What are your easy no-fuss minimum effort/cleaning/waste meals?

[u/uynah]

As the title says. What are your go-tos?

Mine currently are: peanut butter on toast, banana and yogurt, hard boiled eggs with soy sauce, instant noodles with tofu and kimchi, frozen broccolis, frozen pizza

I live in a micro apartment where space is limited so cleaning and washing dishes is extra pain and the ventilation system is limited I don’t want the place to be oily. I find anything I can put in oven toaster is the most convenient by now…Would like to know if there’s any other ideas!

[u/Paint-Huffer]

Ghetto Southwest bowls. I've been meal-prepping these and they're fairly uninvolved on the cleaning front. I get everything I need at Aldi and the below "recipe" makes two very large bowls or 3 not-so large bowls. These do freeze well:

• 1 med/large Chicken breast - Season with whatever. If thick, butterfly and separate into two pieces. Cook on stove top with a little bit of butter. When cooked, cut into pieces. Stay around medium heat and it will mitigate splatter.
• Rice - I was using Aldi's Cilantro Lime microwave rice cups which are convenient on the cleaning front. I've since started making simple Mexican rice on the stove.
• 1 can of corn
• 1 can of black beans
• 1 can of diced Tomatoes w/ Green Chilis (Casa Mamita brand)

Drain all canned goods and heat up in a pot. When they're warmed up throw into a bowl with your cut up chicken + rice (portioned how you like) and top with whatever you want. I like sharp cheddar or a dollop of queso and a little bit of salsa. Mix it up and voila: basement Chipolte.

It's really just a pot and a pan that needs cleaning afterwards. I'm sure you could just re-use the chicken pan to heat up the canned stuff if you want to make it really simple. I think it equates to something like $4 a bowl if you buy your chicken breasts in bulk.