I’ve mentioned before that I don’t cook much here in Malaysia. It’s both too convenient to eat out and too hot to cook, so I usually end up either going out, ordering take-out or preparing something that doesn’t require too much time by the stove. Basically, my goal is to prepare the food as quickly and effortlessly as possible – the least amount of actual cooking required, the better.
So, I thought I would share one day of meals from the “no-effort-required” kitchen of superkimbo:
Breakfast:
A total of two minutes preparation, consisting of:
- Fruit smoothie with frozen strawberries, fresh bananas, and orange juice.
- Whole wheat toast with Nutella. If you don’t know Nutella, you need to go to the store now and buy some. It’s a chocolate and hazelnut spread that I first started eating when I lived in Italy. I could subsist all day on Nutella alone. Try it!
Lunch:
Perhaps 5 minutes of prep required here:
- Cranberry juice with ice. What is the point of drinking if you don’t have ice in the glass?
- Toasted whole-wheat bread with tuna, pickles, sprouts, and melted cheddar cheese. Otherwise known as a “tuna melt.” Basically I could eat this every day if my sister hadn’t told me that eating tuna more than twice a week is unhealthy. Can someone please disprove that for me? I’m suffering here.
Dinner:
The ultimate lazy dinner:
- Apparently I have no matching drink at dinner time… Hmmm…
- Cous cous, what a wonderful food: boil the water, put the cous in, let sit for five minutes, and it’s done! Mix through a little sauteed zucchini and asparagus with a little olive oil, garlic and onion, and it’s a taste sensation!
What do you like to cook?
I like the angle for the breakfast shot best.
I LOVE tuna!! My Mommie is going to try Nutella now. Thanks for the tip!
Cool pictures. Glad you posted
I love your lunch, good for dieting. I want something like that now. Haha.
They all look really cook. Better than what i’m making at home!
oopps…meant all look really good…
Wow, a complete meal. Great photos! I love different kinds of fruit smoothies. My husband loves making them too taking advantage of whatever fruit is in season.
I’m fond of tuna melt. That one you made looks perfect.
I’ve never tried cous cous before but it looks appetizing.
Thanks for sharing and visiting me earlier.
Looks great! Happy Saturday!
goodness! is that all you eat? I love the drinks but the food looks too little for my capacious stomach!! :0
When I saw that slice of bread spread with..Nutella? and discovered that yes, sure enough it was Nutella! I smiled.
For me Nutella is Paris and five months of tooling around France and elsewhere. Of course I “could live on” Nutella “but I don’t and well, I wouldn’t choose to because well, in fact for me, its more harmful than beneficial. But I do know what you mean, the stuff is very very yummy on bread, in crepes, or by the spoonful! And one doesn’t really tire of eating it!
Nowadays, when I have a choice, it’s clean, nutritious and pleasurable..and not harmful…if what I’m putting in my mouth isn’t ALL that, then I just skip it and keep my mouth shut.
I’ve been cooking this way since high school and as one of my buddies in Physics would say I don’t “cook” I “fix”. Preparing–fixing–something to eat–without any fussy cooking– is all I do now. I haven’t used a stove for cooking in maybe 3 or more years!
They all look wonderful, but your breakfast looks the best!!
They all look wonderful, but your breakfast looks the best!! I’ve heard of Nutella, but haven’t tried it yet. I’ll pick some up the next time I head to the store.
Very pretty yummy photos, and interesting!!
Happy Hunting
mmmmm… makes me hungry. and gosh that smoothie looks SO good especially on this nice warm day here
you say you dont cook, but the photos tell me you do spend some time in the kitchen! Great photos for the hunt!
My default meal? Has to be curry. My family makes fun of me, but, honestly, it beats their default meal (grilled chicken).
I, too, am fond of the quick cooking power of couscous. I think I may have to give your couscous meal a try.
I hadn’t heard that about tuna! I’ve never had cous cous. Looks like a healthy day’s worth of meals!
Now I’m hungry, lol. I’m all for simplicity. I’ve heard of Nutella, but never tried it. Now I just will have to. Have a great weekend.
They all sound delicious. I especially love couscous. And, the nutella? YUM!!
Nutella rocks. Cous cous rocks. Smoothies rock. My favourite meal to cook at the moment is a chicken-mango salad along with chicken coated in pistachio nuts. I don’t really eat bread anymore so instead of coating chicken in breadcrumbs, you coat the chicken in pistachio nuts chopped up in a blender with sea salt and freshly ground pepper. With a little olive oil, lightly fry the chicken both sides about 2 minutes per side. Then pop it all into the oven to bake for about 20 minutes. Beats KFC any time
I’m all about making pizzas- tonight I made a pesto pizza with sliced tomatos and pieces of soy italian sausage…with wholemeal crust, of course! I don’t cook a lot, but my goal for next year is to get much more into cooking. I think I say that every year, though, don’t I?? Well, this time, I mean it!!
I’m French, so I can find Nutella easily, I love Nutella
Everything looks fabulous. Hmm, I love making all sorts of things I guess my favorites (At the moments) are raw sushi, black bean hummus, oh ond of course smoothies.
I’d have to agree with you – Nutella and couscous are two of the greatest foods ever. But not together, of course.:-)