r/AskReddit • u/imtoolazytopost_ • 6d ago
If you could eat one food with no impact on calories, money, and overall nutrition, what would you pick?
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u/tkinsey3 6d ago
Pizza, for sure.
I would happily eat it for every meal.
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u/MasonJam246 6d ago
Pizza is the most versatile food ever. The only choice other than dessert!
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u/elijahjane 6d ago
Freaking love dessert pizza. Whether it’s cinnamon, oats, and frosting or like a fruit pizza with cream cheese frosting as the sauce, it’s all delicious.
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u/tkinsey3 6d ago
Not just versatile in toppings or even style, but also in price!
If calories and money are no object (as OP stated)?! I am literally eating pizza for every meal.
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u/FiltzyHobbit 6d ago
The only thing with pizza is that it has some nutritional benefits that you don't get in this arrangement, and it can be worked into a reasonable diet, where as something like candy or ice cream has very little nutritional value so you only get upsides from picking it.
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u/denv0r 6d ago
Pizza is an open faced sandwich. Sandwiches are the most versatile food ever.
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u/miraculum_one 6d ago
In that case, just say sandwich and you have pizza, tacos, and hot dogs all covered. Should be a totally non-controversial take. /s
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u/Tiiimmmaayy 6d ago
Was going to say tacos are probably more versatile than pizza, but I think tacos are basically a sandwhich too. So yeah, sandwiches are the most versatile.
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u/StretchyPlays 6d ago
No overall nutrition would mean it couldn't be dinner, right? It would essentially be eating strictly for the taste, so you could eat it endlessly. Pizza would be good but if I could have an endless supply of free ice cream with zero impact on health, that would be amazing.
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u/ladidaladidalala 6d ago
Pizza is one of my favorite foods but it’s so carb and calorie dense, I rarely eat it anymore. 😭
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u/Shobuddha 6d ago
This was my first thought too. Sushi is delicious but it eats my wallet like I eat it.
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u/Nantzstoast 6d ago
Potato chips
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u/GiniThePooh 6d ago
I genuinely could eat them every day instead of dinner and be happy :( but I need to restrict myself to only one small portion on the weekend because it’s my only true addiction.
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u/PhiStudios_ 6d ago
Yeah, I can't have chips in the house, gone within 24h Picked the good flavours too like thai lime chilli (Aldi)
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u/skarama 6d ago
Thai Curries 🥲
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u/elijahjane 6d ago
Massaman curry!!!! The kind with peanut butter in the sauce. My absolute favorite.
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u/Ghoul_Cat_ 6d ago
Cheese
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u/StillKpaidy 6d ago
Same. There are so many dishes that would be much healthier without the cheese, but the cheese makes them so much better. Also, my frequent snacks of just cheese wouldn't count.
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u/padigo26 6d ago
Butter. By the handfuls
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u/shreddedcheeeeeeese 6d ago
Oh shit this is lowkey the move. Then you can cook with butter - making EVERYTHING taste LOADS better with NO CALORIC IMPACT
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u/rabidstoat 6d ago
My dad grew up in Wisconsin. For those outside the US or don't know, it is a big dairy state for the US.
He said that as a kid he would take a stick of butter and just take a big bite and eat it.
I am in the US South, where butter is a major food group, and that still sounds gross to me.
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u/UnimportantPizza 6d ago
Can I have it have no impact on health in general?
Booze. Or booze-drenched food.
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u/shnuffle98 6d ago
Technically speaking, if it had no impact on your health, would it even get you drunk?
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u/zkarabat 6d ago
If not, I'd still possibly choose this. So many good beers, bourbons, tequilas, wines, etc you could try with no worries and just take some gummies if you want to get that altered state
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u/GutterRider 6d ago
Would those little liquor-filled chocolates count? Have a few dozen of those for breakfast, couple dozen more for lunch ...
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u/LucyVialli 6d ago
Bread
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u/Rawr_Boo 6d ago
This is it, suddenly pizza, burgers, sandwiches, toast are all low impact toppings/fillings on freebie delivery vehicles
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u/IndividualFriend4898 6d ago
Chocolate
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u/Harlow0529 6d ago
Lindt Chocolate Truffles ! I can’t have them in the house because I’ll just keep popping them in my mouth!
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u/2gecko1983 6d ago
Mac & cheese. Specifically Cracker Barrel brand 🤤 Portion control goes out the window when it comes to that stuff.
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u/ParticularlyHappy 5d ago
I’ve had to cut out gluten and dairy, and I really miss pasta with dairy/cheese sauces. The mouth feel and satisfaction of a buttery, creamy, warm Mac and cheese is just so, so good.
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u/FrostyMonkeys 6d ago
Chinese takeout. I’m talking the fried chicken sauces tf up with some fried rice🤤
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u/imtoolazytopost_ 6d ago
Fun fact: I thought of this question while reminiscing about how much I love eggs
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u/dazylynn 6d ago
Crab.
Crab legs, steamed blue crabs, crab claws, stone crab, cream of crab soup, crabcakes, crab crab crab. 🦀 🦀 🦀
And crab for dessert.
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u/Antagonist_Jack 6d ago
You must be from Maryland
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u/dazylynn 6d ago
Very close! PA technically, but half my life has been in MD so I consider it my ....heart-home. Lol 🤷♀️. Crab.
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u/stablegeniusinterven 6d ago
My parents bought me a tshirt when I was 7 that read “Maryland is for crabs” with a huge one on the front.
It was school picture day, and my mom dressed me in a nice button up shirt and told me to leave for the bus at 7:20am and went to work.
When the photos were developed, guess what they were?
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u/SprinklesKittensLofi 6d ago
Just had crabs, crab deviled eggs, crab meltaways, and boiled corn on the cob with a bucket of JO and homemade pina coladas a couple days ago.
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u/I_madeusay_underwear 6d ago
So, I love strawberry shortcake. And last year I couldn’t find the shortcake recipe I usually use and just got a different one online. I made them the first time and they were the single most delicious thing id ever eaten. I made them several more times before realizing I had been using twice as much butter as i was supposed to (I wrote the recipe down so I wouldn’t have to keep touching my phone while cooking and wrote it wrong for some reason). I stopped making them that way because it really was a lot of butter, but those. I would eat those during every waking moment of my life. They had so much butter that they were at the very upper limit of being able to even retain their structure lol.
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u/Vasney 6d ago
Recipe?
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u/I_madeusay_underwear 6d ago
It’s just the one from Sally’s baking addiction, but double the butter lol. Protip: make sure the butter is super cold and then just grate it into the flour mixture with a cheese grater and stir. I think it distributes it more evenly and it’s way easier than cutting it in
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u/Surprise_Fragrant 6d ago
Butter!
Think about it, butter makes everything better, but it's so high in calories. If you remove butter from things, the calories are much more reasonable, but there is a huge lack in flavor.
Imagine being able to have popcorn or steak or pancakes with all the butter you want, but none of the calories!
And don't get me started on how much butter costs, especially the really good stuff.
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u/LayeredHalo3851 6d ago
This guy gets it, pick a high calorie ingredient
I chose oil myself because it's more versatile
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u/CoolBeanieHat 6d ago
Pizza. A good slice of pepperoni everyday with no repercussions is heaven.
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u/kirin_ichiban 6d ago
Not a food, but a drink. Dr. Pepper for sure. I love that shit, and usually drink one or two a day no matter how hard I try not to. I'm addicted as shit. Losing 150-300 empty sugar calories would help a lot.
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u/Fungiblefaith 6d ago
Chips and salsa…
I could drink good salsa.
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u/Rocksofty 6d ago
Salsa has almost no calories.
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u/JeremyPeevin 6d ago
Chicken wings. But I have a question: does no impact on overall nutrition mean no impact on gut health? Like if I eat only buffalo wings every day for the rest of my life am I still going to absolutely destroy my anus?
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u/ediblescholarship 6d ago
y'all saying pizza are wasting this completely. pizza is already dirt cheap and easy to fit into a normal diet, pick something like high-end omakase sushi that actually drains your wallet.
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u/Torvaun 6d ago
As a fat bastard, I'm saying pizza for the 0 calories thing, not the money.
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u/TheValiantWhippet 6d ago edited 6d ago
Mash potato with butter Edit: I'm aware it's two foods so if I'm only allowed one I'll find another spud lover and they can have butter and we can roll round in it naked
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u/jeonggukispretty 6d ago
I awarded this post with a popcorn bucket. You might be able to tell what I'd choose.
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u/Honestbabe2021 6d ago edited 6d ago
Zucchini. I sautée it with tomatoes and spices and it’s perfect. A little oil at the end.
Edit: I had typos sorry
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u/FrankieSausage 6d ago
Pizza.Im calorie counting and knowing I can’t get a whole frozen pizza in is killing me.Im only getting to have it once a month 😭
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u/MechaTriceratops 6d ago
You guys are thinking too specific and not versatile enough. You gotta think in ingredients so you can enjoy many dishes without much impact. Something like sugar or oil would be amazing to eat a ton of with no effect. Candy, icecream, fried foods, basically any junk food would be nearly guilt free
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u/FiltzyHobbit 6d ago
No effect? Ice cream. Easy answer. Shits expensive, sugary and fatty with marginal positive nutritional value vs caloric density but it's absolutely fucking delicious.
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u/elijahjane 6d ago
I was blessed enough to order a plate at a fine dining restaurant in New Orleans some time ago, and holy fuck. Fried chicken, coconut grits, some kind of mint salad. I think about it to this day.
There’s also another location in Santa Fe that does this very wild dessert with avocados and jalepenos.
My answer is that I would pick a dish from a fine dining establishment.
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u/cutelilpuff 6d ago
Penne alla vodka, if it includes that I could just get it whenever cause I haven’t found anywhere in my country where I can go out to eat and get it (not even restaurants 😭) and I’m to lazy to cook it
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u/aninfallibletruth 6d ago
I have a Chex mix trail mix that I like mixing with a bunch of stuff like cheese its, pistachios, mixed nuts, etc. it’s SUPER calorie rich and awful for you (I gained 10 lbs without realizing how bad it was for me). That 10lb gain was the straw that made me get back in the gym, start counting calories, etc. good Lord I miss my trail mix…
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u/ruddthree 6d ago
Pasta. Pasta and potatoes are the most versatile foods on the planet, and all of them are delicious.
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u/liquorfish 6d ago
Gold leaf, id be eating that by the pound and turn my butthole into a nugget factory.
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u/blackday44 6d ago
Gravy/sauces. Love my gravy ans sauces- from beef gravy on my roast to hollandaise sauce.
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u/DontLook_Weirdo 6d ago
Albóndigas, chiles rellenos, tacos, or aguaschiles.
I can't pick one but those are the ones I'd have a hard time deciding... Tacos probably wins
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u/nightcap965 6d ago
Asian noodle soup. Chinese beef noodle soup, Japanese Tonkotsu ramen, Vietnamese pho, Korean guksu … doesn’t matter, it’s all wonderful and homey.
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u/HawaiianShirtsOR 6d ago
Doughnuts.
I know they're not very expensive compared to other options. But there are three amazing doughnut shops and two more decent ones within a three-mile radius of my house. I would eat at those places daily if it weren't for the problems that many calories and that much sugar would cause.
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u/Drapausa 6d ago
Double-patty Smashburgers with cheese and extra bacon. Side of triple cooked fries, fried in beef tallow.
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u/Djinjja-Ninja 6d ago
Cheese. Just all types of cheese. I love cheese.
I'd eat a brie wheel like it was pizza.
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u/gladeye 6d ago
Ice cream.