Filled pasta shapes, such as ravioli and tortellini, make an instant meal with some prepared tomato sauce.

My favorite meal plan is to cook a few double recipes on the weekend that can be heated in the microwave for instant meals all week long.

In a pinch, even a can of season tuna - served on six crackers - makes an instant healthy meal.

Then it was back to work until nine, when she'd stop and eat a pizza or some other instant meal from the supermarket.

He opened the refrigera- tor and took out an instant meal of beef and macaroni, popped it in the oven.

The warehouse has boxes and crates of firefighting equipment and the instant meals that firefighters take into battle.

In these days of instant meals and instant news, patience is a noble virtue.

So it has introduced a new line of "instant hearty meals," kosher-for-Passover soups that require nothing more than adding water.

As a kind of public secret society, riot grrrl became an almost instant meal for the media, and the movement turned inward.

Cook in batches and freeze well-labeled individual or family portions for wholesome instant meals later on.