Dinner

There are many combinations which can be used as the hearty dish for dinner in which two or more groups may be represented. Such a dish would be a fish or clam chowder, where starches, protein foods, and some fat are all combined. This should then be served with food from the mineral salt group, such as salads or fruit, and some sweet. Another such dish would be an Irish stew where potatoes and vegetables are combined with the meat. So also there are many variations that can be made in a casserole or baking-dish where a starch (rice, macaroni or cornmeal) is combined with vegetables, usually tomato, but almost any vegetable might answer the purpose, together with a little fish or meat or cheese. If the flavor is enjoyed, a slice or two of bacon can be laid on the top, which will crisp up in the oven and add fat to the dish. Such a dish may easily be prepared in the morning and slipped into the oven a half or three quarters of an hour before dinner-time, thus greatly relieving the task of preparing dinner and permitting the home-maker to be out of the house all the afternoon. It also does away with the necessity of having many disagreeable cooking dishes to wash and makes the dinner a very simple one to serve. In these days of the high cost of labor, it is well to become accustomed to using all such means of saving time and energy.

Since breakfast is so much a matter of routine and since luncheon can be so readily made up from leftovers or along lines already discussed, we will simply add a few combinations which would be suitable for the hearty meal of the day. Some of these are typical of meals that are in constant use.

Spaghetti, macaroni, or rice cooked with tomato, onion, green pepper; and cheese

Bread and butter

Fruit and gingerbread

Cow peas boiled with pork Boiled rice

Green vegetable or vegetable salad Honey, maple sugar, or date sandwiches

3 Baked beans and brown bread

Tomato jelly salad Tart apple sauce and cookies

Fish chowder

Sliced tomatoes

Apple pie

Cheese

Fowl en casserole

Baked potato Spinach

Chocolate cornstarch pudding

Cookies

Pot roast

Potatoes Boiled onions

Prunes and hermits

Corn, tomato, and cheese on toast

Potato salad with boiled dressing

Jam or stewed fruit

8 Baked fish Boiled rice Scalloped corn

Apple tapioca

Salt codfish hash

Vegetable Nut bread

Banana salad

Meat balls Scalloped rice Fried onions

Lemon jelly

Cream of celery soup

Chicken en casserole

Tomato salad Graham muffins

Ice cream

Coffee Cake

Vegetable soup

Scalloped shrimps

Baked stuffed potato Spinach

Rye muffins

Fruit cup Coffee

Chicken broth

Green pepper with cow peas

Tomato sauce

Baked potato

Waldorf salad Raised rye muffins

Cantaloupe

Coffee

Tomato bisque

Lentil timbale Cauliflower au gratin

Lettuce salad Corn muffins

Baked apple

Coffee