Happy Tuesday, Persephoneers! How are your collective days shaping up? We’ve got a great day in store for you, so let’s kick it off with a fun LTP, shall we?
If you could only eat one main dish, one side dish, one dessert and drink one beverage for the rest of your days, what would they be?
For me, it’s grilled cheese, mac & cheese, cheesecake and Diet Coke. That probably because it’s impossible to make a drink out of cheese.
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Main: seafood very spicy pad thai.
Side: very cheesy gratin dauphinois and/or lemon pistachio pilaf
Dessert: peppermint bark
Drink: In a perfect world with a perfect body that reacted perfectly to things, champagne. Since it’s not, Diet Coke.
I move that we all be stranded together with our choices, so we can share everyone’s delicious choices.
Because, damn, you guys have some good ideas.
Main dish: Pad Thai
Side dish: Greek salad, no olives, lots of feta
Dessert: lemon gelato
Drink: Innis & Gunn rum cask beer.
(I feel like these flavours clash terribly. but oh they are all so delicious)
Lemon gelato will clean the palate from any meal, so it’s an excellent choice for dessert.  I love it.  Especially with berries.
And I can totally get down with the Greek salad sans  olives.  I don’t believe in olives.  They do not exist in my world.  Olive oil is a miracle.
lol.
we are the same person. I love olive oil but avoid actual olives like they’re tiny pieces of death. I’ve tried to like them, really. I thought maybe if I tried them in Israel or Italy they would be different somehow and change my mind… nope. I am anti-olive.
I have tried the fru-fru olives just in case they might be better – but they’re not. Â They’re still olives. Â Which once again, are the stuff of nightmares, because they do not exist in my world.
Yikes. This is hard.
Main dish: Macaroni and cheese, extra gooey.
Side dish: That soup in Thai restaurants that has lemongrass, bamboo shoots, mushrooms, onions, peppers, and an incredible flavor. I don’t know what it’s called.
Dessert: Flan
Drink: Champagne
Mac and cheese and champagne? Mmm.
I am loving all the foods popping up in these lists!
Also, there are some very healthy ladies here :) With fabulous taste.
Oops. I’m not one of the healthy ones. But fabulous taste, yes!
Main dish: Chicken paprika
Side dish: buttered noodles with parmesan
Dessert: Cheesecake with a tart berry syrup and fresh berries
Drink: Dr Pepper
Ohhh I change my answer to Dr. Pepper as well! Now that I’m in the Northeast I rarely drink it.
I live on Dr Pepper. It’s a problem.
This is tough b/c I love food so much. It’s like choosing which of my pets I love best.
any combination of the following: pierogies (homemade, prefereably by church-ladies— they make them best), stewed tomatoes, refrigerator pickles, hot chocolate cupcakes, and blackberry iced tea.
I can’t choose specific things dishes (TOO MANY THINGS THAT I LOVE), but if I could only eat two items for the rest of my life (but infinite varieties of both) I’d choose bread and cheese, in a heartbeat.
if you added fruit and chocolate to that mix, I would never be tired of this, ever ever ever. Â I would drink water the rest of my days to only eat bread, cheese, chocolate and fruit.
Yes! I forgot fruit and chocolate, but I definitely agree.
I think water would actually have been my choice of beverage overall, too. It’s the one thing I’d never get tired of.
actually – I believe these are the 4 basic food groups. Â Cheese, Bread, Fruit, Chocolate. Â Food of the Gods.
This was hard since I just came back from lunch and am rather full….
Main dish: Vegetable tikka masala
Side dish: cucumber/tomato/onion/cilantro salad with lemon juice and sunflower sprouts
Dessert is easy: My mom’s cheese pie with blackberries on top. (see attached for mouthwatering photo)
Drink: Ginger ale with lime and blackberries.
I think that I would truly eat this every day, and enjoy it.
Holy crap, that pie does look extremely delicious. And I looooove blackberries and those look so delightfully fresh!
My mom grew up Mennonite and her baking skills are beyond reproach. Â So when she makes a cheese pie, angels sing.
Main dish: BBQ country pork ribs
Side dish: cilantro and lime coleslaw, rolls, fresh green beans, and strawberries
Dessert: Chocolate cake with peanut butter moose and chocolate ganache.
Drink: A good beer of some sort. I can’t pick one right now.
Tuna sushi, green salad, reese’s peanut butter easter egg, diet coke.
The difference between reese’s regular peanut butter cup and reese’s easter egg is subtle but critical. Â The ratio of pb to chocolate, the gritty feel of the pb. Â It is the BEST.
Because I am indecisive, I can only come up with a drink and a dessert.
Drink: Cherry Coke Zero
Dessert: Bananas Foster
I’m dreaming of not-winter today.
Main dish: Grilled salmon fillet with lime wedges
Side dish: Steamed veggie blend (edamame, spinach, broccoli, asparagus, and kale) on brown rice
Dessert: Fresh fruit in plain soy yogurt with honey
Drink: Black tea with a single drop of almond milk
Oh man, this is tough!
Main dish: Kraft mac n’ cheese, tuna and pea casserole (don’t knock it till you try it!)
Side dish: veg risotto
Dessert: ice cream with chocolate and caramel sauce
Drink: iced tea – I LOVE Coke Zero, but it doesn’t quench my thirst, so I have to go with iced tea.
Main dish: My dad’s cheese soufflé
Side dish: Broccoli casserole (another family favourite), though normally broccoli and garlic bread accompany the soufflé…
Dessert: Warm apple pie with vanilla ice cream and cheddar slices
Drink: Grape Fanta.
Super cheese and veg risotto, bread rolls and butter, obscenely chocolatey chocolate cake and peppermint tea. Nom nom nom.
Oh man. My tastes vary so much. This is hard.
So, I’ll so with something like:
Roast Chicken, Vegetable Pot Pie, Chocolate Chip Cookies, Hardy Beer (none of this “lite” crap).
I think that would cover everything. Also, I am now INCREDIBLY hungry.
(would kefir be like a cheese drink? or is it too much like yogurt?)
Main dish – something with pasta. I’m not picky.
Side dish – broccoli salad, with apples and walnuts and sunflower seeds. Want. Now.
Dessert – chocolate ice cream
Beverage – Diet Coke, but only because I couldn’t drink vodka all the time.
This list may or may not be influenced by the fact that I’m bloody starving.
I think I’d chose a partial Thanksgiving dinner for every meal:
Main dish: Turkey breast meat
Side dish: mashed potatoes and gravy
Dessert: cheesecake
Drink: Coke
Alternate: get rid of turkey as main dish and choose stuffing with gravy instead.