Sequestration Meal #396

 

A funny story about my grocery trip a month ago: They were out of JUST Egg. They had none in the freezer and none in the fridge. Just gone. All of it. So I saved my one folded JUST Egg in my freezer that I still had on hand for the times when I couldn't manage to really cook. I could have used it so many times, but I kept it for a day when it needed to make an appearance.

This was how I used the last of my JUST Egg: vegan chicken-flavored ramen (it's Gefen imitation chicken, if it matters), broccoli, carrots, red pepper, and chopped up JUST Egg. It's so much better (in so many ways) than eating plain ramen, but it also requires extremely low effort. I still have iffy days here and there and I still work hard to be kind to myself in the midst of them.

I grew up loving ramen and I still love ramen, even though I so rarely eat it these days. So it has the added bonus of being delicious. But the way to make this--if you should decide to--is to cut a bit of broccoli florets up, slice up one baby carrot, and chop up a few tablespoons of red bell pepper while bringing your water to a boil. Boil the broccoli and carrot with the ramen--they'll all cook in about the same amount of time--and saute the peppers while you cook the JUST Egg in a skillet according to package directions. When cooked, drain the noodles, leaving a bit of water in the bottom to mix up the sauce, put the pepper in with the other veggies and noodles, add some vegan butter and melt it into the noodles and veggies, sprinkle on the sauce packet, stir well, and top everything with a cubed JUST Egg patty.

And there you have it. Colors, protein, vegetables, carbs. I am no medical doctor but I think that's not a bad meal for 10 minutes start to finish.