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[quote=Anonymous]Grew up in CT in 80s-90s. Single parent mom (widowed; German/English ancestry, but not entirely sure of all of it) as 100% Italian dad died when I was little.

Breakfast: Cereal (Cheerios, Rice Krispys, but my mom generally refused to buy sugary ones like Lucky Charms, Cocoa Puffs, much to my dismay). A lot of zucchini bread (made with zucchini from our backyard haul every summer, then frozen), eggs, yogurt.

Lunch: cold cut sandwiches - bologna, olive loaf (which I loved as a kid), ham, salami. Sometimes sub hot dogs and ketchup on white bread if we were out. Probably w/ a piece of fruit like an apple or banana that didn't require cutting or keeping in a container. I lived for the sweet treats that I always got in my lunch like hostess cupcakes or Little Debbie - My favorites were Star Crunch, Nutty Buddy, etc.

Dinner - all sorts of things, but a lot of:
Breaded and pan fried chicken cutlet or pork chops
Beef stew
Pasta with red sauce/meat sauce (or ravioli or shells)
French bread pizzas 
Soup. Favorite was tortellini in chicken broth with some veggies like carrots/celery and/or peas. Sometimes split pea soup w/ ham.
Boiled cabbage and ham/brisket
Hot dogs, hamburgers
Steak (cheap cuts)

Sides were frozen or canned veggies, sliced and fried potatoes, rice (sometimes
rice and black eyed peas).

In the summer, we had a garden in the backyard so there was a lot of sliced tomatoes and cucumbers tossed in olive oil and vinegar. Zucchini and eggplant would be thin sliced and fried (sometimes, but not always breaded), sometimes turned into like a zucchini/eggplant parm casserole.

Always had ice cream in the house.

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