So you think you "can't cook"?

I'm hot, cranky and a little bored, so I'm gonna start a thread about "cooking with the DS." I've noticed a number of posts by people worrying about "cooking special." This is silly. You can live just fine on the DS without touching the stove more than a couple times a week for yourself. Stoves are not alien beings, nor are crockpots, ovens, hunks of raw meat etc. I peruse "cooking blogs" and laugh myself sick at the precooked crap that we're supposed to use to make "fancy" food. Oy vey. I guess my ranch upbringing shows here.

You now have the opportunity to benefit from said ranch upbringing and to contribute your own Great Recipes. I am about to start threads on various subjects, so give me an hour or so if you care about the actual subject. Otherwise post away right here.

How to get 100 grams of protein per day without ever, um, "cooking," though this does occasionally require a stove and/or microwave: (or access to a fuller service convenience store)

Hie thee to the supermarket. Go to the dairy section and procure:

quart of plain yogurt (12 grams per cup = 4 8 oz. servings)

quart of whole milk (8 grams per cup = 4 8 oz. servings

pound of cheese of choice (7 grams per oz. = 8 2 oz. servings)

Then go elsewhere in the store and get:

dozen eggs = 6 grams per egg = 6 2 egg servings

four pouches of tuna fish = 20 grams per pouch

2 4oz bags of jerky = 10 grams per oz = 4 2 oz. servings

1 8 oz. container of almonds = 6 grams per oz = 4 2 oz. servings

Find a way to hard cook your eggs, or buy them already hard cooked. Get a container of salt to season them.

Micro hard  cook eggs: Submerge them in water. Put in micro. Cook on high about 10 mins or until boiling well. Then simmer them for another ten mins. Drain them and submerge in cold water to stop the cooking.

Stove cook: Same thing. Easy peasy. Just don't let them boil so hard they break.

Okay, here's your 100 gram day:

First breakfast: 8 oz. yogurt with flavoring of choice = 10 grams

Second breakfast: 2 eggs = 12 grams

Elevensies: Pouch o tuna = 20 ish grams

Lunch: Go wherever you usually go as a non cooking person and buy lunch with 30 grams of protein (4 oz. of meat/cheese/fish)

Snack: 2 oz. almonds = 12 grams

Supper: Go out to party and make sure you get 20 grams of protein while partying. If you go home rather than to party, get 3 oz. of deli meat and nibble.

Snack: Jerky 2 oz. = 20 grams

Total: 120 grams in basically NO FOOD AT ALL

Wonderful idea EN. I have a couple things to add.

FAGE yogurt...17 grms protein per cup

Pre Cooked BACON...mmmmmmmmm just microwave

canned chicken

protein bars...from 15 to 30 grms per bar

shakes...from 15 to 30 grms per shake

It aint hard...we do it everyday.

Yes indeedy! Come on folks, tell us about more DS food that is not special and requires no cooking! Screw powders and bars and bullets, this thread is about FOOD FOOD WONDERFUL FOOD.

In my fridge at wor****ep...
sliced deli meat (smoked turkey mostly)
sliced cheese of various types
Almost cooked bacon (don't want it to overcook when I hot it up)
Tuna or chicken salad
Water, boiled (because I hate our local Clorox flavored variety)
Lemons, quartered (for water)
Cream (for coffee and/or protein shakes)
various leftovers prn

In my desk drawer:
Protein powder
Almonds (cocoa & roasted w/salt)
Jerky
Change for that sudden need for Soni****

I also have a microwave. It helps me get my bacon quota in.

Lets not forget...

cooked frozen shrimp...and LOTS of it
lump crabmeat
frozen microwaveable fish
canned chili
Special K protein enriched cereal w/milk or 1/2n1/2
peanut butter

I'll add to this as I think of em.............

How about cans of shrimp or crab......Cans of anchovies or herring or whatever..... Crab or shrimp shu mai..... Veggie burgers you can nuke..... Veggie breakfast packages, non veggie breakfast entrees..... CHEESE STICKS......

Ok heres more.........

frozen  cooked meatballs...microwave and add sauce
frozen cooked hamburger patties (plain, with cheese, peppers etc) microwave
microwaveable TV dinners...lots of meaty protein choices

I see you're getting inspired :-). Do you have any input about those microwave dinners and their relative carb content? (Brands versus entrees versus whatever?)

Love the meatballs with shredded cheese piled on top!!

EN, I like and appreciate THIS thread!  Hope you won't mind if I participate. 
My local Publix has a two different ready made seafood salads which are a staple of my diet this summer.  They also have (also in the seafood case) a wonderful "heat and eat" lobster bisque and a terrific gumbo that has no rice in it.  They are both relatively high in protein.  They have been running the mini lobster tails on sale all summer.  You do need to cook them, but they can broiled in a matter of minutes and are so yummy with drawn butter. 
I split the back open and pull the tail up on top of the shell.  The mud vein is usually already gone, but if any remains, I remove it.  I brush with melted butter and give them a dash of Emeril's Original Essence and broil just for a few minutes until opaque and maybe just beginning to brown on top.  When it has been too hot to broil in the kitchen and heat up the whole house I have done these on the grill using indirect heat.  It takes longer than broiling and they won't begin to brown on top but they are still delicious and they make a very pretty and appetizing presentation, too. 
My local Costco has been having giant bags of littleneck clams at a great price all summer.  I have a friend who eats them raw, but not me!  But they are very easy to steam in a matter of minutes.  I add lots of butter, some lime juice and Emeril's Italian Essence to the broth that I steam them in and pour the broth over them when serving.  YUM!  I have also cooked them on the grill with a yummy bacon crumble mixture on top and they were delish, but a ton of work!  My hands were raw from shucking all those tiny clams!  Much easier to let them open on their own in a few minutes of steam. 
Costco also has a fab chicken salad - just a tad dry - I always add a little more mayo and they have a wonderful Shrimp Salad.  I have always loved seafood, but now it it is a MUST have for me!  I have also been enjoying fried catfish this summer, caught by my four year old grandson! 
Costco sells a wonderful Kirkland brand canned salmon that has no yucky skin or bone chunks in it.  (I know the bone is actually good for us, but yuck!) I make salmon patties with chopped onion, beaten eggs and just enough wheat crackers crumbled in to bind them together.  I make sweet peas and onions in a white sauce to serve over the salmon patties.
I did not eat any seafood today.  My main dish today (enjoyed more than once) required some cooking but was very easy peasy:  Ground sirloin browned with a course chopped Vidalia onion.  I drain the fat because I do not care for a tallow taste, but it does not hurt to leave the fat in if that is your preference.  Then I stir in a drained can of very early small sweet peas, (yes, I love peas! and they have protein!) a can of Campbell's cream of mushroom soup and heavy cream until desired consistency.  I ate this as a stand alone today, but sometimes serve it on toast or biscuits or mashed potatoes.  (For those who can tolerate those particular carbs.) 
I keep several cans of cream style soups on hand, like mushroom, celery and asparagus and will heat them up and add in chopped or ground meats and cheeses, whatever I have on hand that ups the protein.
I am constantly contriving "new" recipes from whatever is around.  I had leftover tomato gravy (a regional southern breakfast item which is basically a white sauce which in this case had bacon grease for the fat -you can use sausage drippings or any other fat - with onions and diced tomatoes) and I found a bag of small bay scallops in my freezer.  They thawed in a matter of minutes under running water, I quickly broiled them in butter and them stirred them into the warmed over tomato gravy and served them on a biscuit.  Awesome!
I still love salads.  I just make sure I add lots of chopped ham and turkey and cheese and use full fat dressings.
I have made friends with my deep fryer this year.   Fried chicken tenderloins are great on a salad and are done in just a few minutes in the deep fryer.  I have also found a pork eggroll at Publix that has eight grams of protein - pork is actually the primary ingredient - for a quick and yummy snack from the deep fryer.
My kitchen must always have cream, butter, eggs, cheeses, lunch meats, lettuce, salad dressings, nuts and peanut butter.
Now I am hungry.
Thanks for the thread!
Regards,