need recommendations
nothing fancy, just quick and healthy (5 - 10 min prep/cooking)
ive been eating out for too long

10 minutes isn't even long enough to prep + boil potatoes.

Eggs?

You're pretty much limited to thngs like salad if all you want is 5-10 total time for prep and cooking. I sometimes just throw together some lettuce, carrot, tomato, cheese, corn, ham and mayo into a bowl and end up with dinner. It tastes pretty good.

EGGS

preheat oven
insert pizza
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profit!

• 1 1/2 c warm water
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 4 c bread flour
• 1 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/3 c fresh Parmesan cheese, grated
• 1 tbsp Italian seasoning
• 1 packet (2 1/2 tsp) yeast

Pour warm water in a large bowl.

Dissolve yeast in warm water.

Add salt, seasoning, cheese and oil.

Blend in flour until dough is stiff. You might not need all of the flour, but you might also need a little more. Depends on a lot of factors including environmental.

Knead until elastic, about 5-10 minutes. Form the dough into a ball.

Put dough ball in oiled bowl. Rotate dough so it is evenly coated. Cover dough and put in a warm place for 45 minutes, until the ball has roughly doubled in size.

Grease two pizza pans. Divide dough into two balls and punch down, then stretch and pull (don't roll) the dough into the pans. If the dough starts to tear let it relax for a while.

Cover with pasta sauce and whatever toppings you like. I recommend using part-skim mozzarella, Feta or something like Kraft pre-shredded pizza cheese. Otherwise your pizza will be swimming in grease.

Bake at 450 F for 15-20 minutes.

I've made homemade pizza since I was a kid. It's a ***** to get the dough right. To get the best results, you have to refrigerate it overnight, which I never do because I decide I want pizza on an impulse.

I also found out that you have to knead the dough pretty vigorously for about 10 minutes straight in step 4 Joncy has above (if you're not using an electric thingy), and then knead it again after it's risen. Otherwise the dough tastes like uncooked ... dough, rather than proper pizza crust / bread.

Also, you can make hot pockets pretty easily if you have the pizza dough already handy -- just make a little pizza and then wrap it up in a burrito. That would be a 5-10 minute thing (again, if you have the dough ready).

also heres my super secret pretzel recipe

• 1 1/4 c beer
• 3 1/2 c bread flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 tbsp oil (not olive)
• 1/4 tsp white vinegar
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 1/8 tsp white pepper
• 1 tbsp yeast

Make the dough like above.

Punch down and separate into 16 equal pieces.

Let the 16 dough balls relax for about 15 minutes.

The pretzel flavor comes from an alkaline wash. Traditionally you'd use lye water but we're not dumb and primitive. Instead prepare a solution of baking soda and water in a pot (1 tbsp of baking soda for every cup of water). Heat it to a near boil, but do not boil.

Roll dough balls into a rope about 1 1/2 feet long. Shape rope into pretzel.

Wash the pretzel in the hot soda water for about 20 seconds (10 seconds to a side).

Place washed pretzel on a greased cookie sheet.

Repeat for all 16.

Prepare an egg wash by beating 1 tbsp water into the leftover egg white. Brush pretzels with egg wash. Sprinkle with coarse sea salt.

Bake at 375 F for 15-20 minutes or until brown.

Eat immediately.

Chicken Fajitas take less than 10 minutes, and if you cut back on the oil and use good chicken and some avocados it ends up being pretty healthy.

Pasta. 10 mins from cold water to feast and the combinations are endless. But me being the stubborn unchanging person, I stick to marinara.

Replace animal oils with olive oil, and suddenly you don't have to cut back on the oil.

pasta salad..if you have the ingredients.

chicken and salad

a sammich

water.

Toward that end you have a health(-ier) cheese sauce:

Based on a white sauce. Traditionally you'd make a white sauce by whisking milk into a hot mixture of flour and butter but I'm normally not happy with the results.
Instead I mix the milk and flour, cold, in a glass measuring cup. The exact amount of flour depends on how thick you want the sauce, but 1-2 tbsp per cup of milk is about right.

Pour the smooth flour/milk mixture into a saucepan, heat and stir frequently until it thickens. Add whatever cheese or seasonings you want. I normally use a dash of white pepper, dry mustard, garlic salt and a sharp aged cheddar. Add a slice of butter to make it less healthy.


Lazy but surprisingly low-fat cheese sauce:

1/3 of a large cake of Velveeta, sliced or cut into small pieces.
Splash of milk.
Heat in saucepan until it all melts together and thickens.
You have to be really dumb to screw this up.


Alfredo sauce (it will kill you):

1/4 cup butter
1 cup heavy cream (~38% milk fat, whipping cream will work)
1 clove garlic, crushed or minced depending on laziness
1 1/2 cups fresh grated Parmesan cheese
1/4 cup fresh parsley

Melt butter, add cream, add garlic, add cheese, add parsley. Easier than a white sauce but harder than the Velveeta sauce. If you're going this far you might as well just serve it with butter-fried chicken.

I don't think I've ever even come across animal oils in the oils section of a supermarket. We use olive oil, avocado oil and other tasty oils.

1 can of tuna
diced tomato
diced red onion
capers
pitted green/black olives
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
dash of salt and pepper
romaine lettuce
corn tortillas
grated cheese (optional)

Place tortilla in the microwave for 10 seconds to make it pliable. Lay it flat and create a bed of lettuce to one side of the tortilla. Add the tunafish on top of the bed of lettuce, sprinkle cheese, and proceed to roll the tortilla like a buritto.

Add Flat Earth or white corn tortilla chips for a nice side.

I cook chicken breasts (boneless, skinless) on our George Foreman grill all the time. Just salt, pepper, and garlic powder. Healthy, tastes fantastic, and it only takes about 5 minutes.

I might attempt homemade tortilla chips. Store bought ones never really do it for me. However, from restaurants, esp. really good Mexican ones. Those things are crack to me.

Edit: /me throws an egg @ Pommy

If you figure it out let me know. My attempts have all failed.

Filet Mignon?

To make good tortilla chips, what you need are corn tortillas, a deep fryer, and salt.

That's it. Don't bother with flour tortillas.

Buca's chicken with lemon recipe, courtesy of Chef Vittorio Renda



Ingredients

2 boneless skinless chicken breasts, (6 oz ea)
Salt, to taste
1 cup flour
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup white wine
4 large lemons
1/2 stick unsalted butter, softened
A small handful drained capers

Directions

Cut three lemons in half and use for fresh lemon juice. Pour the juice through a fine strainer. Cut the last lemon into wedges for garnish.

Begin to heat the olive oil in a 12-inch saute pan on medium-high heat. While oil is getting hot, lightly season both sides of the chicken breasts with salt. Lightly dust the chicken breasts in the flour. Shake off excess flour. Place chicken in the saute pan skin-side down.

When the chicken is golden brown, turn over and brown the other side as well. It is important to brown both sides to insure the chicken is completely cooked through. When both sides are nice and brown, add white wine and lemon juice. Continue to cook for approximately two to three minutes. The liquid should reduce approximately half.

Once the liquid is reduced, remove the chicken breasts from the pan and turn off heat. Check to make sure the chicken breasts are cooked by turning each piece of chicken over and cutting it halfway through with a knife. There should be no visible pink. If the chicken is not completely cooked through, place in a 400 degree oven for five minutes to complete cooking.

Finish the sauce by placing the softened butter in the pan. Using rubber spatula, work the butter into the sauce as it melts. Pour sauce directly on top of chicken breasts. Garnish with capers and lemon wedges. Makes 2 servings.

****! That's all I got

... so how are you ****ing it up?

wait I get it

So upon my attempts last night, I have determined that I will in fact, need corn ones. Oh well, I'll make fajitas or something.

Yea, eggs are always good.
I love chicken and pasta. Buy the ground up stuff, throw some of it on frying pan.
Mix it in with the pasta with some Tabasco and teriyaki or something. I HATE teriyaki but my friend made this for me and I was like "This is really good whats in it?" and was shocked.

did you think I was lying, dalf?

No I didn't think you were lying. I just wanted to see if I could actually pull it off with flour.

You can make alfredo sauce with whole milk rather than cream if you're extremely careful. Screw up and the milk will separate. It actually tastes exactly the same, just looks like fail.

Can't get corn tortillas here. What if you need to start from water and masa?

You can't buy corn tortillas but you can buy masa?

Ramen

>.>

He said healthy.

it was hard to find

I imagine he wants food that actually tastes good too.

Wal-Mart has corn tortillas.

Real Alfredo is actually prepared in the same pot as the pasta and it doesn't contain any cream, milk, garlic or parsley.

Yeah, it's just supposed to be pasta tossed with butter and Parmesan. Unfortunately it must be prepared masterfully, eaten immediately in its entirety, and in North America the Parmesan is only commonly available in a dried and powdered form which won't work at all.