Hey Pandas, What Are Some Easy Recipes When You're Depressed Or Anxious And Have Little Energy? (Closed)

A little bit of toast with tomato slices and garlic on top, with cheese and basil on top of that. You can microwave it real quick and it's like super pizza.

Crackers and cheese and summer sausage are a staple.
You can eat them together or if you have vegetables you can fry veggies with a bit of the sausage and eggs for an easy gourmet.

If you are too tired to make up vegetables, you can always keep some lemon juice on hand and drink it with a bit of honey in water for a calorie/vitamin boost. It's good hot as well.

Tortillas are also great to have around. You can make pb&j or tacos or whatever you want and they keep longer than bread does.

Soup is also a good go-to because you can freeze it and just pull it out when you are too tired to make a meal.

Tomatoes on toast with some everything bagel seasoning is my go-to lately.

Open freezer and remove ready-made food item. Shove in toaster oven. Cook. Repeat.

peanut butter sandwiches. you can use wholemeal bread and add fruit if you want it a bit healthier or white bread and jam/jelly if you just want comfort food. it's a high energy and protein food too so it can get you moving a bit more easily and if you use wholemeal bread your getting fibre too. i know its not a recipe but its fast, easy and can be healthyish

Jacket potato, pierce it few times before microwaving it for like 7-8 minutes, some butter and any topping of your choice eg. canned beans, shredded cheese, canned tuna, tuna mayo, canned corn etc etc

Grilled cheese sandwich with tomato soup from a packet. Cheese has feel good chemicals in it.

Egg in a hole - the ultimate comfort food ready in under 10 minutes.

You will need: Bread, egg, butter

1. Butter both sides of the bread.

2. Cut a rectangle out of the bread.

3. Place bread and rectangle in a med high frying pan and cook for a few minutes or until light brown.

4. Flip all the bread over and crack the egg into the hole (see where this is going? Huh? Huh? Do ya?)

5. Cook until your egg is almost set, then flip and fry a minute or two longer (until egg is as runny or not as you like).

Ta daaa!

Charcuterie boards! You can buy a bunch of cheese and salami and pickled stuff for pretty cheap, it lasts for a while, and it’s delicious. It can also be very satisfying to arrange all the stuff all fancy.

Tomato Soup, if you have bread it’s a bonus

Start with something like pasta, gnocchi, tortellini, and add a sauce of your choice, and then you can add anything else you want, like cheese, meat (if you have it pre-cooked and cut up, all you have to do is warm it), veggies ( frozen or canned are great, as most of the prep work is already done for you), and that's it, and now you have a simple, good meal.

Tray bake. Try bell peppers in quarters, courgette thickly sliced, sweet potato cut like fries, red onions halved. Put all of it in an ovenproof dish, add a little olive oil and give it a good mix. Salt and pepper. Pop in preheated oven 180C and after 20 minutes stir a little, leave in oven for another 20minutes. After you have taken it out of the oven you can add some pieces of avocado and kidney beans.

Soup is your best friend. Make a greek salad, put on some music while prepping your food. ❤️

A piece of cheese and some olives, almonds and dates. Bread if you want. I start to feel better because it looks like food I would have with friends or eating out, which adds sunshine

i saw a youtuber say that if you don’t have the energy to make something, just eat the ingredients separately (onlyjayus, i think?) it helps, at least for me.

Setup an online account with one your favorite chain pizza places. Create a couple medium pizzas you love and name the order "Nope" or "Too Tired" or "Fu*k It." Save a credit card to the account so the order can be completed with only a few clicks. Be sure to check the "contactless delivery" option. Done and done.

I keep a 4lb bag of frozen meatballs in the freezer and a bunch of boxes of dried pasta and jars of marinara in my pantry. So quick, inexpensive, and easy to prepare the pasta, heat up some meatballs, and top with the sauce. I prefer to top with grated parmesan and some chopped green or white onions, but it's still delicious, filling, and wholesome quick comfort food without the extra.

Ramen Noodles (crush them up with the bag sealed) let them boil ( let most of the liquid boil away) THEN add the flavor packet. Simmer for a few minutes. Add your favorite shredded cheese and or tomatoes etc. Here is the twist, eat by dipping with tortilla chips. I add crushed red peppers for some heat.

Got tortillas and some meat? Grab a tortilla (cut in half if ya want), put some deli meat and cheese, roll it up, and boom! You have a wrap! I like to use hot sauce to dip mine in!

I am not sure if this means cooking recipes. In my case I just buy food premade. However, what helps when I am depressed is to go for a walk.

I am learning to sew and creating something boosts my self confidence!

Lately I've been feeling pretty good, so put a lot of serves of food in the freezer (I live alone, so always have leftovers). Otherwise, I would do gnocchi (store bought, or even homemade as it's pretty easy), pizza subs, burritos, jacket potatoes, omelette or scrambled eggs (can add tomatoes, bacon, herbs if you like them), egg and bacon tartlets (piece of bread pressed into muffin pan, crack egg on top and sprinkle with bacon, then cook in oven for 20 mins on 180c/356f) or mock fish/fritters (grated potato and carrot, mixed with egg and cheese and cooked in a fry pan)