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Is there a food that is cheap, delicious and healthy at the same time? (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
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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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[–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Kebab plate with vegetables.

A coleague of mine was eating it when he was on a diet to lose weight. It's basically kebab/gyros meat and a vegetable salad with a dresing (usually tzaziki). You have basically no sugar in it, it's just protein and vitamins.

Back in the day it cost like 4-5 € where I live which was pretty cheap for a lunch. Now it'd more like 6-7 € but that's still decent

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  • [–] -1 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    That is not at all a healthy meal, lol.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Umm what's unhealthy in it? :)

    I guess it depends how we define what's a healthy meal but in my book few rules to eat healthy are:

    • lower your sugar, flour, potatoes income to minimum
    • lower your fat income and choose right fats
    • eat more fruits and vegetables
    • maintain right ballance of carbs, fats and proteins

    A "kebab salad" sounds quite healthy in that take. Despite sounding strange that a common street food could be healthy

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    It's a lot of salt, processed meat, and the salad bar at a normal kebab shop is not filled with nutrient dense vegetables. If it's me, I'd eat it as a takeaway and spread the meat over three days' worth of meals and up the nutrient content with broccoli and nuts.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Ok fair enough about the salt amount, that'll be very probably higher. But I don't know, can you define "processed meat"? Because from how I understand it, kebab is just grilled chicken meat?

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    That happens when you get told as a child that meat is always healthy.

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