Food: Uncle Ben's Ready Rice

For someone who's used to cooking rice in a rice cooker, "Uncle Ben's Ready Rice" is a small miracle. You'd think microwaved rice in a bag would be undercooked, overcooked, or generally gross, but the rice that comes out of the "Ready Rice" bag is frankly better than you'll find on a lot of restaurant buffets. I tried the long grain/wild rice mix, and it gives you 500 calories worth of hot carbs, as well as 10 grams of protein.

It's definitely an expensive, lazy way to go. There's also a lot of sodium included in the package (but this also means you can eat the stuff straight from the bag and it'll still taste good). If you cook rice the traditional way, it'll take twenty minutes and some prewashing, as well as washing the rice pot afterwards. This comes in a 90-second cooking bag that you can toss out when you're done.