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[DISCUSSION] What's your go-to struggle meal? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/cooking@lemmy.world
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I've recently been fixated on the idea of struggle meals, probably because I've been struggling both financially and mentally. I'll share a couple of mine:

-Egg on hash brown patty: as simple as it sounds, bake a frozen hash brown patty, cook a sunny side up egg and put it on top. I like to season the egg with salt/msg, pepper, and garlic powder, then add a few drops of Tabasco sauce. Bonus points if you have avocado to spread on the hash brown first

-Flaming Hot Cheetos taco: toast a corn tortilla on both sides on a pan, then add sour cream and shredded cheese and flaming hot Cheetos as the "meat", add any other taco toppings you like/have (shredded cabbage/lettuce, hot sauce, etc)

Would love to hear everyone else's struggle meals when you just don't have the means mentally/financially to put much effort into cooking

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[–] 1 point 2 months ago*

I feel too fancy. Mine is a simple red sauce pasta. Can of tomato sauce, boil your favorite noodle, brown like a quarter pound of ground meat if you have or want it (preferably beef or pork), brown the meat with aniseed/fennel (i grew up using aniseed and prefer it, but if you like fennel go for it. You don't need both unless you want licorice pasta. This is the secret ingredient in tomato pasta sauce) basil and oregano and garlic and pepper, deglaze with a splash of red wine, add the tomato and bay, scoop out the noodle (I like my spider skimmer. I ain't used a strainer in days) direct into the sauce and eat when your mouth don't burn when you try to eat it.

I've made it so many times I can and have made it in my sleep. First meal I learned to cook. Grumpa taught me :3

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