Since my work injury, I have done minimal cooking. The prep and cleanup always lead to shoulder/neck spasm then elbow and finger pain and finally severe posterior thoracic spasm.

Takeout food is cost prohibitive. Worker's comp payments leave my budget a few hundred dollars short per month than my normal working paycheck.

Any suggestions for easy to prepare healthy meals. I am tired of grilled cheese and cereal.

I was unable to prepare this years Thanksgiving dinner and Christmas dinner isn't looking to hopeful either. The only smell of baking Christmas cookies in my house this year is the Yankee Candle burning in the kitchen.

I have a recipe for chicken wings which I make in the pan. You heat up some oil and just fry them a little until golden, then add 1 cup of water and 1 cup of beer and cover with a lid. By the time all the liquid has gone down they will be very tender and crispy from the beer.

With that you can make roasted potatoes with carrots. I just buy the tiny potatoes that you just cut in half and the tiny carrots in the bags.

just pan fry(not deep fry)? No other seasonings? Covered on stove top, or uncovered. What kind of beer?

Totally forgot about roasted baby potatoes. I love them with garlic and rosemary. Has anyone tried using the jarred minced garlic? Seriously, just a short amount of chopping and reaching in the kitchen causes the whole neck/arm/upper back to spasm and then elbow finger pain follows

I am so fortunate that my teenage sons go grocery shopping with me...No cart to push, items to reach for, or heavy things to carry.

They are not too interested in cooking though

Yes, just pan fry, this is not a deep fry recipe, a couple of spoons of oil will do just to get the meat golden. You would use a lid in the beginning so that the meat can cook in it and then take the lid off. That would create the crust. You can use any kind of beer.

You can use garlic salt instead of real garlic. I don't use any seasonings with the wings, just salt and pepper, the beer will give them the flavor.

I also buy burgers from Fresh and Easy, not sure if you shop there and make curly fries with them. I just bake the curly fries in the oven.

Similar: Roast chicken or pork with potatoes, onion, carrots, whatever. Just have to clean the pan afterward.

pan fried chicken breast. salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder. rub in, pan fry in small amount of olive oil, cook about 4-5 minutes on each side. Slice and serve over salad.

Lol, Amazon prime does this for me... they even deliver toilet paper, yay!

Mac and cheese , the gourmet kind. Sugar cookies from a tube?
Frozen pizza

Salsa chicken -

Since the holidays are coming, I want to share a delicious cupcake recipe that doesn't require that much hands on work because you use the blender.

http://www.thepaleomom.com/2012/06/c...h-ganache.html

I made them today, they are absolutely delicious and also dairy and gluten free for those with allergies.

I find that baked fish or chicken breast is easy to make. Once it is defrosted, just put it in a pan or on foil sprayed with Pam or some vegetable oil. Put a few spices on it and bake it at 350 until done depending on the meat/fish. I do a lot of frozen vegetables in the microwave. For starches rolls work well or a baked potato, baked sweet potato. I also think there are bagged rice dishes that can be done in the microwave.

The easy part about all of these things is that they don't require chopping or much prep.

I think there are foil sheets available so you don't even have to rip the foil for baking.

Easy cook, easy clean up, and mostly healthy except for some of the pre-prepared sides.