What about some recipes i could possibly whip up, im no cook. But ill give it a shot.
I just made this one this week:
http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/breakfast1/r/joesspecial.htm
Granted, I upped the ingredients (2.5# ground beef and 14 eggs) and made 6 portions out of it. I do the same as Easy, cheap fatty meat in a tube and wash it. Made a large batch, portioned it up and takes 3 mins in the microwave.
A 'bulking food' I make is sort of a beef a roni thing,
3# cooked and washed beef
1/2 bag of Whole Wheat Pasta (Barilla Plus has lots of protein!)
Can of stewed tomatoes
2 Cans of diced tomatoes w/ chilies
low sodium 'pasta sauce'
frozen chopped onions
frozen spinach
frozen peeper mix (green, red, yellow)
seasonings
Cook your meat plain, rinse it well, return to pan, stir in seasonings and frozen onions.
Boil water and cook pasta BEFORE al dente.
drain pasta and return to large bowl, add tomatoes, pasta sauce, spinach, peppers and meat mix. Raise heat to just above simmer and cook for 10 mins or so. Portion it out in single serving tupperware. takes 3 mins in the microwave to reheat.
Buy chicken breasts and boil all of them at once (I use a few cups of chicken or veg broth for flavor) once cooked, portion them up so they can be fried quickly with seasonings (depending on what you feel like that day).
Chili is good and easy too. The leftovers always taste better.
Tuna gets expensive, but tuna salads are quick and can be flavored differently for variety. Celery, Red Onion, walnuts, cran berries/craisins, mustards, low fat mayo, italian dressings, whole wheat pastas, etc. lots can be done with it, but its sorta pricey.
Hardboiled eggs are quick and easy. I buy a crate of eggs for $5.19 and HB a dozen or so at a time.
Perfect eggs everytime:
Large pan, fill it with enough water to cover your eggs with an inch of water.
add your eggs and a TBSP of vinegar (in case one cracks)
Turn heat on high and watch it.
As soon as you get a decent boil, shut off the heat, but leave it on the burner. Set a timer for 12 minutes.
While you are waiting, get a large bowl, fill it with water and add enough ice cubes to cover the top of the bowl.
At 12 mins, pull one egg out with a slotted spoon and gently put it into your icewater bowl. Give it a minute or two to cool off, crack it, peel and make sure that its done, yolk especially. If it is, pull the rest of them and put in the icebath (this stops the yolks from going green). Remember how long it took for the next one and adjust if necessary. Mine take 15 mins at 5280 elevation.
They will keep for a week or so and are a handy snack and quick/easy/cheap to make.
It sounds like the late night munchies get you, so keep a bag of protein powder in your car with a shaker/nalgene bottle. If you ~need~ to hit a drive thru, get a bottle of water and make a shake. Protein can kill the hunger quick (until you get home and can eat decent food).
Other ideas:
Flavored tuna pouch
Beef Jerky
Unsalted nuts (cashews, peanuts, walnuts)
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