What food can you not live without....

dsboohead
dsboohead Posts: 1,899 Member
edited November 28 in Food and Nutrition
...for not even 1 day??
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  • mariluny
    mariluny Posts: 428 Member
    Potatoes!
  • SummerTwentyOne
    SummerTwentyOne Posts: 521 Member
    Already I Agree potatoes. Greatest thing on earth
  • nooshi713
    nooshi713 Posts: 4,877 Member
    Fruit.

    Close second is milk.
  • nickssweetheart
    nickssweetheart Posts: 874 Member
    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
    born_of_fire74 Posts: 776 Member
    Cheese
  • dsboohead
    dsboohead Posts: 1,899 Member
    I have to vote for hard boiled egg.
  • jessicagreen1828
    jessicagreen1828 Posts: 133 Member
    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
    dsboohead Posts: 1,899 Member
    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
    DeniseMayree Posts: 133 Member
    Beef!!!
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    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
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    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
    alexastoutxo Posts: 139 Member
    Oatmeal. Have had it for my first meal for months/years and not sick of it whatsoever. Love it ;)
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    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 :D 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 :s
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    edited August 2018
    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
    DoubleUbea Posts: 1,115 Member
    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
    crabbybrianna Posts: 344 Member
    Yogurt and/or cottage cheese.
  • makkimakki2018
    makkimakki2018 Posts: 414 Member
    Water
  • notafatmommy
    notafatmommy Posts: 29 Member
    Coffee and water! I have food that I love and eat often, but nothing that is a must have.
  • workinonit1956
    workinonit1956 Posts: 1,043 Member
    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
    Mommin75Hard Posts: 18 Member
    Chocolate. Not a day goes by that I don’t consume a piece or five of chocolate.
  • Mommin75Hard
    Mommin75Hard Posts: 18 Member
    ...also coffee with cream.
  • stfpa
    stfpa Posts: 62 Member
    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
    dsboohead Posts: 1,899 Member
    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
    Sp1tfire Posts: 1,120 Member
    cereal
  • GreenValli
    GreenValli Posts: 1,054 Member
    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
    MagnumOpus1 Posts: 161 Member
    DeniseMayree wrote: »
    Beef!!!

    You like beef that much? So refreshing to see!
  • MagnumOpus1
    MagnumOpus1 Posts: 161 Member
    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
    kam26001 Posts: 2,794 Member
    Gatorade
    Kit Kats
  • geneticsteacher
    geneticsteacher Posts: 623 Member
    Bread. Right now we have Pumpernickel with whole rye grains, whole wheat, whole wheat sandwich thins, whole wheat tortillas, corn tostadas, and Italian.
  • soufauxgirl
    soufauxgirl Posts: 392 Member
    greek yoghurt
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