Dana Carvey
When I’m in no mood to cook, I sauté some onions and sausage, then boil some frozen pierogies for a moment. Fry them in a little oil, turn them once, and serve the whole mess with sour cream and salsa.
Had it for breakfast yesterday. With a slice of sharp cheddar.
Anyway… Most of what I cook is really uncomplicated. And reviews are great. Corned beef & cabbage? It’s corned beef, cabbage, potatoes, and water. Ham hocks & black-eyed peas? Ham hocks, black-eyed peas, water, and bay leaves (plus cayenne). Roast turkey? Make the stuffing, stuff the bird, and put it in the oven until it’s done. Then make gravy from the drippings. Prime rib? Olive oil, salt, pepper, and rosemary. Put it in the oven until it’s done. And so on.
This is probably the meal I’ve made the most.
Stew a chicken thigh in broth.
Put peas in a bowl that look about enough for one person. Cover in milk and add a pat of butter. Microwave for 3 minutes.
Add instant mashed potatoes to the peas until it’s the right consistency.
Confession - I make this so often, I put the pot of broth in the freezer and next time I make it, I use that broth.
Regular oven or microwave? I’m only asking because you mention that “colleagues” loved the smell, which suggests you did it at work, where microwaves are more common.
Either way, it does sound good.
Meatloaf. Mix a pound of ground beef with half an envelope of Lipton’s onion soup mix, an egg, some water, and some barbecue sauce. Put it in a loaf pan, add two strips of bacon on top, and toss it in the oven for an hour. Simple because of no chopping and you don’t have to pay attention.
Did it in college using a toaster oven, so guaranteed easy. Still do it now. My wife says it’s better than her mother’s.
That’s a good meatloaf recipe.
This thread is AWESOME for lazy people.
Regular oven, wait until the cheese has nicely melted.
Extremely easy and, while not exactly refined, really tasty.
Sauté chopped onion, green pepper and tomato. Make a corn tortilla. When the vegetables are done, stir in chopped cilantro. Slide the tortilla onto a plate, spread the vegetables over it, top with a fried egg and a few shakes of Tabasco.
I have many simple meals that end up with that.
I believe whomp biscuits is a Lewis Grizzard-ism.
Another super lazy meal at casa de Janis: chili cheese fries: dump Frozen Checkers/Rally’s fries in a pan, add two cans chili, add cheese. Bake till done. Dump in a bowl, add a spoonful of sour cream. Messily devour.
Last night’s dinner was pretty easy. I picked up a roast chicken at the grocery store, threw a bag of green beans in the microwave, and made a box of couscous. Dinner was ready in about ten minutes.
Except I forgot that you add breadcrumbs. I use Italian ones to give it a tiny bit more zing.
Cook some meat and eat it. Add vegetables, potatoes, salad, whatever. Eat. Anything beyond basic seasonings, to me, is not for uncomplicated or lazy. No one eats a burger, steak, chicken, pork chops or whatever without complicated sauces or breading or whatever? Salt and pepper goes a long way, imho.
The Bagel Steak Sandwich.
Toast a bagel. While it’s toasting, fry a thin fast-fry steak, maybe with a bit of seasoning if you’re so inclined. Butter the bagel with store-bought garlic butter, assemble, enjoy.
Similar to my dad’s recipe… which he almost certainly got off the Lipton Onion Soup Mix box.
2 pounds ground beef, 1 pound ground pork, 2 eggs, ¾ cup bread crumbs, ⅓ cup catsup, ¾ cup water, and a packet of Lipton Onion Soup Mix. Mix it all tagedda. (I use the stand mixer.) Shape into two loaves. I bake one, and freeze the other for later. Bake in a 350ºF oven for an hour or so, until it’s done. Pour tomato sauce over the top, and put back into the oven to heat/thicken the sauce.
I have three that technically may not be the simplest I make but they get rave reviews (like OMG this is phenomenal) with minimal effort.
All goes in a crock pot
Take small potatoes and cut into quarters
Add Campbell’s Golden Mushroom and beef broth
Throw a beef roast on top. Chuck is standard but a good shoulder roast is even better.
Cook all day.
Get fatty pork roast or country style ribs and throw it in your crock pot.
Pour on good barbeque sauce. I’ve always used Kraft so your definition of “good” maybe different. It must be a little liquidy and the pork has to be fatty or you lose all moisture and the sauce will burn.
Cook all day. Serve with tater tots. The bbq sauce + rendered pork fat is the dipping sauce for the tots.
Roast some small potatoes (not in a crock pot) in a casserole
When roasted (like an hour) thrown in a mixing bowl with an assload of butter and some salt and smash (not mash) with your potato masher. There should be a lot of chunks in there.
Put back in your casserole topped with even MORE butter. Bake another 10 minutes.
As a kid my Mom used to make this and I still do years later. It might have an official name but we called it Noodles with Cottage Cheese. Steps:
Brown a diced onion or two in butter until soft (depends on how much you like onion)
Boil package of egg noodles (your favorite thickness)
Drain noodles, return to pot, add the browned onion
Scoop in cottage cheese (amount to your preference, I use almost a whole container)
Mix well, salt & pepper, and gently reheat as the cottage cheese will cool the hot noodles
That’s it. It is excellent and simple, kind of like a deconstructed pierogi. Also reheats well.
I like a good meatloaf too but the Lipton soup mixes have way to much salt for my taste.
Mine would be 
a pound of ground beef
breadcrumbs
diced onion
egg
garlic powder
ketchup
Sausage, taters and onions, cut up and fried together in one skillet. It was my go-to meal when on the road, as you can find those ingredients in pretty much any country you are in.