Sometimes, the last thing you feel like doing after a long day is coming home and cooking. Every so often, 30-minute meals aren’t even worth the hassle because who wants to wait a half hour to chow down?
Well, the good news is that you can make single meal dinners with just a mug and a microwave (plus a few extra ingredients, of course).
These 10 meals can be prepared in under 10 minutes, and won’t make you feel like you’re missing out on a quality meal.
The next time you’d rather just order Chinese take-out instead of cook for yourself, why don’t you try one of these quick and easy options instead? I promise, you won’t regret it!
1. Mac ‘N Cheese
Adding some water, noodles and cheese to your mug will bring you cheesy goodness in a matter of minutes. Follow this recipe to have delicious Mac ‘N Cheese in no time!
2. Quiche
You can add whatever you like to this recipe, and it will surely taste wonderful. Eggs, ham, and scallions cooked into a quiche right in my microwave? I like the sound of that.
3. Burgers
Cook yourself up a burger without ever having to fire up the grill. In just a few minutes you can have yourself a bacon cheeseburger with none of the hassle.
4. Burrito
Use beans, chicken, corn or whatever you normally put inside your burrito, then roll it up and put it in a mug and cook it in the microwave, Yep, it’s that easy.
5. Meatloaf
With just a few ingredients, you can have comfort food in your mug at dinnertime. Use this recipe to make yourself meatloaf that tastes like you spent a lot of time making it, without all of the time.
6. Chilaquiles
These are basically nachos in a mug, enough said. Get the recipe.
7. Spaghetti
Want dinner for two quick, fast and in a hurry? This recipe for sausage and cheese spaghetti should do just the trick.
8. Mexican Street Corn
Make a mug-sized side dish of Mexican Street Corn with just a few ingredients because you can never go wrong with a little corn and cheese.
9. Tomato Soup
Because sometimes nothing is better than a tomato and cheese combo, you know?
10. Chicken Pot Pie
So much warmth and comfort packed into such a tiny mug. You’re definitely going to want to try out this Chicken Pot Pie recipe for dinnertime if you need a little after work pick-me-up.
I hope you have a spare mug handy! Your quick, easy dinner awaits.
[h/t: brit.co]