Since going Gluten Free / Paleo I have a better appreciation for nutrient dense food/s. I’m also enjoying cooking and exploring more in the kitchen.
So there is no denying I love food. Go check out my Instagram feed for meal inspirations.
While I struggled to think of 5 things to grab in a house fire, I’m struggling on JUST 5 things for this challenge.
You can only choose five foods to eat for an entire year, what do you choose?
Just 5?
I can easily pick 10, but narrowing it down to 5 will be hard. However, after long consideration, I would pick the following:
- Chicken
- Cabbage
- Eggs
- Broccoli
- Figs
If I could pick 10 it would be:
- Chicken
- Bacon
- Eggs
- Broccoli
- Cabbage
- Eggs
- Almonds
- Olives
- Apples
- Figs
With my list of 10 I could do these things:
- Render lard from bacon fat
- Make mayo with the eggs and the oil from the olives (I would need a lot of olives, but hey olive oil still comes from olives, so it counts).
- I can use the cabbage leaves as an alternative to bread/taco’s/pasta and even rice.
- I can make flour and milk from the almonds.
It’s safe to say if I had those 10 items, I could make a variety of delicious food.
Since this post is all about food, I thought I would share a recipe.
The Triple C – Chicken Cabbage Casserole
Recipe Type: Dinner, Slower Cooker
Author: Matilda Iglesias
Prep time: 15 mins
Cook time: 4 hours
Total time: 4 hours 15 mins
Serves: 4-6
Ingredients
- 6-8 Chicken Drumsticks (skin on or off)
- 1 slice of bacon
- 1 onion sliced
- 2 garlic cloves sliced
- 1 jar of passata sauce
- 1/3-1/2 head of cabbage shredded
Method
- Place all ingredients in your slower cooker in the list ordered.
- Cook on high for 4 hours or low for 6 hours, stirring occasionally.
- Serve with vegetables, rice or pasta.
If you had to choose 5 foods to eat for an entire year what would you choose?
Any foods that you use to hate and now love?
Do you have any food allergies?
I am guessing you are keen on eggs! I got a new slow cooker last weekend and have been looking for some recipes to try, thanks for this one.
I love my eggs.
And you will love your slow cooker, I love mine. It gets used every week here esp on late swimming days.
Wow you are awesome!! A very healthy list – don’t look at mine, it’s NOT good, apart from the broccoli!
You are amazing! I need to look more into this Paleo thing…I am so behind the times.
Thanks.
Paleo is essential a nutrient dense lifestyle. Works for me. You might want to check out “it starts with food” or even “practical paleo” both fantastic books.
Oh, my goodness! What a cool way to pick your foods! I’m thinking that I will need a sushi chef and ice cream and you’re grinding flour from almonds!
I have no food allergies, whatsoever. I used to dislike peas, mushrooms and lima beans, but now I love them all.
I think paleo cooking/eating as made me think outside the box.
Hmmm icecream, which reminds me I should make some, if I had room in the freezer 😛
I hated mushrooms too as a kid, now, love them, except eating them raw gives me hiccups.
I’m not great with cooking veggies. Your recipe looks yummy, does it have to be made in a slow cooker? I don’t have one!
It doesn’t have to be made in a slow cooker. You could do it in a dutch oven or a crock pot, but I’m not too sure what the temperature would be, you’d have to fool around with the time.
I love my slow cooker though, it gets used a lot in winter time.
Chicken, sweet potato, brocolini, banana’s, eggs (top 5 – that was hard!!!!)
No food allergies
Love banana’s anchovies & olives now – didn’t like them as a kid
hadn’t thought of using cabbage leaves as a bread type substitute!!
Ooh good 5, love your list too.
I tell my kids all the time, try it you might like it. Sometimes they even surprise themselves.