I know! Here I am. I rose up ‘from the bed’ just long enough to share a fabulous cheat.
I’m generally a fresh food kinda gal. I’ll buy fresh veggies vs in a can or frozen and generally gravitate towards ‘real food’. (the way nature dishes it out) But when you’re pressed for time or in my case, not feeling up to par, that’s when I say a-ok to cheat eating.
By cheat eating, I mean processed or predone up foods.
We’re fortunate enough to have a lovely little local deli that makes all kinds of homemade things and one of them being quiche. They are delish and that sat right with me today, so I whipped (heated) one up for dinner.
I actually felt rather proud of myself because they officially are homemade, just not by me. 🙂 So I think I did well!
In a perfect world, I’d make amazing meals and freeze them, but I don’t. So this kinda cheat eating works for me! And sometimes it’s just downright necessary so you can spend valuable time in other areas.
What’s your fav cheat eat when you’re too busy to cook?
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I love to cook, and rarely eat food I didn’t prepare myself. Not healthy, calorie-wise, unprocessed food, such as we all should eat, noooo, I make fried chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, lasagna, etc. Not that I am advocating that at all, just saying I love rich, homemade food like I grew up eating. Y’all will likely find this sad, and maybe yucky, but when I eat “cheat food” (meaning I am too busy or lazy to cook) I love, love, love Spam. Yep, canned Spam. Preferably fried, with eggs,or make into a Spam and cheese sandwich. I have owned two restaurants, and am considered an accomplished cook and baker. But I love Spam. And don’t tell anybody, but I like Potted Meat, too!
But I have to admit, that quiche looks fantastic!
That’s a tough one! I’m like you and do fresh. Oh, I know…sushi! Or maybe something lovely from Whole Foods. Something from their deli window. They make the most terrific BBQ pulled pork and vegetable pakoras. 🙂
My favorite cheats are soups/stews – they are so easy to double the recipe & freeze in single-serve portions & chicken breast or ground beef. I grill boneless skinless breast & freeze for fast meals & do the same with ground beef. It’s very easy to throw together a dinner salad topped with a chicken breast or make taco salad with precooked ground beef.
Leftovers also make great fast meals. I freeze them for a busy day.
I hate to admit, but my dirty little food secret is that I love those little mac and cheese cups that you can just microwave. I don’t like to cook for just one and usually just snack most days, fresh fruit, cereal, sandwiches, etc. But the mac and cheese is my hot meal when I need one. And Sandra, I like spam, too. I dice it into small cubes, brown it and use in scrambled eggs. Or we slice it thin, squeeze fresh lemon juice on it and eat it on crackers. I grew up using spam when we camped, was an easy meat to carry along. We all have little food secrets, something we know is not healthy for us, but it’s soooo good. When I travel, my treat is a banana split, something I rarely eat normally, but just cannot resist a Dairy Queen banana split!
I get a rotisserie chicken from Costco & shred it up into individual servings and freeze. Then I can add to soup, stir frys, etc. Only takes a few minutes and I have a somewhat healthier meal than coming from a box. But, the local deli I think would work too. Especially if they have things like that quiche. One of my favorites. Feel better soon.
My favorite “cheat” eat is my crock pot…filled with chicken or beef and veggies!!
Yum!
I always feel like I haven’t cooked this way
Hugs
SueAnn
I’d be cheating too if I had some of those delicious looking quiches in my frig. I love the Chicken Caesar salad from the deli section at a local grocery store. It’s even good when it’s two days old. Hope you’re back to 100% soon:-)
That quiche looks so delicious! My favourite cheat food is a bowl of cereal, usually Oatmeal Crisp.
Shirley said:
I am sorry you still not feeling well. You go girl, if you are feeling rotten anything goes Love your blog.
Feel better soon!!! I have honey nut cheerios. Sometimes wait make that all the time I snack on them like I’m a 3 year old. Oh well.
I hope you are feeling better. I woke up the Sunday of Bella with a head cold and it has hung on. Jack and Sam got it, too. Take good care and know that you are loved!
Soups! When I’m in a rush or mostly when I’m under the weather it’s soup. I make wonderful soups from scratch and I keep saying I’m going to make some and freeze for those days…it hasn’t happened yet :0(
my cheat eating is a stop at Chipotle !!!! it is so much better than homemade. my fav is a crispy taco!
Thank you for making this site very interesting! Keep going! You’re doing very well!
That’s quite interesting one to read and mine would be chicken strikes. Normally cheating foods are so delicious to eat.……