Mashed Potatoes | 5.0 500 52 Milk | 1.0 100 19 Butter | 1.0 100 1 String beans | 0.5 50 11 Butter for beans | 1.0 100 1 Bread | 5.0 500 72 Butter | 5.0 500 5 | Cabbage salad | Cabbage | 0.5 50 10 Lettuce | 0.1 10 —— Heavy cream for dressing | 2.0 200 4 Lemon jelly | Gelatin | 0.5 50 50 Lemon juice | 0.1 10 —— Sugar | 4.0 400 —— Whipped cream | Heavy cream | 3.0 300 7 Milk to drink | 6.0 600 114 | ------------------ Totals | 10,636 1308 =========================================================== It is evident that we have enough protein, and as a good share of it is from milk, we know that it will satisfy the children’s requirements in the best possible way. The adults will get theirs largely from the salmon and meat. Comparing this list with our first tentative one, we find that we have used in building up our dietary 21 portions of milk, 5 of cereal, 5 of fruit (not including lemon juice), 4.1 of green vegetable, 8 of meat (including salmon), 18 of bread, and 22 of butter, but no eggs. We have a good representation of the different kinds of foodstuffs, with this exception, and as the boys would need the eggs most, we could put them in for their breakfast, thus adding about 140 total Calories and 50 protein Calories. With this addition we are still slightly deficient in total energy, but to add one or two hundred Calories is a very simple matter. A second serving of potatoes, an extra roll for those whose fuel requirement is highest, or a slightly more liberal use of butter, might well solve the problem. This dietary calculation shows how the menu may help in getting a balanced diet, and how knowledge of food values can be applied as a check on the menu. If we had had fewer dishes in each meal, we should have had to plan to serve larger portions of some or all of them, or to use more freely such staples as bread, butter, and milk. Each family must find out the kind of menu best suited to its resources. Some typical meal plans suitable for everyday use are given below. TYPICAL BREAKFAST PLANS I Fruit Toast Beverage II Fruit Cereal Toast Beverage III Fruit Meat Toast Beverage IV Fruit Cereal Meat Toast Beverage V