La clave para hacer recetas fáciles y rápidas es optar por cocciones muy simples (salteados, revueltos, a la plancha, al vapor, en el microondas,) y jugar con ingredientes que acorten el tiempo de preparación (procesados saludables como las verduras lavadas y cortadas, legumbres cocidas…) o aprovechar sobras o comidas que ya tengas hechas de antemano en plan batch cooking (cocinar de golpe un día para ahorrar tiempo el resto de días).
La clave para hacer recetas fáciles y rápidas es optar por cocciones muy simples (salteados, revueltos, a la plancha, al vapor, en el microondas,) y jugar con ingredientes que acorten el tiempo de preparación (procesados saludables como las verduras lavadas y cortadas, legumbres cocidas…) o aprovechar sobras o comidas que ya tengas hechas de antemano en plan batch cooking (cocinar de golpe un día para ahorrar tiempo el resto de días).
Espárragos con tomatitos y huevo escaldado
Espárragos con tomatitos y huevo escaldado
It is as simple as what you see and no less appetizing for that. You put water to boil to make the blanched egg. And while the egg is heating up and cooking, cut some cherry tomatoes in half and make grilled wild asparagus.
- Save time. You can also use some canned asparagus and have the egg already cooked.
Noodles with zucchini and cottage cheese
Noodles with zucchini and cottage cheese
While the pasta cooks, most require no more than 10 minutes, sauté sliced zucchini along with a few strips of sun-dried tomatoes. And then mix it all up with some crumbled cottage cheese.
- Save time. The trick to making this recipe in one go is to simulate two cooks at the same time, as is done in batch cooking (cook at once for one day for the whole week).
Rice with tuna and vegetables
Rice with tuna and vegetables
White rice goes very well for quick and easy recipes if you have the foresight to have it prepared. You can combine it, like here, with some washed and cut vegetables ready to be sautéed or made in the microwave. And while they are being made, you sauté some tuna cubes and season them with a little soy sauce.
- Save time. Substitute canned tuna or canned sardines for fresh tuna.
White bean salad
White bean salad
Canned legumes are one of the healthy processed, as dietitian-nutritionist Carlos Ríos, the standard-bearer of realfooding and CLARA blogger, tells us, and they give a lot of play when it comes to preparing quick and easy recipes. Here we have combined them with onion, tomato, green pepper, black olives and hard-boiled egg.
- Save time. Instead of the hard-boiled egg, add crumbled desalted cod. You can find it already desalted and ready to use.
Fish with sauteed vegetables
Fish with sauteed vegetables
If you want to improvise a lunch or dinner at full speed, grilled meat and fish and sautéed vegetables do not fail. Here we have caught monkfish, but you can do it with other fish (hake, mackerel, salmon …). Start with the vegetables and make the fish at the last minute to make it juicier.
- Save time. Use vegetables they sell already washed and cut. Most of them can even be cooked in the microwave in the same bag that they come in.
Zucchini spaghetti with prawns
Zucchini spaghetti with prawns
They're also super quick to make zucchini spaghetti. You can make them yourself with a vegetable spiralizer or with a potato peeler. You sauté them with some cooked and peeled prawns or prawns and that's it. To make it a little more appetizing, add a pinch of chilli to the stir-fry and dress with lemon juice.
- Save time. Use some ready-made zucchini spaghetti to sauté or blanch.
Peas with rice and egg
Peas with rice and egg
To make this recipe, boil some frozen peas, with a few minutes they are ready. And while they're cooking, saute slices of zucchini and red onion and julienned red cabbage. You can complete it with a handful of white rice and a blanched egg. But they would also be very tasty with some canned sardines.
- Save time. You can take advantage of the same cooking of the peas to make the boiled egg at the same time.
Scrambled eggs with asparagus and mushrooms
Scrambled eggs with asparagus and mushrooms
Scrambled eggs are one of those dishes that will solve any meal or dinner in the blink of the stove. For example, while sautéing some chopped asparagus together with some mushrooms, beat an egg and add it last.
- Save time. You can use canned asparagus and frozen mushrooms already cleaned and chopped ready to cook.
Chickpeas sauteed with chard
Chickpeas sauteed with chard
Pot chickpeas are another essential of the quick and easy recipes. In addition to salad, they are delicious with almost any vegetable. Here we have added them to a sautéed onion and ham with chard.
- Save time. In addition to the canned chickpeas, you can also use chard that they sell already washed and cut. You just have to add them to the pan and sauté them.
Grilled chicken with mushrooms
Grilled chicken with mushrooms
It is one of the simplest recipes with mushrooms. You only have to make a grilled breast, on one side. Some mushrooms sauteed with garlic and parsley, on the other. And to give it a sophisticated touch, you can accompany it with a honey and mustard sauce, and some chopped pistachios and pine nuts on top, and a sage leaf. Discover here more easy and quick recipes for when you don't want to complicate your life.
