Mine isn’t really a “Meal”, I used to put margarine spread on white bread and sprinkle a tiny bit of cinnamon and sugar on it as a sweet treat growing up.
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My mom used to make my sisters and I cinnamon toast for breakfast when we were kids, pretty much like you describe only on toast.
Tortillas. Just tortillas. Warmed over a gas burner. It’s a comfort food to me now, but there was a time when all I had was tortillas, and it tastes better than my other struggle meal, which was a single cup of rice with whatever spices I had on hand and hadn’t put on the previous day. I lost a lot of weight around then. Still haven’t fully gained it back ten plus years later, and still struggle eating regularly more than once or twice a day.
Once or twice a day is plenty imo, as long as you’re getting enough caloric/nutritional value at those meals and aren’t underweight like you said. I’m the same way. Just don’t be too hard on yourself.
Scramble some eggs plain and mix into rice and some canned corn. Butter + Sriracha + soy/tamari . We call it “bachelor stir-fry” and it’s especially good if you can get your paws on some sesame oil!
A former partner taught me that a drop or two of sesame oil in most things give a nice umami kick.
Mine was to grab a big bag of the cheapest rice at the Asian supermarket and a bulk bag of black beans. Cook rice and beans then mix with soy sauce/black pepper. If I had eggs I would add a fried egg for breakfast or hard boiled for lunch / dinner.
While the stove was broken I would poke holes in potatoes with a fork and microwave them until soft. Salt & pepper or whatever seasoning you had. Butter was a great addition to this if it was around.
For a side dish or snack I would often do ramen coleslaw. Smash up the ramen noodles and pour over a whole bag of Cole slaw. Pour the seasoning packet on top of that. Toast almond slivers then at the end add some sesame oil to warm up the oil. Pour the almonds and oil into the slaw and mix.
I once made “Povery rolls”
I took every last scrap of leftover food, all the half bags of frozen veggies and so on from the freezer. Defrosted it all, put it in a stock pot and cooked it till it was a thick stew moved it to a giant bowl and went buck wild with the electric mixer then threw in about 4kg of self raising flour and water. The dough tasted ok, but then I did the same thing with the spice rack… stock cubes, french soup mix… the works. They tasted odd. But I rested the dough, divided them up and baked them anyways.
Fuuuuuuuck they were amazing. They tasted like a family sunday roast dinner flavored heavy doughy roll. It made about 50 of them. I scoured the house for change and found enough to go grab a decent sized packet of powdered gravy mix.
I was genuinely sad when I used the last ones.
Fried bologna sandwich!
This was a staple growing up! I still fry some up from time to time, but now we use “fancy” thick bologna because we’re bougie.
M’Lord
Spaghetti with tomato and avocado. Add some olive oil, sunflower seeds and a bit of cheese if you are feeling rich. *Avocado is really cheap where I live, you can literally get them for free
Savory oatmeal.
Rolled oats with cold soy milk. Microwave 2-3 mins. Add chilli oil, spice paste, or ramen seasoning.
Tasty and not unhealthy. The plan is to prevent unhealthy food leading to a negative feedback loop.
A whole string cheese with a piece of bread wrapped around it. Still goes crazy honestly. You just can’t let anyone else see you eating it 😂
Rice + blackbeans + whatever is around + a tortilla = poverty burritos
Also, potatoes in many forms.
All forms of potatoes are whats gonna get me through this next great depression.
Gardening is awesome. Just had some home made mashed potatoes with chives I grew.
I’m growing a good bit of food this year! Mostly herbs but I also have 5 jalapenos and 9 tomato plants. I do have 80 onion sets but I didn’t plant them yet because Idk where to do it. Now I think it might be too late for those.
Herbs are great and easy to grow.
Best time to plant garlic and onion sets is the very end of fall. You can do it in early spring, but the results are better if they overwinter.
Elbow macaroni and pasta sauce
Fry ground pork and break them into small pieces (like 1/2 cm diameter). Add minced garlic (and onion optional), salt, and Maggi seasoning.
Eat with rice, butter, and fried egg (optional). To make it more nutritional, add some sort of vegetable. I like stir fried spinach with garlic and fish sauce.
Tip; use some kecap manis (sweet soy sauce) instead of maggi.
Take a pack of hotdogs and dice them up. Open a box of Mac and cheese and follow the instructions, but add the diced hotdogs to the water first.
Tuna with saltines.
Used to be rice with a fried egg. In my family we call it Ghibli rice. Nowadays I just bake my own wholemeal bread and that’s the cheapest eats there is. So cheap you can afford the nice butter!
