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“Boy kibble” is the latest gross-sounding cooking trend to take over our screens, but if you ask me, this one actually makes a lot of sense.
Originally thought to belong to the ‘gym bros’ of the internet, “boy kibble” does look like it came from the brain of someone who doesn’t have many cooking skills.
The underwhelming dinner might sound like “human dog food,” but it is made up of cooked beef mince, rice, and a smattering of vegetables — if you can be bothered to add them in.
It’s not about flavour, but convenience, and health as well — if you’re focused on getting a nutritious meal in, “boy kibble” has protein and carbs to boot, but is also low in calories.
You can scroll through TikTok after TikTok of protein-obsessed bros giving you their “boy kibble” recipe.
As a result of the trend’s success, it has since been elevated by celebrity Matty Matheson who created what he dubbed “the Dog Bowl.”
Similar to its inspiration, it consists of rice and beef mince but also features scrambled eggs and tomato sauce.
Then there’s creator Patty Plates, who credits his weight loss to consuming “Human Kibble.”
Other people have been making the trend a bit more edible, especially this creator, who serves his with vegetables and sauces.
“Making boy kibble in a girl-dinner-trying-to-add-protein-to-my-meal way, not a scary-villainous-bro way,” he captioned his video.
Despite the trend occasionally being called “Human Kibble”, it does seem to skew male.
Your general “Boy Kibble” consumer is a corporate worker of some kind, looking for a meal that is easy to make and ticks all the boxes when it comes to protein and nutrition.
“It’s ground beef o’clock,” one user captioned a short video of two men, in different apartments, both seen at their windows cooking what looks to be minced beef, known as ground beef in the US.
Another video from user @daniellafernandareyes shows a man walking swiftly down the street, gripping raw mince he’s clearly just bought — likely to make into “Boy Kibble.”
While the trend is funny, it’s actually quite harmless.
With some wellness influencers flogging raw milk with E.coli, or some meatfluencers foregoing all veggies, “Human” or “Boy Kibble” is in comparison really quite good for you.
Australian dietary guidelines recommend eating a wide variety of nutritious foods daily across five core groups: plenty of vegetables and legumes, fruit, grain foods (mostly wholegrain), lean meats, poultry, fish, eggs, tofu, nuts, seeds, and dairy.
Boy kibble seems to contain some of these nutritional benefits, with a mix of carbs, protein and fibre.
It’s also a quick, effective, and mostly affordable way to ensure you eat healthy and is easy to cook in bulk if you plan ahead.
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