Get some chicken stock cubes. Boil one with some salt, bit of garlic, and add pasta. Any kind is fine. Let it boil until it's soft and then throw in some veggies, I normally go for broccoli but anything works. Let it keep boiling, when the pasta is soft all the way through and the veggies seem good, throw in some cheese. Stir and serve.
ALSO my favourite way of cooking broccoli that has even gotten people who hate broccoli to like it: fried in a pan with butter and garlic. Keep stirring regularly so it doesn't burn. Takes about ten-fifteen minutes, tastes delish.
Pork loin chops are very easy to fry, just throw some salt and pepper on them and fry them in a pan. Some packages tell you for how long, which helps. But basically till it's brown on both sides/white all the way through.
Another good easy recipe: boil chicken drumsticks in water with bbq sauce and worcestershire sauce (optional) for about twenty/thirty minutes. Then fry them in a pan with even more bbq sauce until they're brown and look good.
i do like a chickpea or bean salad where it's just. canned beans. chop some cherry tomatoes/onions/whatever u like. crumble some feta cheese. salt+pepper+olive oil+lemon juice. stir together
you can do easy chicken enchiladas with shredded rotisserie chicken and store bought enchilada sauce... just wrap cheese/chicken in the tortillas, pour sauce over and bake
Chili is super easy. Brown some hamburger, get some canned kidney beans and drain them. Throw all of that in a crockpot with a thing of tomato juice, chili powder and onion powder. Salt and pepper to taste.
Also I do a lot of over baked chicken. My favorite is chicken dredged in garlic butter (melted butter with a little garlic or garlic powder in it), then dipped in potato flakes and baked in the oven with some sharp cheddar cheese sprinkled over it.
Rice, chicken stock, and a bunch of veggies (I use onions, carrots, and frozen peas) simmered for a while with some butter thrown in towards the end makes for a nice rice pilaf to go with other dishes.
Tacos are super easy, we have those once a week. Get a pound of ground beef, brown it in a skillet on mediumish heat, drain the grease, add a cup of water, add taco spice mix of your choice, continue to cook it on medium ish until the water has evaporated, stir a lot throughout all of this, place in receptacle shell of your choice
SHAKSHUKA - Fry up an onion and a little garlic if you like. Add paprika, cumin, chilli powder and any other aromatics you like (thyme, sage, mint, basil, coriander leaves all work), then pour in some tinned tomatoes, then crack in an egg and allow it to poach slowly in the toms. Eat for breakfast out of the pan.
CHEAT VEGAN REFRIED BEANS - in olive oil, fry up a little garlic, onion and cumin. Add canned black beans along with their juice, coriander leaves, lime juice and chilli powder. If it seems a little dry, add more water. Allow to bubble and slowly turn to mush, then mash it in the pan with a masher until creamy. Then serve.
Also a favorite meat of mine is baked fish -- acquire slab of fish, put aluminum foil in a baking dish because we hate cleaning, place fish in pan, cover in butter and garlic and maybe an eensy bit of lemon OR WHATEVER, stick it in the oven until it is tasty
SPEEDYPANTS CHANA MASALA - Toss garlic, onion, ginger paste, a carrot and a chilli into a food processor and chop (and a celery stick if you've got one). Heat up a frying pan and add bay leaves, cumin seeds and coriander seeds - when they start popping, pour in the blender's contents. Add in a teaspoon of garam masala and a teaspoon of turmeric.
For accompaniment some vegetable like the broccoli mentioned up yonder or zucchini noodles done up in butter and garlic will look immensely festive on your plate
When it's starting to produce lovely colours and smells, toss in a can of chickpeas and top it up with a little water until you've got a thick sauce. Cover the pan with a lid and allow to cook for about 5 minutes.
You can also find plenty of cheats for lazy does. Sometimes I make a meal out of zucchini noodles, but also chicken nuggets that can be nuked in the microwave.
Frozen batter-dipped fish is a thing that you can keep around for days you need a solid meal but aren't going to fuck off to the store for fresh fish that day.
They sell seasoned baked refridgeratable chicken strips that rich people toss onto their salads, about half a box of those on top of a bowl of brown rice is A+
WELSH RAREBIT - Brown some slices of bread under the grill. In a bowl grate some cheese and add a little of a sweet/acidic fluid - unsweetened apple juice, beer, mustard, Worcester sauce, brown sauce, balsamic vinegar all work as additives. Stir with a fork to make a paste - microwave it for a few seconds if the cheese is too hard.
Soy sauce, sesame seed oil, ginger paste and a drop of lime juice is an incredible salad dressing or useful as a quick marinade. If you want to use it as a marinade, put whatever it is you're marinading (usually tofu for me) into a plastic container, add the marinade, seal the lid, and shake, then leave in the fridge until you need it.
I like to put chicken breast covered in marinara sauce in there myself and then eat it with pasta but the flavor is pretty dull unless you get, like. spicy diavolo sauce
step 2: fry