
Other Frozen foods such as: Organic corn, cauliflower rice, broccoli, string beans, and frozen peas tend to keep really well through the freezing process. Jarred things such as minced garlic, olives, pickles (My kids love pickles and worst-case scenario they can be served with grilled cheese as a “veggie” bc I dgaf.) Pre-chopped veggies such as carrots, zucchini, and also onions although be mindful of expiration dates.Ĭanned foods such as: beans, artichoke hearts, chopped tomatoes, and soup stock or low sodium soup. If you’re gonna make a dgaf dinner you may as well embrace what it takes to prepare one, and that means simple ingredients that at the most, require you to open a can, cut open a bag, or open a box.įrozen Chopped Onions (I hadn’t heard of this until a friend texted me the below pic and said “I wouldn’t cook half as much if it weren’t for these babies right here”)

Lazy Cooking Ingredients You Should Have On Hand The kind you can just KNOW that you can throw it together at the last second based on a quick glance at your fridge and pantry. I also was aiming for the kind of recipes that you don’t have to write down. When polling the lazy cooking dinner masses I asked them to include their blog link or their Instagram handle if they wanted to, because they’re doing all of us a solid and I want to make sure you know who these lazy cooks are (and can thank them if you love their suggestion when it’s possible).Īlmost all of them are moms, and if they don’t have a link just know they are a trusted mom or dad friend who doesn’t give a fuck and wants to make some dinner fast. They’re a bit random, but so is life and what you have readily available in your pantry.Ī Note About My Easy Dinner Ideas Sources: I’m fixing that for you here by separating these dishes into categories. I think it was because it wasn’t organized in a way that I could figure out what I had in my pantry that I could cook with or even by type of cuisine.

I think I made it through like.three of them. Lucky for you, I found it here (and bookmarked it this time for myself!) I printed that list out and highlighted all the ones that I wanted to try that summer.

After all, lazy summer dinner ideas are the gift that keeps giving! It was comprehensive AF of all the quickest and easiest dinners that you can make (101 of them actually!). Why I Made This Awesome List of Dinner Recipes (You Probably Don’t Care But You Might!)įun Fact: Just after grad school I remember reading an article in the New York Times about easy summer meals you can make in 10 minutes or less.
