Lazy Meals

When you're feeling lazy, it's nice to know you have easy vegetarian meals you can make quickly. Sure, you can buy frozen meals, but you can make very easy, high protein meals yourself too.

Swiss Chese Sandwich on Whole Wheat with Mustard

1. Cheese sandwiches. I toast 2 slices of whole wheat bread (4 grams of protein a slice). When they're ready, I put on two slices of cheese, usually Swiss (7 grams a slice). Then, I melt the cheese in the microwave and place on the other piece of bread. I flip it over to let the steam escape and cut in half. And I eat it with a glass of milk (8 grams). Total: 30 grams of protein. Variations: add some mustard, basil or oregano.

2. Peanut Butter and Jam Sandwich: I use wheat bread (4 grams of protein) and 2 tablespoons of peanut butter (4 grams of protein per tablespoon). I like blueberry jam or preserves, sometimes, strawberry or even gooseberry. I eat it with a glass of milk (8 grams of protein). If you're concerned about fat, try non-fat milk. Total: 24 grams of protein. If you prefer soymilk, go ahead. Remember, these are lazy meals and you shouldn't think too much about them.




Cottage cheese and pineapple: a classic combination.

 3. Cottage Cheese and Pineapple. I like to get Dole Pineapple Chunks. The nutritional info on the cottage cheese says there are four servings (14 grams of protein). I like to turn it into three servings. There are exactly 18 chunks of pineapple in the small tin so I divide into six chunks per serving. Total: 19 grams of protein. Not quite 27 grams of protein, but if you start to worry, you can drink a glass of milk/soymilk.

4. An omelet with toast/egg sandwich. One egg has 6 grams of protein. Total: 20 grams of protein. Add a glass of milk, 28 grams.

Anyway, these are the meals I go too when I'm feeling really lazy. I can eat three meals of the same thing before I get tired of it. And if I go into a rotation, I start to like the food again that I had grown tired of before. What are your go-to meals when you're lazy? Please let me know!