I regularly bake sweet potatoes then add plain yogurt, salted peanuts, feta, nutritional yeast, and drown it in hot sauce. The dish has no name nor should it ever see the light of day. What goblin mode meals do you guys eat?

  • RoquetteQueen@sh.itjust.works
    1·
    2 days ago

    Chickpea tuna salad. Drain a can of chickpeas, then mix with a can of tuna (drained, if it’s packed in water), some olive oil, red wine vinegar, and salt. I add diced raw onion if I’m not too tired.

  • Tiefling IRL@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    6·
    4 days ago

    Microwaved pepperoni chips.

    Put pepperoni on a plate with some paper towels, microwave for one minute. The apartment will smell either heavenly or sickening for the next hour, depending on how much you like pepperoni.

    Works with any sliced sausage really

  • Eiri@lemmy.ca
    9·
    4 days ago

    Omelet composed of >60% frozen vegetables and seasoned with soy sauce.

    It doesn’t hold itself together at all and it looks disgusting.

  • saigot@lemmy.ca
    73·
    6 days ago

    I keep a bouquet of dry pasta on my desk that I absentmindedly munch on while I work.

    Sometimes I’ll eat a whole head of cabbage over a day peeling it leaf by leaf.

  • tehmics@lemmy.world
    8·
    4 days ago

    Instant mashed potatoes with American cheese melted in, and a variety of seasonings, butter, toppings etc. It’s a great, cheap way to make a bowl out of random leftovers, protein or whatever. But I wouldn’t dare serve it to someone.

    ‘quickadilla’ I’ll slap a tortilla on a cold pan, turn on the heat and build it right in the pan while it heats up with shredded cheese and left over meat. Takes 5 minutes and it’s at least as good as Taco Bell, and actually warm and melted.

    More of a meal I’d actually be willing to share, but not brag about because it’s sort of a bastardization of cultures. But I’ll often make a curry using Japanese curry blocks, and season chicken in a vaguely Indian style, then put it over rice. Really simple and delicious. I’m kind of proud of it but I wouldn’t even know how to explain it to someone, much less actually serve it.

  • Cataphract@lemmy.ml
    34·
    6 days ago

    my special treat that my partner hates for me to make but gobbles up bowls of: White Rice, Ground Beef, and Cream of Mushroom soup (campbells can). White rice like you like it, Ground the beef and salt generously after draining grease (helps the beef pop out more in the taste), then I usually do half of the milk called for with the soup.

    Bed of RIce in a bowl, ground beef on top, then pour the cream of mushroom soup on it. Such a warm and crazy good taste but I get looks whenever I bring it up so I don’t make it that often unless it’s just me for a few days.

    • Grapho@lemmy.mlEspañol
      7·
      5 days ago

      That does sound really good and sort of appropriate, like a curried beef or something. Idk why anybody gives you a look lol it’s a protein in sauce served over rice, what’s even weird about it?

      • Cataphract@lemmy.ml
        1·
        5 days ago

        I think it’s a combination of things, like I’m making ground beef so your mind goes taco but you’re getting a soupy bowl. Also, cream of mushroom soup is just one of those weird soups that doesn’t look or sound good on most people’s radar (see it mostly by itself or with a chicken recipe) but always kicks off a casserole or dish the right way. Then I bust out the rice and the confusion just sets in till they realize I’m already done lol.

    • 2ugly2live@lemmy.world
      3·
      5 days ago

      I used to eat this all the time, but with instant mash. It looks like vomit, but it is delicious. ❤️

  • Underwaterbob@lemm.eeEnglish
    10·
    5 days ago

    I ate frozen fish sticks when I was a kid. Just took em out of the freezer and gnawed on them.

  • BougieBirdie@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    54·
    6 days ago

    Instant noodles, peanut butter, and sriracha. Crack an egg in near the end.

    It’s actually pretty close to pad thai, but screams of struggle meal

    • Mister Neon@lemmy.worldOP
      17·
      6 days ago

      Yeah I definitely started relying on peanut proteins during my years of unemployment.

      Try chopping up a green onion and throwing that in. White bit at the beginning of the boil and the green bits at the end. They’re extremely cheap.

        • juliebean@lemm.ee
          5·
          6 days ago

          i only ever get green onions a few weeks after buying an onion that i didn’t get around to cooking.

          • kurcatovium@lemm.eeEnglish
            7·
            6 days ago

            Well, I’m no expert, but I believe this is a bit different kind of green onions…

            • juliebean@lemm.ee
              2·
              6 days ago

              maybe? i’m quite sure you can use them in the same way though. garlic greens are good too. and depending where you live, you can forage good wild options too. my dad’s back yard usually gets a good crop of 3 pointed leeks that i would harvest when i lived with him.

        • BougieBirdie@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          2·
          5 days ago

          Frugal tip: You can get a lot more life out of green onions by setting them in a jar of water. Trim what you need from the ends, and the plant will grow probably 3-4 times before you need to replace it.

        • Mister Neon@lemmy.worldOP
          4·
          6 days ago

          You’re probably right. I have never personally seen them more expensive than like $1.25 for a half dozen.

        • Schmoo@slrpnk.net
          1·
          5 days ago

          In many places in North America field garlic (which is very similar to green onions) grows voraciously in people’s yards in the Spring. Leave a small patch of yard unmowed and you’ll have more than you know what to do with. Just be careful not to mistake it for death camas.

          • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
            1·
            5 days ago

            I’ve got gutter mint, but no volunteer garlic.

            I have plans to eventually start a garden once I’m done tearing up the backyard.

    • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
      4·
      5 days ago

      Update: This was pretty tasty. I’ll probably use just a spoonful of PB next time. I used half the ramen seasoning packet and added a little fish sauce as well. Scallions would definitely kick it up a notch, but that involves significantly more work.

    • PorkTaco@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      6 days ago

      We do the same thing! Had it yesterday for breakfast. We’ve been buying Ramen packs from Costco that are pretty spicy so we’ve been skipping the Sriracha though.

    • CaptSatelliteJack@lemy.lolEnglish
      48·
      6 days ago

      Sounds like something I’d pay 16$ to have served by a malnourished hipster on a cutting board to a table lit by a bar bulb as an appetizer.

    • kurcatovium@lemm.eeEnglish
      151·
      6 days ago

      This sounded really good… until the maple syrup thing. Why? Why?!

      Don’t get me wrong. Maple syrup is great. On pancakes or so, but this? This truly is an abomination.

      • superkret@feddit.org
        9·
        6 days ago

        Cause there’s nothing quite like the combination of savoury, salty, spicy and sweet.
        Other favorites of mine are chocolate chili, and my famous habanero honey salad dressing.

        • kurcatovium@lemm.eeEnglish
          5·
          6 days ago

          I get that mixing thing, although it’s virtually non-existent in my country’s cuisine. But still, this one doesn’t feel right at all.

      • Akrenion@slrpnk.net
        1·
        4 days ago

        Try some sweet jam on a sharp cheese. It’s such a good blend. Some people mix mustard and jelly but I think you can skip that for blue cheese.

  • Psythik@lemmy.world
    14·
    5 days ago

    Guacamole with cottage cheese. The Polish side of my family loves it, but I wouldn’t dare add it to my guac when making it for the Mexican half of my family.

    • ...m...@ttrpg.network
      6·
      5 days ago

      …my wife got some kind of weird notion that cottage cheese makes good tacos or enchiladas and she’s soooo wrong but i don’t have the heart to tell her…