I feel silly that I didn’t know this.

Because of incidents with a certain racist asshat, I have not been using pots, pans, and basically anything in the kitchen besides the microwave for a bit now. This was upsetting to me at first because my go-to struggle meal that I virtually ate every single day seemed impossible for me to make now: pasta and beans.

After craving pasta badly one day, I literally asked ChatGPT if it was possible for me to cook pasta by microwaving it, and it is! I’ve been able to enjoy my classic meal with no hassle now, and honestly… that shit is enough to make me cry.

This meal got me through because:

• It’s cheap as fuck.

• It’s got decent protein and leaves me pretty full.

• It’s yum.

• For some reason, though I can be picky at times for other foods, I literally never could get tired of it, even eating it meal after meal, every single day.

I just put my pasta in this 32-ounce, rather tall microwave-safe bowl of mine, fill it up with water that covers it by about an inch, and I microwave it with two other dishes underneath: one regular bowl and a Chinese food container. Though it sounds convoluted, the water will eventually boil over. Doing it this way catches any water that boils over.

1. I cook it for 6 minutes and stir it halfway through after 3 minutes pass.

2. After that, I let the last 3 minutes pass and stir it again.

3. I do it for another 2 minutes and then stir one more time.

And the best part? To me, it doesn’t give a “It’s not as good as boiling pasta in a pot, but it’ll do” vibe. It literally tastes just fine to me; I can’t sense a difference.

Good God. I’m happy about this.