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Awesome Life Hack of the Week: 4 easy life hacks to make feeding yourself a total cinch

Around this time of year in Toronto, things start to get busy. If you’re in school, classes seem extra intense and “exam season” might be here. If you’re working, the office might seem a little more hectic than usual and around the streets of TO, there’s definitely a lot going on, with shops getting ready for Christmas (already!).

It sounds weird, but sometimes making something to eat can be an absolute chore. So finding food hacks that make self-feeding crazy easy are a complete blessing. We know life’s hard enough, so here are 4 life hacks to facilitate your food fantasies.

  1. The grilled cheese hack.
    As if grilled cheese weren’t easy enough, they’ve made it even more simplistic. Place sliced cheese on one side of a slice bread. Lay your toaster on its side. Place each slice of bread cheese-side-up in the toast and turn it on a low setting. Grilled cheese in minutes, no dishes!
  1. The bacon and eggs hack. Source: Fat Girl Trapped in a Skinny Body
    Bacon hack #1 is that baking it in the oven is way easier (and less messy) than cooking it in a pan. Bacon hack #2 is that you should never, EVER fry bacon in a pan without a shirt on. Trust me on that one. Bacon hack #3 is that bacon is better with eggs, and the best possible outcome for a bacon and egg breakfast is bacon and egg cups. Use a strip (or two) of bacon to line a muffin tin. In a bowl, beat eight eggs with salt, pepper, water (not milk) and cheese, then pour the mixture into the bacony muffin cups. Bake at about 350 C for about 30 minutes until everything’s all cooked up. Less mess and fewer dishes than doing it all in pans (and you won’t even need a plate to eat them)!
  1. The Keurig oatmeal hack. 
    Toronto’s blessed with great coffee. I don’t know why any Torontonian would own a Keurig coffee maker, but if you do, put it to good use and have it make your oatmeal. Don’t put in a coffee pod, and instead of a coffee mug, place a bowl of oatmeal below the spout. Press start and you’ve got pretty much instant hot water for your oatmeal.
  1. The sandwich hack.
    The lunchbreak is a very exciting time of day that can go very, very wrong when you open your fridge or backpack and discover the sandwich you lovingly prepared the night before is soggier than a Scottish gutter cleaner in spring. To keep your sandwich from getting soggy, skip the tomatoes. Wrap the other veggies like lettuce, cukes, red pepper and onions in a paper towel and preferably in a separate bag or container from the bread. Go light on condiments. Assemble quickly and easily at lunchtime and enjoy your fresh sandwich!
Erin Cardone: Born on the Prairies, Erin Cardone grew up knowing there was more to life than canola fields and AAA Alberta Angus. So she escaped, living in Europe and Australia, white-knuckling it through plates of calf brains and raw horse meat, and learning languages she can't remember anymore. After a stint as a jaded, skeptical journalist, she changed tack and began writing rather awesome blogs and showing businesses that advertising is dead, so long live social media, with her businesses Legendary Social Media. She now splits her time between various Canadian cities, Costa Rica and wherever else the wind blows.