Mock data within Laravel to be used with Vue.js

I am prototyping a little SPA with Laravel and Vue.js and I was wondering if anyone had any ideas how I could quickly mock the data without having to create the model, migration and sample data etc?

I was thinking I could create the model and mock the data and return it in my controller but I am not sure how I would mock the data... Would I create an instance of the model and then assign the data to it? If so how would I do it?

I am not looking to mock the data in unit tests, I am looking to mock the data within the controller.

Sorry if this is a basic question.

via Chebli Mohamed