Now that the food noise is quiet I never learned to cook simple healthy meals. Share your low-effort staples?
Your journey
High-protein meals that don't make me nauseous
Canned tuna with yogurt instead of mayo is smart, I hadn't thought of that.
Cottage cheese with everything bagel seasoning got me through the weeks when cooking anything felt like too much
Rotisserie chicken got me through too. I shred it into a bowl with a little cottage cheese and hot sauce and skip the rice entirely, since rice is what usually sits heavy on me.
Cold shrimp with cocktail sauce is smart, no cooking smell at all. Do you thaw them in the fridge overnight or run them under water when you want them fast?
Cold chicken is the move, i shred a whole one on sunday and eat it cold over greens with ranch powder mixed into greek yogurt. No stove, no smell, and it actually tastes like something
Do you find the egg bites sit okay on the days when even the smell of food turns you off? I keep a rotisserie chicken in the fridge for exactly those nights
Do you eat the rotisserie chicken cold straight from the fridge? I find cold protein goes down way easier for me than anything I have to reheat
Do you actually tolerate the smell of eggs cooking when you're queasy? I had to abandon my Sunday batch for a while around week six.
do you keep the egg bites in the fridge all week or freeze half? I'm in KC and cook once on Sunday, so I'm always looking for stuff that survives five days.
The rotisserie chicken thing is real. I shred it straight into a container while it's still warm and eat it cold with hot sauce when cooking sounds like too much
The tuna and Greek yogurt thing is smart, I hadn't thought of swapping mayo out. Does it actually taste close enough or do you doctor it up with something else?
Cottage cheese with everything seasoning is smart since you don't have to cook anything at all. Do you find the seasoning helps when your appetite is low and food tastes flat?
Canned tuna and Greek yogurt sounds grim on paper but it's actually fine with a lot of black pepper. Do you eat it on crackers or straight from the bowl?
Do you find the edamame keeps you full very long? I microwave a bowl of it with chili crisp on nights I can't face the stove, and it's one of the few things that doesn't turn my stomach.
Do you batch cook at all or is it more grab-and-go stuff? I only ask because I fell into prepping two days of chicken at a time and it made the whole thing way less daunting.
Do you keep the edamame plain or add anything besides salt and garlic? Mine always tastes flat and I end up abandoning the bag halfway through.
Do you eat the cottage cheese cold straight from the tub or warm it up first? Cold dairy has been hit or miss for me on tirzepatide so I keep going back to eggs
Tinned tuna mashed with a little greek yogurt instead of mayo has been my lazy lunch, and it sits fine on the rough days
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