Post Punk Kitchen Forum

Bowls and bowls of popcorn for dinner. Delicious.

On nights when my husband is working late, I like making spaghetti & meatballs entirely in the microwave. First, I cook the dry pasta in my Pampered Chef microwave rice-cooker, then I drain it, add sauce and frozen Trader Joe's meatless meatballs, microwave again for 2-3 minutes until it's all hot, stirring once in the middle. Yummy and only dirties one pot! :)

For lunch I am having Yorkshire puddings + maple syrup.

The question is not who will let me.

But who will stop me.

My quick and easy go-to meal these days is noodles, some kind of vegetable, possibly a little tofu or cahews with soy sauce, garlic and sriracha!

I made this last night while Brian was at school, originally I was just going to have pasta with jarred sauce, but I kept throwing stuff into it.

Pasta
Whatever Pasta Sauce You Have
Vegan Mayo/Sour Cream/Cream Cheese that you need to use up because you buy it for one thing and then it just sits there
Uptons Italian Style Seitan (or whatever meaty thing you have ready to go, but this makes it extra delicious)
A few spoonfuls of capers
Pre-washed baby spinach

Cook the pasta, then toss it in your colander. Add the sauce and your non-dairy creamy stuff to the same pot and stir it up, then add your seitan and capers. Get that shiitake warmed up. Toss in the spinaches and stir it around for a minute until it's a little wilted, then put the pasta in before it completely fuses into a colander shaped blob.

Eat out of the pot while watching Teen Mom 2, bonus points if you have a horde of hungry dogs staring at you.

Whole grain bread spread with hummus and sliced cucumber. And tings. Lots of tings.

mushroom and seitan stuffed pasilla peppers with pepperjack daiya.....and coffee

Noochy rice noodles with sriracha and hemp seeds, oh yes.

I had a failed attempt at nachos.

how does one fail at nachos?

When they don't feel like walking to TJ's or WF for real ingredients. All I was able to find close to me was a can of really, really nasty refried beans, sad salsa, and the cheapest tortilla chips.

Next time I'm tired I'll just order a pizza.

ahh, liquor store nachos, I have been there

actually one time stuck somewhere shitty in Vegas I had to eat at TGIFs and ordered the nachos sans cheese/sour cream/meat...they neglected to tell me they were out of salsa and guac so a plate arrived with maybe 20 black beans on it and a ton of pickled jalapenos and the croissant of a waiter didnt understand why I was unhappy. I cant remember if I just walked away w/o paying or just left a 1 cent tip, but it blew asparagus either way...worst nacho experience ever

I figured out how to make them a bit more edible. Become disgusted with your failed nachos, sit them down some place, forget about them for an hour or two. Since you still haven't eaten anything else, pick at a nacho, realize that it's soggy but has more flavor, eat it and call it "marinated", pray you don't die from bacteria.

My friend wanted to go to TGIF's for her birthday one year. When we got there they told me they have a veggie burger but that it wasn't vegan. I thought, "Cool, I can eat expensive ketchup for dinner!" Fortunately-ish, I got a plate of plain fries. Glad I wasn't paying that night.

when nachos go bad, make chilaquiles

I had nachos for dinner and they were good. I melted thin slices of Daiya cheddar on mini tortilla chips, and covered them with refried beans and salsa.

Amazing Farmer's Market Sourdough + Coconut Butter in quantities unfit for public discussion.

light lunch since its party night

3 carrots dipped in kale pesto
2 blood oranges
2 coconut date bars

Tease!

For some weird reason I've been craving comfort foods that I never really liked in the first place. I just had a Daiya grilled cheese with potato chips. For breakfast.

Yum! That is an awesome breakfast. I had pan fried smoky maple tempeh strips with peanut butter on toasted multi-grain bread.

I've really been craving a grilled cheese sandwich with tomato soup lately. I need to go to the store this week.

Spinach, capers, onion, and black olives with tahini and nooch on top.. I need to go grocery shopping.

Chickpea cutlet made into a burger with tomato, dijon, onion, jalepenos, ketchup. Sauteed asparagus and strawberries.
So so so good.

shitake dashi turned into miso broth mixed with kamut carrots mushrooms baby bok choy wakame ginger onions and tofu

holla holla

Adam, your bachelor meals sound awesome!

Posting on behalf of my boyfriend, every single time I'm away he makes one of the following.
a. Fried tempeh with garlic and onion over steamed potatoes and drenched in a jarred Patak's sauce
b. Fried garlic and jarred marinara over spaghetti with TVP

The former isn't so bad, but the latter is...ugh. (I hate TVP).

Me, I'll steam a bunch of greens, saute a shitton of mushrooms with garlic and chilis, lemon and some spices, and dump the whole thing on a baked potato or quinoa.