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[quote=Anonymous]breakfast options: oatmeal (often as baked oatmeal or overnight oats), cold cereal, hardboiled eggs or crustless quiche with english muffin, smoothies, toaster waffles with peanut butter and bananas, yogurt. All with fruit. I usually pick 1-2 of these to have on hand each week, depending on time of year (I prefer warm breakfasts in the winter) and what's on sale.

lunch is usually dinner leftovers or a sandwich, with a fruit, a vegetable, and a sweet or salty snack.

Dinner: we are vegetarian, so your mileage may vary. We usually make 3 things a week, each large enough to eat twice for dinner and pack leftovers for lunch. Popular choices (some more in certain seasons than others) include:

* soup/stew/chili and bread
* rice or other grain bowl with beans or tofu, vegetable, and sauce
* ethiopian food (usually either lentils or shiro, with either gomen or cabbage and carrots) made at home with store-bought injera
* scrambled eggs with vegetables, huevos rancheros, shakshousha, or quiche
* sweet potato hash with chipotle field roast sausage
* stuffed butternut squash or bell peppers
* hummus, tabbouleh, pita, and roasted vegetables
* bean loaf with cauliflower/potato mash, mushroom gravy, and red cabbage
* curry with rice or naan and raita
* homemade veggie burgers and sweet potato oven fries 
* vegetarian sloppy joes and coleslaw or broccoli slaw
* pancakes or french toast casserole with fruit and yogurt or veggie sausage 
* pasta and sauce, lasagna, baked ziti
* tacos, burritos, quesadillas

if the meal doesn't have a major vegetable component we have a vegetable on the side as well--sometimes cooked and sometimes salad.

we make a list based on what we already have in the house, what's on sale, and what we feel like eating. We usually buy one package of ice cream or another dessert food each week as well, and generally don't buy any beverages other than milk. I feel like we eat well and have a good variety of food without spending a ton on it. [/quote]

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