What food can you not live without....

dsboohead

...for not even 1 day??

mariluny

Potatoes!

SummerTwentyOne

Already I Agree potatoes. Greatest thing on earth

nooshi713

Fruit.

Close second is milk.

nickssweetheart

Probably apples. I eat a lot of different kinds of fruit, but when I run out of apples, I go shopping. I currently have Envy and Gala. Also most things I cook have onions or garlic or both.

born_of_fire74

Cheese

dsboohead

I have to vote for hard boiled egg.

jessicagreen1828

I really love oatmeal. I like it a certain way though, not the flavored packets. I remember the last time I almost had to skip eating oatmeal. I went and got some at McDonald’s (wasn’t quite how I’d make it, but it was oatmeal). My love of oatmeal is maybe a little extreme haha

dsboohead

smoothswimgirl wrote: »

I really love oatmeal. I like it a certain way though, not the flavored packets. I remember the last time I almost had to skip eating oatmeal. I went and got some at McDonald’s (wasn’t quite how I’d make it, but it was oatmeal). My love of oatmeal is maybe a little extreme haha

What about cream of wheat😋

DeniseMayree

Beef!!!

kommodevaran

I honestly don't think there is one. I have tried and tried to think what my "staples" are, and not really come to a conclusion - this made me confused for a while, until I realised I'm also actively encouraging myself to be flexible and adventurous, so I can enjoy almost all foods and thrive on virtually any (balanced) diet.

livingleanlivingclean

kommodevaran wrote: »

I honestly don't think there is one. I have tried and tried to think what my "staples" are, and not really come to a conclusion - this made me confused for a while, until I realised I'm also actively encouraging myself to be flexible and adventurous, so I can enjoy almost all foods and thrive on virtually any (balanced) diet.

I've been trying to think of one and I'm struggling too.

The past two weeks I've survived without dairy, grains/legumes/beans, most fats, sweets and had limited varieties of vegies and no fruit. I'm still alive! This week my meal plan is completely different and includes most of those things, but has no eggs.... I love eggs! Still not going to die

alexastoutxo

Oatmeal. Have had it for my first meal for months/years and not sick of it whatsoever. Love it

kommodevaran

livingleanlivingclean wrote: »

kommodevaran wrote: »

I honestly don't think there is one. I have tried and tried to think what my "staples" are, and not really come to a conclusion - this made me confused for a while, until I realised I'm also actively encouraging myself to be flexible and adventurous, so I can enjoy almost all foods and thrive on virtually any (balanced) diet.

I've been trying to think of one and I'm struggling too.

The past two weeks I've survived without dairy, grains/legumes/beans, most fats, sweets and had limited varieties of vegies and no fruit. I'm still alive! This week my meal plan is completely different and includes most of those things, but has no eggs.... I love eggs! Still not going to die

Hah! To derail this thread further It's only been a couple of days since I realised that the adage "eggs are healthy and cheap, eat more eggs" is good advice, if, but only if, your diet lacks the nutrients that can be found in eggs. I have tried to incorporate more eggs, for years, and struggled. But my diet is almost perfect as it is, so eating more eggs would either take a lot of planning, or potentially distroy my diet. Yesterday I realised that "fruit cocktail" isn't made with strange spooky things I was afraid of as a child, its main ingredients are peach and pear. Getting older means that any new insight gets more and more glaringly obvious

amusedmonkey

Tomatoes. It's safe to say that other than days where I was completely abstaining from food I've eaten at least one tomato (often much more) a day for the past 30+ years of my life.

I also eat bread at least 95% of my days.

DoubleUbea

Does cranberry juice count as a food? I can't remember a day when I didn't have a glass in the morning. Ice tea for the rest of the day.

crabbybrianna

Yogurt and/or cottage cheese.

makkimakki2018

Water

notafatmommy

Coffee and water! I have food that I love and eat often, but nothing that is a must have.

workinonit1956

Hot tea with half and half is literally my new comfort food. I also tried to think of a food I couldn’t live without but since I enjoy what I eat it was too hard to isolate one thing. I really don’t think I could live without my tea. lol

Mommin75Hard

Chocolate. Not a day goes by that I don’t consume a piece or five of chocolate.

Mommin75Hard

...also coffee with cream.

stfpa

There’s not really anything specific that I need everyday but in general, I need something sweet like 3 times a day at least lol. I don’t know how some people rarely eat sweets

dsboohead

workinonit1956 wrote: »

Hot tea with half and half is literally my new comfort food. I also tried to think of a food I couldn’t live without but since I enjoy what I eat it was too hard to isolate one thing. I really don’t think I could live without my tea. lol

Even if weather is hot?

Sp1tfire

cereal

GreenValli

Oatmeal, coffee, and Ice cream. Yes, I do eat ice cream about 3-4 times a week, but I have learned to eat just 1/3 a cup so I can have it often and I am faithful to track the calories on my Food diary.

MagnumOpus1

DeniseMayree wrote: »

Beef!!!

You like beef that much? So refreshing to see!

MagnumOpus1

My new found love for brown basmati rice! I only recently discovered, it tastes miles better than white basmati rice.

If I could I would eat chocolate cake & donuts everyday. No question.

kam26001

Gatorade
Kit Kats

geneticsteacher

Bread. Right now we have Pumpernickel with whole rye grains, whole wheat, whole wheat sandwich thins, whole wheat tortillas, corn tostadas, and Italian.

soufauxgirl

greek yoghurt