I'm failing at nutrition

[jake272]

Anybody have any ways to make prepping food a little more easy? Because cooking 3 times in a day is really hard to do considering my work schedule, and I get lazy after a while, because cooking three times a day is a pain in the ass, it also sucks because I'm 19 and still living at home because I don't have enough money to move out, so my parents buy all the groceries, and while they do work with me and buy eggs, whey protein, chicken, etc. It's not nearly enough to feed me, I'm pretty tight on my budget for buying extra food, so it's hard to afford what I need for gainz to occur, also, I'm a bad cook, I don't really know how to make nutritious food taste good while keeping the quality good (if that's even possible) any ideas?

[JamesW]

You could make a big batch of rice and ground beef with taco seasoning once a week. Pretty good macros, cheap, tastes good.

[jake272]

Thanks for the idea.

[Toasterleavings]

Do you count making scrambled eggs as cooking? scrambled eggs (6 eggs + milk) , and a generous bowl of oats (instant/quick variety are less chewy, don't even cook them) and milk (add some rice malt or your sweetener of choice if you need that stuff) is an awesome & piss-easy breakfast that takes <5 minutes to make. The oats & milk are freakishly cheap, like they're giving that stuff away. Eggs - not as cheap but still not exactly a luxury item. There - that's one meal designed for easy gainz support.

[jake272]

Do you count making scrambled eggs as cooking? scrambled eggs (6 eggs + milk) , and a generous bowl of oats (instant/quick variety are less chewy, don't even cook them) and milk (add some rice malt or your sweetener of choice if you need that stuff) is an awesome & piss-easy breakfast that takes <5 minutes to make. The oats & milk are freakishly cheap, like they're giving that stuff away. Eggs - not as cheap but still not exactly a luxury item. There - that's one meal designed for easy gainz support.

Only problem with the milk is that I'm a fatty, so idk if that would be great, eggs and oats are pretty convenient, it's stuff like chicken, beef, or any kind of meat that's a little more difficult to prep.

[MattJ.D.]

6 eggs, tbsp of butter, 1 cup of uncook rice, takes like 10 minutes and is great macros

[Gumboots]

My nutrition isn't great either, but here is what I do.

2 meals a day. Make them first thing in the morning.

Meal 1 (Lunch) approx. 2300 calories w/ 90g protein
2 Large BLT sandwiches
8 cups chocolate milk

Meal 2 (Supper) approx. 1500-2200 calories w/ 110-145g protein
Meat+Potatoes
4-8 cups chocolate milk

I don't do this because I think it is the perfect meal plan, I do it because I know I can do it 7 days a week for months on end. Consistency is the key.
Totalling about 4200 calories per day with 200+g protein. Currently slow bulking.
I take a Vitamin+Mineral supplement as well as an fish oil supplement.

It is very simple and it works. The meals typically take me about 30-45 minutes to eat.

[Les Hahn]

If you like spaghetti, you can make up some pretty meaty sauce and then package it up in individual servings. You can make the noodles up in advance too, but it is pretty easy to boil some water in the evening. I usually make enough spaghetti to last for a couple of days, since it keeps well. I make up the next day's noodles the night before. I use ground turkey to get lots of protein and it limits the total fat intake.

[jake272]

Thanks for all the suggestions, I guess my ass needs to learn to cook lol.

[Toasterleavings]

Only problem with the milk is that I'm a fatty, so idk if that would be great, eggs and oats are pretty convenient, it's stuff like chicken, beef, or any kind of meat that's a little more difficult to prep.

Then skim milk. This stuff is not even hard. Don't make it hard.