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+crispy garlic and fried egg! ALSO this recipe from Julia Turshen for chicken and kimchi rice, it's so easy! https://farideh.substack.com/p/chicken-and-kimchi-rice

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how could I forget about crispy garlic!

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Soooo I shouldn’t feel guilty for eating rice almost everyday? Love this formula so much.

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never feel guilty about food!

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SARDINES!

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butter and marmite 🥹 extra points for a squeeze of lime and cracked black pepper. comfort food from my partner’s ceylonese grandmother ♥️

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and then also butter, black pepper, and pecorino from my italian side

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both of these sounds great! I love the idea of yeasty marmite with some butter and rice

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Thanks for sharing this R+2 I often overcomplicate my meals and fret about what am I missing for ingredients- and as a university student I need simple yet nutritious!

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I think the internet often makes us think that thoughtful meals requires lots of effort or meal prep but that just doesnt need to be the case

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Kewpie smoked mayo + anything! (fried egg, tuna, shrimp)

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smoked mayo! not sure ive had this

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It’s awesome. I found it on japanesetaste.com. I haven’t been able to get it anywhere in the United States.

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Sai Ua (Thai Isaan sausage) + fried egg 🤩

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this sounds like a stellar combo

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yogurt + three beverages

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Chopped onion (red or white), chopped tomatoes, and a squeeze of lemon juice (R+3), okra & tinned diced tomatoes or passata. Plenty of salt with both.

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Good rice with butter and a pinch of shredded parmesan is my go-to comfort food/easy meal.

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Rice doesn't hugely agree with me, disappointingly, but my go-to replacement for it is coarse bulghur wheat and vermicelli (Bodrum brand does a good one), which I cook in slightly weaker vegetable stock. A different flavour altogether, but very savoury and delicious, most of these toppings would work great with it.

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im sorry rice doesn't agree with you! I do love bulgur especially sauteed with some onion and a little tomato paste

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