Emergency Edition: What should I eat?
For times when stress is high and executive function is low.
Hello and welcome back to a special emergency version of Five Things I Ate! I am currently in the midst of a several-years long saga of trying to break free of my current apartment, also known as the Mouse House of the Murphy-bed Trap Apartment or the Gas Leak Abode. Therefore, I will be producing less content than usual until this move is completed. For now, enjoy my internal monologue, which is ALL CAPS IN TIMES OF STRESS. Read past posts here, and please follow my Instagram @fivethingsiate.
TUNA MAYO RICE
For when you have: 30 minutes, pantry staples
Steps:
Rinse and cook 1 rice cooker cup of rice in Hello Kitty rice cooker
Open can of tuna and drain
Mix tuna in bowl with 2 tbs Kewpie mayo and 1 tsp sesame oil
Put half of the hot rice in a cute bowl.
Add half of the tuna mayo
Serve with kimchi and furikake
Put leftovers in a bento box.
A SLICE OF PIZZA
For when you are having: a total brain melt and you didn’t eat and it’s past 10pm
Steps:
Find keys and wallet
Put on shoes and jacket
Leave apartment and lock door
Walk to pizza place
Order 1 slice margherita pizza to go
Go home
Eat pizza
Usually it’s very good
CHICKEN AND CHEESE QUESADILLA
For when you have: 15-20 minutes also you recently went to Trader Joe’s
Microwave 4 oz of grilled chicken breast on a plate for 30 seconds
Take a whole wheat tortilla and heat it in a dry pan flip once
Sprinkle a lot of cheese on tortilla
Sprinkle a little baby spinach
Add chicken and fold in half and press down to melt cheese
Flip
Add extra cheese on top
Flip and brown cheese
Repeat 6-8 (1x)
Put on plate and cut in half
Serve with salsa
SPINACH MUSSELS SPAGHETTI
For when you have: Some brain cells left (this one sounds fancy but it’s actually really easy and cheap)
Put water in pot and bring to a boil
Add 2-4oz spaghetti
Set pasta timer
Add olive oil to saucepan and heat
Crush 2 cloves garlic and add to pan
Add half a bag baby spinach
Add 1 can smoked mussels
Add drained pasta
Add pasta water
Add lemon zest and juice
Move to a bowl and eat it.
COMPLAIN
For when: All else fails
Eat nothing
Try to cook something but it looks gross so throw it out
Feel guilty you threw it out
Open Seamless and scroll aimlessly
It all looks bad and expensive
Show up at a friend’s apartment
Meow repeatedly until they let you in and feed you
Repeat steps 6-7 until you are fed
This doesn’t really work because it’s too difficult to take the subway anywhere
Waste away
Have a good weekend!! Feed me!!
Soph
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