what does your dinner consist of?

[funhouse8]

That's how we eat too, only add a salad. This is how I was raised too, I guess I just do what Mom did.

 

[Kermit]

I frequently don't serve a starch. Ususally I just serve a starch if I make a casserole with pasta or rice in it. I usually serve 2 veggies or one veggie and a fruit.

I do usually serve a starch when we eat vegetarian. It makes serving complete proteins easier.

 

[grlpwrd]

It depends.

We eat pasta dinners (with or without meat) 3 days per week so with those meals it's with salad or veggies and no other starch/carb. Kids (the older one's) are athletic and active (ie ride bikes, martial arts, etc) and I exercise 4 or 5 days a week so I make sure we eat enough carbs for energy.

Twice a week we eat vegetarian meals which includes legumes or a protein source, veggies on the side, plus whole grains and a salad.

The other 2 days are week are usually a meat or ethnic dish (like a stirfry or chicken cooked Asian style) plus brown rice or couscous or other whole grain and a salad or veggie will be eaten as a snack if those foods are too much for us.

Generally, fruit is reserved for snacks and we try to eat a little protein with it like cottage cheese, breakfast and lunch usually has more carbs/starches, and we eat treats like ice cream or pie 2 or 3 days a week only.

 

[caitycaity]

we almost always have a meat, starch, and veggie. sometimes we will go meatless though and sometimes i don't eat a starch.