There’s the old classic from White Trash Cooking - a rolled up slice of bologna dipped in mustard, washed down with orange juice, as you stare into your refrigerator, late at night, watching for something better to magically appear. (I prefer mayonnaise and maybe wrap the bologna around a pickle.)
Alternately, a toasted english muffin, half spread lightly with peanut butter, the other with a bit of butter and honey. For dessert.
1 - nachos made with jalepenos, black olives, cheddar and monterrey cheese. After baking dip in sour cream.
2 - hot dog casserole. instant potatoes layered with onion, cheddar cheese and hot dog pieces.
Whirly-popped popcorn with jalapeno powder and cayenne, white cheddar powder and parmesan. Yum. Too bad it’s bedtime and not popcorn time!
My recent concoction: Heat both sides of soft flour tortilla in a dry fry pan until slightly brown/crispy, put some maple syrup or honey or melt some brown sugar (+ a small scoop of vanilla ice cream is optional) then fold in half and eat right away. Experiment with other additional ingredients. Caveat: very messy to eat.
Sounds tasty.
It just needs a dash of some seasoned ground beef.
I would try the Asian groceries, not the Mexican. There should be some scattered about your general area. There’s an H-Mart in Naperville–they’re good for this kind of stuff. I don’t know what the price is in the store, but online they charge $3.79 for the 17 oz bottle of Sriracha.
But, really, any Asian store should be fine, and it should be significantly cheaper than Jewel. I refuse to buy any foreign foodstuffs or herbs/spices at Jewel, as they’re all horrendously overpriced. Come to think of it, I rarely buy anything but sale items and alcohol at Jewel.
I’ve shopped at Jewel for most of my life so I feel certain familiarity comfort there but, come to think of it, the only stuff I really go there for are their in-store baked raisin bread, butcher meat, alcohol and they still carry good inexpensive Mexican soft tortillas. They often put the foreign stuff they don’t sell much on sale real cheap.
Rumaki. I have a couple of pounds of frozen chikn livers. And some bacon, onions and mushrooms. What to do… what to do?.. seriously, what should I make?.. some cream and sherry and garlic and mashed potatoes and I could do them in the local Hungarian (Hunky) way.
This hunky way is baked augratin, served family style and finely over the mashed potatoes. it’s more a casserole than an ala minute dish. Of course you could do it French style, but it won’t be as refined as Hunky stylee.
I’m lucky, too, because I live next a supermarket called “Pete’s Market” and they sell tortillas at something like 50 cents or cheaper a pack. (I could swear I’ve seen it as cheap as 33 cents). And some of the brands (Atotonilco is the one I usually buy) are usually still warm from the tortilleria. 
I’ve gottens so spoiled that if the tortilla pack is not warm, I won’t buy the tortillas unless I have no other choice.