I don't like cooking. I also don't like meal planning. Most of the time, I don't like to think about food at all, and when I'm on the AIP, having to do so ALL THE TIME pisses me off a lot, and it becomes really easy to fall off the wagon due to not having any suitable grab-and-go meals. Snacks are easy enough to rustle up, but complete meals are the difficult bit.
So, in response to that need, I decided to develop a series of recipes for complete meals in a "cake" or patty form. Kind of like how you make crab cakes, or veggie burger. Each recipe features a meat, a green vegetable, and a root vegetable or two. They freeze well, thaw and reheat well, and the portions are easy to control. And the best part? Not having to cook multiple dishes or pull multiple things out of the freezer to get a complete meal. It's all there in the cake.
They aren't pretty. They aren't OMG super delicious. But they do taste good, they do satisfy, and they are complete. You might not even need a plate or fork to eat them.
I have been posting the recipes on my blog as I create them, and I will continue to do so and update this post accordingly. The recipes so far are:
Cinnamon Garlic Lamb Cakes (Lamb, sweet potato, and zucchini)
Smoked Fish 'n Kale Cakes (Smoked fish, white sweet potato, and kale)
"Thank You" Turkey Cakes (Turkey, Jerusalem artichoke, and broccoli)
In addition, I would love it if others would contribute to this project! So long as the ingredients form a complete meal, can all be scooped out with a 4 oz. scoop, flattened, and baked 'till handle-able, it'll work and I'd like to hear about it!
A note about freezing - I've been vacuum packing mine in packs of three. The best way is to put the tray of cakes into the freezer until they've frozen solid, then vacuum pack them, so the sealer doesn't try to suck them dry and smash the crap out of them.