Can you really cook a healthy meal in 10 minutes
@lologirl2021 (5542)
United States
April 22, 2013 11:10am CST
I read all the time that you can make a healthy meal in 10 minutes but i feel at times it takes me 10 minutes jsut to cut up and make a salad for dinner well alone now cooking something with the salad. Tell me how you make a meal in 10 minutes? I feel if i had leftovers and were just warming them up that it would possibly take me 10 minutes but thats not always the way it is in life and we all know that.
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@Angelpink (4035)
• Philippines
23 Apr 13
The only nutritious food i can cook in 10 minutes are scramble eggs. It can be prepared fast and can be cook quick even in less than 2 minutes. Eggs are rich in proteins and fats , so i consider this as healthy. An egg a day keeps diseases away.
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@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
23 Apr 13
I think it doesn't really mean to include the prep time for the ingredients. I think they're saying to "cook" not prepare.. hehe.. But with cook time, you could. I could steam a milk fish in 10minutes with just soy sauce, sesame oil and some ginger and spring onions inside.. But provided it's already clean and the steamer is already steaming.. hehe..
Have a great mylot experience ahead!
@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
27 Apr 13
Oh, a milkfish is a type of fish that's very juicy or "milky" when cooked that's why it's called that way. I attached a photo here for you to see. It's not salty nor sweet, it's just really really juicy so it's not dry.
The only down-side to this type of fish is because it's really bony. That's why it's best if you have it de-boned.
Below is a excerpt of an explanation or description of it from wikipedia:
The milkfish is an important seafood in Southeast Asia and some Pacific Islands. Because milkfish is notorious for being much bonier than other food fish, deboned milkfish, called "boneless bangus" (bangus is the local name) in the Philippines, has become popular in stores and markets. Another popular presentation of milkfish in Indonesia is "bandeng presto" (ikan "bandeng" is the Indonesian name for milkfish) from Central Java. Bandeng Presto is milkfish pressure cooked until the bones are rendered tender.
@imaging_1 (64)
• United Kingdom
23 Apr 13
It's my first time to hear steaming a fish in milk! I wonder what it smells like. Would it taste a little salty and a little sweet? :)
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@marguicha (215428)
• Chile
22 Apr 13
You are right about leftovers. I make some dishes and use leftovers (which aren`t really that), to help me cook in a few minutes. For instance, I live alone. If I roast a chicken, I can eat part hot the first day. It takes about an hour to roast a chicken the way I like it, but it takes a few minutes to unwrap it, wash it and dress it and place it in the oven. Then, while it is roasting, I`m at the computer or doing something else. The rest of the cold chixken can be used for lots of heathy dishes that can be prepared in less than 10 minutes.
@lologirl2021 (5542)
• United States
22 Apr 13
You are exactly right. I have some whole chickens that were cooked friday and we have been eating them this whole weekend and still have leftovers LOL. Its crazy but i will have to find some other meals to use the whole chickens with or have people over again this coming weekend to eat it all up. I will see what my parents are probably doing and they can come help me do some stuff at my house and then ill heat up the chicken and we can have that again to eat.
@airasheila (5454)
• Philippines
22 Apr 13
hi there,
i guess, you can really do the cooking in 10 minutes provided all your ingredients are ready to pour in to the frying pan. hence, if you will really sum it up, the cutting and the preparation of your ingredients will be more than 10 minutes. and if you are doing a healthy meal, then you should really prepare all the ingredients prior to its cooking to make it happen in 10 minutes.
@imaging_1 (64)
• United Kingdom
23 Apr 13
I always spend more than an hour to make a meal, from prep to sit down to eat. Only cooking does not take 10 minutes, but washing, chopping, prepare cooking utensils would take me a lot time. And I hate washing dishes. So I really don't like cooking because it takes me too much time. :)
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@dainy1313 (2370)
• Leon, Mexico
23 Apr 13
Hello
Lologirl. I would do some delicious eggs. Or I would do a delicious rice, if I have already hot boiled water to pour over.
Blessings Lolo... dainy
Lologirl. I would do some delicious eggs. Or I would do a delicious rice, if I have already hot boiled water to pour over.
Blessings Lolo... dainy
@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
23 Apr 13
If cooking from scratch then I could not do it unless it was scambled eggs and toast or something like that
@Iriene88 (5343)
• Malaysia
23 Apr 13
I do agree with you. It is not an easy task to cook up a healthy meal in 10 minutes.
My sister is a good cook. She will steam fish, cook delicious chicken curry and
mixed vegetables. She can do it fast provided somebody had chopped and prepare all the ingredients ready.
@bounce58 (17387)
• Canada
24 Apr 13
I too raised a discussion before about the war (and realities) of eating healthy. For some people who have money constraints, and even time constraints, it is really difficult to prepare healthy food. Specially when you have kids, who would take up most of the time doing other stuff. It would be great if there is really something that could be done in 10 minutes. So far, I haven't found any yet.
@randomarts09 (1405)
• Indonesia
24 Apr 13
If you have everything ready for you in front before you are making any meal. And organized everything to make it. It will go for 10 minutes. But I agree that sometimes even us don’t have time to make everything ready beforehand. What I can think of that you can either have salad or light soup, if you want it to be ready for 10 minutes.
@internaty (257)
• Chile
26 Apr 13
Sure, peel some tomatoes and cucumbers, chop them off and add some Tuna fish with mayionaisse, then prepare some fruit salad with oranges, apples, bananas, pears, and add some cream or yogurt and there you are,
@scubapro (1051)
• Gifu, Japan
23 Apr 13
i think 10 min is not enough.i think that people prepare the ingredients first and then after prepare and keep foods dry or in fridge ,they start cooking so it takes just 10min.
i agree even just cutting vegetables take 10 15 minutes,and i think 10 min is not enough to cook well if there is nothing ready.
peace
i agree even just cutting vegetables take 10 15 minutes,and i think 10 min is not enough to cook well if there is nothing ready.
peace
@urbandekay (18278)
•
22 Apr 13
In 10 minute I can cook the following most excellently healthy meals.
1. Porridge
2. Sardine on vegimite toast
3. Smoked mackerel with broad beans
and probably some others
all the best, urban
@wilsongoddard (7291)
• United States
22 Apr 13
Cook time? Yes, of course. Counting prep time? Maybe; for instance, I could do a quick veggie and tempeh stir fry in about that amount of time.
My meals tend to take 45 minutes or less when you count both prep time and cook time. Of course, my meals are healthy and vegetarian... and we definitely aren't subsisting on salads.
Last night, it took probably about 45 minutes total to do prep, roast veggies and cook pasta. The pasta took five minutes once dropped into rapidly boiling water.
Or you can spend about 10 minutes prepping and tossing stuff into a crock pot. Then, you simply set it to cook and return in a few hours for a fully cooked meal.
I will never understand those who think that healthy meals are "difficult" or "time-consuming" or not "tasty" despite having more than abundant evidence to the contrary.
@puccagirl (7294)
• Israel
22 Apr 13
I put a lot of veggies in the oven to roast them, which is delicious. Not all vegetables are suitable for that of course, but the ones that are just need to be washed and maybe peeled in order for you to do this. (You might want to add some spices too, of course, but that shouldn't take too long) So try roasted veggies maybe? I do it a lot and it's really fast :)
