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30 Minutes Meals: Not as Hard as it Used to Be

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101 thirty minute meals for ADHD Adults who enjoy cooking… but are frustrated by the amount of time it takes to make a “30 minute meal” – which can range from 90 minutes to four+ hours.
The following list requires little to no cooking and can be found nationwide in local grocers or fast-food joints – with obvious exceptions e.g. Skyline Chile, WHATABURGER, Taco John’s etc.

  1. Skyline Chili
  2. Sazerac
  3. Jerry’s German Potato Salad with black pepper and hot sauce
  4. Manhattan
  5. McDonald’s
  6. Blackberry Brandy (Jeżynówka)
  7. Pint/Quart of Ice Cream
  8. Ritz Crackers
  9. Wendy’s
  10. 2 slices of pizza from a local slicery
  11. Gins & Tonics
  12. Pigshit & sauerkraut (if pigs nearby and sauerkraut in fridge)
  13. Taco John’s 
  14. Hawaiian rolls with ranch dressing
  15. Whiskey Coke
  16. peanut butter, jelly, spoon, maybe a bowl
  17. Leeann Chin
  18. cheese
  19. Champagne/Sparkling Wine
  20. chocolate chips, peanut butter, spoon, plate
  21. Arby’s
  22. White Russians (caucasians)
  23. Canned tuna with cornichons and Triscuits
  24. lettuce, bacon bits, pepper, Ranch (Western, French, or Catalina also delicious)
  25. Tequila
  26. Taco Bell
  27. Rum & Pepsi with a lime (lime optional)
  28. Pastrami
  29. Sushi
  30. Subway
  31. Triscuits without accoutrements
  32. Kwik Trip fried chicken
  33. Grappa (this is a meal only if you’ve previously had dining experiences with Grappa – don’t do it if you don’t know it)
  34. KFC
  35. Graul’s Famous Ham Salad and their Parkerhouse rolls (mustard optional)
  36. Bourbon
  37. Ben & Jerry’s
  38. Rotisserie Chicken
  39. Long John Silver’s 
  40. Twinkies and cheesecurds
  41. peanut butter and a spoon
  42. Canned tuna and rice crackers
  43. Campari & soda (a dozen+ should suffice)
  44. White Castle
  45. Pecan Pie
  46. Fried eggs (requires cooking but if you can focus for 3-4 minutes you’ll have them in the pan and cooking – just don’t forget about them).
  47. Long Island Iced Tea (3 is plenty)
  48. Carl’s Jr.
  49. Mezcal
  50. Brown Sugar Sandwiches
  51. Burger King
  52. Apples
  53. Bananas
  54. Moonshine
  55. Popeyes
  56. Dandelion Wine
  57. Tortilla chips and pico-de-gallo
  58. Tortilla chips and salsa
  59. WHATABURGER
  60. Single Malt
  61. Cheesecurds and salami
  62. Cheesecurds and beer
  63. Del Taco
  64. Uppers/speed/white crosses
  65. a nice tall glass of shut-the-fuck-up (only if in a pissy mood)
  66. Vodka tonics
  67. Royal Farms Chicken fingers and JoJos (not the Dancer)
  68. Church’s
  69. Key Lime Pie
  70. Beer Nuts
  71. Corn Nuts
  72. WaWa Italian Hoagie
  73. Jack-in-the-Box
  74. Cheesecurds and summer sausage
  75. Kowalski’s olive bar and wings bar
  76. Hardees
  77. Tap water (if fluoridated)
  78. Power Bar (not flavorful but filling)
  79. Diet Coke
  80. Blue Hawaiian
  81. Inn-n-Out
  82. Ketchup & mustard packets sprayed on Hawaiian Rolls
  83. Bloody Mary (3-4-7)
  84. Snickers (2-3)
  85. Hot dogs, if a microwave is handy – or you can eat them cold
  86. Cold cereal
  87. Cold beer
  88. Red Wine (no decanting)
  89. White Wine (only if pre-chilled)
  90. Five Guys
  91. Cheesecurds and wine
  92. Cheesecurds and 7&7
  93. Cheesecurds and donuts and Coke
  94. Lund’s & Byerly’s Hot soup bar
  95. Bagel & cream cheese
  96. Rice Cakes and cheesecurds and summer sausage
  97. Old Dutch Potato Chips
  98. Doritos
  99. olives and wine
  100. goat cheese and membrillo
  101. Old Milwaukee, Marlboro Reds, & a full bottle of extra strength Tums

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