7 ingredients for the rest of your life
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ShrinkyKiwi
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So if you could choose only 7 ingredients for the rest of your life what would you choose? You'd have to balance nutrients and flavour and variety...there's no right answer here. I choose something different every time. (It's entirely hypothetical etc but it's fun to contemplate!)
Tonight, I'd choose: eggs, spinach, tomato, potato, beef, milk, and oranges. At a push I could make some sort of cheesey number with the milk and citrus, and even if I was bored I'd possibly get the macros I needed from everything else. There's no salt, and I put chilli in almost everything so I'd sob into my boring dinner every night without it. What can I replace so that I can include salt and chilli?! Or should I just accept boredom?!
Tonight, I'd choose: eggs, spinach, tomato, potato, beef, milk, and oranges. At a push I could make some sort of cheesey number with the milk and citrus, and even if I was bored I'd possibly get the macros I needed from everything else. There's no salt, and I put chilli in almost everything so I'd sob into my boring dinner every night without it. What can I replace so that I can include salt and chilli?! Or should I just accept boredom?!
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I would choose:
Canned Tuna
Baked Beans
Milk
Banana
Tomato
dark chocolate
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Potatoes
Red Wine
Coffee
Tuna
Cheese (a cheat really as it affords lots of choice)
Peas
Bananas
7 is really limiting. I thought it was going to be easy but I realise I've left out chocolate :sad: and nutsBut there's no way I'm ditching the coffee or wine for those. And if I could, I'd add in bell peppers. Can't I have 10?:grumble:
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almond milk
oranges
ground turkey
brown rice
cabbage
white beans
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Avocado
Goat cheese
Red lentils
Basmati rice
Hummus (unless I have to choose each ingredient separately, then I'll just take the tahini)
Peanut butter
Buffalo tobasco sauce
That'd keep me pretty happy.0 -
7 is really hard! I like to think that eventually I'd figure out how to make some sort of liqour out of my 7 ingredients. Unfortunately I couldn't make chocolate out of them...I might have to move in with someone else!
Edited to add that there are some fabulous ideas here! Hadn't even thought about nuts.0 -
This is so hard!
Right now I came up with:
Nuts (Cashews if I have to pick one - at least I can blend them up into nut butter too!)
Yoghurt
Fish (If I have to choose just one, then I'd probably go for Mackerel for value for money, goodness and versatility - but some of you have just put 'cheese')
Brocolli
Sweet Potato
Lentils (Puy - if I have to choose)
Portobello mushrooms
I'm mostly going off what I buy and eat most of every single week.0 -
kiwifruit
coconuts
salmon
rice
tomatoes
kale
milk
thats hard.
you would want things like
basil
mustard seeds
chilli peppers
eggs
limes
potatoes
kale
salt
pepper
sugar
all kinds of nuts!0 -
This is so hard!
Right now I came up with:
Nuts (Cashews if I have to pick one - at least I can blend them up into nut butter too!)
Yoghurt
Fish (If I have to choose just one, then I'd probably go for Mackerel for value for money, goodness and versatility - but some of you have just put 'cheese')
Brocolli
Sweet Potato
Lentils (Puy - if I have to choose)
Portobello mushrooms
I'm mostly going off what I buy and eat most of every single week.
dayum, thats a good list. totally coming to eat at your house.0 -
pasta
anchovy
broccoli
cheese
yogurt
salmon
garlic0 -
chocolate
chocolate
chocolate
chocolate
chocolate
chocolate
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lamb
quinoa
banana
peanut butter
protein powder
chocolate
Mixed salad greens0 -
Salmon
Potatoes
Chicken
Spinach
Cheese
Clementines
Nuts0 -
Fish
Chicken
Pineapple
Yoghurt
Green Beans
Oats
Tomatoes0 -
This is difficult:
red wine, peas, garlic, prawns, apples, oats, milk..................0 -
Prawns ^^^ : )
Cheddar Cheese
Yoplait Strawberry Yogurt
Watermelon
Broccoli
Cantaloupe
Eggs0 -
Eggs
Cheese (probably feta if I had to choose)
Nuts (almonds)
Spinach
Mushrooms
Quinoa
Chicken0 -
Coconut oil
Eggs
Chicken Liver
Bacon
Avocado
Sweet Potato
Kale0 -
Peanut butter
Pickles
Chicken
Bananas
Bread
Hummus
Chocolate
Eggs
Yes, I know, that's 8 foods. But I can't cut any of them, haha.0 -
bread
banana
cheese
chicken
cauliflower
rosemary
sweet potatoe0 -
Oh, seven things....hmmmm.
Cheese
Cheese
Cheese....
No, but seriously.
Cheese (Cheddar if we have to choose, a nice mature one...)
Eggs
Banana
Vanilla pods
Bread
Fromage frais
Chocolate0
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