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Ignoring the idiom that variety is the spice of life, what single dish could I make that would provide all my nutritional needs forever more? A vegetarian option would be good too.

2 January 2019

Ignoring the idiom that variety is the spice of life, what single dish could I make that would provide all my nutritional needs forever more? A vegetarian option would be good too.

• The only dishes that will do this are soups, stews and casseroles. What the reader might consider is the creation of a perpetual stew. Once this mixture starts to boil, it is reduced to a simmer and never turned off. Each day you would add more vegetables and protein, striving for variety. This was a common cooking method in the Middle Ages and there are contemporary…

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