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==Foods==
==Foods==
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General principle: Buy whatever whole ingredients are on sale or are inherently cheap. This will depend on your location and time of year. It also changes from year to year - for example: one year there might be lots of black beans on sale; another year there might be lots of green split peas on sale. Go with the flow 😎
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===Ingredients to use===
===Ingredients to use===
* '''Grain products''' - such as pasta, rice, or cornmeal
* '''Legumes''' - dry beans, lentils, chickpeas, split peas
* '''Legumes''' - such as beans, lentils, or chickpeas
* '''Root vegetables''' - especially potatoes, onions, carrots
* '''Root vegetables''' - especially potatoes, onions and carrots.
* '''Grain products''' - such as pasta, rice, flour, cornmeal
* You may also need some vegetable oil, flour, sugar and spices.
* You may also need some vegetable oil, sugar and seasonings. {{talk|TODO: Debunk some misconceptions about grains and seed oils. Show more clearly that the diet described on this page '''is''' nutritious (unlike some other diets, that give grains and seed oils a bad name).}}


===What to make with these ingredients===
===What to make with these ingredients===