One of my favorite #lowSpoonMeals is to make a bowl of ramen, stir an egg into the broth and some butter to thicken it, and then shove a handful of any greens in. They reduce a lot in the hot water so you can get away with a lot of easy nutriens just from throwing as much arugula or spinach as you can manage into the pot. I also add a lot of sesame seeds and poach an egg in the microwave for 45 seconds to add on top (make sure you poke the yolk!). It takes 5 minutes and it’s very filling

I cannot express to you how much I fucking love gluten free instant oatmeal with dried raspberries in it

It's even vegan! You can get it organic! The berries make it look and feel like it's nutrition! It's pink! It takes a minute and it's warm and comforting and filling and all I need to do is boil a bit of water. Amazing!

I want to hug whoever came up with this 😭​

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Post flu shot & feeling like crap, I made one of my favourite #lowSpoonMeals on Monday. I love homemade #latkes even more than I love Scottish potato pancakes (please don't tell my long departed grandmother). Grating potatoes and squeezing them out and frying them up feels like a huge amount of work when I'm having a flare. This is my lazy solution to get the flavours I want and seemed seasonally appropriate as well.

Lazy Almost Latkes

Premade hash brown patties (I like them in the air fryer best because I set a button and forget about it, but you do you. A toaster oven is a great one too.) Make sure your hash brown patties don't contain tallow if you are kosher or veg, they occasionally do.

I top them one of two ways...

1. Lox, sour cream, capers and red onion.

I sometimes mix everything but the lox all together with a little garlic, lemon, salt and pepper if I'm feeling the energy. You can also use candied salmon or hot smoked salmon if you can't get lox. It's still tasty!

2. Sour cream and apple butter or apple sauce.

The whole thing usually takes about 10-12 minutes to pull together.

I hope this is a low spoon #recipe you can add for your bad days too. Just because you are tired, doesn't mean you can't eat nice things. We deserve good eats as much as the next person. Sometimes it just needs to get creative. Follow all my recipes and tips with #ouchThatsTasty

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