This is what your ramen looks like on drugs?

Addicting and dirt-cheap, ramen is kinda like crack... but safe. When all else fails, break open a pack of that noodle block and you'll be a-okay, budget buddies. I usually crack (no pun intended) an egg into my boiling ramen and add frozen veggies, fresh sliced mushrooms and sometimes bean sprouts and chives (best with Oriental flavor). Add a little soy and maybe some hot sauce and you're good to go.

But today I discovered a Web site dedicated to giving the barren noodles crazy makeovers. Most ask you to ditch the flavor packet (good advice), and many are just frightening in general. Recipe ideas range from the safe Ramen Shrimp Salad and a yummy-looking Ramen Vegetable Soup to the questionable Beef Pie (with the also questionable tag-line "Now that's a real man meal!") and iffy desserts like Ramen Pudding.

Here's one of the weirdest recipes from Ramenlicious.com that I plan on trying, because I bet it's delicious (and unhealthy). I'll let you know how it is after I make it:

Doritos Ramen Salad

Ingredients:

• 1 package of ramen noodles
• 1 bag of Doritos
  
• 1/2 lb. of ground beef
• 1 cup of shredded cheddar cheese (optional)
• Taco seasoning (optional)

1. Cook ramen noodles (On the Web site, it actually had instructions on how to do this. Ha!)
2. Cook the ground beef in a cooking pan and place in bowl.
   
3. Add the ramen noodles and mix it with the beef.
4. Place the Doritos chips around the beef like on the picture ("It looks like a flower!" - Recipe Creator)
5. Break into small pieces the Doritos you have left and put them on top of the beef.
6. Add the shredded cheese and taco seasoning (optional)

Oh, and here is a ramen recipe care of Strung Out guitarist Jake Kiley from one of my favorite cookbooks ever (shown below):

Rock 'n' Ramen

Ingredients:

• 1 package of Creamy Chicken Ramen
• 1 package of Roast Chicken Ramen
• Tabasco Sauce
• Butter
• Pepper
• Garlic Powder
• Parmesan cheese
• 1/4 cup milk

1. Make the Ramen and drain.
2. Add the two seasoning packs, 2 spashes Tobasco, some butter, pepper, garlic powder and Parmesan. (Kiley says "How much of these ingredients you add is at your own discretion, but I put in a lot!!")
3. "Mix it up and you will notice it becomes a very dry, clingy clump of ramen. That's where I add in about a 1/4 cup of milk to give this ramen it's creamy, exotic texture."