Charcuterie plates

Cold cuts, cheeses, fresh/dried fruit, vegetables/pickled vegetables, bread/crackers, etc.

Make whatever plate combination you’re in the mood for from a variety selection, i like to stock about 3 options from each category to feel like I have choices

lentils! chick peas! beans! legumes in general, they are great! you can integrate them into anything…

(ie. cook a bunch of lentils to eat warm with whatever veggies you can steam… but leftovers the next day are turned into a salad, etc. )

Shakshuka with some pita is one of my comfort foods. I use David Lebovitz’s recipe

For a healthy and affordable diet: beans, rice, bread, collards, kale, mackerel, salmon, sardines, raisins, oatmeal, almonds, and chicken.

I have just discovered chia pudding. If you like Boba tea, (is that what it’s called?) it’s got that same bubble poppy, feel, if you don’t, puree / grind the chia first. 1tbsp chia, Add whatever flavor you like, chocolate pudding mix, drinking chocolate, whatever. And a cup of whatever milk you like (or water). (I add some flax meal but it kinda tastes like dirt a little, especially if you put too much.) add whatever protein powder, pea protein is flavourless. Bam, tastes like chocolate pudding. Good fibre, good brain food (aka omega something something) I actually find I have more energy when I eat it. I make a jar of it and just have a couple of table / tea spoons a day. Good for a few days to a week. Oh, wait a few hours to overnight for it to solidify.

Do r our food in your bed. It will be gross, and be very uncomfortable for sleeping.

How do you feel about oatmeal? It’s healthy and has much more potential for adding flavors to than most people ever consider. It’s pretty neutral and makes a good canvas for other flavors.

For example, you can add cheese to make something like a healthier Mac and cheese. The starch makes it sort of creamy.

But you might want to upgrade from rolled oats to steel cut oats. You get much more “tooth” to your oatmeal and not just mush. Unless the mush is what you like. You can also use whole oats for even more “tooth”.

Brining chicken for salads! I eat a salad every day for lunch, which sounds boring. But if you brine your chicken breasts in a salt solution for about an hour before baking, it gives you amazing salad chicken, like you’d get in a restaurant. Just pat dry, brush with olive oil, season with your vibe of the week, and bake for like 45 minutes. Then you can mix up what else you put on your salad greens - different nuts, cheeses, veggies, dried and fresh fruits, etc. I also eat pretty seasonally/locally so salads change with the seasons. But in general, brining meat is a game changing kitchen hack that few people take the time to do.

Get a rice cooker with a timer. Aside from steaming rice to perfection it can also make perfect omelets, al dente pasta, soups(no raw chicken! Not hot enough) I replaced my old gas stove for this and a microwave to effectively reduce my energy bill. So slowcooker + microwave for sauces and garlic infused bread you can make very diverse combos of 15 minute meals. I am on a lean meat and vegetarian diet.

Also a cool hobby is fermenting and preserving. Like making your own jam from leftover fruits.

My partner says tomato paste, not that it is slept on but that most people use it incorrectly. She also thinks people should use more cilantro but she is a fiend for cilantro so take that with a grain of salt. In my opinon people don’t eat enough seitan, that shit is gas and very healthy. Most people seem to view it as a meat substitute but I think that takes away from how fantastic it is as an ingredient in its own right.

Cotton sheets here. So, I guess the food I’m sleeping on is long sugar chains?

Are things like Taro and Cassava readily available in Germany? If so then I’d recommend Sop Sop.

https://www.sbs.com.au/food/recipe/sop-sop/n6pvopkow

Rutabaga. It’s a root vegetable that you cook similar to parsnips or turnips. A bit of a nutty, earthy flavor. Really good mashed with a splash of cream and a grating of fresh nutmeg.

Soups. Find Cooks Illustrated Best Soups cookbook. Learn to make and can your own broth. It doesn’t change everything but it changes a lot.

Millet, Spelt, Cranola, …
There’s many grains you can put in pillows 🛌. Although you generally use the chaff.