/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Hey all,

my current living situation does not allow for me to have a lot of pots and pans (I only have one cabinet in the place I'm renting) and it's mostly full already with dishes and such, so I bought a crockpot and meal prep containers and I've been doing shredded chicken + rice + brocolli for the past few weeks, it's been really great experimenting with the recipe and such but it's getting kinda boring and like to spice it up.

Tl;Dr please give me some cool meal preppable recipes or ideas that I can make with only a crockpot and microwave (and normal utensils ie knife / cutting board etc)

Was thinking of doing a chipotle bowl style thing next. Black beans, chicken, corn, onions (fajitas?) some lettuce and salsa packed into containers for the week.

hey all, i want to start doing meal prep and i've been watching some youtube videos of people doing meal prep and it seems the most common method is stovetop, but also a few people just use a crockpot and let the chicken cook all day. What method do you all think is better for someone know doesnt know how to cook nor has any current cookware? it looks like i can pick up a crockpot for ~15 - 30 bucks, whereas i'd have to get a skillet / pan, spatula, etc to cook on the stove. The only thing that makes me lean towards stovetop is that i'm interested in using salmon for my meal prep too, and i don't see many people using crockpots for salmon. Also, the crispier finish that stovetop cooked chicken and salmon get does look tastier. and i think learning how cook on a stove is probably good for my future, the only problem is that i rent out a room right now and dont really have anywhere to store a bunch of cookware.

anyways, tl;dr:
>crockpot or stovetop for meal prep?
>cheapest and most minimalist option for cooking supplies that wont take up a lot of space?