Spoonie Meal Hack
This easy 10-minute skillet meal is the ultimate low-effort dinner for days when you can’t plan, measure, or think. Start with onion and garlic, add whatever vegetables and legumes you have, season to taste, and finish with a splash of acid. A flexible, one-pan vegetarian pantry meal that turns random fridge ingredients into a real dinner.
Equipment
- Frying pan
- Wooden spoon or spatula
- Chopping board
- Kitchen knife
Ingredients
- Olive oil or other cooking oil
- Onion chopped
- Garlic diced (from a jar)
- Vegetables any
- Legumes any
- Seasoning of choice
- Acid e.g. lemon juice, vinegar, wine
Instructions
- Heat Olive oil in a frying pan.
- Chop an Onion. Start it cooking.
- While the onion softens, look in the fridge.
- Chop whatever Vegetables needs using. Add.
- Now is also the time to add Garlic.
- Add a cup of Legumes.
- Add Seasoning of choice.
- Finishing touch: add a splash of Acid
Notes
No planning. No measuring. No pressure.
Just start with an onion and build from there. Use any veggies that need using up.
- Cherry tomatoes going soft? In.
- Mushrooms slightly wrinkly? In.
- Half a pepper? In.
- Random spinach? In.
