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

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

    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