Low-Cost Meatless Dietary of High Efficiency Value 



for a Family of Five Persons, Father at Work 



and Mother doing Household Work 



Essentials. — Do not buy meat until you have bought 

 three quarts of milk a day. Milk contains valuable tissue- 

 building food, valuable salts and invaluable vitamins which 

 help toward sound health. 



If you buy bread remember that day-old bread is much 

 cheaper than freshly baked bread and is just as good a food. 



The menus may be arranged as follows: 



BREAKFAST 



Cornmeal mush, fried (-fmilk for children and corn syrup for 

 adults), or oatmeal, or hominy, or farina, or buckwheat 

 cakes. 



Bread (or toast). 



Oleomargarin. 



Coffee (adults). 



Stewed prunes. 



Orange juice for baby. 



LUNCHEON OR SUPPER 



Pork and beans (bean soup for young children), or creamed 



dried beef on toast. 

 Bread. 



Oleomargarin. 



Tea with milk and sugar, for adults. 

 Milk for youngest children. 

 Cereal, coffee or cocoa for older children. 

 Sliced bananas with sugar, or stewed dried peaches. (The 



bananas may be boiled in their skins.) 



DINNER 



Lentil soup (or potato, or bean, or pea soup). 

 Boiled rice (or spaghetti, or macaroni with cheese, or 

 baked split peas with bacon). 



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