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?

  • saigot@lemmy.ca
    74·
    2 months 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.

  • BougieBirdie@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    55·
    2 months 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
      16·
      2 months 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·
          2 months 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·
            2 months ago

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

            • juliebean@lemm.ee
              2·
              2 months 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.

        • Mister Neon@lemmy.worldOP
          4·
          2 months ago

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

        • BougieBirdie@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          2·
          2 months 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.

        • Schmoo@slrpnk.net
          1·
          2 months 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·
            2 months 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·
      2 months 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·
      2 months 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
      49·
      2 months 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·
      2 months 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
        10·
        2 months 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·
          2 months 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·
        2 months 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.

  • Foreigner@lemmy.world
    36·
    2 months ago

    Hobo salad: Canned kidney beans, canned sweetcorn, canned tuna, salad dressing. If I’m feeling fancy/not lazy I’ll add some chopped shallots or scallions.

  • Cataphract@lemmy.ml
    34·
    2 months 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·
      2 months 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·
        2 months 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·
      2 months ago

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

  • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
    33·
    2 months ago

    I bake a mean creamy chicken (like you’d find in a pot pie) but, for whatever fucking reason, I absolutely love that flavor spliced with white vinegar. I have a deep love of pushing tangy sour to the border of spiciness.

  • Trollivier@sh.itjust.works
    29·
    2 months ago

    When I’m home alone, I’ll sometimes revert to my “first apartment” mood and cook spaghetti with Campbell tomato soup in it, added with sautéed onions, mushrooms, hotdog sausages, and add cheese in it.

    Is probably better than the crappiest thing I could come up with, but I wouldn’t serve that too an adult. But maybe to children.

  • blackbrook@mander.xyz
    27·
    2 months ago

    I haven’t had this in a while but one if my lazy bachelor meals was baked potatoes with kim chee and sour cream.

  • Skua@kbin.earth
    241·
    2 months ago

    Earlier this week I had curry on nacho chips because I made some really good curry and did not have the energy to make the actual nacho accoutrements that I had planned on doing

    It was great

      • Skua@kbin.earth
        5·
        2 months ago

        I live in Scotland so, uhh… guess we’ve got the hills and a general attitude towards the bigger country we’re a part of? Not a lot else in common, but still

    • boatswain@infosec.pub
      6·
      2 months ago

      Oh man, that reminds me of a place near me that does palak paneer fries. It’s like Indian poutine. Amazing.

  • Lettuce eat lettuce@lemmy.ml
    21·
    2 months ago

    Pan-fried canned chick peas with black pepper, butter, oregano, basil, and sometimes paprika, chili powder, and hot sauce if I want some kick.

    I cook it when I’m in a rush or tired, it’s done in 10-15 minutes, fills me up, and is packed with good protein.

    But I would never feed it to anybody else, it’s lazy bro/fitness food lol.

  • Walking Coffin@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    222·
    2 months ago

    I knew someone who would eat a tomato for dinner with a few slices of carrots. Nothing baked, just a plain uncut tomato and slices of carrots.

    I’m talking a functionnal human being, knowing the concept of cooking and the ability to walk to their kitchen with such a “dish” as they would call it. Not vegetarian either. They did like meat and whatnot. Saddest “meal” I’ve ever had the horror to lay my eyes upon.

    • ClassifiedPancake@discuss.tchncs.de
      12·
      2 months ago

      I don’t care much about the what but the how. Biting into a whole tomato WILL make a mess. Simply cutting it in half greatly reduces the chance of that. If they already had a knife why not use it on the tomato. People are weird.

      • OceanSoap@lemmy.ml
        8·
        2 months ago

        I’m a whole tomato-eater, and there is a way to eat them without being messy. The mess is divided into chambers, and you basically go one chamber at a time, suck out the mess in the chamber and then move on to the next.

      • 200ok@lemmy.world
        3·
        2 months ago

        I was thinking that too, but maybe it was one of those hard, white-on-the-inside, unripe tomatoes.

    • Nath@aussie.zone
      5·
      2 months ago

      If you are on a diet, this meal has very few kilojoules/calories. Fewer than a single slice of bread.

      • Walking Coffin@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        5·
        2 months ago

        Wasn’t on a diet. Thankfully, they ate more during lunch and didn’t have any health issues due to eating weirdly but those “meals” were something else…

    • latenightnoir@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 months ago

      Honestly, can relate! Had a month-long period when all I craved were carrot and white onion salads with a tiny pinch of salt, a load of ground black pepper, and drowned in vinegar. Used to chop the carrots down into tiny strips.

      • Walking Coffin@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        5·
        2 months ago

        In your case, you added something, it was a salad with pepper and salt during a time where you were craving something in particular.

        What was crazy to me about the story I told was the poor tomato and carrots were unseasoned, bland, resting in the saddest plate I’ve yet to encounter, while the person eating it was considering what was in front of them a meal.

        (Not sure why someone would downvote you for your comment by the way)