what does your dinner consist of?

[tiff211]

I was raised that you have a starch, a meat/poultry/fish and a veggie. I find that I still serve my meals this way even though for some reason this seems not to be the norm anymore. Do you plan your dinner like this?

 

[vald1977]

That's how ours are usually. I like to add more than one veggie though. Especially right now when there are so many yummy ones in season .

 

[Beauty]

Ours are usually like that for example,

Chicken, potatos, green beans, rolls.

Tonight though is pizza!

 

[mudnuri]

well tonight was bacon and cheese omellet's with toast..

Generally it looks like- chicken, potato of some sort, and veggie and we always have a salad.

Pasta's the hard night- usually pasta, bread, and salad...no extra veggie

Brandy

 

[disney4us2002]

Yes, for the most part I do that as well. Dh, on the other hand, prefers meat and starch so he might make chicken, mac 'n cheese, corn, rolls, and even rice-a-roni. I don't know that I picked up the starch, veggie, meat from my upbringing or just from years of eating Weight Watchers way. I see all those starchy things of dh's and cringe. Forgot to say, I almost always have some sort of fruit as well, either applesauce, sliced peaches, fruit salad, etc.

 

[VanniGirl]

I was raised that you have a starch, a meat/poultry/fish and a veggie.

I was raised the same way - although today I try to have a salad first

Usually our dinners are this way - although my DF would like me to leave out the extra veggies

 

[rhanditresmom]

Typically I fix a meat, two veggies, and a starch. I started cooking this way when DS was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 18 months. Things have changed a lot since then...he doesn't have to have the starchy carbs now! Ah, the wonders of science and medicine! But, old habits are hard to break. Some nights I just fix junk....

Tonight it is grilled chicken, potatoes, cauliflower, and peas. MMMMMMmmmmmm.....

 

[Figment22]

I like to include an appropriate fruit too. For example:
Pork chops, mashed potatoes, peas and applesauce (My DH's favorite meal)
Chicken, stuffing, corn and cranberry sauce
Ham, sweet potatoes, green beans and pineapple/cherries

I certainly don't always accomplish this, but I do try. The most important thing is that we sit down together as a family to eat our meal, even if it's from KFC! I think that's so important.

 

[Keli]

Yep, same formula for me too except I have two veggies or a salad and one veggie. It's what my mother fixed every evening when I was a kid and I guess it's just ingrained into my head that that's the proper way to fix a meal. Dh doesn't follow the formula though so when he fixes dinner it's usually one dish like stir-fry (I'd at least fix rice to go with it and probably a salad, lol)

 

[Maleficent13]

Well, tonight I had Fruit Loops...

 

[chell]

Since it is just me I usually just make a meat and one side dish. I can only eat leftovers so many times so that is why I don't go all out.

 

[Patch'sD]

Food and maybe something to drink

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

That's how I was raised--but I don't really try for a starch....main course and veggie and/or salad. Bread optional---starch not usually in the picture.

 

[bicker]

Salad and a protein shake these days. There's not near enough time to do the exercise necessary to burn off all the calories that would come from a traditional dinner.

 

[Kitty 34]

Usually meat, potato, veggie, and fruit.

 

[Nite0wl71]

Same here, meat, veggie and always a starch, I could eat just the starches (and sometimes I do)

 

[dg39]

Meat or either sometype of chicken or turkey dish, a salad and a veggie. Hardly ever a starch... We have boring dinners at my house....

 

[aprilgail2]

Rarely we have meat/chicken, some days its just 4-5 different veggies and no meat/ starch..some days its just pasta, others just a chicken burger...normally I am cooking one dinner for me, a seperate one for my daughter and at times when grandma doesn't want what I am having I cook three different things....I do them all at the same time so its not that big of a deal....and we also go out to eat a lot, especially during the school year with all the after schoool activities its just easier, I have her bring her homework and we either knock it out in the restaurant or in the morning before she goes to school...

 

[powellrj]

We usually do the meat starch and veggie. I don't know why, but I never serve much fruit. My mom always had a canned fruit with our dinners and I never liked canned fruit, but when I first got married I always served fresh, but just stopped for some reason. I usually try to serve a salad of some kind also.

When I stayed home I use to fix dessert, but we don't do that anymore for some reason. Hummmmmmm things to ponder why???????

 

[Kahana-ri]

Tonight we had beef/shrimp stir fry. Then I made a tomato and avocado salad. We try to have a meat, always a vegetable, and now I try for healthier starches such as pinto beans or brown rice. Growing up we always had a salad with dinner.