Dinner

Menu Options

Dinner is traditionally the big feast of the day. In times when people were working more physical jobs or doing farm work, there was a sense of refreshing logic with such a feast near the end of the day.

Big dinners, or suppers, were generally served fairly early in the evening or late afternoon. This was after a long day of labour when eating a big feast was a comfort. As people become more urban and sedentary, this tradition did not go away and has become hazardous to our health. Because people in more urban settings tend to work a lot later, a large dinner eaten too close to bedtime leads to obesity problems.

For holidays, parties and special occasions, the dinner tends to be the centerpiece people expect. Again, for these occasions, people expect to eat fairly early in the evening or late afternoon.

Your choices for dinner are great, but it can be summed up in the following manner:

• 1 starch
• 1 meat (beef, fish, pork, poultry) or protein substitute
• 1 vegetable
• 1 dairy
• 1 fruit

Of course, if you want a lighter meal, your combination could consist of:

• 1 starch
• 1 meat (beef, fish, pork, poultry) or protein substitute
• 1 vegetable

If you will look to the Table of Contents to the right, you will see different categories that can help you pick and choose what to use to fill those gaps.

There are just so many different combinations you could use to come up with something for dinner. Instead of just the same things you usually cook, browse through the selections to help you try something different for dinner.