FeaturedROUTINE1hBreakfast
Freezer burrito assembly line
Two hours on a day off buys you twelve breakfasts. Wrap, freeze, and microwave straight from solid.
- Total
- 1h
- Prep
- 30 min
- Serves
- 12
A resident4.5(4) ratings
Emergency medicine · shared kitchen · shift-tested
Food that fits
between patients.
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- On the board
- 8
- Contributors
- 5
- Ready in 15
- 4
- Median time
- 19 min
Sorted the way orders are
STAT, Urgent and Routine rank how fast a hospital order gets filled. Here they rank how fast you eat — so STAT is the one you want on a night float.
STAT
Under 15 minutes
URGENT
15 to 35 minutes
ROUTINE
Over 35 minutes
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7 recipes
URGENT25 min
URGENT23 min
Soups & salads
Cold noodle salad for a locker
Built to be eaten at room temperature eight hours later. No reheat, no sad wilted anything.
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 8 min
- Serves
- 3
Some prep4.3(3) ratings
STAT15 min
Soups & salads
Fifteen-minute white bean stew
Tins and a bag of spinach. Somehow tastes like it simmered all afternoon.
- Prep
- 3 min
- Cook
- 12 min
- Serves
- 3
Low effort4.5(2) ratings
STAT5 min
Breakfast
Overnight oats that aren't sad
Assembled the night before, eaten one-handed on the drive in. Actual flavor, not wallpaper paste.
- Prep
- 5 min
- Cook
- —
- Serves
- 1
Low effort4.5(4) ratings
URGENT35 min
Mains
Sheet pan chicken and broccoli
One pan, four portions, no technique. The Sunday reset that makes the rest of the block edible.
- Prep
- 10 min
- Cook
- 25 min
- Serves
- 4
Some prep4.5(2) ratings
STAT4 min
Breakfast
Doc box egg mug
Two eggs, one mug, ninety seconds. The only hot protein available on a night float without leaving the department.
- Prep
- 2 min
- Cook
- 2 min
- Serves
- 1
Low effort4.5(2) ratings
STAT10 min
Mains
Ten-minute peanut noodles
Pantry noodles that taste like takeout and reheat without going gluey. The sauce keeps for a week in a jar.
- Prep
- 5 min
- Cook
- 5 min
- Serves
- 2
Low effort4.7(3) ratings
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