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Chicken patties in the air fryer, on pane bread with mayo. Sometimes cheese. Might put frozen fries In the air fryer with them. That was my dinner tonight. Except I used frozen hash brown patties instead of fries. I meant to to have some mini cucumbers and cherry tomatoes for a side and totally forgot.

Stoufers mac n cheese, pizza, pop tarts/waffles, popcorn, depending on hunger level.

I have a poor diet lol

Cheap frozen pizza and a simple salad.

One can of no beans Hormel chili, one can of black beans, rinsed and (somewhat) dried. Mix in a big bowl, microwave until hot, add sour cream and shredded cheese, and use it like dip with tortilla chips. If you're good at rinsing the beans, and your microwave doesn't suck, you can have this ready in 5 minutes. And the only dirty dishes to deal with are a single large bowl, and a spoon.

Another thing I tend to eat a lot when I get home from work in the morning and don't want to do anything, is literally just a bunch a wheat thins, a block of pre-sliced sarento cheddar cheese, and a container of sliced pepperoni from the deli. Takes like 2 minutes to grab those while I'm waiting for the bus home from work. Fuck ton of sodium, though. Same with the chili, I guess.

Mac & Cheese with a can of tuna. Usually either Kraft Deluxe or Velveeta Shells and Cheese and usually white/albacore tuna. Sucks that shrinkflation has made the cheese packets watered down so much that it's no longer tons of sticky cheese and that the cans of "solid" tuna are now only mostly solid pieces with added filler. But it is still a decent tasting, simple meal.

Grilled cheese sandwich. It's as lazy or as fancy as you're feeling.

Super lazy? Grease bread with cheese slice. Fry flip eat.

Feeling less lazy as you start? Cut a hole in one of the pieces of bread and fry an egg in it while you toast the other side, and upgrade the cheese. Just be careful. When you start eyeing meats and mustards to pair, you're in danger of making yourself a pretty epic sandwich.

A couple of eggs cooked in the microwave to hard-boiled consistency, mashed with some Japanese kewpie mayonnaise, seasoned with salt and pepper.

Assemble together with slices of bread to make sandwiches. Pair with cherry tomatoes and sliced cucumbers for a quick side salad.

Can of soup.

pasta

Carbonara, because I nearly always have some lardons / bacon in the fridge, and usually have eggs and cheese too. Sauce is ready in the time it takes to cook the pasta, and it feels like a real dinner despite not really needing much prep.

Lazier? Instant noodles, with extra spices and a big spoonful of peanut butter. Makes it richer, creamier and keep nds 'satay' like. Also feels like there's a modicum of nutrional value. If I'm feeling virtuous I'll add some frozen / tinned sweetcorn or peas.

Hubby, but I wouldn't call him lazy

Tuna melts are surprisingly easy. You can make enough tuna salad to last three days. Toast some bread, stick the tuna on top, then cheese and leave under the grill for a bit. Perfectly tasty snack. My classic tuna combo is tuna, mayo, olive oil, celery, spring onion and canned sweetcorn. Salt and pepper to taste.

Bread or cereal

Bread.

Redbul. Or Alcohol.

Total prep time AND ready to eat within 15-30min.

Get a bowl
Make a "sauce" with plenty olive oil, basil, garlic
Slice tomatoes in quarters (about the size of cherry tomatoes) and throw them in a bowl
Let it rest for min. 30min or as long as you want to. No upper limit.
Add hot spaghetti (al dente) and stir until everything is well coated.

Edit: Expanded and added more precise instructions.

Spaghetti, olive oil, butter, and grated pecorino! A slightly fancier mac n cheese more or less.

if "prepping something beforehand" and "throwing stuff in a pan and just let it sit for a couple minutes untouched" is still fine:

I've been doing big batches of japanese Gyoza in the last couple weeks.

I make a whole kilo of them beforehand, freeze them and just put them in a pan for a couple minutes when I want a quick dinner.

I love gyoza. prepping them takes a bit of fiddling around, but once ready, they hold for a while in the freezer

I like pouring baked beans over French fries. I put apple sauce on top of I have any. Slightly less lazy I'll make Mac n cheese instead of fries, but fries cook on their own.

Instant rice. Sugar. Cinnamon. Milk.