While I’m intrigued by these and similar attempts and want people to do them so I can see what hapens, I would be leery of trying this on myself because I suspect nutrition goes beyond the micro/macro nutrients we currently understand. In particular, I’m not sure we can treat “carbs”, “proteins” and “fats” as wholesale categories. Not that I know enough about the topic yet to make that statement...that’s just the assumption my priors are telling me to go with until I educate myself further.
I’m not good at planning ahead of time, so the cooking in bulk thing doesn’t really happen for me. If I’m really in a hurry, I find the fastest way to eat is to steam-cook veggies and meats (fish/seafood turn out well steamed, not sure how other meats work) in the microwave. If you don’t have a steamer, just toss things in a bowl and cover the bowl with a plate. Ta-da, you just made a steam cooker! It takes less than a minute to set it up and turn on the microwave—certainly equal or less time than it takes to set up a soylent-type meal. Sprinkle on spice mix, sauce, etc if you are a flavor junkie.
In addition to that, I always keep fruits on hand. They can be eaten without preparation and provide energy quickly. It’s mostly sugar, but you can turn to starchy bananas for something a bit more substantial. Also, avocados and coconuts are excellent sources of fat, which is especially helpful if you wish to cut back on animal products.
I get really lethargic after eating certain grains so I’m currently tending towards the Paleo philosophy on diet, but if you also eat bread you can save even more time, since you’ve added a food group which is filling and sold ready-made.
So I don’t really ever spend more than two minutes per meal actively cooking unless I’m actually in the mood for something particularly tasty (in which case I’ll put the effort into stir-frying or something). If you are willing to cut culinary corners and make liberal use of the microwave steam cook method, I find the only time consuming part of this is shopping.
While I’m intrigued by these and similar attempts and want people to do them so I can see what hapens, I would be leery of trying this on myself because I suspect nutrition goes beyond the micro/macro nutrients we currently understand. In particular, I’m not sure we can treat “carbs”, “proteins” and “fats” as wholesale categories. Not that I know enough about the topic yet to make that statement...that’s just the assumption my priors are telling me to go with until I educate myself further.
I’m not good at planning ahead of time, so the cooking in bulk thing doesn’t really happen for me. If I’m really in a hurry, I find the fastest way to eat is to steam-cook veggies and meats (fish/seafood turn out well steamed, not sure how other meats work) in the microwave. If you don’t have a steamer, just toss things in a bowl and cover the bowl with a plate. Ta-da, you just made a steam cooker! It takes less than a minute to set it up and turn on the microwave—certainly equal or less time than it takes to set up a soylent-type meal. Sprinkle on spice mix, sauce, etc if you are a flavor junkie.
In addition to that, I always keep fruits on hand. They can be eaten without preparation and provide energy quickly. It’s mostly sugar, but you can turn to starchy bananas for something a bit more substantial. Also, avocados and coconuts are excellent sources of fat, which is especially helpful if you wish to cut back on animal products.
I get really lethargic after eating certain grains so I’m currently tending towards the Paleo philosophy on diet, but if you also eat bread you can save even more time, since you’ve added a food group which is filling and sold ready-made.
So I don’t really ever spend more than two minutes per meal actively cooking unless I’m actually in the mood for something particularly tasty (in which case I’ll put the effort into stir-frying or something). If you are willing to cut culinary corners and make liberal use of the microwave steam cook method, I find the only time consuming part of this is shopping.