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Honestly realizing I could just *make my own tasty food* has been such a game changer for me in terms of both mental and physical health. I understand that not everyone has that option but if you have it, take it. It can legitimately turn eating from a dreadful chore that you put off until you hurt to something you look forward to because what you're eating is precisely tailored to *your* exact tastes, however you want it, and you might not realize how hard that fucks until you make yourself something you otherwise might never have gotten to eat or start having your own comfort food recipes that you developed yourself precisely for your own needs.
i hate to say it but. the healthy eating people are kinda onto something. if you can figure out a way to get all your greens and proteins and fiber in ways that taste good to you you start to prefer the healthy option over junk food 7/10 times
#I've been considering making an absolute beginner's guide to making your own food for a while#but I don't know if it'd be worth the effort#I'd probably have a significant amount of it dedicated to cooking on minimal resources and space#like a rice cooker in a college dorm#not a fucking sous vide machine and a goose fat smoker or whatever
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Whenever Lilia cooks for Malleus and Mealodie, they feel obligated to eat it because Lilia was the one who mostly raised them and he’s already done so much for them. The least they could do is eat his, admittedly completely horrible and definitely not 100% safe to consume, cooking on the rare occasion he makes food for them specifically, right?
Well, every single time they eat his cooking, they’re bedridden with food poisoning for at least three days without fail. They always finish what’s in front of them, but it only takes 30 seconds after they’re done eating before they start vomiting.
Malleus and Mealodie have thrown up in plenty of the Daisomnia Dorm appliances during their time at Night Raven College. Malleus has vomited in the microwave, stock pots, saucepans, trash cans, large serving bowls, even in colanders. Mealodie has vomited in toasters, rice cookers, large saucepans, the sink, trash cans, and even in a few glasses. All of these things except the sink, which was professionally cleaned three times before it was back in use again, have been replaced because even cleaning the things wouldn’t get rid of the bad smell for horrid taste it would leave on food and drink.
Even their strong stomachs can’t take Lilia’s horrid kitchen concoctions, but they’re too nice to refuse his so-called “food” because he always looks so sad if they even look hesitant at the food.
And though Lilia does feel bad about it, it makes him so happy that the prince and princess accept one of his love languages! To make up for the food poisoning, though, Lilia will personally nurse Malleus and Mealodie back to health whenever they eat his “food” he made for them.
He calls Trey, asks him to make a giant batch of light soup, because dragon appetites, and that’s what Malleus and Mealodie eat while they’re sick. Lilia will take extra notes in class, explain to professors why the famous Draconia siblings aren’t in class for the next few days, take extra notes, and get extensions on assignments for the two because of how sick they are. Lilia even goes and buys gallons of their favorite flavor of ice cream, which is coffee, for whenever they feel good enough to have it. He also supplies the prince and princess with plenty of headpats because they deserve it for the suffering their stomachs are going through.
Taking care of them also gets easier whenever Mealodie starts dating Lucienne because then Lilia can enlist his help and tell him to stay with Mealodie while he goes and helps Malleus.
Basically, the moral of the story is that not even a dragon’s stomach can take Lilia’s toxic sludge that he calls “food” he makes.
Also, this food poisoning happens like once every two to three months or so-
One like = One prayer for Malleus’s and Mealodie’s poor tummies
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˗ˋˏ When We Meet Chapter 1 ˎˊ˗
synopsis: there is only so much forgiving and forgetting you can do when you end up getting stood up by your date over and over again. so when you're stuck between the best friend, the first crush, and their mysterious roommate whose existence seemed like a myth, you can only hope the decision you've been making is the right one.
pairing: kmg x reader
chapter tags: food, university setting in the past
wc: 1.8k
message from nu: when we meet chapter 1!!! this chapter may be a little familiar for some of my longer followers bc I posted a portion of this as a snippet about a year ago. but I'm still excited to share this new series with you all hehe. - nu
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DK is positive that if he sneezed, the puff of air that shoots out of his nose would be strong enough to knock over the guy he is currently helping hold steady.
But Kim Mingyu — tall, lanky, and irrationally stubborn, refuses to accept help from his obviously more capable roommate. He stands on his makeshift stepladder and attempts to shimmy out his giant hard-shell suitcase he somehow managed to store at the top of his closet the day he moved into the dorm. However, the only thing Mingyu seems to be taking out of his closet is the dust that collected on top of his belongings. And DK is trying his very best not to sneeze.
Who would have thought that Kim Mingyu would be built like one of those wavy inflatable tube guys you see while driving past car dealerships on the highway? His little self-intro on the university roommates request page painted him to be an outgoing type of guy — likes photography, running, and dogs; dislikes people who are rude to waiters, bad vibes, and heights. His profile picture was an aesthetic photo of him in some art museum in Europe. Mingyu turned out to be exactly who and how he described himself. However, had DK or Minghao known their literal pre-serum Steve Roger roommate wasn’t who they thought him to physically be, they would’ve assigned him to the loft bed with the standing closet when they were deciding bedspaces before moving into their dorms.
Now, DK can only stand behind his roommate with his two hands gripped firmly around the wooden chair’s backrest and hope the suitcase doesn’t take his roommate out before the mosquitos from wherever Mingyu is heading do.
For starters, it’s hard to believe a college sophomore — one who has to sleep on the bottom bunk because the floor is closer to the humidifier — is going on a journey to some place where he probably couldn’t restock on his precious Aquaphor that he has to slug onto his cracked heels every night and then protect with his aloe-infused fluffy bed socks. Mingyu is physically weak. He is like a Basset Hound puppy who keeps tripping on its long ears because it still needs to grow into them. He is a Victorian child experiencing EDM for the first time. He is the university dormitory Wi-Fi when everybody is back from vacation. A Lego Man figurine is probably more built than Kim Mingyu in every single physical aspect — and that is not an overstatement.
And his luck…Oh, how unlucky Kim Mingyu can be at times.
Minghao, their third roommate, tells Mingyu it’s puberty. But Kim Mingyu and his hardheaded personality firmly believes he is the unluckiest man in the world. Puberty, Minghao reminds him. He’s simply going through puberty. It just doesn’t seem like it because his growth spurt arrived ages before his puberty did. Mingyu digresses. He always digresses.
It is a bunch of small, often uncomfortable or inconvenient, occurrences bundled into one that leads Mingyu to believe he has somehow been cursed. Setting off the fire alarm after using the new microwave in their floor’s common room? In reality, some kid snuck in an illegal rice cooker and forgot to open the window while cooking some rice in his dorm room. Sleeping past an alarm the day after he accidentally stepped on a crack in the sidewalk? He didn’t know he accidentally set his alarm as P.M. instead of A.M.. His clumsiness? He wears clothes in sizes either too big or too small for his body. He’s never heard of tailoring before.
Mingyu claims his curse started when he was dared to download an Ouija Board app on his phone on the bus ride home from one of his high school field trips. DK reminds him that where there is a cause, there is an effect. It just so happens that Mingyu doesn’t realize that he is his own cause of his string of “bad luck.”
So, when Mingyu abruptly announces to his two roommates that he’s leaving in the middle of the semester for some Eat, Pray, Love type of trip with his rich aunt, the two roommates can only ask why and whether or not dormitory rent is going to be more expensive given that there would technically only be two roommates instead of three:
“I dunno-” Mingyu picks up his sub, trying to adjust his grip so the tomato slices don’t slip out when he takes a bite. “I think it’ll be a nice change.”
DK gawks at him while Minghao looks through his canvas tote bag for a hair tie. Mingyu shrugs and brings the sandwich to his lips. A thin and bright red tomato slice slips out from the backend of the sandwich and lands on the ceramic plate below. Mingyu sighs and sets his sandwich back down on his plate and opens it to tuck the tomato slice back into place.
The most level-headed of the trio, DK, stares at the guy who sleeps below him reattempt to take a successful bite of his sandwich. Minghao, whose long hair is now tied in a manbun, twirls his fork around his plate of limp spaghetti.
“You know it’s bad for your scalp if you tie your hair too tightly.” Mingyu gestures to his own head to show Minghao. There are bread crumbs in the corner of his lips, and some sauce on his fingers. He brings his fingers to his mouth and licks them clean before taking another bite.
Minghao ignores him and stares outside the window at the family of ducks making their way into the shade outside of the dormitory dining hall.
A nice change is what newly divorced couples say in movies. A nice change is giving your childhood bedroom a makeover. A nice change is when Mingyu can finally take off his damn braces so he doesn’t spit on people while he talks. DK reckons it’s because Mingyu is having trouble adjusting to adulthood. He’s a second-year going through what Minghao calls a “prolonged puberty experience,” but DK thinks that all Mingyu needs is time. He has the braces, the lisp, and the inability to act normal in front of crushes. It’s normal. Everybody moves at their own pace. DK thinks that all Mingyu really needs is a little confidence and a major glow-up.
“You said you’re going with your aunt?” DK pinches a fry between his fingers and decides to drop it back down. “What about our dorm and school?”
Outside the dining hall, a Resident Director leads a group of elementary school students on a tour around the dormitory area. The students look around the several tall dormitories and point at the ducks when they see them. The teachers who walk behind their students are too busy staring at their phones to care if the students chase after the animals.
“Hey, do you think ducks are easy to pick up?” Xu Minghao gently sets his fork down and cups his hands, placing them side-by-side. He looks at his imaginary bowl and ponders out loud, “They look like they’ll fit perfectly in my hands, yunno. Perfectly scoopable.”
“My aunt isn’t married and doesn’t have any kids so she says she’ll give me her money if I travel with her.” Mingyu chews with his mouth open and pauses to wash it down with some milk, ignoring Minghao’s question. Or maybe he didn’t hear the question over his loud chewing. He exhales and wipes his mouth with the back of his hand. “Something about going on a journey to prove that material wealth isn’t all there is in the world.”
Having lost his appetite from looking at his roommate, DK pushes his plate of fries away from him. He asks Mingyu, “Isn’t it counterproductive because you need money to travel the world?”
“Ehh.” Mingyu slinks in his seat, but reaches over to grab some of the abandoned fries. “But don’t worry about my grades. I’ll be studying abroad and will probably be back in time for graduation. Hopefully my credits can transfer. And my aunt is paying for my dorm so you guys don’t have to worry about paying more.”
“And the school is okay with you paying even through you’re not going to be here?”
“Universities don’t care as long as they’re earning money,” Minghao huffs and stabs a meatball with his fork. “But God forbid I take more than three free yoga classes at the rec center and all of a sudden I’m banned for the rest of the month.”
A new group of friends set their bags down at the table next to where the trio are sitting. One of them seems to recognize DK and politely waves at him before catching up with their friends to line up for food. DK smiles and waves back — he only met them a few days ago.
“I- I think taking that trip will be good for me,” Mingyu stutters when he realizes he has been staring at DK’s friend who waved the entire time. His eyes quickly travel back to looking at his best friend’s fries. He fidgets his fingers before reaching for another one, trying not to make it obvious that his cheeks are not glowing red just because of the inflammation from his acne. “Maybe I can meet some new people, learn a few things, and bulk up from all the traveling I’ll be doing.”
In the present, Minghao opens the dorm door and enters with a duck tucked under his arm, American football style. He makes his way over to his desk and drops off a few textbooks. From behind the chair he is helping hold steady, DK swears the duck looked at him straight in the eye.
“Yn said you should come to the beach hangout on Saturday,” Minghao tells DK while grabbing his water bottle and yoga mat.
“I’ll think about it,” DK replies while staring at the duck who seems perfectly content with being held by the Second Year.
“Who’s Yn?” Mingyu calls from his uncomfortable position above the chair. He thinks he finally found a way to pull out his suitcase without his roommate’s help.
Minghao shrugs and swings the mat over his shoulder, choosing to completely ignore his roommate’s question. The duck quacks, and Minghao waves goodbye before exiting their shared room.
Mingyu, who finally and successfully managed to start pulling out his suitcase from an angle, sneezes from the falling dust and pushes the suitcase back into place.
“Bad luck,” he mumbles to himself. “Bad luck.”
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Rice Cooker Meals: Fast Home Cooking for Busy People: , or Feed a family quickly for under $10, with less mess to clean & get out the kitchen quicker!
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welcome to another episode of damn luke do you live like this?
looking back at luke's kitchen and omg... look how tiny it is 🥹
the chibi version makes it look larger than it is, but i really think that area is a tad bit smaller than it actually looks from that view-
does he chop things on his dining table (if he ever cooks)? does he even have enough storage place to store his pans, pots, plates and other cutleries/utensils?
i bet the man only owns a single plate, a single set of eating utensils, a chopping board, a knife, one pan and then calls it a day. luke pearce has an induction stove and would still manage to burn down his apartment...
LUKE'S NEW CARD!!! LUKE'S NEW CARD!!! WHOSE KITCHEN ARE WE COOKING IN!?!?
irt cn server new pv for luke solo card
LUKE'S NEW CARRRDDDD!!! AND IDK BUT IT SURE AS HELL ISNT LUKE'S KITCHEN, AHAHKSHVFKJSHD
i think it might be mc's, since the general color and vibes seem to match her apartment!!
or it could be the kitchen of an npc thatll be introduced in the story, maybe theyre in someone else's house? either way, i love the kitchen, it's so homey with the cute little magnets on the fridge and the sticky note and all the vibes ;w;
but fr this is Not luke's kitchen, at least. i know luke's kitchen like the back of my hand, which is quite easy because it's not a very large place. he doesnt even have an oven at his place jHVKSHFSF WE ARE DEFFO SOMEWHERE THATS NOT HIS HAHA
#no rice cooker?#do you think he cooks rice in a pot#what a menance#he lives like a college student living in dorm#he's like me fr...#looks at my single set of cutleries and plates sitting on the cupboard over my study desk#luke pearce#tot
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unnecessarily specific headcanons for college!AU f1 drivers, part 2
part 1 available here
(and now with more gender diversity because it’s my AU and why not)
pierre
- major: entrepreneurship
- attending on a sports scholarship. is on the diving team
- birth name Pascale but she hates it, someone called her Pierre years ago as a joke (after the founder of the modern olympics) and it stuck
- met charles as a kid on a highscool exchange scuba diving trip and they’ve been best friends ever since
- has made a habit of introducing herself as “from Rouen, not Paris”, so much so that the rest of the gang groans and says it for her every time someone new arrives and she has to make an introduction
- has bars of chocolate stowed in random places. literally all sorts. it’s her bad habit. she and Lando become friends because she hoards good Belgian chocolate (“the real stuff not this Americane or Britishe nonsense”)
- got into a huge disagreement with max over a second year group project. people could hear the dispute from several rooms down in the library. they were called into the dean’s office and let off with a warning
- claims not to be a good cook but regularly bashes out amazing French home cuisine that has half the dorm in tears
- somehow also finds time to snowboard and run half marathons during summer and winter breaks
yuki
- major: he doesn’t go to the university but is in the city culinary school. he is Pierre’s friend and shows up on campus mostly on Fridays and weekends
- the origin story of their friendship changes all the time because they lie about it. it becomes a running gag and nobody knows the actual truth (the truth is they both swiped right on tinder in freshman year, but actually worked out to be better friends than a couple)
- disgusted by most campus food. will bring his own bentos to eat on the quad. can magic up dishes out of seemingly nothing. famous for a hack that somehow involves making omurice in a rice cooker. also does a killer savoury soufflé pancake, and deep fried chicken which the gang request every time they get too sloshed. Yuki obliges because he enjoys cooking for people
- actually enjoys anime but gets annoyed when people ask him about it or when people use weeby topics as a conversational opener with him
- learned English from stage-ing in local kitchens and thus swears like a sailor and knows cuss words in three additional languages (Spanish, Italian, French)
- scar on leg in shape of a cow from falling off a skateboard once
- everyone thinks he and Pierre have something going on but at this point it’s purely platonic
- will start a fight if drunk and people make fun of his height
lando
- major: psychology
- openly nonbinary
- performs well in their field of study but is determined to finish their degree so they can fully focus on their budding career in esports. esports alias is quadrant
- dyes their hair different colours constantly, depending on mood. had a phase where it was really orange when they were mad at an overwatch match that ended badly
- self-taught in three different instruments (guitar, piano, recorder for the shits and giggles). is a better DJ than charles and stops charles from taking the aux chord at parties to play his charlie sadboi mixes all the time
- best Instagram stories of the gang. somehow really well curated but authentic at the same time
- will do standup one day for kicks and absolutely murder the set, and then never touch it again
- shockingly good at the game twister. maybe was a gymnast in highschool but doesn’t like to talk about it possibly due to the gender trauma
- is a little bit abrasive and will tease/clown everybody for their shenanigans. but when shit hits the fan is the first person to show up with a big bowl of soup and some tissues and check if the other person is okay and “do you want to talk about it”
guan yu
- major: software engineering
- always seems on the cusp of some academic disaster but pulls through surprisingly well
- rides an e scooter around campus
- people think he’s in the architecture or design school because he always turns out immaculate fits
- is the person to ask everyone during study sessions if anyone wants bubble tea. (he wants bubble tea. he will order for everyone. he has a phone note with everyone’s favourite order. he judges charles for wanting a jasmine tea flavour but with milk. he will patiently explain to max what a bubble tea is, then it becomes one of max’s favourite drinks.)
- despite his academic ups and downs, already has unconditional offers from at least 3 Silicon Valley late-stage startups and all 4 Chinese big tech firms
- will one day do something so revolutionary with AI and visual design, like the next great CAD system or something, that he never has to work again
carla
- major: history of art
- many aliases. aka Carlita. Kylie. Kiki.
- THE it-girl on campus. manicure always immaculate and always in shades of red. boys (and girls, and even the TAs) always want to talk to her but are sooo intimidated
- always posting Instagram photos of her on a plane or holiday even though she’s studying in her room. never lets people know her next move
- people clown her for her major but she is actually really knowledgeable about art and takes it very seriously. her study notes are extremely organized, whether it’s her macbook or flashcards. she is in general good favour with the profs if she would only stop texting in seminars
- dad’s name is on one of the library wings. everyone realises this on the first day and she’s like “yes… i am a nepo baby. anyway where are we meeting later, i have an in with the promoters at this club if we want to go there”
- secret guilty pleasure is playing first person shooter games on her switch and absolutely decimating people. it is her outlet for aggression. she may also have beaten quadrant/lando at overwatch once but won’t tell anyone because playing overwatch messes with her party girl image
- starts a side hustle doing events and ten years after graduation will be extremely successful in this venture
- stress cries often but pulls it together. prone to scream-singing sad Spanish ballads when drunk. surprisingly knows every single word to a decade’s worth of Pitbull songs
#yukierre#pierre/yuki#pierre gasly#yuki tsunoda#carlos sainz#lando norris#f1 imagines#f1 fanfiction#formula 1 rpf#f1 rpf#f1 rpf fic#wiz.HCs
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If you cant access alt text I wrote it here: This program is for people that needs (need) them and it's probably supposed to be temporary until they can find a job I'm not saying there's probably some that needs it the elderly and veterans but younger people that's body able to work for a leaving (living) needs to be took off the snap program. This (these) younger people need to learn how to work and pay for their own food quit relying on state and federal program(s) to keep your lazy self up.
[This was a comment under an article about how some people embezzled for lack of a better word a lot of money out of EBT/SNAP in the state of Georgia.]
My response:
There are wild amounts of young people who don't have the support of family or even friends, who can't really make ends meet except paying for rent and additional bills they may have. In this day and age, modern day rent is the exact same as mortgage; at least in my area that is relatively rural and has a lot of these new "cottage homes" that are all the rage right now cost upwards to 200,000+ for SINGLE family homes. You can't save money with predatory rent practices, because the rest of your money would go to things like again, bills and keeping a roof over your head. So where does that leave food? When groceries are 180+ for a three family home, I don't even wanna imagine what the grocery cost is for a multi family or multi roommate household, as I imagine it would be a(n) heartbreaking amount.
Now, I'd like to pick apart their comment and explain why, exactly, they're wrong:
2) Just because a young person looks able bodied doesn't mean they are. You cannot judge able-bodied-ness based on how someone looks *in passing*. Nobody owes anyone their medical report, nobody owes anyone their confidential information. Just because someone has never told you about their disability, does not mean that they don't have one. Maybe that person has difficulty standing for 5+ hours at a time. Maybe that person has internal organs that haven't fully developed or are damaged that don't display symptoms on the outside. Many people live with what we call, "invisible disabilities" and it would shock people to learn that many people live with these types of disabilities. Disabilities come in a wide range of looks, portrayal, and more.
1) Young people who are struggling often had to drop out of school just to sustain themselves. With little options, some young people end up being young parents, and when you try to think about how to educate yourself with children who need 24/7 constant care, your options become more and more limited, and you're unable to do the things you need to do in an effort to make your life better. I'm not saying that it can't be done because it has been done, but people cannot expect one person they know who "did that" and base their experience on everyone else's experience. As I said above, more and more young people aren't receiving family support, which means if you have a child, you likely have nobody except yourself because daycare is outrageously expensive to rely on.
And not just that but college kids really do struggle alot too. I've heard stories of kids who pay massive amounts of tuition but aren't provided free meals from their school. Compiled with other expenses, most kids ik in college have to rely on food drives or heavily processed food which is often cheaper. It's a sad state of affairs, and not to mention as well some colleges do not allow people to have mini stove tops or air fryers or rice cookers etc in the dorms, which limits what food one can have and eat during their time at school.
3) Young people are brainwashed and manipulated into joining the military because of predatory practices, like recruiters going to high schools and introducing the teens to PT programs that will help them succeed in boot camp, where a 17/18 year old can recite an oath to the US military that they will join and uphold it's duties. What about the ones who become medically discharged, as it's an honorable form of discharge; because they fought no wars, are they not veterans? Did they not risk their lives with big targets on their backs for the duration they were there? Do they not deserve to eat because they haven't fought any wars?
4) The age old "young people are lazy" is losing its flare, seriously. The economy that people like this comment have created for us is the reason it seems like young people aren't doing anything. Customers have become abusive towards the employees they used to respect, I've seen people throw objects at employees and curse them out and harass them on their breaks when lines aren't moving fast enough, or when something they want isn't in stock, etc. Nobody would work in abusive conditions, and if you're not being abused by customers you're being abused by staff members who carry things from home into work. I've dealt with that before in my life. Young people are in desperate situations and are looking for a solution to one problem. At least they are trying to be honest; and not trying to resort to stealing food and other necessities, but that isn't credible enough, is it? Because this person would judge someone for doing that, too. It's like we cannot win against these types of people because they always think they have a "one up" on us but still think the economy is in the 1980s or some shit where milk still cost 15 cents a gallon.
There's a plethora of reasons I can come up with why young people need and deserve ebt just as much as anyone else, and it comes down to this:
Point blank, food should be free for all citizens of any country, and there shouldn't be laws prohibiting foods from being grown in personal gardens; if we have to have permits for 1,001 other things in the US, allow permits for personal gardens and the ability to allow people to grow their own food. Reality as it stands though, food and water which are basic necessities to keep someone alive shouldn't be barred, prohibited, or gatekept behind monetary value. If the whole world would just get on board and donate food in good faith to charities and local shelters, local thriftstores/food drives, the world would have less starving issues.
#EBT/SNAP#replying to atrocious people#ebt is for everyone. or at least should be. end of story#ember's mini rambles
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Pepe the King Prawn meme (Fic Writer/Reader Edition)
I posted this on Reddit, but what's the harm in cross-posting it here anyway–
I'm pretty sure we've all seen this meme.
You see this image nowadays, you know the stories are going to be wild. So let's share any equally horrifying and hilarious stories that you might have.
Here's mine:
It was the late 2010s, and I was a wee broke college student, living in a dorm that was one monkey invasion away from becoming Planet of the Apes. Every semester, we had room inspections to make sure we weren’t hoarding hazardous items like hairdryers or rice cookers or started any underground gardening operations under our beds. Standard dorm stuff. The catch? You had to be present for the inspection, like some kind of misbehaving kid in detention.
On the inspection day, our floor had been assigned to one of the male wardens. Cool. No pressure. And because my life back then was a whole ass Vine compilation, one of my council members of an ex-roommate (God bless her suck-up heart) invited him to a chit-chat. He decided to take a seat in our study area. Right next to my ancient-looking laptop, which at that moment was a time bomb of embarrassment.
Here’s the thing: before the inspection, I was multitasking on two very important projects:
An essay for a class that I was trying to finish before the deadline next week.
My magnum opus, my Prince of Tennis OC profiles. (Look, Wi-Fi was basically self-sponsored, privacy knowledge was non-existent back then, and Google Docs was a myth. Word was my only choice.)
Now, I figured the warden would just pretend to care what my ex-roommate was yapping about, glance at a few surfaces, and call it a day. I was proven wrong.
This man casually used the mouse to tap my laptop’s screensaver away and starts reading my files OUT LOUD.
First up: my essay. Not great, but survivable. He makes a comment about my sentence structure, and I’m like, “Haha, yeah, it’s a first draft.” Crisis averted, or so I thought. But THEN he minimizes the essay and lands on my Prince of Tennis OC profiles.
For those unfamiliar, Prince of Tennis is an anime where tennis players perform moves so ridiculous they make Fast & Furious stunts look like a documentary. My OCs? Oh, they were next level. I think one of them had a move that involved running at the speed of light, and I wish I was kidding.
This grown man (to give you a picture of how he looks like: egg-head and dad-belly) started laughing. Not like a polite chuckle, but full-on, tears-in-his-eyes laughter. I was also worried that he might broke my chair along his hollering. Through gasps, he manages to say, “You still write childish anime stuff like this?”
Sir? You’re wheezing over someone having fun writing about anime tennis?? Is that not somehow the example of childish, too???
He eventually left, after what I can only describe as the most humbling ten minutes of my college career. I spent the rest of the semester avoiding him and his class like they were the Black Plague, especially since his wife was also one of my lecturers for that semester. You just know that story made it to their dinner table. (I never got to find out, tho)
Moral of the story? Password-lock your laptop. And maybe don’t write fanfiction in a dorm room.
TL;DR: A dorm warden discovered my Prince of Tennis OC profiles, laughed so hard he cried, and I learned a valuable lesson about personal file privacy.
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Today's breakfast!
Vegan almond yogurt, carrot, and clemintine drink + pan-fried egg, steamed kale, sliced vegan bratwurst on a bed of rice!
Very rewarding meal, though I would have loved to have the drink and the food together lol. I forgot to prep and make the drink first, so I made and drank it afterward.
Wrt the drink, I cant quite call it a smoothie yet because I dont have ice and its just not the texture I want it at yet. It has very great flavor, especially the citrus zest; 2 clemintines with pulp amplified by twang of ginger root and a brightness of lemon juice (no cider this time! Didnt need it); lots of honey and carrot to add a tinge of particular sweetness.
BUT
I simply dont have the consistency I desire smdh. The lack of ice means theres less volume to the drink and its lack of viscosity makes the chunks of veggies (particularly the carrot) relatively unplesant in texture. I wouldnt mind said chunks and pieces if they were spread evenly in a smoothie. But alas lol.
Will definitely give the kale a break for more of this bright and healthy juice option!
Ingredients for the drink (no particular proportions; experimenting to taste)
2 clemintines with pulp 🍊
A handfull of baby carrots 🥕
A dash of lemon juice 🍋
A few dollops of vegan yogurt (unsweetened) 🍦
Small cut of fresh ginger root 🫚
LOTS of honey! 🍯
Now that I'm thinking about it, this entire drink would have been nice as is if I had some sort of mesh strainer to seperate the large chunks from the juice itself. That way, it could suffice without ice! 🧊 I def need to invest in one if I cant find one thrifted.
Onto the food!
Nothing too much to say here other than it was a great meal!
The egg was certainly more flavorful than last time, thought I admit it was a bit too much season salt lol. I cooked it last since I was right to remember that eggs cook in like 4 mins max lol. However, I accidentally skipped a step in remembering to heat up the pan with its oil before cracking the egg into it. So for several seconds the poor abortion remained clear and uncooked in the pan, sliding but not simmering. I thought i may have fluked the process again but I turned up the heat a bit and the egg bounced back, the whites appearing slowly as it actually simmered and cooked lol
The rice I simply made in my cute lil rice cooker (i should give it a name 🤔).
My mom got it for me when I was in college, considering I went vegan a few yrs prior, hadnt bought an [unlimited] meal plan at the dorm cafeteria, and may have had limited options (thankfully I didnt, eventually bought and u limited meal plan, and never needed to use the cooker living on campus. It became my ol-reliable later before I left though lol). Its a great cooker and can handle I believe up to around 1 or 1 1/2 cups of rice and its respective portions of water, which is plently for just me and usually enough for 2 servings. I use it almost daily when I cook so its def a staple tool in the kitchen I'm grateful to have. Thanks, mom! 💕
The kale I steamed in a pot with a lid and added a but of Lawry's season salt, a cap full of vinegar, and pepper. Simple yet flavorful. I love seeing the change of volume the kale undergoes as its steamed. A large portion of bright green, rubbery kale leaves that overfills the brim of the pan quickly shrivels into a manageable serving of jeep-green, seasoned kale, steamed to perfection (and much more pleasant to chew!). Speaking of kale transformations lol....
.... Ive had this batch of kale for going on 3 weeks now! I made a post about it before on my nature blog @happigreens (I'll transfer here eventually), but to condense it to the gist of this one, the salt bath i gave the kale was extremely helpful in extending the shelf life of the leaves. By now, theyre finally yellowing and some are wilting from dryness, but many still retain a crisp texture as if freshly harvested. I'll always soak kale leaves in saline water to preserve them! The kale in this meal didnt need that crispness necessarily, but the soaking probably retains its nutritional value for a lot longer, so thats definitely always important!
The brat I cooked the same as last time: pan fried! The brats are so good imo that they dont need any seasoning other than compatible cooking oil! Beyond Meat has some absolutely delish products. I just hope one day plant based products like that can be subsidized or something 😅. Also like before, the brat complimented the egg so well. I really didnt want any meat for this meal but craved the umami flavor combos I had with my last meal. Was not disappointed!
Ingredients for this meal included:
1 Beyond Sausage Brat Origianal link (pulled into pieces for a feeling of bigger portions lol)
1 egg (to be fried)
Like a big bowlfull of kale (again, no exact proportion here lol, but ut was a lot!)
Lawry's season salt (to season kale and egg to taste)
Pepper (for the kale and egg again)
A capful of vinegar (for the kale)
Olive and sesame oil (for pan-frying the egg and brat, and steaming the kale)
1 cup of rice (which take ~2 cups of water to cook)
9/10 It all came together for a great meal! :-)
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How can I go about stuffing myself if I’m a broke college student? I want to eat good food (and avoid school cafeteria food poisoning)…but I just can’t afford it. How do I satiate the need? Any advice?
Hmm...cheap, good food and lots of it. I'm not the best person to ask, but I have two kinds of suggestion:
Stuff you can cook
What's your cooking situation like? Are you on or off campus? It can help a lot if you can find 2-3 cheap meals that are easy and enjoyable, whether that's a microwavable meal, instant noodles, rice and beans, whatever.
If you're in a position to cook for yourself, sites like Budget Bytes have recipes broken down by cost. There are lots of broke college students seeking advice on Reddit, so you can search there too. (A quick poke around revealed some good advice, but also some diet/health moralizing that made me uncomfortable, so just be aware of that.)
A rice cooker is a handy bit of kitchen equipment which could even be used in a dorm. They're cheaper than a pressure cooker or Instant Pot. You can cook other stuff, like pasta, or find whole rice cooker recipes. My best friend in uni had celiac and used to make rice in her dorm room and top it with butter chicken sauce.
Stuff you can get cheap/free
Depending on where you live, you could try an app like Too Good to Go which connects you with businesses that have surplus food you can pick up at a steep discount. (I've used it; bakery leftovers are some of my fave things to get.)
Or something like Olio, which is a free sharing app where people give away surplus food for free.
Anyone else got advice?
I have never been broke (and spent much of my time at university...not eating) so if anyone else has tips for this anon, leave them in the replies!
Best of luck xx
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hello!! i'm going to uni next feb and i might have to move into a dorm (depending on the situation ofc), and since you have lived in a dorm for quite some time, i'd like to ask if you have any advice for me? in terms of idk setting boundaries, laundry, kitchen? idk basically adulting in a college dorm? any advice would be great rlly!! thank youu
boundaries
def decide what the ground rules are for alcohol, drugs, pot, cigarettes, sex, etc in the dorms. also figure out what’s going to be communal and what’s not as well as who’s responsible for what (ex: who’s bringing the vacuum, microwave, fridge, hot pot, what food can be shared, etc). my roommates and i also established what the general rules for cleanliness and dorm upkeep were going to be.
laundry
use tide pods or some sort of sachet / strip. after seeing a flooded laundry room and half a gallon of liquid detergent spilled all over the floor, it’s just not worth it. also, it’s heavy to lug around.
have a hamper for dirty laundry and a hamper/bag for clean laundry. bringing back your clean laundry in a hamper where your dirty laundry has been marinating in for a week is...........not ideal. fold and hang your clothes right away instead of leaving them there to minimize wrinkling.
kitchen
figure out what your meal/dining plan is and then decide if you’re actually going to cook. if you are, then get basic cooking utensils. i relied on a saucepot, a silicone spatula (not the flipping kind, the stirring kind), measuring cups/spoons, and a mug to hold both food and drinks instead of multiple bowls and plates. also, practice cooking basic meals at home before moving in.
easy college recipes imo are eggs (fried, boiled, scrambled, in sandwiches, over rice or toast, etc), sandwiches, soups/stews that you can just leave simmering on a pot / rice cooker / instant pot, and salads. these are far more filling and healthy than constantly relying on instant ramen.
i prefer cooking in the kitchenette, but if you need to, you could probably swing a rice cooker or crockpot/instant pot setup in your dorm.
others
get a first aid kit / basic medicine like aspirin, ibuprofen, neosporin + band-aids, etc. also, make sure you have all the prescription medication you need.
most dorms are old, crusty, and kinda nasty. get some air freshener or room spray + air out the dorm by opening up the windows. get insecticide and spray down the perimeter of the room if necessary. use the vacuum to get the dust out of the vents and radiator if you have them.
use storage containers with sealable lids, especially if you’re going to store food and snacks in your dorm. pests are a real problem. these are also useful for moving out at the end of the year.
don’t overpack. use decorations that are easy to pack up. you don’t need to bring a ton of clothes. just be aware of the area’s climate and pack accordingly. if you’re moving far away, just buy the things you need there rather than hauling all of it with you.
let someone know if you’re going to a party and when you plan on coming back. that way, if you disappear or something happens to you, someone knows where you last were. don’t leave drinks unattended. get some pepper spray or a defense alarm or something for personal safety.
get a power outlet. most of the time, dorms don’t have a lot of outlets available.
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ෆ fic synopsis: kim mingyu’s trouble with luck makes you think you’re being played by him after failing to meet on every. single. date. what does it take for the two of you to finally meet in person? ෆ pairing: kmg x reader (gn) ෆ fic genre: humor, romance ෆ preview warnings: cursing, food ෆ preview wc: 1.6k (full fic is an estimated 7-15k) ෆ a/n: here is the preview to chapter one of another fic i'm excited to share with you all. this one is dedicated to the best boy and the awkward phase glow-ups. please lmk down below or in my asks/dms if you would like to be on the taglist - whatever you're most comfortable with! i'm aiming to post the full fic in june or july :0)
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DK is positive that if he sneezed, the puff of air that shoots out of his nose would be strong enough to knock over the guy he is currently helping hold steady.
But Kim Mingyu – tall, lanky, and irrationally stubborn, refuses to accept help from his obviously more capable roommate. He stands on his makeshift stepladder and attempts to shimmy out his giant hard-shell suitcase he somehow managed to store at the top of his closet the day he moved into the dorm. However, the only thing Mingyu seems to be taking out of his closet is the dust that collected on top of his belongings, and DK is trying his very best not to sneeze.
Who would have thought that Kim Mingyu would be built like one of those wavy inflatable tube guys you see while driving past car dealerships on the highway? His little self-intro on the university roommates request page painted him to be an outgoing type of guy – likes photography, running, and dogs; dislikes people who are rude to waiters, bad vibes, and heights. His profile picture was an aesthetic photo of him in some art museum in Europe. Mingyu turned out to be exactly who and how he described himself. However, had DK or Minghao known their literal pre-serum Steve Roger roommate wasn’t who they thought him to physically be, they would’ve assigned him to the loft bed with the standing closet when they were deciding bedspaces before moving into their dorms.
Now, DK can only stand behind his roommate with his two hands gripped firmly around the wooden chair’s backrest and hope the suitcase doesn’t take his roommate out before the mosquitos from wherever Mingyu is heading do.
For starters, it’s hard to believe a college sophomore – one who has to sleep on the bottom bunk because the floor is closer to the humidifier – is going on a journey to some place where he probably couldn’t restock on his precious Aquaphor that he has to slug onto his cracked heels every night and then protect with his aloe-infused fluffy bed socks. Mingyu is physically weak. He is like a Basset Hound puppy who keeps tripping on its long ears because it still needs to grow into them. He is a Victorian child experiencing EDM for the first time. He is the school Wi-Fi when everybody is back from vacation. A Lego Man figurine is probably more built than Kim Mingyu in every single physical aspect – and that is not an overstatement.
And his luck – oh, how unlucky Kim Mingyu can be at times.
Minghao, their third roommate, tells him its puberty, but Kim Mingyu’s hardhead firmly believes he is the unluckiest man in the world. Puberty, Minghao reminds him. He’s simply going through puberty. It just doesn’t seem like it because his growth spurt arrived ages before his puberty did. Mingyu digresses.
It is a bunch of small, often uncomfortable or inconvenient, occurrences bundled into one that leads Mingyu to believe he has somehow been cursed. Setting off the fire alarm after using the new microwave in their floor’s common room? In reality, some kid snuck in an illegal rice cooker and forgot to open the window while cooking some rice. Sleeping past an alarm the day after he accidentally stepped on a crack in the sidewalk? He didn’t know he accidentally set his alarm as P.M. instead of A.M.. His clumsiness? He wears clothes in sizes either too big or too small for his body. He’s never heard of tailoring before.
Mingyu claims his curse started when he was dared to download an Ouija Board app on his phone on the bus ride home from one of his high school field trips. DK reminds him that where there is a cause, there is an effect.
So, when Mingyu abruptly announces to his two roommates that he’s leaving in the middle of the semester for some Eat, Pray, Love type of trip with his rich aunt, the two roommates can only ask why and whether or not rent is going to be more expensive given that there would technically only be two roommates instead of three:
“I dunno-” Mingyu picks up his sub, trying to adjust his grip so the tomato slices don’t slip out when he takes a bite. “I think it’ll be a nice change.”
DK gawks at him while Minghao looks through his tote bag for a hair tie. Mingyu shrugs and brings the sandwich to his lips. A tomato slice slips out from the backend and lands on the ceramic plate. Mingyu sighs and sets his sandwich back down on his plate and opens it to tuck the tomato slice back into place.
The most level-headed of the trio, DK, stares at the guy who sleeps below him reattempt to take a successful bite of his sandwich. Minghao, whose long hair is now tied in a manbun, twirls his fork around his plate of spaghetti.
“You know it’s bad for your scalp if you tie your hair too tightly,” Mingyu gestures to his own head to show Minghao. There are bread crumbs in the corner of his lips, and some sauce on his fingers. He brings his fingers to his mouth and licks them clean before taking another bite.
Minghao ignores him and stares outside the window at the family of ducks making their way into the shade outside of the dormitory dining hall.
A nice change is what newly divorced couples say in movies. A nice change is giving your childhood bedroom a makeover. A nice change is when Mingyu finally takes off his damn braces so he doesn’t spit on people while he talks. DK reckons it’s because Mingyu is having trouble adjusting to adulthood. He’s a second-year going through what Minghao calls a “prolonged puberty experience,” but DK thinks that all Mingyu needs is time. He has the braces, the lisp, and the inability to act normal in front of crushes. It’s normal. Everybody moves at their own pace. All Mingyu needs is a little confidence and a major glow-up.
“You said you’re going with your aunt?” DK pinches a fry between his fingers and decides to drop it back down. “What about our dorm and school?”
Outside, a Resident Director leads a group of elementary school students on a tour around the dormitory area. The students look around the several tall dormitories and point at the ducks when they see them. The teachers who walk behind their students are too busy staring at their phones to care if the students chase after the animals.
“Hey, do you think ducks are easy to pick up?” Xu Minghao gently sets his fork down and cups his hands, placing them side-by-side. He looks at his imaginary bowl, “They look like they’ll fit perfectly in my hands, yunno. Perfectly scoopable.”
“My aunt isn’t married and doesn’t have any kids so she says she’ll give me her money if I travel with her,” Mingyu chews with his mouth open and pauses to wash it down with some milk. He exhales and wipes his mouth with the back of his hand. “Something about going on a journey to prove that material wealth isn’t all there is in the world.”
Having lost his appetite, DK pushes his plate of fries away from him. He asks Mingyu, “Isn’t it counterproductive because you need money to travel the world?”
“Ehh,” Mingyu slinks in his seat, but reaches over to grab some of the abandoned fries. “But don’t worry about my grades. I’ll be studying abroad and will probably be back in time for graduation. Hopefully my credits can transfer. And my aunt is paying for my dorm so you guys don’t have to worry about paying more.”
“And the school is okay with you paying even through you’re not going to be here?”
“Universities don’t care as long as they’re earning money,” Minghao huffs and stabs a meatball with his fork. “But God forbid I take more than three free yoga classes at the rec center and all of a sudden I’m banned for the rest of the month.”
A new group of friends set their bags down at the table next to where the trio are sitting. One of them seems to recognize DK and politely waves at him before catching up with their friends to line up for food. DK smiles and waves back – he only met them a few days ago.
“I- I think taking that trip will be good for me,” Mingyu stutters when he realizes he has been staring at DK’s friend the entire time. His eyes quickly travel back to looking at his best friend’s fries. He fidgets his fingers before reaching for another one, “Maybe I can meet some new people, learn a few things, and bulk up from all the traveling I’ll be doing.”
Minghao opens the dorm door and enters with a duck tucked under his arm, American football style. He makes his way over to his desk and drops off a few textbooks. DK swears the duck looked at him straight in the eye.
“Yn said you should come to the beach hangout on Saturday,” he tells DK while grabbing his water bottle and yoga mat.
“I’ll think about it,” DK is still staring at the duck who seems perfectly content with being held by the Second Year.
Minghao shrugs and swings the mat over his shoulder. The duck quacks, and Minghao waves goodbye before exiting their shared room. Mingyu, who successfully managed to start pulling out his suitcase from an angle, sneezes and pushes it back into place.
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Thanksgiving is Gonna Be Weird: A Survival Guide for 2020
It’s 2020, the pandemic is worse than ever, and the holidays are right around the corner. No matter what, this is going to be a weird Thanksgiving for a lot of people. With travel restrictions in place and most of us having a mighty desire not to murder our friends and family by spreading around a disease, there’s a good chance that you’re going to be celebrating a bit differently this year.
And, hey, maybe you decide not to celebrate at all. Which is perfectly valid!
But maybe you’re staring down the possibility of your first Thanksgiving on your own, or feeding just the small group you live for rather than a big crowd, or some other unusual circumstance. And if that’s the case, I wanted to compile together some resources/ideas to help you out. I know this isn’t my usual horror fare, but...well, I hope it’s helpful, regardless.
“Help, I’ve Never Made Thanksgiving Dinner Before” Starter Kit
Maybe you’ve always gone home for the holidays but are currently stuck in an apartment with a few roommates, and none of you have any intensive cooking skills. Maybe you always take the kids to Grandma’s house and have never had to contribute more than a side dish but now really want to do a proper Thanksgiving feast for your partner(s), kid(s) and whoever else lives in your house.
Never fear! A Thanksgiving feast doesn’t have to be intimidating! In fact, Thanksgiving foods are usually pretty simple; the most challenging part of the whole feast is the project management aspect of working with a lot of different dishes and getting everything ready at once. But the smaller your crowd to feed, the easier that is!
So, the first thing you’ll want to do is come up with a menu. Sit down and write a list of all the foods you normally eat and enjoy on Thanksgiving. If something is served at your family meal that you’ve never cared for, guess what? You can boot that bad boy right off the list!
By and large, the standard Thanksgiving feast consists of:
Roast turkey
Mashed potatoes
Gravy
Some kind of dinner roll
Cranberry sauce
Some number of vegetable side dishes (often a green been casserole and a sweet potato casserole)
Some kind of dessert (often/traditionally a pumpkin pie)
I’ve linked above some easy & favorite techniques/recipes for all of these foods, but of course you can buy time-saving convenience items to get you rolling -- from potato flakes to gravy mix to premade pie. I won’t tell if you don’t.
If there’s something you’re used to eating every year that you don’t know how to make....call whoever usually makes it! If at all possible, obviously, I’m not recommending you do a seance to talk to your dead great-aunt and get her rolls recipe. Just, like...phone up your friend/family member, get the recipe, and use it as an opportunity to connect. Odds are both of you are missing the human interaction.
“Hey, That’s Nice, But I Live in a Dorm Room” Edition
Okay, okay, I get it. You’re away at college and can’t get home to see your family safely and you’re living in some kind of weird socially isolated dorm situation where you have limited access to cooking implements. Or, shit, idk, maybe you’re couch-surfing or living in a motel or otherwise not in possession of a full kitchen.
I got you, fam.
Do you have at your disposal a microwave? Rice cooker? Even an electric kettle will work!
If you have some way to boil water, you can make instant mashed potatoes, gravy, and stove-top stuffing. If you have a microwave, you can steam some vegetables and bake a sweet potato. For dessert, core an apple, stuff the cavity with brown sugar + cinnamon + butter and nuke in the microwave for 4 minutes.
It’s hypothetically possible to microwave a turkey, but I wouldn’t recommend it. Instead, I’d opt to buy a deli roast chicken (about $5 at most grocery stores), or even just some turkey deli meat. Alternatively, ham usually just needs to be warmed rather than cooked, and you can buy a big ol’ ham steak at the store for a couple of bucks.
“I’m Dead Broke Because COVID, Send Help”
You know the great thing about Thanksgiving food? It’s cheap. No, really! It can be, anyway, especially since a lot of foods go on sale.
In my area anyway, the local Wal-Mart and Smith’s Grocery have:
A can of green beans for about 79 cents
A bag of instant mashed potatoes for about $1
A big can of yams for about $1, or fresh yams for 50 cents/lb (usually a couple sweet potatoes = 1lb)
Canned corn or peas + corn for 50 cents, or steam-in-bag veggies of your choice for $1
Stovetop stuffing for $1 or sometimes even 50 cents per box
Margarine for 79 cents to $1
Gravy mix packets for 50 cents each
A can of cranberry sauce for $1 or less
Most of these are also available at Dollar Tree!
A lot of food banks will also be giving out turkeys this time of year, and some grocery stores will give you a free turkey if you spend $50 or $100 on groceries or whatever. Do you have an older relative who needs groceries? Ask if you can go buy their food and deliver it to their door (contactless!) and keep the free turkey.
You can pretty easily feed a group of 4-6 for $20 or so, especially if you’re willing to be flexible on your protein. And what are you doing feeding more than 6 people in the middle of a pandemic, huh?
“I’m Used to Hosting a Big Dinner But There’s Only Like Three Of Us Living In This House WTF How Do I Scale This Shit Down”
Maybe you are a Thanksgiving veteran. Maybe you’re accustomed to hosting for a big crowd and cooking a small meal just seems dumb and pointless. I feel you. This is my life right now! But don’t despair!
The way I see it, you’ve got a couple-three options:
Option One:
Cook your turkey + a different side each day, and eat your Thanksgiving feast spread out over a week or so. It’ll keep your leftovers from dominating your fridge, let you eat something fresh, and allow you to enjoy all your favorite recipes. Downside is you’ll have to cook every day, so you tell me if you’re too busy to do that.
Option Two:
Cook everything that you normally would, but portion off half of it or whatever to stuff into your freezer, or go deliver it to somebody else’s door. The odds are pretty good that you’ve got a friend or family member who is freaking out about the holiday, and if you can’t see them in person, you can at least drop food off on their porch and then honk aggressively/cheerfully from the safety of your car!
Option Three:
Make something different this year. If you’re a foodie, take this as an opportunity to challenge yourself to create something high-maintenance and weird that you wouldn’t normally make. This is a good choice if you’re off work and stuck in your house with nothing else to do. Basically you’re subbing out quantity for quality so the meal still feels special and unique even if it’s, y’know....just you and your cat, or whoever.
PS: Roasting a whole chicken or a cornish game hen is a fun, small-scale way to get your bird-in-the-oven experience. You can also buy a turkey breast and just cook that, which will be a lot faster than the whole bird anyway.
"I’m An Essential Worker And I’m Working Thanksgiving And Have No Time To Do ANYTHING, What Now?”
Dude, I get it. And whether you’re a doctor, nurse, grocery store employee, or whatever other essential service-worker, my heart goes out to you because hoo boy this year has been shit, hasn’t it? I can’t do anything about the hazard pay situation, but I CAN tell you that there are a few places offering delivery-based Thanksgiving meal options!
You might want to search around a bit for your specific area. Cracker Barrel, Marie Callendar’s, Boston Market, and other types of branded “home-cooking” type restaurants tend to have some kind of Thanksgiving thing. Why not call your local restaurant fav to see if they’re doing something similar? Most restaurants are desperate for a way to stay afloat right now, so a ton of places that don’t traditionally deliver are offering curbside service now. It’s worth a try!
So, there you have it.
I hope some of these tips taught you something new, pointed you to a helpful resource, or gave you some ideas. More than anything, I just want everybody to be safe and happy this holiday. So, please -- get creative, wear your mask while you’re shopping, avoid the get-togethers, and be careful. You may save a life!
#holidays#thanksgiving#covid 19#PSA#cooking#food#tips#I hope this helps someone#please reblog if I missed anything#long post
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Hi! Do you have any tips on eating on a college dorm/meal plan? I’ve found myself having a lot more veggies by having salads at night, but I stopped eating fruit and usually resort to a green smoothie for breakfast and have junk food or starve during lunchtime. I also binge on chips a lot more! Thank you!
Hey there, let me start by apologizing for the super late reply. That said, before answering your question, I just wanted to let you know to always check the FAQ section of my blog or search for hashtags in the search area of my blog. Although I like to take the time to answer queries, as mentioned previously I stopped responding to questions that I have already answered.
As a university student myself, I understand the challenges of healthy eating, especially if you are on a tight budget, so over the years I have published many articles on healthy eating while at uni. If you type in recipes, healthy eating, healthy meals, nutrition or anything around those lines in the search box of my blog, many posts will come up. Here are a few examples:
30 Ways to stay fit & healthy when you get to college
Smart way to eat at uni
33 things to eat when you have no food at home
Easy bento box lunch for work and school
25 15-min healthy dinner
30 low-calorie snacks
5 ingredients sheet pan dinners
7 high protein breakfasts that aren’t eggs
10 insanely yummy and healthy 2-ingredients recipes
5 ways to turn Naan into dinner
Breakfast, lunch and dinner
7 fast fillings for hot tacos
16 lunchbox ideas that aren’t sandwiches
5 simple snack boxes for busy people
10 vegetarian lunch ideas
10 no-fridge lunchbox ideas
10 sweet and savoury morning oatmeal
5 bistro box lunch ideas
13 healthy lunches that aren’t salad
Superfood breakfast
10 easy way to stuff a pita pocket
10 sandwich free lunches
A month worth of school snacks
4 yummy ways to set up your breakfast bagel
Pasta salad lunchbox
In terms of advices, I would recommend picking a day during the week specifically for meal prepping. I prefer Sunday. Of course, meal prepping isn’t for everyone, so you can always write down meal ideas for each day of the week. You can print meal plans calendars from various online templates and search easy meal prep ideas on Pinterest. Although I like to think of myself as very resourceful, I must say that I came across some very easy meal ideas on Pinterest that I had never thought of before.
Other tips:
If you live on res and don’t have access to a kitchen in your dorm, I’d recommend you make friends that have kitchens. I’m not kidding! I bet if you made a few extra goodies for them, they wouldn’t mind. You should also check out some microwave-only meals. Buzzfeed has an awesome list here.
If you can have a mini fridge in your dorm or room (if you share a fridge with lots of people in a house) DO IT. Best investment ever. You can grab one for under $60 on Amazon here.
You can do a lot with just a crock pot or Instant pot. If you don’t have access to a stove or oven, this would be an excellent investment too. Here’s a cheap crock pot (slow cooker) on Amazon. How easy would it be to throw in a bunch of ingredients and let it cook while you study or chill with friends?
Try some no-cook meals. Delish has an amazing list here! You can make these on the cheap without a kitchen.
If you use Chrome or Firefox as web browsers, you can create a cooking folder and whenever you come across great recipes save them in that folder. In a way you’ll have a lil digital cookbook.
And lastly, when you go grocery shopping here are THREE RULES FOR CHEAPER GROCERIES:
Go dry. You’ll save by choosing dry beans, rice, polenta, quinoa, and other grains — make a bunch and use it for multiple meals.
Go big. You may pay more up front for a larger container of oatmeal (store brand, natch), but the cost per ounce will be lower.
Go frozen. Not only are frozen veggies, meat, and fish perfectly healthy, but you also don’t run the risk of having them go bad.
On that note, I hope this was helpful and although I’m late I’d like to wish you success this semester. Also, finals are approaching, so best of luck.
Love Stephie 🤗
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fresh start
Five minutes into the apartment, I knew it was the one. I let out a squeak of excitement when the agent opened the door and the place was flooded with natural light coming from the big windows. It's a studio unit with a tiny balcony, proper kitchen vents, and a spectacular view of the city. Growing up sharing my bedroom with siblings, my bunked with dorm mated in college, and sharing space with my co-workers who are also my house mates, it has always been my dream to live in a quiet place like this, situated more than twenty floors above the ground. Alone in my own space. My parents were a bit hesitant about me signing on the lease so quickly but my life and dreams can no longer wait.
When all the paperwork is done, the agent handed me the keys, and I stood there beside my luggage, amazed by how an empty space can offer so much possibilities. A new beginning.
It's fairly small but I didn't need much anyway. A decent sofa bed, a simple and proper desk where I can work and write, and a free space for my meditation and yoga practice were enough for me.
I filled up the place slowly, and essentials only. I put together a nice coffee station because why not. There's a tiny rice cooker enough to feed a lone sheep like me for at least 3 days. A set of dinnerware, and few wine glasses.
My first trip to IKEA to buy some things for the apartment was like being in a toy store for adults. My best friends and I went there again since they were all excited as I am. We had wine and pizza for the housewarming on the same night. One of them got me potted succulent, a traditional house warming gift.
I've never been more happier living alone, my dreams starting to life.
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hi, angelkin/leviathankin here wondering if you could suggest any recipes that can be made by a college kid w only a microwave to work with? I'm mostly looking for snacks or sweets. I like sweet, salty, and occasionally bitter flavors and stuff like dark chocolate and cinnamon and bread and pretzels. Don't know if theres much I can do without a kicthen though...
Hi there!
Here’s some thing I hope will work for you. ^^
Beer-Infused “Cheese” Ball
Goat Cheese Pistachio Coated Strawberries
Raw Healing Probiotic Noodle Soup
Avocado Mint Cream Bars
Caprese Gazpacho
Mango Lime Mozarella Toast
Vegan Parmesan Crusted Peanut Butter Onigiri (a rice cooker is really handy for dorm living if you’re allowed to have one but there are also microwave rice packages you can use too though you may have to play around with the consistency to get the rice sticky)
Chocolate Matcha Energy Balls
I hope you enjoy these ^^ Thanks for the request! ♥
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