I personally love red beans and rice, I eat it all the time. Or beans and rice in general, it filling, cheap and healthy. I can make it vegetarian as well.
Thank you for reminding me what I want for dinner! Sloppy Joe Baked potato!
Pulled pork baked potato
Ham and Swiss baked potato!!!
Lemon meringue baked potato!!!!
One of my fav meals
Holy moly. Thank you for this!
I make taco potatoes and they are awesome and leftovers freeze really well!
Omg. That sounds delicious!
It's soo good, or chili in a baked potato
Just been watching Poppy O'Toole on YouTube, she's a Michelin trained chef who is obsessed with potatoes, her baked potato recipes are fabulous.
Thank you for the gift of teaching me who that is. I just saved about a dozen recipes to try! I appreciate you
Aww what a lovely reply, you made my day brighter! Btw I don't have tiktok but apparently she's got a ton more content on there.
Thank YOU for being so enthusiastic. I looked her up because of that and, my, she is lovely and I too will be saving her recipes! Check her out on This Morning. Sooo cute!
Po-ta-toes. Boil em, mash em, stick em in a stew
Taters
I feel like the Forrest Gump of potatoes. They are so versatile.
They're cheap and filling. I like to have one with a simple prepackaged salad when I'm too lazy to cook. Filling, tasty, and I feel like I'm getting some nutrients out of the deal. Butter, salt, pepper, sour cream. Caramelized onions if I'm feeling fancy. Mmm. Made myself hungry.
I just think they’re neat
neat is a word used by a accent of ✨ glitter
Depression-era grandparents raised me. In the winter, my grandmother would give me a warm baked potato to carry to school in the mornings to keep my hands warm, and then I had it for lunch. Sometimes this lunch lady named Beulah (might’ve been Eulah) would sneak me some butter. The days I got butter were always pretty special.
Awe this warmed my heart. Ty for sharing this precious memory.
My potato enjoyment increased when I made mashed potatoes out of oven baked potatoes rather than boiled ones.
A perfect vehicle for sour cream
Loaded baked potatoes are AMAZING
I would like a baked potato
And I cook an extra potato and put it in the refrigerator. In the morning I cut it up and fry it with an egg and cheese.
Chilled potatoes also make great hashbrowns--much faster than starting from raw potatoes.
Dude, I went to aldis and got a 10lb bag. Made baked potatoes 4 days in a row. I’m an adult now so no one can stop me.
Chilli cheese potato
Well now that I see all these potato recipes I guess I’m buying potatoes and doing a few!
I lived off them in college.
We make chicken fajita baked potatoes and they're one of my favs to make 🤩
Came here to say this--I usually do a sweet potato with whatever toppings I have.
ingenious this is the correct answer
Tacos
Tacos always win
I have a taco factory at home too. All the ingredients!
YOU are what is noble and good in the world.
Come on over would love to invite you over for some tacos!
The only answer. You can do millions of things different. Similar to Bubba and his Skrimps.
Just made these black bean tacos this weekend and they were the best home made tacos I've made.
Tacos are never not delicious
Spaghetti.
Was gonna say the same
Me too 🍝
It's the best food ever!
A homemade sauce
Yes, or any pasta really. with meatballs, sauce and grated cheese. I could eat it every day.
Spaghetti reminds me of my mom……
……and that really big pot(cauldron).
Sandwiches of all kinds. Mostly BLTs
Agreed. Not sure your region but sams have 12 fresh baked sandwiches size croissants for 5.99. Makes a good sandwich amazing imho
Now I want a croissant. Costco has similar deal. They also make really good French toast.
Can’t believe I never knew this!! Thank you!
Have you tried creamy horseradish sauce on a BLT. Goes from wonderful to sublime.
LOVE BLTs
Chinese takeout. Anything, just make it flavorful and greasy.
Honey walnut shrimp!
Yes! Yes! Yes! To this!!!! 👆🏼
Always Happy Family for me because I can never decide on a meat or veggie and it just includes everything. But I always judge a place based on their pork egg rolls.
Mmmm there’s a little family owned place near me who has the best freaking egg rolls. They’re smaller, like the size of your first two fingers put together. I would eat a whole bowl of them. I want some now lol.
Get some mapo tofu on top of white rice. Dang I miss eating that!
Having mapo tofu right now for lunch 🤤
To be fair, that's a variety of foods.
Yup. I could eat chow mein and orange chicken 3 meals a day and be a happy camper
A bowl of cereal.
This depends on the cereal.. i grew up poor af and like the malt o meal lucky charms/ fruity pebbles are better to me than the name brand even after I could buy the name brand
Everyone has their preferences but for me it’s.. cocoa puffs, lucky charms, honey nut cheerios, fruit loops w marshmallows, frosted mini wheats, captain crunch berries, captain crunch all berries, apple jacks, corn pops, golden grahams, cinnamon toast crunch, & golden grahams smores
(Not too crazy abt Golden Grahams smores cereal but dam do they make a mean smores cereal bar)
Excuse me, fruit loops with marshmallows? I need to expand my horizons.
It’s the only version of fruit loops I eat now!! Def recommend u try them😎
How about fruity pebbles with marshmallows Or cocoa pebbles with marshmallows
That's someone who cereals!
You are sooooi right. The name brands don’t taste the same anymore.
Trix is horrible now.
I have cereal for breakfast almost every day. I don't eat anything sweetened and don't put any sugar on it, just 2% milk. I'll have cornflakes, shredded wheat, rice squares, whole wheat squares, bran flakes, all kinds of stuff. I buy them at Aldi's (their prices are really good and their cereals are as good as anyone's). I really don't like sugared cereal -- unless I'm having cream of wheat or oatmeal. Then I drop in a big chunk of brown sugar and mix it right in. Hot cereals and sugar work for me. Cold cereals and sugar don't. But I'll have a hot cereal breakfast maybe a half-dozen times a year, tops.
To me, the sugared cereals are basically just candy. They're far too sweet.
There used to be a cold cereal called Oat Flakes in the '60s. It wasn't over-sweetened and it was just delicious. I always woke up looking forward to it.
I eat it for dinner at least 3 times a week. Add some fruit and a protein and it’s balanced. Lately Honey Bunches of Oats are my favorite.
Red beans and rice ftw. The boxed stuff. Or dirty rice.
Also, premade curry sauce. Throw some sort of protein in there, use that rice cooker, no complicated recipe needed. Double it if needed.
I worked with a group of Mexican laborers on a roof project and they swore by beans and rice. They were right. It’s tasty, scalable, and although it’s filling, it doesn’t slow you down. Another crew of laborers used to get hoagies every day and they worked at 2/3 speed after lunch. The bread dragged them down. This was 20 years ago and I still rack up beans and rice when I know I’m going to be on a site for a few days. I get all excited to make it, because I never think to just have it for dinner.
My boyfriend is Mexican and cooks beans and rice ALL THE TIME. I can take it or leave it; beans don’t really agree with me.
For me, it’s bagels with cream cheese and sliced tomato. Daily for breakfast. It’s just as much a social thing as it is a food thing.
When I got married, I realized my wife was mostly vegetarian... I do most of the cooking... I became mostly vegetarian...
I didn't lose weight... I learned how to cook Indian food which meant my favorite beans and rice dish, basically I check pea masala over rice.. You can eat as much as you want and then probably run a marathon without feeling heavy...
Even na'an doesn't weigh me down like a sandwich
Yes on the curry sauce. We use it for just about any protein from chicken to leftover pork chops to lamb and it's all fantastic. I may have to try it with super firm tofu next.
I put it on cooked potatoes with tofu and fresh spinach. Even better the next day.
Zatarain’s Red Beans and Rice? I ate it all the time when I was in grad school at Tulane.
I work at a grocery store and I'm friendly with the workers in the sushi department. Everyday, they will give me some of the sushi that they made the previous day, the sushi they are required to throw away, and I will eat it for lunch. This has been going on pretty much everyday for a year now. I'm still not tired of sushi. Idk if it's because it's free or I just really like sushi, but I'm still a big sushi fan and I look forward to my daily sushi!
Simple sushi rolls never go out of style.
Any kind of sandwich and any kind of potato. I’d be happy to have some variation of both for every meal of the day.
Bowls with rice - taco bowls, sushi bowls, or veggie bowls with coconut rice.
Bread and cheese - I could never get sick of it.
I had bread and cheese for lunch and it was just chef's kiss
I didn’t realize this was my answer to OPs question until this.
I was hungry, but so unmotivated to make dinner last night, that I sliced two thick cuts of bakery rye bread, and two thick cuts of extra sharp white cheddar cheese. Ate two pieces of rye individually with really cold cheese straight from the fridge.
Done. And I do this often.
Oh, come on now. No pickles? Gotta have pickles. /jk
I was just wondering why it's so much fun to eat one fabulous food at a time. For me, it was (also very cold) white cheddar, followed by freshly made multigrain bread. The cheese was the meal and the bread was dessert. Magical.
Now I'm nostalgic for last night's dinner.
Y’all killing me. Can’t eat bread or cheese. When I was young I made myself cheddar cheese sandwiches with pickle mustard and mayo on whole grain with lemonade. Ultimate comfort food
Pho or Vietnamese food in general
I would happily eat pho daily. Or bun bo hue.
word. i used to be this way about indian food and i ate one too many indian meals and i don't think i'll ever eat it again. even though when i do, i still like it.
OmG, I LOVE pho too. It has been my son's favorite food since he could eat solids. Pho is always amazing... but when you are sick, it really hits the spot.
One of my few favorite foods I didn’t have to give up during pregnancy!
Pho omg bro…ITS A GODSEND 😫 I want pho right now
Tomato soup w/ Grilled Cheese Sandwich
I love to make my grilled cheese on a rustic, crusty sourdough 🤤
This for sure. Sometimes I like being fancy by adding bacon on there, too. Not a requirement, but always a welcomed addition for me.
Mmmm I have a good tomato soup recipe and I’ll do grilled cheeses in the air fryer
There is no better meal on cold and rainy day. Not bad on a snow day either.
Cheese and veggies quesadillas. Easy, nutritious, and cheap.
And cheese?
I’ve never heard of this… what kinda veggies???
I like to fry up some bell pepper and onion strips and then toss them in a quesadilla.
Add in some pico as well with those peppers and onions and you've got something special
Any you want. Give quesadillas a Google my man
Spinach and artichoke with any white cheese
This one is so simple and good. I use frozen sweet corn and add finely chopped zucchini as well. We’re not vegetarian but this is one recipe where we skip meat. https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/104850/black-bean-and-corn-quesadillas/
I like corn in my quesadillas.
German pan fried potatoes with bacon and onion.
Egg white omelets. You can add anything
I eat 3 eggs every morning and I never get sick of it
Especially if you add bacon and potatoes
Bro I can’t survive in the morning without at least having eggs. I’ll be moody af if I don’t get my egg in the morning
I have found my people
I eat 7 they're a superfood
Soup
Steak. Can't help it, I'm a carnivore. Second would be my spaghetti.
Oh boy, you’d love my town’s steak & spaghetti restaurant lol
Is it a real place?! I’m envious!!
Wait that's a real thing? At the start of Miss Congeniality Sandra Bullock and Michael Caine's characters are in a restaurant and she's demolishing a steak with spaghetti. I've never seen that on a menu and always thought it was some unconventional combination to highlight how weird she was.
I was vegan for 13 years but stopped 2 years ago and finally ate steak again. It was life changing. I have cravings for it nearly every day now lol
Falafel, lemon oregano potatoes, and Greek salad
Love a good Greek salad.
Tacos, everyday is taco day
Eggggggggs! Love them so much
I have chickens so we eat eggs every day for breakfast and occasionally part of dinner too. Eggs are the best
I could eat an entire bag of hard boiled eggs. So damn good with just a pinch of salt
What's your favorite egg preparation? I can't think of a way I don't enjoy eggs. Give me ALL the eggs.
Poached are by far my favorite. Sunny side up daily though, with a tortilla or piece of toast.
French scrambled on toast. With lox, crème fraiche and chives
I will take leftovers and whatever they may be and I'll add 2 eggs to it. Sweet potato, chicken, steak, pasta, anything. Or I'll take a little sausage, or quinoa's with chickpeas and then I'll add eggs, veggies, onions, cilantro, salt and pepper. I eat this every damn day.
A PB&J. Not my favorite food by a long chalk, but I can’t remember a time I wasn’t in the mood for one.
I have one nearly every day for lunch.
Same I could eat one every day!!
Soft scrambled eggs
My comfort food is broccoli rabe with cannellini beans and crumbled hot Italian sausage. Easy to make and I have it at least once a week.
Smash the beans and use it as a spread, put that all on a hoagie roll and melt some provolone on top. It's really good.
I’ve done that with mozzarella but I’ll try provolone next time.
Pizza
There are numerous. Spaghetti, gringo tacos, pulled pork tacos, smash burgers, new york style pizza, chili.
I love salmon when prepared right: grilled, seared, sashimi, poke and sushi. But my wife gets tired of it so I usually only have it about once a week. I could probably eat it every other day if prepared differently.
EGGS 🥚
My husband literally can't eat another meal until he has had eggs of some sort for the day. Even if it is 4 p.m., he will go go cook eggs. He's obsessed...
Baby back ribs. I'll spice them up with rub, bake at 275F for about four hours, and god they are so good.
I'll also spice up some potato wedges and bake them along with the ribs for the full four hours.
Noodles with butter, parmesan cheese and garlic salt.
This one is actually one of my top answers. Before I married my husband and I did girl dinner every night. The choices were: cereal, butter noodles, pancakes or sautéed chicken. Love it.
Ok hear me out and try out before you decide if its gross. Penne pasta boiled and drained, add butter, Parmesan, lil salt, peas, and…. Honey. Like a drizzle. Mix it all up. I’ll even add chicken breast and garlic powder sometimes. I used to have to make it for some kid I nannied 20 years ago that wouldn’t eat and got curious and tried it and it’s so freaking good. No wonder he would at least eat that. I also was asked to make him toaster waffles with pb&j into a sandwich. Also delicious. Wonder where that kid is now. He’d be mid 20s.
Rice bowls. You can always mix up the protein, veggies for variety and they’re super filling.
Oatmeal, I've been eating it for breakfast everyday for years.
I'm with you on the red beans and rice OP! Caramelized onion and garlic, some nice sausage (I prefer chorizo) and it's like heaven. I usually make enough to have it for a couple of days.
Pizza. I could eat pizza for every meal forever and be ok with it.
Pizza
Chicken pot pie.
Bean cheese and rice burrito.
That is all.
Red lentil or yellow split pea daal.
Greek Lemon Rice
Just had it tonight. All it is, is Mac and cheese with extra cheese, broccoli, and kielbasa thrown in. A true comfort food
We crush up Flamin Hot Cheetos and sprinkle it on top of our mac & cheese. It's amazing.
Shepherds Pie.
A really good Tonkatsu Ramen.
Macaroni & Cheese...I prefer my baked version, but will eat it all..baked, pan prepared, boxed etc.
Burgers
Turkey sub
I ate brown rice, broccoli and sweet potatoes for lunch 4 times last week. I'm looking forward to having it again this week.
Poke bowls, warm sticky rice is just 🤤 and then top with literally whatever I feel like? A+ perfect food
Sandwiches; the bread is the canvas and the toppings are the paint. And i? Well, i am the sandwich artist!
(But really; you can have sweet sammiches, savory sammiches, cheesy sammiches... any kinda sammich you can dream of. There's so many options and variations!)
Grandpa use to make Schnitzel and Noodles every so often, it was always my favorite. Luckily he showed me how to do it before he passed away… so now my kids are as obsessed as I am, and I get to make it for them.
Would you share his recipe? I've had it in restaurants but never made it at home!
Pretty standard recipe:
Hammer meat flat (roughly 1/4 inch)
He used Veal steaks, I use Pork loin.
Use 4 plates or pans and fill one each with milk, flour, beaten eggs, bread crumbs.
Flour should have pepper, salt, paprika mixed in.
Bread crumbs should be Panko.
Dip each cutlet in milk, flour mix, egg, then bread crumbs (both sides)
Pan fry in shallow oil, both sides until brown
When eaten squeeze lemon over entire schnitzel.
Where’s his is different is he would soak each piece of meat in a dish of lemon juice after hammering for 30 minutes in the fridge, then he would pat them dry with a paper towel before the dredging and frying…
rice and broth, my go to meal tbh
Lamb chops.
Steak and french fries
My lamb stew.
What’s in this?
Lamb, turnip, carrots, onion, celery, barley.
Bacon, hash browns, fried eggs (runny yolks!), and toast. We eat this every Sunday morning and never get tired of it.
Chicken Wings.
Chicken and dumplins
Really, chicken about anyway you can fix it. I can eat chicken every day.
Soup beans and cornbread with onions. (Preferably cranberry/october beans, but pintos are fine too.)
They say you can eat only coconuts all your life and get most of your nutrients, but in my soul I feel this is also Potstickers (pork) yum
peanut butter sandwiches. and also burgers. I always love a good burger.
General tsos tofu or chicken with broccoli and steamed rice with an egg roll and chili oil on the side with a cup of oolong tea.
Farmers breakfast. 3 eggs over easy,baked beans, bacon sausage ham, home fries, hash browns, sesame seed bagel.
Tacos
Cereal
Home made chili. I have several chili recipes that I make often.
Baked or mashed potatoes, baked potatoes you can top with just about any thing from simple butter to tuna salad and mashed potatoes cause you can put any flavor of gravy or curry or stew.
My go to is popcorn shrimp
Real Kung pao chicken with dried chiles or actual chili
I love chicken teriyaki rice bowls with broccoli and green peppers.
But if we're talking homemade foods? My great great great french memere had a cookbook full of foods she made alive (she lived 1911-2002?). I've heard stories about people loving her cooking and never able to re-create it like her.
NY Halal cart lamb over rice with double white sauce and red sauce. Extra pita
Fried oysters
Tried red beans and rice with wild duck sauted in good bacon first?
Fried chicken. Good fried chicken, not KFC, Nashville hot or any other version. Good Southern fried chicken with corn on the cob.
Homemade Maryland Crab Cakes.
A baked potato. The possibilities are endless.