When I was working on my nutrition project, the first menu plan that actually worked involved a beef-vegetable stew. Each ingredient was carefully measured to maximize the nutritional value while still being edible. I’m not as slide-rule about it most of the time anymore, but I do use the same ingredients. Beef, potatoes, carrots, sweet peas, tomatoes, parsley, and toasted sesame seeds. I think I posted the exact recipe once, but I don’t even remember where I put it anymore.
(For context, I was dealing with severe mineral deficiencies at the time, and supplements made me sick, so I tried to find an eating plan that would provide 100% of everything using real food. It worked. I stuck to the plan for about a year, and no more deficiencies!)
I prefer the Knorr brand bullion cubes for the broth. I’m allergic to onions, and almost all other brands contain onion powder. But it also has a good flavor. Not too salty, very beefy.
Does the Knorr have msg? (I think the fears about that are overdone, but since some people really seem to have allergies to it, we try to take that into account.)
We’ve been using “BETTER THAN BOUILLON”, but I’m not sure if onion comes under ‘flavoring’ in that product.
-JT