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)
  • lentils, beans
  • rice
  • mushrooms
  • lwuy9v5@lemmy.worldEnglish
    32·
    1 year ago

    Mac n cheese.

    Ratatouille.

    A lot of cuisine that is lauded all around the world embraces all three of those, or at least the original dishes they came from did. A lot of really fancy food today and in the last 50 years is just “peasant food”. Sometimes just with fresher ingredients and more butter

      • HongoBongo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        There are two perspectives on heathy/nutritious. If you’re worried about overeating, calorie dense foods like Mac n cheese are bad, but if you’re tight on money it’s a cheap, calorie and nutrition dense food that can definitely be part of a healthy diet. I’ve had plenty of days eating Mac n cheese, frozen spinach and black beans for dinner. One batch feeds me 4 dinners and costs <$5

    • Puzzle_Sluts_4Ever@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      This is the answer. Maybe not the cheese heavy food. But the reality is that so much food largely starts as peasant food until it gets cheffy or just the prices jacked up.

      Which makes sense. Preserved and shelf stable ingredients with whatever spices are cheap and can mask any off flavors.