The 20 Saddest Meals We've Ever Made Ourselves

"Layer a pie pan with canned Pillsbury Crescent rolls. Add cheese and another layer of crescent rolls. Bake for 15 minutes. Just don't do a calorie count once you've eaten the whole pie."

"In college, I wanted to have spaghetti for dinner. I started boiling the noodles and I forgot to check if I had the rest of the ingredients. I was out of pasta sauce and ground beef, so I improvised with a crap ton of ketchup, dinosaur chicken nuggets, and string cheese on top."

"Frozen brown rice, a can of black beans, and a can of Ro*Tel, all dumped into a bowl and heated in the microwave. Sad burrito in a bowl, I guess?"

"Weight Watchers Smart Ones fettuccine alfredo (cooked in the microwave) with canned tuna on top for extra protein. It's like a sad, slightly healthier tuna noodle casserole."

"You thought instant ramen was bad, look what the UK did. It's a wonder I'm still alive."

"Oatmeal (grain) with a fried egg (protein) on top. Ketchup for flavor."

"Does corn chips, beer, and ice cream count as a dinner?"

"Drained ramen noodles with chunky peanut butter = Thai noodles, right?"

"Literally ground beef on a frying pan and ketchup. No sides, no bun, nothing."

"When my oven was broken, I made a grilled cheese on my heater. Literally laid it on top of the heater."

"A cold tortilla with peanut butter. I didn't have bread or jelly or pride, apparently."

"Vienna sausages or a can of sardines and saltine crackers. I'm pretty sure my grandmother still has this for lunch sometimes."

"I'll eat a handful of marshmallows if I have them on hand."

"Microwaved rice cakes and cheese."

"I often just eat tomatoes for dinner, because I'm lazy if my husband is not home."

"A can of lima beans that I poured into a bowl and heated up in the microwave."

"During college I once (OK, fine — more than once) melted cheese on a plate in the microwave as a meal."

"Wine. Wine for dinner."

"My fiancée and I have been trying to eat out less and our mechanism for holding us to that goal results in the saddest meal ever. We have decided to start buying a cabbage every time we go to the grocery store. Then when we're tempted to go out (trying to justify it because we have no food at home), we have to roast the 'emergency cabbage' as punishment for not having enough food at home."

"I've eaten an entire tub of Philadelphia cream cheese, one finger-full at a time. By the end my finger was shriveled like a raisin and I hated myself."