I have a theory that there is a impossible trinity (like in economics), where a food cannot be delicious, cheap and healthy at the same time. At maximum 2 of the 3 can be achieved.
Is there any food that breaks this theory?
Edit: I was thinking more about dishes (or something you put in your mouth) than the raw substances
Some popular suggestions include
- fruits (in season) and vegetables
- lentils, beans, rice
- mushrooms
- chicken
- just eat in moderation
Edit 2: Thanks for the various answers. Now there are a lot of (mostly bean-based) recipes for everyone to try out!
Also someone made a community for cheap healthy food after seeing this topic!
Today I learned that I absolutely despise every single food that is healthy and cheap. You would think at 50+ years old a person wouldn’t be a fussy eater, but here I am. Despise rice, despise most vegetables, hate tomatoes with a passion, and coffee and tea is absolutely disgusting, to just name a few. And then there are the foods that massively upset my stomach, like bananas and eggs, not to mention anything with artificial sugar or Yellow Dye.
I’m not fun trying to find food to eat. And people wonder why I’m not healthy.
I’m sorry to read your comment. But I’m curious about why you despise vegetables and even hate tomatoes.
I wonder if it’s because you “learnt” to hate them or because your body refuses it. If it’s the first one, I’m sure you can also learn to appreciate it. Not all at once, not in one day, but little by little, it can truly change your life for good. It’s never too late (I’m 48 so I’m almost there with you).
No learning, my body just actively rejects them. My entire life I have tried tomatoes and all sorts of vegetables prepared any number of ways, and the taste is just something I absolutely despise each and every single time. There is no learning to appreciate them when it tastes like I’m eating absolute trash.
What do you like?
Unhealthy trash food. Also, somehow, broccoli and absolutely nothing else even slightly related even though other things are basically the same food. I dunno either. But I’m not going to eat broccoli for every single meal because how in the living heck can anyone eat the same thing every single day without getting absolutely sick of it?
I feel you, eating one thing over and over again is not fun. How did you end up disliking everything? Was it gradual or were you always like that?
Oh, I was always like that. I figured I’d grow out of it because kids are always picky/fussy eaters and as an adult I’d suddenly like all these foods I hated as a kid. Tried so many variations on all these things I despised over the years thinking certainly there has to be some way it’s prepared that I like. Haha, nope.
My body and brain is weird.