The Three Easiest Weeknight Recipes & UGC Success Story
- Jun 5
- 2 min read
It drives me crazy when a website titles something “4 Easy Weeknight Meals” and it’s just… normal meals. If I say easy weeknight meal, I'm not looking for Creamy Garlic and Oregano Chicken and potatoes. That's for when I have TIME.
If I’m looking for EASY, I mean EASY. No chopping. No pile of dishes. Maybe not even raw meat.
Easy meals are for nights when your kid has art at 6:30, finishes homework at 5:45.
Or when you have a headache and you’re driving across town picking kids up like the unpaid but loving Uber driver you are.
Easy meals are when you’re using your last shred of energy NOT to hit a drive-thru, but also cannot stand at the stove for 30 minutes.
So here’s what I actually make on those nights:
1. Alphabet Pasta (the canned dupe, but better)
My youngest loves the canned stuff. I hate it (so much sodium), so I started making it at home.
Empty a can of tomato paste into a pan with olive oil (about 2 tbsp). If you can find seasoned tomato paste, use that. Cook it down.
Add salt + garlic powder.Add just under a can of water.Add ~½ tbsp sugar.
Optional: cheese, cooked ground beef if you have it hanging out in the fridge, like I often do, and a pat of butter.
Mix with cooked pasta. Done.
It takes 15 minutes and it’s honestly been a hit. I’ve even made it on mornings before school to pack lunches.
2. Breakfast Sammies
Toast bread or English muffins. Fry 2 eggs per person. Add turkey, ham, or turkey bacon. Melt cheese.
Serve with fruit.
If everyone’s starving, make extras + throw hash browns in the air fryer.
3. Fried Rice
Cold rice is best, but fresh works too.
Scramble eggs → add rice → soy sauce → hoisin → rice vinegar → frozen veggies.
Truly, whatever sauces you have are fine. It's really flexible.
Add whatever meat you have… or don’t.
Done.
Easiest dinner ever.
Also very portable (yes, car dinner before basketball practice counts).
If you try any of these, let me know!
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Happy cooking, creating, & earning!
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