We have 3 meals : Breakfast, lunch and dinner. During meals, we consume bread a lot.We drink our traditional drinks such as ayran, şalgam,boza after meals or with the meals AYRAN Şalgam Suyu BOZA

We usually eat a big breakfast at 9 or 10 o’clock in the mornings with olives, butter, honey, cheese, eggs(boiled or fried eggs),fried potatoes, tomatoes, fresh onion and at least 3 glasses of Turkish tea and bread.We have a big and rich breakfast. We know that the breakfast is the most important meal during a day.

If we don’t have enough time for breakfast, we eat some snacks for breakfast such as simit, poaça or different kinds of pastry with tea.

Somebody wants to have an early breakfast at 6 or 7 o’clock in the morning. They prefer eating lentil or tripe soup at the original restaurants where soup and kelle are served. Tripe soup kelle (head of sheep or cow)

We eat lunch at 12 or 1 o’clock with at least 3 dishes of different tastes. Meals are such as Soup, rice with chicken, meat and salad.

Our new generation have begun to go to Fast food restaurants recently despite of their being unhealthy. They prefer eating pizzas, hamburgers at Burger King or McDonalds.

We have also different types of fast food restaurants in our country. We eat gözleme, döner, şis kebab there. şis kebabGözlemeDöner

We have dinner at 5 p.m or later on winter days, at 7 p.m or later on summer days. We eat a rich meal at dinner since all members of the family are at home at that time. We usually have soup as beginner and main course with vegetable dish or meat dish and salad.

After dinner we always drink Turkish tea or Turkish coffee and eat fruit Or desserts

Turkish cuisine is very rich and it changes from region to region In Black Sea Region, People consume fish a lot and prepare meals from seafood especially anchovy (hamsi).

In Mediterranean and Aegean sea region, people mostly eat vegetable meals, Seafood and salads. Aegean sea region Mediterranean region

In Anatolian and Eastern region, people are keen on eating meat (especially veal, mutton, beef and we don’t eat pork) because livestock is the most important source of livelihood and meals made of dough.

Women prepare home-made food before winter. In winter, Eating home-made food on cold days is very amazing. They make different kinds of jam, pasta, pickle.

Women mostly give a feast among women once a month and they take golden Money to the host house.

We have a big feast for wedding,festivals and funeral for a great amount of people.

Aşure is a kind of dessert made of grain, bean, dried pigs and grape, sugar.It is given to people as religious duty in certain time of the year.

Healthy nutrition proposals

4-Cut down on saturated fat and sugar Although we need some fat in our diet (to provide the essential fatty acids and aid the absorption of the fat soluble vitamins A, D, E and K), too much fat may lead to weight gain, as fat provides 9 calories per gram, more than double that from carbohydrates and protein. Replace saturated fats from butter, lard, pastries, cream, pies and cheese (which can increase your blood cholesterol levels) with unsaturated fats found in vegetable oils, nuts, seeds, oily fish and avocados. Too much sugar, especially between meals can increase risk of tooth decay and will add extra calories so limit your added sugar intake! If you get a sweet craving try having fruit instead, helping you to achieve your 5-a-day! 5. Eat less salt, adults should eat no more than 6 g per day and children should have even less A high salt intake is associated with an increased risk of developing high blood pressure which puts you at a greater risk of developing stroke or heart disease. Most of our salt intake comes from processed foods rather than salt added during cooking or at the table, so always check food labels for the salt content! When comparing foods, a high salt content is more than 1.5g salt per 100g (or 0.6g sodium). Low is 0.3g salt or less per 100g (or 0.1g sodium). Try using extra herbs, spices, citrus juices (lemon and lime), mustard or vinegar to flavour foods so you can use less salt in your recipes.