#same for the apple sauce packets

[natandacat]

Doing a pem timeline for internal medicine tomorrow and its fucking bleak... my baseline visibly worsens every year lol and the worst phases of pems are so bad to describe i literally am sitting there like oh ok. This is embarrassing. Yeah im too fatigued to do survival body functions 💯

But don't worry covid is just a flu. Who cares if my body is gone!

[feyburner]

hey man do you have any banging cinnamon recipes

Yes! Below are my recipes for Monkey Bread and Gooey Cinnamon Rolls.

They use the same enriched dough for a base. You can also use this dough for cinnamon babka, other types of sweet rolls or buns, etc.

Also here’s some recipes I want to try:

- Brown Sugar Cinnamon Shortbread (made this, it rocked)

- Cinnamon Roll Focaccia

- Pumpkin Cinnamon Sourdough

- Coffee Cake (King Arthur’s Recipe of the Year!)

Also check the giant apple pop tart thing I made in a recent post tagged “food” it was so good.

MONKEY BREAD

MAKES: 1 bundt pan (if no bundt pan, use 9x13” pan)

INGREDIENTS

DOUGH

3 ½ cups (420g) AP or bread flour

2 ¼ tsp (1 packet, 7g) instant or active dry yeast

1 cup (227g) full-fat milk, warm

2 Tbsp (25g) sugar

2 Tbsp (28g) butter, melted

1 egg, beaten

1 tsp kosher salt

CINNAMON SUGAR

½ cup (100g) white sugar

1 Tbsp cinnamon

BUTTERSCOTCH SAUCE

1 cup (200g) brown sugar

½ cup (113g) butter

1 tsp salt

¼ cup heavy cream or evaporated milk

DIRECTIONS

In a large bowl (or the bowl of a stand mixer), whisk together yeast, milk, and sugar. Cover and let sit 5 minutes until frothy, then whisk in butter, egg, and salt.

Add flour and mix for 2-3 minutes to form a very moist, sticky dough.

Let dough sit untouched in bowl 5 minutes so flour absorbs moisture. After resting, dough will pretty much immediately be smooth and workable instead of too sticky.

Transfer dough on a clean, floured surface. Sprinkle flour over the top. Knead, dusting lightly with flour as needed, until dough is soft, smooth, elastic, and springs back to form in 2-3 seconds when poked, 6-7 minutes.

1st Rise: Cover and let rise 1.5-2 hours until doubled in size.

Near the end of 1st Rise: Grease a bundt pan. Combine cinnamon sugar ingredients in a bowl.

Make butterscotch sauce: In a saucepan, combine brown sugar, butter, and salt. Bring to a boil over medium heat, whisking frequently. Turn off heat. Slowly pour in heavy cream (it will froth and spit). Stir until smooth. Put back on the heat until it reaches 240°. Then set aside.

Once dough is risen, pinch off bits the size of donut holes. Roll each dough ball liberally in the cinnamon sugar, then drop into pan. Halfway through, pour ½ of the warm butterscotch sauce over the dough balls. Reserve the other half. Sprinkle any leftover cinnamon sugar over the dough balls at the end.

2nd Rise (Proof): Cover and let rise until visibly puffy, 20-30 minutes.

Preheat oven to 350°. Once dough is proofed, pour remaining ½ of butterscotch sauce over the top. Shake gently to make sure sauce sinks to the bottom.

Bake 35-40 minutes until top is a deep golden brown.

Let rest in the pan 15 minutes. Then carefully flip monkey bread onto a large plate. (If you remove too early, the sauce will be runny. If you remove too late, it will stick instead of coming out easily.)

Serve warm.

NOTES

- Butterscotch is just caramel but with brown sugar instead of white.

- Many recipes use a simple butter and brown sugar sauce, but it can result in a grainy, crystallized texture. Add cream and heat all the way to 240° to get a gooey, silky caramel texture.

GOOEY CINNAMON ROLLS

MAKES: 12 rolls (1 x 9x13” pan)

INGREDIENTS

DOUGH

3 ½ cups (420g) AP or bread flour

2 ¼ tsp (1 packet, 7g) instant or active dry yeast

1 cup (227g) full-fat milk, warm

2 Tbsp (25g) sugar

2 Tbsp (28g) butter, melted

1 egg, beaten

1 tsp kosher salt

FILLING

1 cup (200g) brown sugar

½ cup (113g) butter, very soft

2 Tbsp cinnamon

optional: 1 cup chopped walnuts

+

½ cup heavy cream or full-fat milk, warmed right before rolls go in the oven

optional: Vanilla Glaze (1 cup powdered sugar, 1-2 Tbsp milk, 1 tsp vanilla. Stir until smooth.)

DIRECTIONS

In a large bowl (or the bowl of a stand mixer), whisk together yeast, milk, and sugar. Cover and let sit 5 minutes until frothy, then whisk in butter, egg, and salt.

Add flour and mix for 2-3 minutes to form a very moist, sticky dough.

Let dough sit untouched in bowl 5 minutes so flour absorbs moisture. After resting, dough will pretty much immediately be smooth and workable instead of too sticky.

Transfer dough on a clean, floured surface. Sprinkle flour over the top. Knead, dusting lightly with flour as needed, until dough is soft, smooth, elastic, and springs back to form in 2-3 seconds when poked, 6-7 minutes.

1st Rise: Cover and let rise 1 hour until larger (if not doubled) in size.

Make filling: Beat all ingredients together into a smooth, dark paste.

Roll out dough: On a clean, floured surface, roll out dough into a large, ½”-thick rectangle about the size of a baking sheet, 12x17”. The thickness is more important than the size.

Spread filling over the dough in an even layer. Leave ½” of space at the edges, and 2” of space along the bottom for easy sealing. (If using walnuts, sprinkle over top.)

Starting at the top, tightly roll up the dough lengthwise. It helps to start in the upper corner and go sideways first, then straighten out. Roll tightly to avoid gaps. Pinch the dough to seal along the seam.

Using a large, sharp knife or unflavored dental floss, slice the roll into 12 pieces. If they get a bit misshapen, just pat back into shape as you go. They don’t have to be perfectly round.

Proof: Arrange the rolls in the pan. Cover and let proof for 30 minutes until puffier.

Preheat oven to 375°.

Pour the warm cream or milk over the tops of the proofed rolls, letting it pool in the bottom of the pan.

Bake the rolls for 25-30 minutes until the tops are golden brown.

Let rest in the pan for 15 minutes before removing. If using Vanilla Glaze, drizzle over the rolls while they’re warm but not hot.

NOTES

- Same dough as Monkey Bread. I’ve experimented with richer enriched doughs (most recipes use more sugar and 2 eggs in the dough) but I tend to find them too cakey. I prefer a soft, almost stretchy, bready cinnamon roll.

- Pouring warm milk over the rolls before baking = soft, moist, and gooey.

- I’ve found that baking at 350 takes too long for the tops to get golden brown. I go for a higher temp (I’ve gone up to 400) to avoid overbaking.

[moviesludge]

if you don't mind me asking, what's the diet? i need to get my shit figured out because i eat garbage nonstop. ugh.

It's tough. I think more and more often about how my gout is sort of a blessing in disguise because it FORCES me to eat healthier.

Short answer is that I think metabolism is playing a significant part and that it's probably more about what I'm not eating than what I am, but here's what I eat:

Breakfast:

Option 1: 1 packet of quaker instant low sugar oatmeal and coffee. If I'm particularly hungry I'll add a chobani greek yogurt cup and/or an apple (or lately 2 applesauce cups)

Option 2: 2 or 3 scrambled eggs (I cook them with non-hfcs ketchup), same optional add ons. I've been having this more often since my dental stuff.

Option 3: cereal with same optional add-ons (typically either honey bunches of oats or raisin bran). (I've been avoiding cereals since my dental stuff though)

Lunch: If I eat lunch at all, I usually just have something that will sate me if I feel hungry, like a greek yogurt or a banana or some peanuts and raisins or something. I often only eat two meals a day though. Peanut butter & honey sandwich on wheat will kick your hunger in the dick and is a healthier option than a lot of things.

Dinner:

Option: Campbells chunky chicken noodle soup (or instant ramen) and a grilled cheese

Option: frozen cheese raviolis cooked in pasta sauce

Option: basic pasta/starch & protein meals: Meat loaf with mashed potatoes/mac n cheez with chicken/homemade frozen burger and fries/frozen chicken strips and tots

Things I was eating that I'm not eating now: Candy/chocolate, chips, ice cream, cookies, cakes, muffins, all fast food (Taco Bell & Jack in the Box are the most common typically), all sugary drinks except coffee.

[5-htagonist]

shaming my roommate for not being able to shop.

random name brand pre shredded roomtemp parmesean ❌ (just no. i could see if it were storebrand. i could see if it were a wedge. but bro got the worst permeation of parm)

spageddy sauce✅

spagettios (original. not even w meatballs)❌❌❌❌

tuna packets✅

bag o taters...✅ (i asked for 3 huge potatoes just for dinner one night... he got a bag of normal potatoes that im not sure if we will even finish before they become creatures. ig well have to have some people over for shrimp baked potato night. or do twice baked)

fruit gummies (no rating. didnt ask for em but snackies are permissible

bag o apples ❌ there is no fucking way we will finish them. may chop and freeze or make fried apples.

2x 2 deep dish personal frozen pizzas pepperoni (store brand) (no rating but dude does not know how to feed himself cheaply)

2... specifically microwavable supreme pizzas (for like 2 people each) (store brand) ❌❌❌❌ (why god. we have an oven.)

storebrand drumsticks (ice cream) ✅ (ice ceam is always okay)

name brand frozen eggrolls ❌ simply bc theyre too expensive for how shitty they are

storebrand raw frozen shrimp ✅

bomb pops (fucking banana fudge. insane person choice) ❌❌❌❌❌❌❌❌❌❌

frozen chimichangas ✅ (didnt ask, too pricey for how little food it is but theyre tastey and im on adderall so i aint pressed)

SCOTT toilet paper??? (id take storebrand over that) ✅ i didnt specify a brand so whatever. even though i know its the same price as angel soft)

2 pack cream cheese ✅

sliced mushrooms✅

the shittest bruised green pepper ever✅ i wish he would have like. looked at the produce but he did go to walmart so.

a long hickory smoked sausage?? (we asked for hot italian... idk how bro even found what he got) ❌❌❌❌❌ how even

storebrand colby jack ✅

12pk major melon (unrated)

just had to share. and this has been his best shopping trip yet (hes only done i think 4. in the 10 months. weve lived together.)

[calmdownandcook]

Calm Down and Cook Every Single Meatloaf

Basic meatloaf should be in everyone’s “recipes I know without looking up the actual recipe” collection. It opens the doorway to so much more and it strangely impresses everyone. Meatloaf is really just the evolution of Country Pâté (also known as Terrine De Campagne). Fancy! It is also the dish I order to judge the quality of a diner (just like I judge Mexican restaurants by their salsa). But Meatloaf is also something so easy to make at home. A meatloaf dinner also sets the stage for a meatloaf sandwich the next day, and who doesn’t love that? Meatloaf can even evolve into meatballs and then into Swedish Meatballs (so you don’t have to find yourself an Ikea).

Meatloaf can be made from almost any ground meat, eggs, and a few breadcrumbs. The seasoning can be any flavor profile or nationality that is ringing your bells at the moment. There was a trend of packaged dry Onion Soup mix instead of salt and pepper. Still a traditional and solid option. I think everyone has a packet of taco seasoning in the back of their spice cabinet, perfect time to use it. Meatloaf can be served hot or cold. It can be stuffed with almost anything, from cheese to pickles, to asparagus. Your friends will think you won the James Beard Award for Best Chef. Don’t be afraid. You’re in charge, not the meatloaf. Meat “loaf” can be done in a loaf pan or, if you prefer the crispy outside bits, shape it free form on a baking dish in an oval shape. I can remember my Mom once forming a meatloaf in a heart shape on Valentine's Day. I thought she was a magician. 

This is what meatloaf can do for you. What can you do for meatloaf? Here is a basic recipe that can be used as a springboard for endless variations. 

Basic Meatloaf

2 pounds ground meat.

1 egg

½ small onion (finely chopped)

3/4 cup milk

1 cup plain dried bread crumbs

1 teaspoon of Salt 

½ teaspoon of pepper 

½ cup of Any BBQ sauce

Instructions:

Let's start with the base. Combine all the ingredients except the BBQ sauce in a large bowl. Mix until it is evenly combined, this is your meatloaf base, your basic meatloaf. Shape the mixture into an oval loaf on a greased baking pan or in a greased loaf pan. Bake at 350°F for 45 minutes. Remove the meatloaf from the oven, spread the BBQ sauce all over the top, and bake for an additional 10-20 minutes until fully cooked (check to ensure internal temp is 165°F). Total cooking time will be about 60 minutes whether you are using the BBQ sauce or not. Allow it to rest for 10 minutes before slicing and serving.

Now, let's have fun and start coloring outside the lines:

First, why BBQ sauce? If you’re not in the mood it can be swapped out for ketchup, or sweet chili sauce, or eliminate that step completely. Not a big deal.

A basic meatloaf with 2 pounds of meat should serve 8 people. In reality, I think, it serves 6 but you should have in your head that it will serve 4 people because you are a normal human being and are going to want to have meatloaf sandwiches for lunch tomorrow. 

Any ground meat will work so look in your freezer. You can use 100% ground beef or go with the classic combination of beef, pork, and veal. If you struggle with veal that's Ok. Skip it and use 50% beef and 50% pork. On the other extreme, venison is also a tasty choice and gives a slightly gamey taste. If you want to try 100% ground pork here’s a tasty idea: stir in ½ of a finely chopped apple into the meatloaf base. Just remember, you’ll need a total of 2 pounds of meat. But this can be plus or minus. 2 ½ pounds is fine, just remember you will need another 15 minutes of cooking. The same goes with using only 1 ½ pounds of meat. The cooking time will be about 15 minutes less. Check the internal temperature with a thermometer and look for 165 degrees. Kitchen thermometers are a lot more accessible, affordable, and a solid purchase. They are a great tool to have and will give you the confidence to experiment with basic recipes.

If you decide to use ground Chicken or Turkey you will see that it is “wetter” than other ground meat so you will want to increase your breadcrumbs to a total of 1½ cups. Chicken and Turkey can also be very lean. A good solution for this is to lay a few slices of bacon across the top (also, because it’s bacon) as this will add fat and flavor, a couple of pats of butter along the top works nicely too.

Herbs: fresh or dried. Do you have a favorite herb? A teaspoon of dried or a tablespoon of chopped fresh is a great way to experiment with taste. Something as simple as chives and parsley will go a long way to flavoring your base. If you are using ground lamb, try rosemary.

Of course store bought breadcrumbs can also be replaced with homemade crumbs from leftover stale bread (I do not throw things away lightly). Tear the stale bread into 2-inch chunks and pulse in a food processor. “Pulse” is when you turn your processor on and off several times so you can really chop something up finely without it turning into a paste. Make a bunch of crumbs all at once and freeze the leftovers for another use.

If you only have “Italian” breadcrumbs then, maybe skip the salt because that comes already salted. Are you all about the Italian-flavored bread crumbs? Try adding flavors that will enhance that profile. A little dried oregano, garlic powder, crushed garlic, and a pinch of hot pepper flakes are great. Any or all of these can work. A ½ teaspoon of each work but you go with your intuition, you can add more or less. Parmesan cheese (up to ½ cup) is an easy addition if you have some lurking in the back of your fridge.

Now, open your horizons and truly look around your kitchen. Do you have any vegetables that are moments away from the compost pile? Chopped them up well. They can go in the meatloaf base and stretch the dish in a very inexpensive way (just don’t use more than 25% chopped vegetables in the mix. If you do, the meat will lose its ability to hold its shape and the loaf falls apart.). My Mom would do this with sad floppy carrots, celery, and mushrooms. These all work well and add to the flavor.

Next, stuffed meatloaf. If you go this route, you are going to want to add 10 minutes to the initial cooking time and make it 55 minutes. Take about  ⅔  of whatever meatloaf base you decide to make and lay it on your baking sheet or loaf pan (whatever you are using). Form a trough (trench, channel, hollow) down the middle with your fingertips. Spoon in your filling and then use the remaining ⅓ of your base to close it up. Once this is done, dip your hands in some cold water and smooth and close any openings the loaf might have. You can fill your meatloaf with whatever you fancy. A good way to start is 4 to 5 ounces of frozen chopped spinach, defrosted and squeezed dry. Spinach can be combined with any cheese (mozzarella is fun). Try sauteed mushrooms and green peppers. Go crazy, use corn mixed with a couple of spoonfuls of salsa, and call it “Southwestern”. A row of peeled hard-boiled eggs would be very French. Serve while wearing a beret. A stuffed meatloaf has so many possibilities, no one is stopping you and will earn you endless accolades.

Tiny Little Balls of Meatloaf or as I call them - Meatballs.

Take your same basic meatloaf base and shape the mixture into 1½ inch size balls and bake on a cookie sheet for 20-25 minutes at 400 degrees. You can line the cookie sheet with foil or parchment paper for easier cleanup. If your base mixture feels too wet to shape nicely, add a couple of tablespoons more of breadcrumbs.  These can be served on pasta with any sauce you enjoy. Premade, store-bought brown gravy has a place in this world and combined with meatballs and served on egg noodles is a guilty pleasure of mine. If you stir a little Dijon mustard and sour cream into the brown gravy you are very close to a Swedish meatball. Serve them with a scoop of lingonberry jam and pretend you are Swedish. There’s always a meatball sub to be made with those meatballs (also a grinder, hoagie, or hero) and they freeze well.

Meatloaf is an excellent basic recipe and can be adapted once you have the confidence. What are you craving? Would it fit into a meatloaf? Did you want to sneak vegetables into your family's diet? You can do this. Remember the meatloaf police aren’t at your door.

[seramarias]

Okay, so I don't usually do this, but for anybody out there who's curious. . . .

Zucchini Muffin Variations

Core Zucchini Muffin recipe

2 c flour – All Purpose works fine, or you can mix AP and whole wheat.

½ c quick-cooking rolled oats or oat bran (Optional, but makes it a bit heartier if this is gonna be your breakfast)

½ tsp baking soda

¾ tsp baking powder

¼ tsp fine salt

2 eggs

1/3 to ½ c neutral vegetable oil

¼ to ½ c milk ( Use the larger quantity if you've added the oats)

1 c sugar or equivalent (white, brown, or a mixture)

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 ½ c grated zucchini, not wrung out or drained.

--Your Choice of Flavor Ingredients from Below!! Otherwise this won't really taste like anything!!

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350, prepare 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners (Although it usually makes about 9-10, rather than 12.)

Whisk together dry ingredients to blend and remove lumps

Whisk together wet ingredients

Combine, fold, add in zucchini and other mix-ins

With raw, shredded vegetables, let stand for 15-30 minutes to let the liquid absorb evenly – better texture.

Spoon into cups, about 3/4s full

Bake 20-25 minutes

Let cool 5 minutes in pan, remove to wire racks

- Variations (Now add flavor!)

Double-chocolate muffins – add ¼ c cocoa powder to dry ingredients, fold in ½ c chocolate chips at end.

Spice-nut muffins – add 1 tsp cinnamon, ¼ tsp each ginger, nutmeg, and allspice to dry ingredients, fold in ½-1 c mixed chopped nuts at end. (Better rise if you use buttermilk for this version.)

Maple-pecan muffins - Use brown sugar, and swap half of it for 2/3 cup of maple syrup. Increase the vanilla to 1 ½ teaspoons, or add ½ teaspoon butternut flavoring, mix in ½ cup chopped pecans. Sprinkle a heavy pinch or two of brown sugar over the top of each cup of batter for a slightly caramelized topping.

Beyond Zucchini!

Applesauce-spice muffins – as above, but substituting 2 cups of unsweetened apple sauce (and a packet of instant spiced cider mix) for the milk and zucchini, then preparing as for the spice-nut version. Used half-and-half of AP and WW flour, plus about ¼ cup oat bran. Mix was initially stiff, but loosened up to a moist if thick batter after a couple minutes. Filled 12 cups. Took roughly 30 minutes to bake. (Spice variant – add nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon, use cardamom instead of or in addition to allspice. Latest batch, apx ½ tsp each cinnamon and ginger, roughly the same of freshly ground cardamom, and apx ¼ tsp galangal powder. Also, diced fresh apple along with the applesauce. Upon sampling, needed probably twice that amount of spice.)

Pumpkin Spice muffins – using a 15 oz can of pureed pumpkin, plus roughly a tsp each of cinnamon and ginger, plus maybe ½ tsp of allspice and several shakes (under ¼ tsp) of turmeric. (Meant to add nutmeg, but forgot.) Mixed in 2/3 cup of caramel-flavored candy chips. (Also works with white chocolate chips)

Banana Chocolate-chip – 1 ½ to 2 c mashed banana, more vanilla, no spices, ½ c chocolate chips. Brown sugar? Will probably need the oats for fiber, presoaked in milk.

Carrot-Cake muffins - An optional ¼ cup of raisins (and/or minced pineapple, unsweetened shredded coconut, chopped toasted pecans). Daniel’s version omits both nuts and raisins, but adds ¾ - 1 cup pureed carrots along with 1 ½ cup finely shredded raw carrot. ½ c each stevia & sucralose plus ¼ cup brown sugar, for a reduced-sugar version. Spices are 2 tsp cinnamon, 1 tsp ginger, ½ tsp each nutmeg, allspice, and cardamom. (This is the ground seeds of 12-15 green cardamom pods.) Can add about ¼ tsp turmeric powder, if desired.

Each muffin is filled with roughly a heaping tablespoon of sweetened cream cheese. 8 oz cream cheese, ¼ cup sugar or sugar equivalent, dash of vanilla, maybe ¼ tsp orange flower water. Wound up using about 2 tbs each sucralose and stevia, plus 1 tb real white sugar for texture.)

[lunarsilkscreen]

Why are Cigarettes and Alcohol on every corner store but not other drugs?

And Caffeine and workout supplements disguised as energy beverages. And over-the-counter medication.

You know; despite those things carrying the negative stereotypes of being stupid and/or angry.

Many times has the argument been made that it is *more* profitable to fix the symptoms and not the disease.

Yet nothing really seems to change as those arguments fall on deaf ears.

So what is the difference between *hard drugs* and *soft drugs*?

Well Drugs like Marijuana have a tendency to last longer than other drugs. And not only does it last longer; it has the ability to compare a person's thinking.

This is one of the reasons the Military suggests that it's members abstain from all drugs *except* alcohol.

If you drink too much alcohol you might be hungover the next morning. But if you eat a whole hashbrownie; you could be down for several days.

This is also why Doctors tend to avoid giving opioids like Oxycoton to younger individuals. And just letting them suffer on ibuprofen after a major surgery or getting their wisdom teeth taken out.

This is rivaled by Fentanyl. A synthetic opioid. Which is super-effective in very small doses, and being easy to carry disguised as one of those "Do not Eat" oxygen absorbed packets you might find in a pill bottle.

This means it's all but impossible to stop a person from smuggling a large amount. No longer do they need to carry the comically large "Bricks of Cocaine" we see across our screens in buddy cop movies.

One pill of pure Fentanyl has hundreds of doses. And would probably be fatal if you swallowed it. So our current war on drugs just can't keep up.

And this all circles back to the *More profitable to treat the symptoms* thing above. Motrin, Advil, and Tylenol are a billion dollar business. And while we won't see them go away; they do ensure that their over-the-counter drugs will be able to find their studies into better drugs.

Which we haven't seen in many many years. So how effective is all that R&D really? (Research and Development) It's not like brand name drugs work better than generic anyway. They're the same drug, with maybe time-release effects.... Which we've had for about a hundred years already.

Nothing new.

Because of the nature of home grown drugs; that is we don't use them in small enough doses to avoid that *high* that people are looking for.

We have no idea how to use them in the same ways we use blood-thinners and Motrin.

Not only that; Because of the illegality of schedule-1 Drugs; illegal drug business had been working to make drugs smaller and easier to smuggle for generations and generations. Resulting in Fentanyl in the first place.

This is why hash-brownies are so strong today.

Different marijuana strains can be like Apples; Granny Smith for pies, Honeycrisp for sweetness, generic red for sauces.

But we've grown towards the cyanide equivalent. Cyanide is in every apple seed. And it's poisons that we consider lethal AND to serve that high and painkiller effect were want in those drugs.

So an Apple equivalent of marijuana today would just be one big Seed with lots and lots of THCs.

Note; cyanide *will* kill you. Do not eat it.

But again; marijuana can have painkiller, stimulant, and that high effect(s).

This has come around *because* of the war on drugs. There isn't a way to get *just a little bit* of an effect like we see with sweet and sour Apples.

And since that single fentanyl pill can be hidden anywhere without detection. No smell, can't scan for it... Near impossible even if we take planes completely naked.

Not without a fascist state anyway.

[yokohungry]

Saturday board game dinner with my friends who now have food restrictions and Im Japanese and everything is shoyu sugar! Oh no! 😂😂😂

Diabetic "okazu" which is sorta not that because no rice. 🤷‍♀️ idk, is it just "food?" Wwwww

Garlic (not allium, specifically garlic) free too because thats an allergy as well. 😅😂🫠

Not shown was the massive- totally not sugar free choco cake we also had. 😅

Cooking ramblings below.

Tuna patties: drained tofu and a drained can of tuna with diced long onion. Seasoned with salt, pepper, tamari and a bit of oyster sauce. Probably the could just omit it... the drastically reduced amount really had no flavor impact.) Binder was an extra egg, i did add 3 or so spoonfuls of panko...... but also probably could have omitted it.

Oh so dry. Orz Tasty but dry. The panko and egg binders really help. Maybe try with oats.

Tofu poke: pan fried firm tofu, chilled then tossed in sesame oil, tamri, salt, sweet onion and diced long onion.

Chicken rolls: Gah. Chicken breast is such a nightmare! Simmered vegetables rolled in a butterflied and pounded chicken breast. Rolled and slow cooked in a covered pan. Simmered in the dashi sauce with tamari and monkfruit sweetener.

THE DRIEST CHICKEN I HAVE EVER MADE. I normally would make this with thighs and made the mistake of using the same time as I would for it.

Monkfruit sweetener is the best tasting sugar substitute. No weird aftertaste. That starting menthol feeling still exists, but is gone after cooking.

Stir fried vegetables: All the leftover vegetables I had cut and half a head of cabbage. Salt, pepper, tamari.

Rolled egg: Ive been making more of the korean style rolled egg as it's savory. Diced up carrot and diced long onion.

Simmered kabocha: bonito dashi from a packet. Not ideal, but the sugars used is negligible. Tamari and a splash of mirin.

I still have half a kabocha left. Maybe I'll make scones with it?

Apples and soybeans as extra sides and snacks.

My very cursed sounding onigiri of cauliflower rice with tapioca starch as a binder(the sticky parts of rice) idea was not met with affection. I am unloved. 😅😅😅

Leftovers made for a very good bento.

[psycheterminal]

Teas I like

Hot teas:

Earl Grey

Sleepytime

Green tea

Jasmine green tea blend

Rooibos/red "tea."

Lavender oolong

Chamomile, well honeyed.

Peach/mango black or white tea

Black-rose tea (rose petals and/or rose hips)

Iced Teas

Boil 4 orange pekoe bags in a sauce pan in about 4 cups of water until black. Add 2/3 cup sugar and ice into container of choice. Pour hot liquid into container, stir until sugar fully dissolved. Fill, fridge overnight. Variation: Replace one bag with mint or other herbal teas.

Same as above, but with 3 Earl Grey tea bags, 1 bag lavender or rose tea. Do not use organic honey with this, unless you REALLY like floral flavors.

Steep either version with slightly smooshed berries of choice, strawberries, blackberries and cherries work the best. Raspberries will also work, but blueberries don't work very well.

Stir in rhubarb jam as desired while hot as sweetener

Green tea with chamomile, half and half.

"Caddyshack" half-and-half variations*

Arnold Palmer: Make tea, as usual. Add half to lemonade.

Use 1 packet tea-peach tea will work! and 1 packet lemonade of any kind of off-brand Crystal Light for sugar-free enjoyment.

If you don't have the lemonade of that type, just use a gallon's worth of lemonade mix, or it'll taste weirdly thin.

Lime is an interesting take on the genre, especially with ginger lemonade, but it's very intense.

Boil the water with strawberries or cut apples of the more tart or strongly flavored versions. Pink lady is a favorite for this.

Note: I call it Caddyshack because Arnold Palmer licensed his name out to Arizona teas only. Caddyshack is an alternate name for the drink.

[1thousandminus7]

As someone who's been living by himself for the first time for the last three months, may I add some stuff about food?

It's gonna be super easy to let your diet get real bad when there's no one else around to feed, plus living alone means it's very easy to have things go bad in your fridge before you get around to eating them. Here's what I've been doing:

Fresh vegetables and meat almost always come in quantities too much for one person to eat before the use by date, so bags of frozen chopped veggies are super useful. Additionally, most meats & alternative proteins can be frozen - but don't just put the packet in the freezer! You won't be able to separate out a single serving and you can't refreeze once you've defrosted something, so you'd have to prepare it all at once. Make sure you can take out one portion at a time.

Canned goods are also great. You can get a lot of good foods canned, including some veggies, beans, tuna, and lentils & other pulses. These last forever, so you're good to just keep em in the cupboard until they're useful.

It doesn't matter how much you enjoy cooking, there will be days when you cannot be arsed! To save yourself some money and give yourself some healthier options, when you CAN be bothered, batch-cook something that freezes easily. Soups, stews, curries, pasta dishes, these are all great options for making too much of and then freezing, and then on days when you're too busy or just don't want to prepare a meal just take it out and microwave it. I always keep at least three or four options for preprepared meals in my freezer. This is going to be far kinder on your wallet than getting takeout (though don't deny yourself a treat every now and then if you can afford it!).

Shelf-stable flavourings are also going to help massively. Eating the same foods over and over can be a mind-killer, and diversity in your herbs and spices is actually really good for your gut health. Dedicate a pantry shelf and slowly build up a collection of spice jars and seasonings, so when you make a meal you can just toss in whatever. The jars are individually quite cheap and you don't have to buy them all at once, once you do they'll last you a good long time. I'd start with paprika (sweet and smoked!), cumin, soy sauce, and mixed herbs. You can get creative from there! Put them in sauces, on proteins, sprinkle them over oven chips, whatever takes your fancy.

Oh, and be careful about freezing fresh vegetables that you haven't already chopped up or cooked. Sometimes they go a bit... sad. I learned this the hard way with some flaccid and unhappy carrots.

Cheese & eggs last longer than you think. Butter is also surprisingly immortal for a dairy product. Milk, cream/creme fraiche and yoghurt will go off much faster, so only buy as much as you're going to use, don't try to be economical by buying the larger containers.

Fresh fruit lasts longer in the fridge, and I've found that apples and pears last much longer than stone fruits. Berries will go mouldy after a day or two, so only buy them if you have the intention of eating them straight away.

Finally, I cannot believe I have to say this, but DO NOT listen to AI search engines about safe food storage/prep. It WILL lie to you. Stick to reliable websites & recipe books.

Food is your friend, and one of life's little joys! Find a routine that works for you, and keep at it, because a poor diet can and will have a knock-on impact on your mood, energy levels, and general zest for life.

By the wishes of a few people, here's my advice post about living alone. Keep in mind I'm speaking from the perspective of a canadian urbanite, so this will not apply to absolutely everybody in every kind of culture, economy, living situation, those in rural areas, etc. This also is not assuming wealth disparities are a matter of personal attitude, i KNOW it's complicated. Get back with that shit right now, you know damn well this advice assumes you are able to achieve the financial means to live on your own and is not disparaging anyone who legitimately can't.

Let's cover the basics first.

Source of income:

This seems rather obvious, but your income should be regular and reliably the same or similar on a monthly basis. The most obvious way to achieve this is with a job, and I'm sorry but minimum wage is not going to cut it on your own anymore, which means you're going to have to swallow your pride and accept that you'll likely have to work for some industry or corporation with a dodgy moral record. Get used to it. There is no point in self-flagellation, the world is complicated, just take the 50-60k a year office job, no one actually expects you not to and nobody will hold it against you when the "moral" option is soul-crushing retail. The real world really doesn't give a shit what you have to do to afford a comfortable lifestyle as long as you do what good you can within your abilities, no one in the real world expects you to sacrifice your own wellbeing for a cause.

Salaried positions are your most reliable because you'll always pull the same amount, while hourly pay comes with the ability to pull overtime pay in exchange for more shifts, but if you run out of sick days you'll have to spend the rest of the year taking unpaid time off when you need to call in. Whichever one you choose depends on what's available to you and what's right for you physically and mentally, I can't make that call for you.

You also need a credit card. That is non-negotiable. If you don't have a credit score, you can't sign a lease. Bad credit is better than no credit. We can argue until the cows come home whether or not credit scores are good or bad, but it's just reality that you're going to need one. The good news is it's fairly easy to build credit from no credit: you just have to pay off your credit card in full on time every time. The bad news is it's equally as easy to tank your credit score, you just have to miss one or pay it too late, and it's very hard to build good credit back from bad credit. So don't see it as free money, only spend as much as you can pay back, and if you don't have credit right now, start with small things like lunch and little treats that you immediately pay off.

Looking for a place to live:

Once you have your regular and reliable source of income, you can start looking for your place. There's a few things you should keep in mind:

-Draw up a budget for how much you can spend on rent and bills. That includes all basic living expenses: rent, utilities, food, internet, phone, hygiene. Compare how much you make per month to what you can spend. 1/3 to 1/2 of your salary is a bit more realistic to expect to spend on rent alone nowadays, so work within that range when you apartment hunt. Think of everything when you're budgeting, like how much do you spend on haircuts per month? You probably didn't think of that, because I didn't either at first.

-Apartment buildings with some/all utilities included often have higher base rents. You have to keep in mind that this is so the landlord can balance out the utility bills of the whole building, which are unpredictable expenses and on them to pay every month. If you don't know how to budget yet or don't know how to do so with unpredictable bills, I highly recommend trying to find a place with utilities included so you know EXACTLY how much you'll need to pay every month and can plan in advance

-Older buildings tend to be both cheaper and more likely to have centralized utility systems, which means they have to include it in the price of rent because there's no way to tell who used how much of something. If it's your first place alone, you'll probably be tempted to get the brand new, expensive building down the road, but it won't actually make much of a difference when you move in. You will love it regardless.

-Never ever sign a lease until you've either seen THE unit you're considering, or one of the show units that is exactly the same layout. The last thing you want is to go off online photos only to move in and find out the building has a mold problem. You can arrange personal tours by contacting the building manager or the landlord directly. Phone calls are the best way to do this.

-If you want the unit after seeing it, you know you can afford it, there's nothing funny about the place, apply IMMEDIATELY. Places are usually on the market for a few days before they're snapped up by a new tenant, you have to strike while the iron's hot.

-If you've decided on the place you want and had your application accepted, read the lease carefully before you sign. Many places require tenant insurance that meet specific policy requirements, have registration rules about long-term guests, outline how the parking works, quiet hours, smoking rules, mail, laundry, all the way down to what kind of barbecues are allowed on your deck in the case of mine (I am in a wildfire danger zone, so any types that produce embers are strictly prohibited for fire safety reasons). Ask any question that comes to mind about the lease. Not everything in a lease is some human rights violation just because you don't like landlords, keep in mind you're living in the same building as dozens of other people, so there has to be ground rules established for everyone's sanity.

-Internet is often not considered a utility so you'll have a hard time finding any place that includes it. You can arrange to have your wifi set up in advance of a moving date on a specific time and date, do this right after you sign a lease so you don't forget. They won't charge you until you're actually hooked up to the network.

-If your utilities are NOT included, get those set up in advance too. The main ones are HVAC, water, and electricity. The companies that do this vary depending on where you live and what's available, so shop around online once you've signed your lease and sign up as soon as possible. The last thing you want is to forget this and then move into a dark freezing apartment with no water.

Budgeting:

After your living expenses are covered, you should have a comfortable amount of financial wiggle room leftover. If you wouldn't, the place you're looking at is either too expensive, or you're being overcharged elsewhere. It's completely normal for living expenses to take up most of your budget these days, you're doing just fine in the same boat as everybody else if that's the case, so don't panic yet. If you have absolutely NOTHING leftover though, then you're out of your price range.

You also need to set money aside for fun and saving. Do not forego fun money, your brain will try to kill you with hammers and knives if you never get or do things for yourself. And if you're on your own, you're the only one providing that for yourself now. And a solid building base of savings will only help you in the future, whether you lose your job, have an emergency, or even need a down payment on a house later in life. Don't be a doomer about your circumstances or the socioeconomic and generational cards that were dealt to you, chip away at it a little at a time. And don't fall for social media's insistence that anybody with anything at all is some bourgeois degenerate or that being fortunate enough to be able to have upward mobility makes you some ultra wealthy shithead, working towards a comfortable standard of living for yourself does not make you a rich elite or a bad person. You're working towards the standard we should all live as, not exploiting the poor or being a class traitor. I feel the need to add that last part since we're on the website of "struggling art students in NYC are bourgeois that are just bad with money and having a gaming computer makes you upper middle class." Don't listen to a word any of those people say, I know it comes from a place of very real hurt and pain for them but that doesn't make it grounded in absolute reality for absolutely everybody.

Social needs:

If you're by yourself, there's gonna be a lot more work you have to put in for your social and entertainment needs. I can not stress enough how important it is to give this the time and work it needs, do not neglect this.

Lots of libraries have clubs you can join that will get you out of the house and meeting new people regularly. They're either free or very inexpensive. This is a great place to start.

Take advantage of technology we have now. Hop on discord calls more frequently, make sure you're talking to your friends on the regular and try to make plans as much as you can.

Also, I advise finding lots of things you can do by yourself. You will be spending way more time alone than you ever have before, so find single-person hobbies. Go thrifting, get into knitting, go explore the city, read lots of books, do puzzles, just don't lock yourself inside all day in your free time. Even if you're doing it alone, going out and seeing that the world is bigger than your apartment and your workplace is very good for you.

Misc advice:

You don't need a conventional coffee pot maker. Single serving will suit you just fine.

Cleaning is easier when you have a routine. It doesn't all have to be done on the same day of the week, but having a regular schedule of what gets cleaned when for non-daily chores will help you keep on top of it. And please, god, don't neglect your cleaning and hygiene just because no one lives with you to see it. On that note, spray bottle all purpose cleaners are your best friend for daily spot cleaning and you should deep clean your washroom around every 2 weeks in my experience since that's where you'll be doing most of your personal hygiene. Also make your damn bed, yes you'll just get back into it at the end of the day but having a major part of your space neat and tidy will do wonders for your mental health.

Don't buy the cheap garbage bags. Some things you really do want the expensive shit for.

If you don't have a car, delivery service/rideshare subscriptions ARE worth it and legitimately economical in the long run. I do wanna circle back to square one and say that yes, most of them like prime and uber do have dodgy moral records, but sometimes you just gotta swallow your pride and accept that. Once again, no one in the real world expects you to spend your entire day on public transit looking for toilet paper that isnt 30 dollars a pack or lugging 50 pounds of groceries back on a bus just for a cause. It's not the fault of someone who needs these services for their quality of life that they do the things they do, don't put that responsibility on your or other's shoulders when the fault lies at the top of the corporate ladder.

When you're budgeting for living expenses, expect your income to be at the lowest and your expenses to be at the highest. I expect 2 call ins per month and to need to spend the max amount i have on groceries every time, that way I never fall short and never have to cut into my savings that I've dubbed my "oh shit, I'm broke" money. Your emergency reserve may look tempting to you, but as someone who has been in a position where they had to drain it to nothing in the past because of an unforeseen financial emergency, you REALLY are gonna want that untouched if and when shit hits the fan. Life is unpredictable, prepare to roll with the punches so they don't knock you out.

A few people wanted to be tagged in this, so here you go @lilsnatch and @kisstheashes <3

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Dakdoritang (sweet n spicy chicken stew)

This was made in figuring favorite foods for my bhna oc bio (unimportant sure but in my defense I do run a cooking blog, and I wanted a food that good tie in a part of her story and culture as well as be something that fit her, and I felt a stew matched best to her personality and who she is. Since sure she may be the walking example of a derailed dnd campaign but she's sturdy with good and sentimental tastes, and there is nothing better than this for winter.

Ingredients

Your choice of meat (this can be baby back ribs or chicken thighs, chuck roast, same goes for any clean white meat fishes, but depending on your pot this could mean a whole rack or pack of meat.)

Soy sauce

Sake

Onions (you can also put in apples or carrots or anything you think might go, but I just stick to onions and potatoes)

Potatoes (yellow potatoes or mashing ones)

Chili pepper powder (gochugaru 고춧가루)

Chili pepper paste (gochujang 고추장)

Brown sugar (you can also use a ume plum tea base, it comes in a jar and has a jam like consistency, if you want a fruity flavor added in)

Mushroom seasoning (this hard to explain but Asian grocery stores have this packet bag of like extract seasoning from mushrooms? It's these dry pellets and adds in so much flavor)

Directions

Chop onions roughly (if you have a rack now is the time to chop it into ribs as well,) and put potatoes (whole and unpeeled), the onions and meat into pot, set aside.

In a bowl measure out three ozs of soy sauce (six if the pot is big, and three ozs of the chosen alcohol. Set aside.)

Take chili power and dust it over the meat until covered to your liking and do the same with sugar and mushrooms seasoning, and crack in pepper and don't be shy with it.

Now take a spoonful of chili pepper paste and mix it into the soy sauce alcohol mixture until fully combined and the color is red. Pour over the seasoned meat and rinse a little water into the bowl to get the remaining bits and pour that in as well. (Not to crazy or the broth will be watery)

Close the lid on pot and cook on low, check around after an hour and forty minutes if the meat is cooked, if it is you can take it off the pot for juicy meat but if the meat isn't soft enough off the bone for you than keep stewing 2 hours.

Serve with rice and enjoy!!

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apple tree | chifuyu.m

pairing: chifuyu matsuno x reader

genre: angst, slow-burn, unrequited love, pining, fluff, chifuyu doesn’t love you that way :( 

warnings: as usual, heartbreak coming ahead <3

✧. in which you look back on the times that chifuyu had been the highlight and heartbreaker in your youth. 

you were five when you first met chifuyu matsuno under the big apple tree one summer day. 

head deep into bending the fragile weeds into a flower crown when a blonde haired boy with the prettiest ocean blue eyes approached you. “what are you doing?” he asked curiously, licking his already melting chocolate ice cream while looking at the imperfectly balanced flower that you had spent hours on crafting in your hands. “making a flower crown.” you answered simply, not even sparing the blonde haired boy a glance as you were too focused in tweaking the branches. 

“woah that’s awesome!” he beamed in excitement, plopping down next to you instantly and leaning in closer to take a look at it. “yeah i know right!” you smiled in triumph, finally looking up to see whoever was showing interest in your little hobby and behold, there sat chifuyu in a rainbow striped t-shirt with his legs crossed and eyes gleaming with interest.

 in all honesty, your flower crowns were horribly ugly, but in chifuyu’s eyes it was uniquely you. perhaps it was maybe because he hadn’t seen anyone making an actual flower crown before or perhaps maybe he was just feeling sorry for the girl who always sat alone under the big apple tree that never bloomed a single fruit all year round. whichever it was, you wished that it was the first. “teach me how to make one please!” he grabs your wrist, causing your cheeks to burn under the scorching hot sun and heart rate quickening though you were clueless as to why it happened being only at the age of five, so you decided that it was okay to have him around. 

strangely ever since then, you were never seen alone under the apple tree in the park again. 

you were nine when you first understood the concept of crushes, with the help of your best friend, chifuyu matsuno of course. 

“it’s when you want to share the biggest chicken drumlet with them dummy!” chifuyu explained, voice muffled from stuffing his face with fried chicken one after another. you weren’t sure how the two of you derived at the current topic, though you remember the last you checked, chifuyu was rambling on and on about the new girl in your class. “so, you’d share this with whoever you have a crush on?” you asked as you pointed towards the biggest drumstick that chifuyu had saved for the last, as always. 

he nodded impatiently, grabbing the very same drumstick and ready to devour it but only to come to a halt when the two of you locked eyes. “want some?” he offered, waving the fried chicken in front of you. “wh-what?” your words fumbled, taken aback by chifuyu’s sudden offer right after the whole sharing of the biggest chicken drumlet explanation he had just made. “you kept staring at it. do you want it?” he asked, with innocence laced in his voice, oblivious to the shade of red slowly making an appearance on your cheeks. you huffed, “am not!”. chifuyu only lets out a snort, “yeah sure,” he chuckles boyishly, leaning down to rest on your shoulders, causing your body to stiffen upon the sudden contact. that afternoon, for almost an entire hour you were forced to sit as straight as you could, afraid that something was going to erupt in your tummy again as you could feel the bubbling sensation that threatened to explode. 

you were thirteen when you finally realised that you, y/n l/n, wants to share the biggest drumstick with chifuyu matsuno. 

it was christmas eve and chifuyu had invited you over to his place for a dinner, claiming that his mother had threatened to throw his precious romance mangas away if he didn't invite you. 

you arrived at the matsuno’s household ten minutes earlier than stated with a tray of roasted potatoes held in your hands and beads of sweat running down your forehead despite the freezing cold temperature outside. for the eight years of friendship you had with chifuyu, you’ve never felt this nervous seeing him and his family. it’s the cold, you naively thought, when the door swung opened, revealing your best friend dressed in a maroon striped sweater with suspenders. his eyes widened, not expecting to really see you when he was just opening to check in an attempt to ease his mother’s sixth sense. “y/n? why didn’t you knock?” he gasped, gently tugging the tray on your hands into his as he looked at you in surprise. “well, i was gonna but you opened the door before i could!” you scoffed a white lie, wanting nothing but to cover up the fact that you had been standing outside because you couldn’t get your heart to calm down. 

“chifuyu why don’t you give y/n the gift you got for her now?” mrs matsuno chimed, elegance evident in her posture and movement when she lightly dabbed a napkin across her lips which made you wonder how is it possible that she's the mother of chifuyu when chifuyu shared not a single bit of her grace when it comes to eating. chifuyu pauses briefly, “give me a sec,” he nods before stuffing the roasted potato that was previously halfway into his mouth and standing up to jog over to his room. “he cleaned the house for two months for it.” mr matsuno chuckled as chifuyu jogs out again, this time with a paper bag held in his hand. 

“you better wear it everyday.” he sent you a playful wink, handing you the brown paper bag. you carefully unwrapped the ribbon that bounded the paper bag and pulling out an overly oversized hoodie enough to fit you through a lifetime. you noticed that it was same hoodie that chifuyu often wears except that yours was in the shade of emerald green, the colour that chifuyu had taken the effort to remember that you had once claimed as your colour when the two of you had a heated discussion on what colour represents yourselves. 

“wow! now we have a friendship hoodie!” you beamed in excitement, pulling the oversized hoodie over your sweater. “how do i look?” you asked, posing a few turns at chifuyu as he took a good look at you. “pretty.” he held a thumb up before stuffing another spoonful of pasta down. 

your lowered your gaze upon hearing the sudden compliment your best friend gave, opting to look at the last piece of roasted chicken that mrs matsuno had offered you earlier just now before chifuyu could lay his hands on it. your lips pursed, not entirely confident to do it but eventually picking up the piece of meat and placing it on chifuyu’s already dirtied plate from all the sauces he had mixed with his food. “thank you,” you mumbled, looking anywhere else but chifuyu’s burning gaze on you. 

the butterflies were taking flight soon and you on the other hand had no idea how to contain it. 

you were sixteen when chifuyu first broke your heart on the first day of the spring season, openly declaring in front of you and takemichi that he’ll be confessing to the pretty girl sitting in front of him during lunch time. 

her name is haru.

“no way! you’re kidding!” takemichi gaped, leaning in closer to chifuyu as the close proximity between the two of them wasn’t enough for him to hear chifuyu clearly. chifuyu crossed his arms, confidence evident in his posture, “of course not! i’ve already decided, there’s no going back!” 

“be sure not to scare her away!” you stuck your tongue out to which chifuyu rolled his eyes in response. “eh? you’re just jealous that no one’s confessing to you!”, wiggling his head in a playful manner as he brought an ‘L’ sign up to his forehead to further anguish you. you raised a middle finger, wanting nothing more than to end this conversation for you weren’t sure if you were able to contain the effect of your heart dropping six feet down. 

you knew chifuyu succeeded when he came running to you after school with the brightest smile you adored, a faint tint of blush coated on his cheeks. “guess i’m gonna see you lesser huh lover boy?” you chuckled softly, shoving your textbooks into your canvas bag as he swung himself onto your desk with a smug grin. “you’d wish huh don’t you? but no, you’ll still see me as often when i’m off from boyfriend duties,” he sang happily. perhaps maybe because it was chifuyu’s own words, you believed wholeheartedly that you were okay with being just his best friend and being supportive of his relationship. so you watched chifuyu’s love for haru bloomed into something more than just the typical puppy love you often watch on romcoms. 

in just a blink of an eye, two years had passed and the next thing you knew you were spending your birthday without your best friend for the second time in a row. “this sucks,” you grumbled, throwing your phone aside when the time struck midnight, announcing a new day had just arrived. chifuyu’s words were just empty affirmations when you realised that you barely ever saw your best friend. you weren't sure if the two of you were even best friends anymore. it felt more like he’s just a friend that you talk to occasionally now. you see, chifuyu is a loyal friend and that’s a widely known fact and that’s what made it even more heartbreaking for you because chifuyu always does just enough to keep your friendship alive and you had no reason to hate him for that. 

you rubbed your temples tiredly, wanting nothing more than to run your aching head into the wall when a packet of your favourite watermelon mints was thrown onto your desk. “rough night?”atsumu, your beloved table-mate asked smugly. “you don’t say,” you mumbled, rolling your eyes at the obvious as you impatiently tore the packet open. “he didn’t wish ya happy birthday did he?” the freshly bleached haired boy questioned. atsumu got his answer when you didn't sat in silence, opting to look out the window to distract yourself from the threatening tears prickling at the corner of your eyes. and god do love to test you when the scene of chifuyu leaning in to kiss haru on the lips ever so gently unfolds at your sight. oh how you wished that it was you who he’s kissing right now. 

chifuyu always does just enough to keep your friendship alive. 

it was already late into the night when you heard a knock outside your balcony. your breath hitched when you saw that it was chifuyu who had disturbed your little movie marathon alone after the events that had happened lately. “hey,” he breathed, a soft smile wearing on his lips to which you returned it with an awkward one, inviting him into your messy room. “oh we’re in our friendship hoodie!” he chuckles nervously. your eyes travelled on him, realising that indeed he’s wearing the same hoodie that you were currently wearing right now. “it’s late chi, what’s going on?” you sighed, tone coming off harsher than you intended to. chifuyu nods slowly, face soon replaced with an apologetic look. “i’m sorry for missing your birthday, i feel horrible really,” he begun. “ i know i haven’t been around lately, so i want to make it up to you.” 

your brows furrowed at chifuyu’s apology, you knew he was being so sincere so why did you feel even much more upset hearing it? “that’s it? you could’ve just done this in school tomorrow chifuyu.”you sighed, trying your hardest to mask the pettiness within you with a tired voice. “ i know i know, but i couldn’t sleep knowing that i left my best friend alone on her 18th birthday.” he looked at you hesitantly as you quietly pulled your duvet over your lap. “how about let’s go hiking and watch the sunrise this weekend? just the two of us. i know you’ve been wanting to do that.” 

you wished you weren’t in love with chifuyu so that you wouldn’t give in so easily. you wished you were petty enough to make a scene and just be angry at him but you couldn't so here you are right now, hiking up the trail with your hand in chifuyu’s as you helped him up the slope. “your stamina really sucks,” you retorted to which chifuyu huffed in response. “it’s not that my stamina sucks, it’s that this trail is literally ninety-eight percent high slopes,” he pouts. 

“well you could've chose not to show up.” 

“no! i want to do this with you. what are you talking about?” 

you only smiled at his little defence. “whatever,” you mumbled as you quickly dropped your grip on his and walking ahead of him in an attempt to hide your blush. “hey! wait for me!” 

it was near autumn when one day chifuyu appeared in the wee hours of the night with tears streaming down his cheeks when he fell into your arms and hugged you tightly. you found out that haru was moving away to the states with her family and had broken up with chifuyu, refusing to try out long distance relationship. 

so like any other best friend, you let chifuyu cry into your shoulders as you sat in silence that night, heart breaking at the torn state chifuyu was in. he truly loved her. 

you were twenty when chifuyu held your hands and asked you to be his. 

“chifuyu matsuno! where the hell are my batteries?” your voice echoed through your shared apartment, causing poor chifuyu to jump and drop the eggs he was previously holding in his hands on to the floor. it’s been almost two years since haru and chifuyu had broken up and you had spent a great deal of time trying to mend his broken heart though you knew that it would never be fully healed. she was his first love after all. 

the two of you had moved in to a small apartment close to your university as planned since young, officially becoming roommates. “fuck!my eggs!” chifuyu cried out loud as he frantically lets go of the spatula in his hands to grab a kitchen tower and clean up the pool of egg yolk and egg white on the marble floor. you groaned in annoyance when chifuyu doesn’t answer your question, slamming the tools drawer shut and making your way towards the kitchen. 

“i swear chi-” you paused when you saw chifuyu kneeling on the floor with his pink kitten design apron tied against his body, a pout clearly evident on his lips. “what ever happened?” your head tilted slightly, annoyance slowly decimating. “you screamed like a mad woman. that’s what happened.” he retorted. you rolled your eyes, grabbing another kitchen towel and joining chifuyu on the ground. “well if you didn’t misplace my batteries, i wouldn't be screaming.” 

“if you looked close enough, it’s literally on your study desk.” 

“it’s not!” 

“it is!” 

“it’s not!” you huffed, getting up and stomping over to your room to prove a point but your eyes widened, horrified by the pure sight of your batteries accompanies by a fresh pack with a sticky note attached on top of it. ‘you’re welcome <3′, it wrote. you slowly walked out of your room with your head hung low, doing the walk of shame. “say it,” chifuyu taunts as he skilfully tossed the omelette onto the plate and placing it in front of you. you scrunched your nose, lips pursing and taking a deep breath. “i’m sorry,” you mumbled quietly, fingers fumbling at the ends of your shirt. “ah-ah i can't hear you,” you hear him sing, a little too happy. obvious that he’s enjoying this. you sighed in defeat, clearing your throat loud enough. “i’m sorry,” you said it loudly this time. 

chifuyu lets out a laugh in satisfaction, throwing his head back while you on the other hand could only pout at his triumph. but that didn’t mean that your heart didn't swell up at the expression of happiness he has on his face right now. digging in at the breakfast that chifuyu had made for you which had now became a routine, you couldn't help but to feel small under chifuyu’s intense stare on you. “are you not gonna eat?” you raised your brow, eyeing the untouched omelette on his plate. chifuyu rests his chin on his palm, looking at you with a look of as if he had something to tell you. 

“i will.” he hummed before reaching out to grab your hands. your body stiffened, dumfounded at what’s currently happening. “you know, for the last two years, life was a little less painful thanks to you.” chifuyu confessed earnestly, “ i guess what i’m trying to say is that, you’re my end game y/n l/n. i don’t think i would've came this far if it wasn’t for you so i’m going to ask you this once,” he paused, intertwining his fingers in yours as he gazes into your eyes deeply, 

“will you be my girlfriend?” 

your relationship with chifuyu wasn’t a perfect one but the two of you always made it work somehow. which is why here you are sitting against your bed frame with luggages packed by the side wondering what exactly had gone wrong along the way? 

and you realised that you were never meant to be chifuyu’s end game. you were never meant to be his forever. 

“you think that i don’t fucking know that you were always looking at her instagram when you think i’m not around?” you screamed, body shaking from the exhaustion that’s taking a toll on you both physically and emotionally. “i don’t see how it’s wrong wanting to see how my friend is doing?” chifuyu snaps. 

you scoffed, crossing your arms as you looked away. “yeah. as if you don’t still say her name in your sleep. as if you don’t fucking mess up our favourite food, as if you didn’t tell takemichi that you wished i was haru!” this was the last straw for you. you were too exhausted to try anymore. haru was irreplaceable and you were just a temporary band aid for chifuyu. 

it was as if you had hit jack pot when your lover went silent. “i’ve loved you for so long chifuyu. but loving you hurts too much. i’m so tired of this.” you finally allowed yourself to break down, letting yourself go loose on the emotions you’ve suppressed for years as chifuyu could only watch in remorse for tearing you apart till this state. 

you finally understood why the apple tree never bloomed any apples.

you were twenty seven when you decided to leave chifuyu matsuno. fifteen years of friendship and seven years of being each other’s significant other. you finally walked away, planting one last final kiss on chifuyu’s lips and shutting the door on your ex-lover’s sleeping figure. 

[kingandfireheart]

I don't know if this is a trope or not but I was wondering if youve any recs for books where the girl hasn't been with any one before/knows very less about s*x and then the guy comes along and he shows her what she's been missing? Like with casteel and poppy!!

Hi nonnie!! I've got some recommendations, but I'm also asking my mutuals to chime in . [Mutuals, please advise with recommendations!]

FBAA is pretty high on my smut scale - the sex is described explicitly and there's some kinky shit happening. A lot of YA books I've read have a bunch of build up and then will fade to black when it comes to actually intimate scenes. (I'm assuming you're familiar with the The Folk of the Air Series by Holly Black and the Throne of Glass Series by Sarah J Mass ).

Here are some books (mostly new adult or adult genre) I read recently that may fit what you're looking for:

[I mention virginity in these, just to answer the question properly, but I just want to put it out there that it is a social construct and sleeping with people is not something that indicates character. idk how old anon is, and I don't want you to feel any pressure to read about/have sex until you're totally ready. I'm the mom friend, I had to include the disclaimer. Come talk to me if you have questions. I promise I'm nice.]

Smut levels are based on taco bell sauce packets so in order: mild (not a lot of detail), hot (detail but I can probably keep a straight face while reading), fire (my apple watch is telling me to breath because my heart is racing).

One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston is a modern romance (with some time travel), where the MC is a 23 year old bisexual virgin who meets a girl on the train and falls in love. The writing in this book is excellent, and a lot of the more intimate scenes are mentioned in passing, but August does have her world rocked. [smut level: medium]

A Deal with the Elf King by Elise Kova is an arranged marriage Hades/Persephone fantasy romance, where the MC hasn't been kissed prior to the start of the book. She is whisked away to marry the Hades character, and spend a lot of time learning about magic. This isn't a smutty book, but the few love-scenes are satisfying and fun! [smut level: mild]

Radiance by Grace Draven is an arranged marriage fantasy romance and features one of the healthiest relationships I've read in a long long time. The MC is not a virgin, but didn't enjoy her prior experience, and the first love scene is really well done. The whole book is wonderful. [smut level: like 2 scenes but they are hot]

The Mistake by Elle Kennedy is a modern college romance, where the girl is a virgin, but isn't completely inexperienced prior to the first intimate scene in the book. The guy is a veritable player, and knows exactly what he's doing, but is a bit emotionally constipated. The whole series is about a bunch of white college roommates [they play hockey at a fictional new england ivy league school] who start the series as major players and end with steady girlfriends, so it's not unpredictable at all. They are terrible, which obviously means, I love them. [smut level: fire]

The Deal by Elle Kennedy is a part of the same series (it actually comes before the Mistake). Same general premise: college hockey player who is allergic to relationships convinces girl in his ethics class to tutor him. Shenanigans ensue. I don't want to be too spoiler-y, but I feel like I have to explain why I'm including it here. [TW mentions of past rape and physical assault] The MC is not a virgin, but has struggled finding physical pleasure in past relationships, because she was raped several years prior to the start of the book. The first few intimate scenes are really earth-shattering for her (in a good way), because she's able to work through some of her struggles. [smut level: fire]

The Dare by Elle Kennedy is a tangentially related book (its fourth in the second set of books about hockey players at the same university). It's about a college hockey player who is known for his fuckboy status, and a plus sized-sorority girl, who end up fake dating. Conor is dealing with imposter syndrome after he transferred from LA to escape his past, and Taylor is just trying to escape her sorority sisters relatively unscathed. Shenanigans ensue. Essentially Conor tries (and succeeds) to seduce Taylor, and she finally feels comfortable enough to be vulnerable with him. [smut level: fire]

Shatter Me by Tareheh Mafi is a dystopian romance about a girl who hasn't really been touched her whole life, and so all of her romantic/sexual moments are a bit life-changing for her. [SPOILER: she doesn't have sex until the third book]. This series is a piping hot mess, and while the writing is gorgeous, the actual plot (especially books 4-6) made me want to pull my hair out. If you read this series, I recommend you end with Ignite Me, unless you really love the characters. [smut level for book 3: medium]

Kingdom of the Cursed by Kerri Maniscalo hasn't been released yet, but I KNOW this book is going to have Poppycas AKOFAF vibes. The first book, Kingdom of the Wicked, is about a witch living in Italy who summons a hell prince to help her solve her twin sister's murder. There is one steamy make-out scene, but the sequel is supposed to be written for the NA genre, and include a lot more intimate moments. The sneak preview of the first two chapters already has some steamy scenes! [smut level for book 1: mild, book 2: i'm aspirationally saying fire]

If anyone else has recommendations, please reply to this post and help anon out!!

Recommended by mutuals:

The Roommate by Rose Danan (recommended by @noonewhoislikeyou) [link to book description because I haven't read it] [update I read it and this whole series focuses on sex workers and is really good]

Anyway, thanks for coming here and asking me! If other people send recs, I'll compile a list for you!

[somecrappyclone]

Things with prep:

Fresh Mango Salad

• ⁠1/2 red onion (white or yellow works fine too. It’s just there for the crunch)

• ⁠1 packet edamame or a can of black beans (I prefer edamame but oof it’s pricey & black beans are a good cheap alternative)

• ⁠1 de-seeded cucumber (important unless you want a super watery salad)

• ⁠1 mango

• ⁠1 de-seeded tomato (again, important unless you want a super watery salad)

• ⁠1/4 cup cilantro (optional)

• ⁠Mince & dice everything

• ⁠Add to bowl

• ⁠Juice of 1 lime

• ⁠2-4 tbsp of apple cider vinegar

• ⁠Salt to taste

lasts 5 days MAX after prep. Not the cheapest option of all time but it’s a good way to add something fresh, crisp, and full of vitamins to to your meal roster as a side or just for a light snack.

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Cucumber Salad Thingy

• ⁠deseeded cucumber cut into quarters then sliced.

• ⁠2-4 tbsp low sodium soy sauce

• ⁠1 tsp sesame oil (if you want to add chili oil then u can forgo this)

• ⁠2 tsp chili garlic paste or chili oil

• ⁠2-4 tbsp rice vinegar or apple cider vinegar

• ⁠4 cloves Garlic minced

- Add to mason jar and shake. Add cucumber then shake again.

- Drain marinade back into its container before eating/leave the marinade in the jar. You can eat it immediately but waiting a day is even better. The cucumbers last 3 days after prep & you can reuse the marinade twice although it’ll be less potent and more watered down.

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Things with less prep:

- Plain low-fat yogurt, mix in a scoop of protein powder & a light handful of frozen fruit or whatever fruit is on hand. can easily make into a smoothie with a 1:1:1:1 ratio of same amount of yogurt, fruit, & liquid + 1 scoop of protein powder into a blender. You can toss in a little bit of chocolate chips in as a treat for either!

- tofu marinaded with 1:1:1 ratio of soy sauce: sesame oil [or chili oil]: rice vinegar: 1 clove of garlic[optional]. Chop up tofu into bite sized pieces, put in Tupperware with marinade & shake. Can be eaten immediately but tastes better if it absorbs the marinade for a while.

- GORP. Get a package of peanuts [can be switched out for any type of nut], raisins [or any dried fruit], & chocolate chips. Combine to ratio of preference, put in big ol Tupperware & you can use it for a quick meal or snack that lasts for a good long while. Trail mix & gorp are some of the most customizable shelf stable quick snacks that are very nice in a pinch. Pre made trail mix also works just as fine

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Things with significantly less prep:

- [one of my favorites] bell pepper eaten like apple. Punch the top in with your thumb and pry out as much seeds as you can then rinse out the remaining seeds in the sink. Can be eaten like apple or tear off pieces and dip in hummus or another protein dense dip to make it more filling.

- actually just any vegetable that can be used as a scoop + hummus. Slightly more filling and you get some protein in!

- low-fat yogurt + sugar free pudding mix with flavor of your choosing. It’s tasty as hell & if you freeze it, it is even better! Eat a handful of carrots on the side and voila, a semi-balanced meal

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I hope you don’t mind the more obvious recommendations or the more prep intense ones! I’ve found that if I’m not actively cooking, the amount of prep time doesn’t bother me which definitely isn’t the same for everyone else, so ignore them if they’re a lil too intense for a ‘simple’ meal prep

Hope these help!

can you guys send me like snack recommendations. i’m trying to find like snacky/light meal things that don’t require cooking (microwave is fine)

healthy things would be preferable but if you have a favorite send it in! i don’t mind if it has prep involved btw just no cooking please :)

[hingrous]

Why do ultra-processed meals have such a high calorie content?

Isn't a calorie a calorie? Like a gram or a mile, fixed and unchanging? No, that isn't the case. What a simple calorie count on a restaurant menu or food packet can't tell you is how those calories will be used by your body. Genetics, gender, age, hormones, gut microorganisms, sleep habits, the time of day we eat, how active or inactive we are, our body fat and muscle mass, and – most importantly – the type of food the calorie is in all play a role. Our systems are considerably better at absorbing energy from a calorie of low-fiber, processed food (such as a potato chip) than calories from complete foods (such as an apple).

Calories are a unit of measurement for the amount of heat (energy) released when a food is entirely burned in a pressurized bomb calorimeter. "However, we don't consume calories." "We eat food," says Dr. Giles Yeo, a Cambridge University obesity expert and author of Why Calories Don't Count. Different bodies use the energy in different ways.

"We obtain 50% of our calories from ultra-processed foods (UPFs) on average in high-income nations," adds Yeo. There is no legally obligatory or agreed-upon definition of UPFs, and definitions used after 2012 vary greatly, according to a review research published in the journal Current Developments in Nutrition in 2019. For some food scientists, they are foods that are primarily made from various types of additives; for others, they are foods that contain few or no wholefood ingredients, are made with ingredients that consumers can't usually find in stores (such as stabilizers), are often fortified, and replace freshly prepared meals or snacks. Others are industrial formulas with five or more ingredients, or foods including additives intended to simulate uncooked foods or mask any negative aspects in the completed product. Things can get very confusing: a tin of beans in tomato sauce is ultra-processed according to one definition, yet the same beans canned in water are just moderately or slightly processed.

Now get your home doctor from here

UPFs include croissants, hummus, pesto, biscuits, breadsticks, gnocchi, cereal bars, ice cream, fish fingers, and curry paste, among others. And in some UPFs, the basic ingredients – whether they're processed to be long-lasting, inexpensive, or simply moreish – serve as a blank (or boring) canvas for whatever is added later. "Just because of the way it's done, ultra-processing strips out flavor in food, and flavor comes from the holy trinity of sugar, salt, and fat, which you have to add back in," explains Yeo. "As a result, they are typically heavy in sugar, salt, and fat, while lacking in protein and fiber, making the food considerably more calorically available."

100 calories from a high-fiber food like chickpeas will not behave in the body the same way 100 calories from a low-fiber food like an iced bun will. The energy from chickpeas will take longer to digest, reach our bloodstream at a slower rate – and, unlike the energy from the ultra-processed iced bun, will be considerably less likely to induce an unwanted surge of glucose and insulin or be stored as fat.

Rather than the overall calorie content of foods, the caloric availability of a food to our particular bodies would be more important to know. However, converting that into a clean figure for a label or restaurant menu is difficult.

Now get your home doctor from here

[sustenance-soon]

foods to make when i get my kitchen back. i swear i am going to cook / eat my way through this list and cross stuff off as i go:

new:

apple lemon ginger drink (apple, 1T lemon juice, 1 slice ginger blended then pour over hot water and add honey and cinnamon)

theroamingchef’s butter chicken and garlic naan

list of british food to cook!

soon dubu ✅

lavendar syrup

korean spicy pork (doesn’t use much soy sauce??!)

CRISPY EGGPLANT (also easy to make low sodium if u just use less sauce on top!!)

spiral cucumber salad!!

french toast breakfast sandwich (egg, cheese, ham or bacon)

korean corn dogs mini w bread

french toast ?

pancakes but like, some cool version

banana bread ✅

zucchini bread

japanese 7-11 egg salad sandwich (just get brioche and use the extra for french toast !)

vietnamese spring rolls — do no salt in the roll (just rice noodle, mushroom, carrot, cabbage, etc + wrapper) and put sodium / fish sauce etc in the dipping sauce!!! yesss

kitchn copycat starbucks lemon loaf (do a shorter version if possible / or freeze some)

coffee cake??

CHOCOLATE COVERED ECLAIRS W CUSTARD

maybe try cream puffs first lol to not have to do everything at the same time

croissants……!!!!!!!!!!!!

cream filled donuts …!!!

KOREAN CORN DOG .. maybe do minis not on a skewer to be able to fry fully. i feel like 1 hot dog could make 3 little corndogs!!!

in fall: COTtage pie! do the fork think on the potatoes so they get crisp up top!! no salt in the potatoes! all the salt in the filling! maybe grate carrots and onion and celery and use ground beef to make it faster. or if cheaper get a cut of whatever beef is used in joc beef curry and cut that into 1/4-1/3” cubes!!! actually i kind of like that idea best.

homemade pizza ✅

palak tofu ✅

yu xiang eggplant

hashimaki

shrimp tempura ✅

congee / porridge ✅

shrimp and carrot kakiage ✅

PANZENELLA OMG??

chocolate chip cookies ✅

KEBAB i want kebab!!

steamed buns!!!! i want to make pork buns…!!

swedish meatballs and mashed potatoes (needs cubed white bread)

and japanese grilled meat and green onion

ok i am adding paprika hendl unfortunately i am not immune to peer pressure of my 25k person book club

quiche!!! ham swiss onion!!!!!!!!! ✅

brownies to have with ice cream or whipped cream and strawberry sauce or other fruit sauce!

chocolate chip and walnut cookie ✅

sour cream coffee cake!

yuzu ice cream via joc!

joc chicken spring rolls!!! wow easy to make low sodium! woohoo!!

french toast bacon and cheese sandwich

frittata ? with ... potato?

nyc japanese-style curry

peter morwood’s pork with chili and chocolate

pork belly shabu shabu salad!!!

bone-in chicken curry ✅

soba noodle salad (needs soba tho wahhh)

swedish meatball and gravy!!

egg curry!!!!

aloo mattar

sushi!!!!!!

fried egg rolls

hong shao pork belly ✅

baby potatoes curry (indian)

mattar nimona?

dahi aloo

vegetable biryani (needs cashews, fresh herbs)

punjabi khadi pakora (needs chickpea flour)

Panch Phoron Dahi Baingan (needs curry leaves)

punjabi dum aloo (uses menthi and cashews)

spicy pork belly stir fry

soon tofu from packet ✅

soon tofu from scratch again

bossam (korean boiled pork belly wrap)

nori sour cream dip ✅

shepard’s pie ✅

fish n chips (i love the idea of frying the chips alongside the fish in the oil!!!!) i need to buy malt vinegar and learn to make tartar sauce. maybe i can use sour cream or yogurt instead of all mayo, that’d be good.

crispy potato tacos! could use leftover tortillas to make quesadillas ... breakfast .. quesadillas... oh boy. i think i want to use mixed corn and wheat together tortillas those are the best to me

chang fen from dim sum!!! steamed tasty guy! plus just other dim sum recipes from scratch!!! bbq pork buns, soup dumplings, shrimp dumplings too!!!

chicken tikka masala

can also use fried fish in corn tortillas with coleslaw for fish tacos !!!

stovetop butter chicken with this sauce and this chicken

honey walnut shrimp ✅

eggplant and tofu (some riff on the panda express vers my beloved lol) ✅

samosas!!!

tomato soup!!! ✅

eggplant donburi omg i lOVE EGGPLANT ✅

kabocha gratin with extra mushrooms and yeah maybe shredded chicken!! oooh making a bechamel!!!! not as scary now that i have made my cream pasta! ✅

tamagoyaki

butternut squash soup

japanese beef curry with tomato

japanese pork belly curry

japanese tonkatsu curry

taiwanese stinky tofu

taiwanese beef noodle soup

stewed pork feet

stewed chicken feet

tiramisu again ✅

mosaic sushi

korean tofu soup ✅

beignets !!!!

nacho cheese

bbq chicken wings or drumsticks in the oven ooooooogh!! ✅

homemade coleslaw to go with ^??

okonomiyaki omg

di san xian but what if i roasted the eggplant and bell pepper and potato FIRST would that not be the shit???? it would not lol ✅

dittalini sage pumpkin and chickpea stew!!

chili and cornbread with roasted carrots

pan fried ginger pork belly ✅

tunamayo or ham and cheese onigrazu

swedish meatballs with roasted carrots

spicy garlic tofu ✅

eric kim's salmon bowl ✅

white fish chowder but use heavy cream and sub extra 1T butter for bacon ✅

crispy roast potatoes

fried tofu with dipping sauce (thai)

satay chicken pork and tofu and eggplant

alu chaat (need sev, good blender) or aloo tikki chaat with tamarind and cilantro- mint chutney ✅

ground beef kebab rolls ✅

chicken biryani and raita

black pepper tofu instead of beef!! ✅

indian egg curry!! and raita!!! (just do another kind of raita lol)

nice foccacia or something dipped in olive oil and balsamic, maybe with some kind of pasta ✅

rabbeokki

handmade wontons

calamari

jalapeno poppers

chicken korma!!!

malai kofta

baingan bharta

indian potato and spinach

a meal that is ALL frozen apps. i am thinking: tiny meatballs, more bacon wrapped dates, mushrooms with something, vegetables and dip. i want to GRAZE FOR HOURS!! bruschetta. caprese salad or on a stick! ham and swiss sliders??? honey garlic cauliflower! brussels sprouts and dip!

chicken parm tenders omg

sweet potato tostada

just bread / veg and dips: caramelized onion dip, nori sour cream dip, guac, eggplant and yogurt dip — these all seem really really doable!!!

ricotta spoonable with pasta, tostini, and crackers and veg (see recipe end notes)

tang cu yu: method 1 + method 2

roasted corn tomato risotto (maybe with yurucamp rewatch??) ✅

braised daikon????? ✅

vegetable / bone stock from scratch ✅

no salt udon noodles!!

spicy wontons oh my gOD i could kill for these

corn salsa

beef and potato stew (maybe lebanese?)

BORSCHT

burmese chicken and potato curry!!

handmade meatballs for spaghetti

lamb meatballs also!! maybe could use leftover breadcrumbs from loso bread

big pot of miso soup with rice noodles, enoki, napa cabbage, firm tofu, tomato!! i just want to make actual miso soup like imamu room instead of always instant miso soup from packet. i dream of miso soup with stuff and fresh rice and little a pickle meal!!

soup dumpling

sukiyaki / tomato sukiyaki from yuru camp

baingan bharta (requires gas stove or charcoal grill for best flavor tho)

easy spicy tteokbokki ✅

korean braised potato

hasselback baked potato ✅

one-pot japanese-style hot pot: fish, enoki mushroom, napa cabbage, tofu, vermicelli. with sesame paste and chili crisp based dipping sauce!!!!!!! (all in one pot, lid, cook, eat. not rounds.) ✅

korean green onion pancake with dipping sauce

faster bai qie ji ✅

yaki onigri!!

queso for one (??) to eat with nachos (sour cream/lime crema, diced or small chopped fajitas, beans maybe, diced tomato, guac, hatch salsa if its still good)

tempura via imamu room husbento week 27 — i can also do green bean and shimeji mushroom! or carrot, kabocha, sweet potato, tofu, yummy! broccoli if that’s what i have, too. maybe it all needs to parboil first? honestly idk but how hard can it be? ✅

vietnamese spring / summer rolls ✅

fried egg rolls

italian bread soup!!!

watermelon and sprite slushy (watermelon, sprite, blender)

seared salmon don bc then i can stop buying it at stores lol (requires blowtorch)

korean tofu with spicy ketchup

leigh smith’s eggplant pasta

easy:

teriyaki tofu ✅

hashbrowns and scrambled eggs with sliver sauce (once my ketchup order comes in!! ✅

croque madame ✅

salads with hardboiled egg ✅

burger and sweet potato fries ✅

guac and chips ✅

baked potato or loaded sweet potatoes (with sour cream and butter and green onions and garlic powder and maybe a little smoked paprika!!) ✅

squid hotdog spaghetti

soup with dipping bread oh my god ✅

cheezits and dip

blta sandwich. bbq chips. fuck YEAH. ✅

medium:

kimchi fried rice!!! ✅ with pork belly is best!!!

kimchi fried rice with some kind of asian mushroom in it and cheese but actually use gochujang this time! ✅

nachos: refried beans, cheese (ideally queso for one), avocado, chopped tomato, roasted corn, fajitas, sour cream, some kind of sweet salsa, hot sauce, rice ✅

burrito bowls ✅

unagi don and rewatch yuru camp s2e3!!!✅

pickles (red onions and bread and butter pickles!!)

medium hot golden curry with PORK BELLY carrot fresh shiitake. celery. potato. cabbage?? tomato?? i feel like tomato curry would taste good.

ooooh pork katsu again!!

onigrazu. tunamayo, cucumber, lettuce. ham and thin egg. just boiled chopped egg and mayo. spam. unagi!?????

tj lee’s taiwanese cucumber salad

ok in general i just need to learn to make more taiwanese food! argh!!!!

tomato hot pot

shrimp and avocado burgers

beef boruginon

lebanese stuffed pitas ??

SHAKSHUKA but maybe half or 1/3 recipe

out:

blaze pizza pizza ✅

bulk boxes of chips oh my goddd yesss sunchips!

hong shao tofu from DE my beloved + soup bao ✅

more ... indian food. i constantly want. indian food. which means i really need to learn to make. indian food. ✅

chipotle, to my eternal shame. i just want. queso!!! ✅