Which 5 ingredients could you not live without?

[lyonhibs]

I was thinking this as I cooked dinner last night - a mean lentil and veg soup - but - if they were to disappear off the face of the earth/you developed an allergy randomly - which 5 food ingredients (so not beer!) would you be absolutely rooked without?

Not entire meals (e.g. fish and chips would could as 2 - fish and potatoes) just the ingredients. Interesting to see what makes up a large part of folks diet.

Living in Switzerland where most meat costs approximately the same as a small country's GDP, I don't even know if meat would make it into my top 5.

1) Tomatoes
2) Onions
3) Garlic
4) Oranges
5) Pasta/bread

then would come 6) Meat then things like pulses, beans and other veggies.

[Scouse Hibee]

1. Milk
2. Onions
3. Chilli's
4. Tomatoes
5. Meat

[Hibrandenburg]

1.Spuds
2.Butter
3.Onions
4.Meat
5.Salt

[Sylar]

In no particular order:

Fish
Mangoes
Yoghurt
Chocolate
Apples

[derekHFC]

1. Chicken
2. Potatoes
3. Oranges
4. Butter
5. Tomatoes

[bandylegs_jLeighton]

1. Beef
2. Lamb
3. Pork
4. Onion
5. Rice

Clearly I could not live without meat.

[Pretty Boy]

1.Chicken
2.Venison
3.Garlic
4.Lemons
5.Good salt.

[blackpoolhibs]

Lamb
Beef
Pork
Chicken
Spuds.

[lyonhibs]

Lamb
Beef
Pork
Chicken
Spuds.

Not a vegetarian then?

[sleeping giant]

Beef
Pork
Milk
Eggs
Rizzla

[Westie1875]

Chicken, Tuna, tomatoes, pasta, chocolate

[HH81]

Milk spuds Ice cream fish and meat.

[Geo_1875]

In no particular order:

Fish
Mangoes
Yoghurt
Chocolate
Apples

Are you a wummin?

1. Chillies -hotter the better
2. Chicken
3. Rice
4. Onions
5. Naan bread

[hibsbollah]

Garlic
Onions
Tomatoes
Olive oil
Black pepper

[Northernhibee]

Chilli
Garlic
Lemon
Tomato
Pasta

[Baba O'riley]

Chocolate
Chicken
Chorizo
Rice
Onions

[matty_f]

Chicken
Beef
Cheese
Eggs
Bread

[Pete]

I rarely cook nowadays due to time constraints, so general foodstuffs will have to make up my list.

Bread
Potatoes
Meat, usually processed
Fruit
Vegetables

It would have been very different about a year ago as I was following something called a Paleolithic diet (after reading about it on this site). Back then I lived on about five things:

Fresh meat and fish
Vegetables (all of them, but minimal potatoes)
Fruit (some kinds)
Eggs
Nuts

After a few months of that I had lost a lot of weight and was lean, mean and felt full of energy even though I wasn't taking in any traditional carbs. It was hard to keep up personally as I have a family who insisted on "normal" food and it's as if two different meals were being prepared at the same time.

I'm still determined to try and phase as much processed stuff out of my family's diet though. A diet like that makes you realise how much unnecessary rubbish we all consume on a daily basis. I would go back to it in a heartbeat if I could.

[Alex Trager]

I rarely cook nowadays due to time constraints, so general foodstuffs will have to make up my list.

Bread
Potatoes
Meat, usually processed
Fruit
Vegetables

It would have been very different about a year ago as I was following something called a Paleolithic diet (after reading about it on this site). Back then I lived on about five things:

Fresh meat and fish
Vegetables (all of them, but minimal potatoes)
Fruit (some kinds)
Eggs
Nuts

After a few months of that I had lost a lot of weight and was lean, mean and felt full of energy even though I wasn't taking in any traditional carbs. It was hard to keep up personally as I have a family who insisted on "normal" food and it's as if two different meals were being prepared at the same time.

I'm still determined to try and phase as much processed stuff out of my family's diet though. A diet like that makes you realise how much unnecessary rubbish we all consume on a daily basis. I would go back to it in a heartbeat if I could.

Are there any links to this diet available?


My five would be in no particular order.

Fish. Garlic. Seasoning. Turkey. Onion, on the basis it is a fundamental in most cooking

[Sylar]

Are there any links to this diet available?


My five would be in no particular order.

Fish. Garlic. Seasoning. Turkey. Onion, on the basis it is a fundamental in most cooking

http://thepaleodiet.com/

[Pete]

Are there any links to this diet available?


Don't meant to hijack the thread but the FAQs in TSSF's link explain the principle.
It doesn't have to be as complicated as it's made out though. Eggs for breakfast and maybe some fruit, later meals you stuff yourself full of vegetables, compliment it with some good meat and have some nuts to snack.

You basically bin grains and dairy stuff but there's no harm in a few lapses a week. Hardcore sites have some pretty strict boundaries but you have to be realistic and a few forbidden items make no difference.

Beer out. Cider and wine in.:greengrin