Then probably a spinach salad with chicken, feta, some kind of nut or seed and a few veggies (I'd have to think about the specifics). That would be the healthiest, least madness inducing option I can think of.
The spirit of the question is 7 major ingredients. If you have dish that's 7 vegetables plus some salt and pepper, I don't really care. The intent is to limit it to easily prepared dishes.
Probably chinese steam buns. The buns themselves are basically flour, water, and yeast. Then, you have 4 ingredients left for filling (like chicken/shrimp, 2 veggies, soy sauce) , and you can make a big batch and freeze them. They're little crack packets.
Christ, I don't know, but eggs would be involved. Real eggs from pastured chickens. And a big-ass salad? That'd leave a couple ingredients, so throw in a steak. (Trouble is, it's harder to find the ethically-raised, grass-fed sort.) Maybe I'll know better after others post here.
NUTRITION dominates here. Yes, taste, texture, all that -- but your energy levels at least for a month are totally up for grabs depending what we pick.
Everybody talking salad + meats/eggs has gotta be on the right track.
I'm imagining some kind of salad/soup hybrid -- with cooked elements + cooler raw elements like the watercress bacon soup.
Main ingredients rough draft: heavy cream + butter (grass fed) beef or lamb (ditto) eggs with orange yolks spinach + mixed greens (maybe just the classic giant Costco clamshells for ease) tomatoes? peppers? (poblano, nom) -- these could be optional day-to-day strawberries, blackberries, ? lemon, other citrus?
Various SPICES is where you'd get tons of free variety (effortless degrees of freedom) in routine. If you can add paprika some days, powdered chipotle on others, lemon pepper, garlic, cumin, French/Viet-style green herbal blends, various world dried peppers, sumac -- it's all DIFFERENT!
Probably what I've been eating for lunch the past few months: egg white omelet, with wilted spinach and a bit of sharp cheddar, and an apple on the side.
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Date: 2010-04-22 10:52 pm (UTC)oh wow, I followed the link to http://www.marksdailyapple.com/watercress-bacon-soup/ of which I happen to have everything fresh and ready to make tonight! Thank you for the serendipity!
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Date: 2010-04-22 07:44 pm (UTC)Grilled steak shish kebab
Grilled chicken shish kebab
Grilled corn on the cob
Roasted sweet potatoes
Steamed broccoli
Garden-fresh tomatoes
Clementine oranges
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Date: 2010-04-23 06:30 pm (UTC)Chicken Caesar Salad
Date: 2010-04-22 10:13 pm (UTC)I can't think of anything else that I wouldn't be tired of after 3-4 days of identical meals.
Re: Chicken Caesar Salad
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Date: 2010-04-22 11:04 pm (UTC)NUTRITION dominates here. Yes, taste, texture, all that -- but your energy levels at least for a month are totally up for grabs depending what we pick.
Everybody talking salad + meats/eggs has gotta be on the right track.
I'm imagining some kind of salad/soup hybrid -- with cooked elements + cooler raw elements like the watercress bacon soup.
Main ingredients rough draft:
heavy cream + butter (grass fed)
beef or lamb (ditto)
eggs with orange yolks
spinach + mixed greens (maybe just the classic giant Costco clamshells for ease)
tomatoes? peppers? (poblano, nom) -- these could be optional day-to-day
strawberries, blackberries, ?
lemon, other citrus?
Various SPICES is where you'd get tons of free variety (effortless degrees of freedom) in routine. If you can add paprika some days, powdered chipotle on others, lemon pepper, garlic, cumin, French/Viet-style green herbal blends, various world dried peppers, sumac -- it's all DIFFERENT!
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Date: 2010-04-23 09:09 pm (UTC)And if you need a puttanesca recipe, lemme know.
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Date: 2010-04-23 09:52 pm (UTC)Nori, with
Brown rice on the side, and
Avocado
Spinach
Strawberry salad, with some oh-so-fabulous
Balsamic vinegar.
Yeah. I think I eat this several nights a week anyway. Le sigh.
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