Why I eat the same dinner every night

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I used to follow OMAD and have only one meal a day in the evening. But ever since changing companies, I get access to my new company’s canteen that has subsidized food, which is quite varied, healthy and always has 2 vegan options. Thus I’ve started to have lunch there every weekday. Occasionally I may go out to eat on weekends but on weekdays I always eat at home and it is always the same meal. Here’s why I do it:

1. Saves time

After trying a few different healthy dishes. I’ve found that this is the quickest yet tasty and satiating. I boil water in a kettle and pour it into a bowl of couscous. The couscous takes 10 minutes to cook, and while this is cooking, I pop some vegan sausages that are made out of seitan in the oven. Both of these items finish cooking the same time. Once the couscous is cooked, I mix it with a few spoons of a jar of mixed spices paste, add some hummus, cherry tomatoes, pre-washed baby spinach and eat it with the seitan sausages. The whole process takes me under 15 minutes and there is barely any time needed for clean up after. Which brings us to the next point:

2. Saves effort

Since the couscous just requires boiled water, and the sausages cook in the oven under a sheet of aluminium, there are no cooking utensils that I have to clean after eating. And since I…