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I used Chatgpt to create a meal only using items on the Manager’s discount racks.

🥜 1. Appetizer: Smoky Almond Crunch Bowl

Ingredients: Almonds, pretzels (from Knotz bag), duck sauce
How to make:

Toast the almonds lightly (or pretend to).

Break pretzels into rustic pieces.

Toss almonds + pretzels with a drizzle of duck sauce for a sweet/salty glaze.
Fancy description: “Caramel-kissed roasted almonds with artisan pretzel shards.”



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🥣 2. Soup Course: Beef & Tomato Pantry Bisque

Ingredients: Campbell’s tomato soup, Hunt’s tomato sauce, beef broth, canned dried beef
How to make:

Combine tomato soup + tomato sauce for thickness.

Add a splash of beef broth to deepen flavor.

Finely mince dried beef and stir in for protein.

Warm until smooth.
Optional garnish: Crumble a single Cheez-It on top to look classy.



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🥗 3. Salad Course: Savory Chip “Panzanella”

Ingredients: Lay’s Stax, Pringles, Doritos Minis, granola bar crumbs
How to make:
This is your crunch-forward salad.

Crush assorted chips into medium chunks.

Add a sprinkle of granola bits (texture + sweetness).

Light drizzle of any vinegar-y drink (Fever Tree lemonade or Dirty Martini olive juice) to “dress” it.
Result: Surprisingly good. Shockingly trashy. 100% allowed.



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🍝 4. Main Course: Buffalo Beef Ragù Over Buckwheat

Ingredients: Buckwheat flour, dried beef, buffalo Wilde protein chips, BBQ sauce or relish
How to make:

Mix buckwheat flour with water → form rustic noodles/pancake strips.

Hydrate dried beef slightly with beef broth.

Crush buffalo chips and sauté them in a pan with a spoon of BBQ sauce to create a spicy coating.

Mix beef + spicy chip crumble → your ragù.

Serve over the buckwheat noodles/pancake.
Flavor profile: smoky, spicy, oddly satisfying.



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🍫 5. Dessert: Hershey’s Chocolate Almond Crunch Cups

Ingredients: Hershey’s syrup, almonds, granola bars, Chex mix or Cheerios
How to make:

Melt Hershey’s syrup slightly (microwave etc.).

Crumble granola bar and mix with almonds.

Drizzle chocolate syrup over the mixture in little mounds → refrigerate 10 minutes and it sets like candy clusters.
Optional: Add Cheerios for “gourmet” crunch.



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Bonus Beverage Pairing 🍹

Fever Tree lemonade

Colombian coffee

Or go wild and pair everything with Dirty Martini Olive Juice (not recommended unless you hate yourself)

I used Chatgpt to create a meal only using items on the Manager’s discount racks.

🥜 1. Appetizer: Smoky Almond Crunch Bowl

Ingredients: Almonds, pretzels (from Knotz bag), duck sauce
How to make:

Toast the almonds lightly (or pretend to).

Break pretzels into rustic pieces.

Toss almonds + pretzels with a drizzle of duck sauce for a sweet/salty glaze.
Fancy description: “Caramel-kissed roasted almonds with artisan pretzel shards.”



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🥣 2. Soup Course: Beef & Tomato Pantry Bisque

Ingredients: Campbell’s tomato soup, Hunt’s tomato sauce, beef broth, canned dried beef
How to make:

Combine tomato soup + tomato sauce for thickness.

Add a splash of beef broth to deepen flavor.

Finely mince dried beef and stir in for protein.

Warm until smooth.
Optional garnish: Crumble a single Cheez-It on top to look classy.



—

🥗 3. Salad Course: Savory Chip “Panzanella”

Ingredients: Lay’s Stax, Pringles, Doritos Minis, granola bar crumbs
How to make:
This is your crunch-forward salad.

Crush assorted chips into medium chunks.

Add a sprinkle of granola bits (texture + sweetness).

Light drizzle of any vinegar-y drink (Fever Tree lemonade or Dirty Martini olive juice) to “dress” it.
Result: Surprisingly good. Shockingly trashy. 100% allowed.



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🍝 4. Main Course: Buffalo Beef Ragù Over Buckwheat

Ingredients: Buckwheat flour, dried beef, buffalo Wilde protein chips, BBQ sauce or relish
How to make:

Mix buckwheat flour with water → form rustic noodles/pancake strips.

Hydrate dried beef slightly with beef broth.

Crush buffalo chips and sauté them in a pan with a spoon of BBQ sauce to create a spicy coating.

Mix beef + spicy chip crumble → your ragù.

Serve over the buckwheat noodles/pancake.
Flavor profile: smoky, spicy, oddly satisfying.



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🍫 5. Dessert: Hershey’s Chocolate Almond Crunch Cups

Ingredients: Hershey’s syrup, almonds, granola bars, Chex mix or Cheerios
How to make:

Melt Hershey’s syrup slightly (microwave etc.).

Crumble granola bar and mix with almonds.

Drizzle chocolate syrup over the mixture in little mounds → refrigerate 10 minutes and it sets like candy clusters.
Optional: Add Cheerios for “gourmet” crunch.



—

Bonus Beverage Pairing 🍹

Fever Tree lemonade

Colombian coffee

Or go wild and pair everything with Dirty Martini Olive Juice (not recommended unless you hate yourself)

I used Chatgpt to create a meal only using items on the Manager’s discount racks.

🥜 1. Appetizer: Smoky Almond Crunch Bowl

Ingredients: Almonds, pretzels (from Knotz bag), duck sauce
How to make:

Toast the almonds lightly (or pretend to).

Break pretzels into rustic pieces.

Toss almonds + pretzels with a drizzle of duck sauce for a sweet/salty glaze.
Fancy description: “Caramel-kissed roasted almonds with artisan pretzel shards.”



—

🥣 2. Soup Course: Beef & Tomato Pantry Bisque

Ingredients: Campbell’s tomato soup, Hunt’s tomato sauce, beef broth, canned dried beef
How to make:

Combine tomato soup + tomato sauce for thickness.

Add a splash of beef broth to deepen flavor.

Finely mince dried beef and stir in for protein.

Warm until smooth.
Optional garnish: Crumble a single Cheez-It on top to look classy.



—

🥗 3. Salad Course: Savory Chip “Panzanella”

Ingredients: Lay’s Stax, Pringles, Doritos Minis, granola bar crumbs
How to make:
This is your crunch-forward salad.

Crush assorted chips into medium chunks.

Add a sprinkle of granola bits (texture + sweetness).

Light drizzle of any vinegar-y drink (Fever Tree lemonade or Dirty Martini olive juice) to “dress” it.
Result: Surprisingly good. Shockingly trashy. 100% allowed.



—

🍝 4. Main Course: Buffalo Beef Ragù Over Buckwheat

Ingredients: Buckwheat flour, dried beef, buffalo Wilde protein chips, BBQ sauce or relish
How to make:

Mix buckwheat flour with water → form rustic noodles/pancake strips.

Hydrate dried beef slightly with beef broth.

Crush buffalo chips and sauté them in a pan with a spoon of BBQ sauce to create a spicy coating.

Mix beef + spicy chip crumble → your ragù.

Serve over the buckwheat noodles/pancake.
Flavor profile: smoky, spicy, oddly satisfying.



—

🍫 5. Dessert: Hershey’s Chocolate Almond Crunch Cups

Ingredients: Hershey’s syrup, almonds, granola bars, Chex mix or Cheerios
How to make:

Melt Hershey’s syrup slightly (microwave etc.).

Crumble granola bar and mix with almonds.

Drizzle chocolate syrup over the mixture in little mounds → refrigerate 10 minutes and it sets like candy clusters.
Optional: Add Cheerios for “gourmet” crunch.



—

Bonus Beverage Pairing 🍹

Fever Tree lemonade

Colombian coffee

Or go wild and pair everything with Dirty Martini Olive Juice (not recommended unless you hate yourself)