THREE Meals in Minutes

Ok, that was a lie. These meals take more than minutes, but they are pretty damn simple and don't take that much time or energy, so stop whining and just cook. My friend Ryan from CrossFit Evolve has spoken his opinion and it is obvious he wants some simpler meals that don't utilize many ingredients or thought. So, what Ryan wants, Ryan gets (he's one of those guys you just don't want to let down).

I cooked up these first 2 meals in one night and barely had to do anything, to my surprise they turned out tasty. Usually once Thursday nights roll around, I'm out of food so I reach into the freezer for emergency foods, which seem to be fish lately. I got lucky this time around when I realized I had some wild caught Alaskan salmon sitting in there, cold and alone, waiting for a friend. I decided to be his BEST friend, and cook him in coconut and lime. Since coconut-lime cupcakes are not in my cooking plans as of now, might as well cook fish in it, right? Bad example, but you get my drift.

Now I want cupcakes, damnit. Back to the point, as you may have noticed, I tend to cook for myself often so these meals are made for one person. If you are living the relationship lifestyle, I'm sorry (KIDDING, kind of), but be sure to multiply the recipe to share with your other half.

Coconut Lime Salmon with Coconut cooked Kale

What you need:

• 1 salmon filet
• 2-3 tablespoons coconut oil
• 1/8 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
• 1/3 cup full fat canned coconut milk
• 1 lime, halved
• kale: as much as you want to eat
• 1 teaspoons garlic powder
• 1 teaspoons onion powder
• salt and pepper to taste

What you do:

1. Heat up a medium sized skillet under medium-high heat and add 1-2 tablespoons of coconut oil.
2. Add your shredded coconut to a plate or shallow bowl and plop in your salmon to cover in the coconut.
3. Salt and pepper your salmon to taste and add to hot skillet.
4. Cook on both sides for 3-5 minutes or until fully cooked through. Towards the end of the cooking process, squeeze 1/2 a lime on top of the salmon.
5. Once your salmon is done cooking, remove from skillet and set aside. Add a tablespoon or two more of coconut oil and add your kale.
6. Sprinkle in your garlic powder and onion powder and mix to incorporate. Once the kale have cooked down a bit, add your coconut milk and other half of the lime and mix to combine the flavors.
7. Let the coconut milk cook down for a couple minutes, then just serve along side the salmon! Done!

Now for the cod. These filet's were another frozen fish that was longing for my attention after many weeks in the freezer. I made it a priority to show my affection for them.

Mango Salsa baked Cod

What you need:

• 1-2 cod filets
• 1 jar of your choice of salsa: I used a Mango Salsa with no sugar added (hard to flippin find)
• 1-2 head of broccoli
• salt and pepper to taste

What you do:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Add cod filets, broccoli, and salsa to glass baking dish (I used a 8 x 8)
3. Top with salt and pepper.
4. Cover with foil
5. Bake for 25-35 minutes (if they are frozen, you'll need to bake those little fellas longer)
6. Once the fish is done baking, remove foil and put under the broiler for 2-4 minutes to finish cooking off the broccoli.
7. Then eat!! If you want to be cool like me, add it to a cute Tupperware container. Or use a plate, whatever!!

Ok, this last meal was an emergency breakfast. I didn't have any kind of meat thawed and didn't feel like going to the damn store at 7 in the morning for some breakfast sausage. SO, I pulled out a handy-dandy emergency tuna packet. I have tuna by the can and by the packet...the packet seems less invasive to me and then my hands don't smell and make people uncomfortable, BUT it only has 2.6 ounces in it! 2.6 ounces?? That's suppose to keep me satisfied for what....36 minutes? Bull. So i added some bacon to the mix. Woooooooooo bacon. If you don't like bacon, your life sucks. Try it, love it, embrace it.

Tuna & Bacon Breakfast
What you need:

• 1 can/packet tuna
• 1-2 slice bacon, cooked
• 1/2 avocado, diced
• 1/4 cup salsa or tomatoes
• salt and pepper to taste

What you do:

1. Cook bacon and chop into pieces.
2. Add tuna.
3. Add avocado.
4. Add salsa.
5. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
6. Eat.

What meals do you make in emergency starvation situations? Share your thoughts and comments below! Thanks for checking out the blog!!