What is the food basket of the Philippines?

Question

the food basket includes what is normally eaten by a family for breakfast , lunch and supper and how much a family spends for these.

Answer 1

philippines is typically a rice eating country

we eat rice during breakfast, lunch and dinner

breakfast

rice, either fried or steamed

eggs, fried or boiled

dried fish for the poorer class

ham or hotdog for the richer class

left over food from dinner for the budget conscious

no breakfast at all for the extremely poor and those who do not want to wake up early

sometimes its just bread and coffee for the people on the go

lunch

steamed rice

fried meat or fish

sauteed vegetables

dinner

steamed rice

meat stew or fish stew

the food may vary from one region to another

a typical family of 5 people may spend around php 200-300 per day on the 3 meals or roughly 5-7 us dollars for a decent meal. it does not include the miriendas in between meals