25 Surprisingly Delicious Spam-Inspired Recipes

While Spam is admittedly not the healthiest food choice, for starving students, or those of us just trying to make ends meet at the end of the month, Spam is a cheap, affordable source of protein that keeps hunger at bay a lot longer than Top Ramen.

You’ll never look at Spam the same way again when you see these 25 Delicious Spam Recipes

Spam was first introduced in 1937 and contains chopped pork shoulder meat, ham meat, salt, water, modified potato starch as a binder, sugar, and sodium nitrite as a preservative.

There are several different flavors of Spam products, including:

Spam Classic

Spam Hot & Spicy

Spam Jalapeño

Spam Black Pepper

Spam Less Sodium

Spam Lite

Spam Oven Roasted Turkey

Spam Hickory Smoke flavor

Spam Spread

Spam with Bacon

Spam with Cheese

Spam Garlic

Spam Teriyaki

If you’ve rummaged through your pantry in search of something to eat finding only Spam, or bought Spam at the grocery store, fear not.

Here are 25 recipes guaranteed to transform that can of Spam into a surprisingly palatable meal. (Click ‘Next’ to see all 25 Spam recipes)