Bonus points for healthy/low carb. Omivore, vegetarian, vegan, I eat all the things but my autistic ass is very low on spoons. I’m a good cook but even the thought of cooking instant ramen sounds daunting sometimes.
Easy things I’ve incorporated are protein shakes with coffee, flax milk and chia seeds during the morning. Keeps me good til 1pm or so since breakfast grosses me out during the weekdays and it takes like 2 minutes to prepare
Also wraps. Throw a protein on, condiments or a sauce like pesto or something, rip up some lettuce with your BARE HANDS, and that’s it. Or if you’re feeling fancy, slice up some cheese/veggies. Less than 5 minutes with minimal clean up, just a cutting board knife, plate and maybe a spoon or butter knife. Sometimes if I’m not cutting much ill just do it carefully in my hands or on my plate to avoid washing the cutting board
Here’s a few vegan quickies: rice from a rice cooker and firm tofu, crumbled into it. The tofu doesn’t need to be cooked. Add soy sauce, and/or some chili paste, maybe some garlic salt. Whatever you think goes good with rice. Plenty of protein, pretty filling, no effort.
Spaghetti and premade pasta sauce. That’s it.
Rice and beans (drained) made straight in the rice cooker. Just like the tofu one add whatever seasoning you want.
Hummus and basically anything you want to dip in it.
Classic PB&J.
Not vegan, but was my goto when I still ate eggs: rice from the rice cooker, with an egg cracked straight into it when the rice is still hot. Whatever seasoning you want. This is a very popular Japanese one called Tamago Kake Gohan (Egg over Rice).
Also, pack your favorite protein bars. If you’re a lazy dumbass like me, sometimes you don’t eat before work. A quick protein bar saves you til lunch.
Hey, sometimes it’s barely manageable to get up in the morning in the first place so I feel you. I made protein shakes in a big giant jar all at once so I have em over the week and that felt like such a loge hack to me lol. I haven’t had tamago kake Gohan in forever! Love the yolk in the rice