@Groth said in Depression Meals:
@Auspice said in Depression Meals:
It's how I learned to make alfredo sauce, from scratch, on the fly. Sans recipe.
Isn't Alfredo sauce literally just cheese melted into butter?
Technically yes.
But we murcans like it all thick and creamy and garlicky.
Saying the quiet parts out loud since 1996.
@Auspice said in Depression Meals:
@Groth said in Depression Meals:
@Auspice said in Depression Meals:
It's how I learned to make alfredo sauce, from scratch, on the fly. Sans recipe.
Isn't Alfredo sauce literally just cheese melted into butter?
Technically yes.
But we murcans like it all thick and creamy and garlicky.
The American version is more of a bechamel style sauce, with cheese and garlic thrown in it.
Instant mash made up according to instructions, microwaved baked beans, grated cheddar.
Food of kings when you can't make real food.
frozen cherries in a cup
@saosmash This is gonna sound potentially dumb, but: look for some spice blends and find a few you like. The old classic Italian 'bread and butter' is actually bread dipped in olive oil with spices thrown in it, and it is pretty flavorful. That stuff keeps for AGES, and if you ever find yourself in a similar position, you at least know it's more or less just a twist on an Italian classic. Bread and pasta are made of similar ingredients, after all.
This approach has saved me so many times. Not for pasta, but Trader Joe's 'Umame' seasoning blend has saved my 'meh, I don't want to effort' ass regularly over the past year, for example.
Oh fucking well.
@surreality said in Depression Meals:
This is gonna sound potentially dumb, but: look for some spice blends and find a few you like.
I actually keep meaning to do this and forgetting.
My roommate my last year in Seattle was the wine manager at the Trader Joe's nearby and so we had a lot of their spice blends.
Hell, literally last night I was like 'I wish I had............'
I have 3/4ths a loaf of Italian bread left I need to do something with.
AUGH.
Might dip into the Whole Foods downstairs and pick up something.
Saying the quiet parts out loud since 1996.
@Auspice It is seriously one of the best 'quick food that tastes like something a lot more fancy' approaches ever, and 'tastes fancy' is one of those nice things that helps food not taste depressing. Plus you can sometimes get that little glimmer of being all proud of yourself that it took two whole seconds to turn boring into pretty dang good, and those tiny little sparks of 'I did good' are pretty awesome.
I like how many of the entries in this thread are some variation on Italian food.
We love our breads and bread variants, we depressed people.
@GreenFlashlight Carbs make for comfort food for some reason. Mild, filling, usually warm. They're like the fuzzy blanket of foods.
This weekend I will probably be making lemon rolls. I have smoked salmon in the freezer already.
@GreenFlashlight said in Depression Meals:
I like how many of the entries in this thread are some variation on Italian food.
We love our breads and bread variants, we depressed people.
What kind of monster doesn't like bread. 
Me.
“It is better to live doing the things that you like. It is foolish to live within this dream of a world seeing unpleasantness and doing only things that you do not like.” -- Yamamoto Tsunetomo.
I've been getting into Instant Pot stir fries. It's a gross looking mess when it comes out, but holy shit is it tasty as fuck. And it takes about 5 minutes of work.
@SG said in Depression Meals:
I've been getting into Instant Pot stir fries. It's a gross looking mess when it comes out, but holy shit is it tasty as fuck. And it takes about 5 minutes of work.
oooh. Link?
Racism isn't Tinkerbell. It doesn't need you to believe in it for it to exist.
@Derp said in Depression Meals:
@SG said in Depression Meals:
I've been getting into Instant Pot stir fries. It's a gross looking mess when it comes out, but holy shit is it tasty as fuck. And it takes about 5 minutes of work.
oooh. Link?
Second this link request.
@eye8urcake https://youtu.be/p3xjloyS4EU
The also do a carrot cake in the thing lol
The ultimate comfort food/depression meal, the awesome Spam sarnie.
@Darren With that mustard? What are you thinking?
Today I snagged some Malaysian style congee from a little hole I'm the wall place because I knew I just wanted to crawl into bed or get on the couch after I got home. It was nice,the rice grains were a lot more solid than I am used to, so maybe I will try not cooking mine so long or not being afraid of trying my rice cooker porridge setting (it only takes a little over an hour?!? D:) the next time I need some tummy comfort.
@Auspice said in Depression Meals:
@Groth said in Depression Meals:
@Auspice said in Depression Meals:
It's how I learned to make alfredo sauce, from scratch, on the fly. Sans recipe.
Isn't Alfredo sauce literally just cheese melted into butter?
Technically yes.
But we murcans like it all thick and creamy and garlicky.
The American version is more of a bechamel style sauce, with cheese and garlic thrown in it.
