Jazz Up Your Ramen

My husband and I are avid watchers of Japanese anime and one of the things we always comment on is how good their ramen looks. So, we decided to see if we could make something similar based on what we had on hand.

We used:

1 pkg ramen noodles

2-3 slices lunch meat (your meat and noodles should be of the same flavor, i.e., roast beef meat and beef/roast beef flavored ramen)

chopped green onions

sliced mushrooms (we used baby portabella)

sliced carrots

2 cups boiling water

Place dry noodles in a bowl and top with remaining ingredients. Mix flavor packet into boiling water and then pour over noodles. Cover bowl with a plate for 3 minutes. Enjoy!

Fried Bologna Sandwich

One of my childhood lunch favorites is fried bologna sandwiches. I'm not a big fan of bologna in general, in fact, this is the only way I will eat it.

I like to fry my bologna first. Make sure to place a couple slices around the edges, otherwise the bologna will curl. When it has cooked to desired doneness, I take two pieces of bread and spread them with either butter or mayonaise (if you want a more even brown look, use mayo. It doesn't effect flavor whatsoever.) Place one slice bread butter side down, top with fried bologna and a slice of cheese and the other slice of bread, buttered side up. When first side has browned, flip over and brown the other side.
If you want, finish with mustard, lettuce and tomato.

What best is this is quite inexpensive. Package of bologna-$1, loaf of bread-$.88, package of sliced cheese-$1. Three dollars and you can have it for more than one day making it quite a prize.