Is there a food that is cheap, delicious and healthy at the same time?
Is there a food that is cheap, delicious and healthy at the same time?
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!
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Shred a rotisserie chicken, yellow rice with black beans and peas. Even healthier and cheaper is brown rice. For $20-$30 you can make days of meals and season each serving as pleases at the moment.
I cook whole chickens in a crockpot and it's awesome for broth. You can do that with the remnants of a rotisserie, too. You get so much more when you make broth out of it too - I use that as a the base for all sorts of soups and stews. So first you get to eat the chicken, then after that, a big pot of soup!