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?
Y’all are horrifying. That’s all I came here to say.
I take pride in that remark.
And here I am, bookmarking this post… I have meals planned for the next 3 weeks!
I’d love to answer OP, but that description somehow made me forget everything I’ve ever eaten.
Then you’re ready to try all the suggestions here!
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.
Are you a field mouse?
Weird, but I also kind of want dry spaghetti now.
My brother and I used to eat raw spaghetti from the box as kids. Idk why, we just liked the crunch and the taste lol.
…i used to do that until i discovered weevils in my spaghetti in college…
…🤢
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.
It sounds like a barebones beef stroganoff
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?
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.
…sounds like that’d hit the spot for sure…
I used to eat this all the time, but with instant mash. It looks like vomit, but it is delicious. ❤️
omg, I want to judge but now I’m gonna have to try it.
I already have yours on my next shopping list 😁
I tried yours for dinner! Delicious! 🤌🏾
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
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.
Minus the egg, that’s also a popular backpacking meal.
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.
Green onions aren’t cheap everywhere.
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.
Well I guess I’m trying this next time I buy green onions
You’re probably right. I have never personally seen them more expensive than like $1.25 for a half dozen.
In many places in North America field garlic (which is very similar to green onions) grows voraciously in people’s yards in the Spring. Leave a small patch of yard unmowed and you’ll have more than you know what to do with. Just be careful not to mistake it for death camas.
I’ve got gutter mint, but no volunteer garlic.
I have plans to eventually start a garden once I’m done tearing up the backyard.
i only ever get green onions a few weeks after buying an onion that i didn’t get around to cooking.
Well, I’m no expert, but I believe this is a bit different kind of green onions…
I wouldn’t serve instant noodles to guests either, but you have the gourmet version there.
We do the same thing! Had it yesterday for breakfast. We’ve been buying Ramen packs from Costco that are pretty spicy so we’ve been skipping the Sriracha though.
I wish my Costco had spicy ramen packets. I’ll check again later today just to be sure.
Hobo salad: Canned kidney beans, canned sweetcorn, canned tuna, salad dressing. If I’m feeling fancy/not lazy I’ll add some chopped shallots or scallions.
I put ketchup on bread and microwave it
That is awful. Sorry
… for what purpose?
…i think i ate that labelled as ‘pizza’ on the riverwalk in 1988, but it may have had easy-cheese sprayed on top first: worst i’ve ever had in whatever case, you win…
Sometimes when I’m craving chicken wings but don’t want to spend the money, I just eat toast dipped in wing sauce. It actually scratches the itch.
you absolute
morongenius, as a fellow ketchup enjoyer I need to try this, what type of bread do you use?usually Hawaiian sweetbread
Toasted bread with blue cheese, a fried egg, hot sauce and maple syrup on top.
Sounds like something I’d pay 16$ to have served by a malnourished hipster on a cutting board to a table lit by a bar bulb as an appetizer.
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.
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.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.
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.
I used to work at a bakery and my favourite thing to do was bring home a fresh baguette and eat it with blue cheese.
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.
…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…
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.
It sounds pretty good actually
I mean, I like it lol, but I love chickpeas, I would almost eat them raw from the can.
If you’re eating them that regularly, it may be worth the savings to buy them dry, and soak overnight before cooking them. I dunno. It is worth it for me.
I buy them in bulk by the can at a pretty good price already, but I’ll look into that, thanks!
You can! I love chickpea salad.
They are good just drizzled in Ranch dressing. LOL
I roast seasoned chickpeas for snacking like that. I’ll top pan fried chickpeas with leftover rice and carrot then let those steam up with the lid on. It helps contain popping beans too lol
Dang, that sounds good, I’ll have to try that lol.
Sounds like a pretty good snack to eat in front of the TV.
Snack pasta (farfalle are the best). No cooking, just open the package and munch the raw pasta. I like how crispy it is.
I didn’t know anyone else did this. I was just snacking on some bucatini. I recommend it! Long thin tubes of pasta that break up easily and have no risk of sharp bits.
I think it is a result of growing up in an “ingredient household”. We did not stock snacks, and I was always too lazy to make a meal.
My biggest snack when I was a kid (and I sometimes still do this at 28) was dry ramen packets. I love crunching the noodles and the texture they have. And I keep the flavor powder for the next time I actually cool them, for extra flavor.
I sometimes open a can of vegetables and pour them in my mouth
Do… Do you drink the juice too?
depends
…that’s what you’ll need afterward…
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.
This sounds like Guy Fieri got super high and wanted chef boyardee.
Id eat it.
Try it :)
Would.
…sometimes i do likewise, but for me it’s either totino’s cheese pizza with morningstar spicy black bean burger on top, or a box of uncle ben’s long-grain-and-wild-rice mixed with kraft italian cheese blend and morningstar chik patties baked like a casserole…
Variant on your dish: bake sweet potato, add cottage cheese and eat immediately. Add sweet or savory seasonings to taste. It’s not something I’d bring to share, but it’s definitely not something I’ll hide. As far as quick and dirty meals, it’s reasonably healthy, and probably not the worst suggestion for someone who struggles to cook for themselves.
Actual goblin food: canned black olives between two slices of bread, smush down to prevent them from rolling out.
Chunky tapanade.
Yeah, a few seconds with a fork, and toasting the bread or swapping to crackers and you’re basically at something that’s fit to give to others again.
I haven’t had this in a while but one if my lazy bachelor meals was baked potatoes with kim chee and sour cream.
There’s a banked potato spot in my city that sells just baked potatoes with like 50 variations on the menu. You can get a baked potato topped with anything from chilly to brisket, vegetables, etc
I’d eat that.
An entire loaf of French bread from the super market and a sobe (at least back when sobe existed)
