar salad and grocery store rotisserie chicken.

A simple lazy meal salad with fresh lettuce, grilled chicken, croutons, and cheese slices on a white plate.

Snack dinner. Salami, cheese, crackers, olives, nuts, glass of wine. I’m happy.

Lazy meal with cheese, olives, grapes, and charcuterie on a platter, accompanied by wine on a wooden table.

Egg roll in a bowl - ground meat of your choice, and a bag of two of coleslaw or broccoli slaw mix, sautéed with some soy sauce, sesame oil, ginger, garlic, and a splash of sriracha. Good stuff, and takes like no time.

Lazy meal featuring a bowl of stir-fried cabbage with ground meat and colorful vegetables on a light background.

Pesto pasta.Pesto, penne, cheese. Boil pasta, drain and add cheese and pesto. Love it.

Bowl of lazy meal pasta with zucchini, fresh greens, and pesto sauce on the side.

Meals that I freeze when I’m not too tired to cook for exactly that purpose.

Containers filled with lazy meals stacked neatly on a countertop.

Pasta with jar sauce.

Bowl of spaghetti with meat sauce, garnished with parsley, showcasing a lazy meal idea in a cozy kitchen setting.

Beans and rice. The added bonus is it means I know I won’t have to worry about tomorrow’s lunch either which is comforting on those kind of nights.

Lazy meal: chickpeas in tomato sauce with rice on a blue plate.

Costco has like a 5 lbs. bag of gyoza that take like 10 minutes to make and very little effort. Eat with a side salad, EZ meal.edit: here’s my not so secret anymore dipping sauce recipe, a couple bits of bacon microwaved for 10 seconds, combined with dark soy sauce, normal soy sauce, hot sauce, and a couple drops of rice wine vinegar. It’s very meaty and savory.

Delicious gyoza dumplings on a black plate, perfect for lazy meals.

Instant ramen with an egg thrown in and chopped romaine lettuce.

Instant Jin Ramen cup with chopsticks, representing lazy meals.

Pita pizza— pita bread, tomato sauce, shredded mozzarella. Bake til crispy like a thin crust pizza!

“The Ultimate Shortcut”: 30 Lazy But Delicious Meals For When You’re Too Tired To Cook

Breakfast for dinner, and there’s a good variety for that.Soup and PB&J sandwiches.I also keep several (homemade in advance) containers of pasta sauce in the freezer. All I need to do is heat up the sauce and make whatever pasta and dinner is done.My husband’s favorite ‘meal’ as a kid was mac and cheese and baked beans. So, sometimes we do that. (yeah, I know, but he loves it and I don’t mind)And when all else fails, Chinese or Mexican food.

Bowl of lazy meal soup with dumplings, mushrooms, and vegetables, showcasing an easy and delicious recipe.

Two fried eggs on toast. If I can muster up the energy to dig thru the freezer, I toss some tater tots in the pan too.

Lazy meal featuring a fried egg on toasted sandwich with cheese and chorizo.

Frozen pizza, just slap that bad boy in the oven, hop in the shower and it’s done soon after you are.

Frozen pizza wrapped in plastic, a popular lazy meal option.

Some sort of pasta aglio olio. So much better than the sum of its parts and the most tedious part is waiting for the water to boil.

Plate of spaghetti aglio e olio garnished with parsley, a perfect lazy meal option.

Cereal. No cooking involved and it’s ready within 2 minutes depending on how fast you get the bowl, spoon, milk and cereal of choice all together.Honeycombs! Dinners done!

Bowl of cereal with a spoonful lifted, representing lazy meal ideas.

We don’t have central a/c, so in the summer time, it’s anything that won’t heat up the kitchen. Breakfast, pork bowls, sandwiches, oatmeal and fruit, etc.

Bowl of oatmeal with nuts and banana, a perfect lazy meal option.

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D**n guys, I just throw frozen chicken nuggets and fries in the oven for 20 minutes. That or a frozen pizza.

Golden chicken nuggets in a box, representing a popular lazy meal choice.

Tacos.

A hand holding a taco filled with lettuce, meat, and guacamole, showcasing a lazy meal idea.

Microwave a hot pocket (bacon egg and cheese) for 2 minutes. Go sit on the couch. Forget about the hot pocket in the microwave. Go to bed hungry 4 hours later. Wake up. Open the microwave to heat up yesterday’s coffee. See hot pocket. Scoot it over and put coffee next to it. Heat both up. Cry. Go to work.

“The Ultimate Shortcut”: 30 Lazy But Delicious Meals For When You’re Too Tired To Cook

Avocado toast made with naan and avocado mash. Or grilled cheese and tomato soup.

Lazy meal with mashed avocado on flatbread, served on a clear glass plate for a simple dining option.

Everything In The Fridge Salad + canned chickpeasI always have veggies around, and a can of beans somewhere. Leftover roasted veg or whatever i made last night goes in tooOr- microwave baked potato + canned black beans + salsa, and avocado if it’s around.

Bowl of chickpeas, a simple ingredient for lazy meals.

Butter noodles.

“The Ultimate Shortcut”: 30 Lazy But Delicious Meals For When You’re Too Tired To Cook

A nap usually.

Person relaxing on a bed with a dog, embodying a lazy day atmosphere.

Tuna melt. Whip up some tuna, I always keep caramelized onions on deck. slice of cheese, on the panini press. Takes maybe 5-7 minutes.

Grilled cheese and tuna melt sandwich served with fries, showcasing a delicious lazy meal idea.

I’ll make a jazzed up ramen; often times it’s just ramen with some leftover chicken and some fancy garlic oil I keep in the cabinet and a soft boiled egg. Other times, I’ll chuck some garlic in the oven to roast, pour myself a drink, and then add that to the concoction. You can level up depending on how fancy/tired you’re feeling. Want some scallions cut on a bias? Go for it! You got furikake laying around? Hell yeah!Other times, I eat a can of tuna over the sink with some cajun seasoning and a glass of wine.

“The Ultimate Shortcut”: 30 Lazy But Delicious Meals For When You’re Too Tired To Cook

Alfredo, but even less complicated than the one above: just cream, garlic, parmesan, tomatoes.

“The Ultimate Shortcut”: 30 Lazy But Delicious Meals For When You’re Too Tired To Cook

Annies box with frozen veggies.

Box of Annie’s Bunny Pasta with Yummy Cheese held in hand, featuring easy lazy meal option.

Spaghetti or raviolis - if kids are home. If kids aren’t home, some combo of string cheese and nuts and a salad.

Lazy meal: Cheese ravioli on a black plate topped with grated cheese and herbs.

I always keep ingredients for udon on hand: frozen udon noodles, frozen shrimp and fish cake, a supply of boiled eggs in the fridge, and bottled udon broth concentrate. Topped with fresh green onion which is one of the easiest things to grow from scraps.Other easy Asian meals that require little planning (we usually have a pot of rice going): frozen gyoza, frozen mackerel (just pan fry from frozen a few minutes on each side), noodles topped with shrimp/chicken and any veggies we have with a soy sauce/sesame oil sauce, bibimbap with any meat/mushrooms and veggies we have with gochujang/sesame oil.If I didn’t need to cook for my family most nights I’d be fine with just eating cheese lol.Note: this post originally had56images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes.

I always keep ingredients for udon on hand: frozen udon noodles, frozen shrimp and fish cake, a supply of boiled eggs in the fridge, and bottled udon broth concentrate. Topped with fresh green onion which is one of the easiest things to grow from scraps.Other easy Asian meals that require little planning (we usually have a pot of rice going): frozen gyoza, frozen mackerel (just pan fry from frozen a few minutes on each side), noodles topped with shrimp/chicken and any veggies we have with a soy sauce/sesame oil sauce, bibimbap with any meat/mushrooms and veggies we have with gochujang/sesame oil.If I didn’t need to cook for my family most nights I’d be fine with just eating cheese lol.

Close-up of a bowl of udon noodles topped with fresh green onions and spices, showcasing a delicious lazy meal option.

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