"basic meal" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to a meal that is plain and simple, with no extras. For example, "I'm just having a basic meal of pasta and a salad tonight."
Unclutterer have created a very basic meal plan template for you to use here.
Food rations a basic meal had been distributed to less than half of the people the government believed needed them.
Iyang Iskandar, secretary general of the Jakarta Red Cross, said most refugees in Indonesia's troubled regions do receive at least one basic meal a day.
It was a basic meal – Esme likes chopped up food, sticks of celery and cucumber – but the light was lovely and she was giggling and mucking around".
At 60 Hong Kong dollars (or about $7.50 at the rate of 7.97 Hong Kong dollars to the United States dollar), the basic meal is grim, but the deluxe meal, at 100 dollars, is excellent.
Cynics pointed out that the deal will help the monastery's financial mainstay, a vegetarian restaurant that serves two fixed-price meals (the deluxe meal, $12.80 in United States dollars, is excellent; the $7.70 basic meal is mediocre).
Two basic meals are cooked for the workers by a chef employed by the gangmaster.
They are also given a menu guide if they need help in planning basic meals.
I really do know how to generate several basic meals a day, every day.
India's basket, for example, consists of three basic meals a day and nominal expenditure on healthcare and education.
Today we're cooking – she's learning how to make basic meals to avoid the temptation of the kebab on the way back from the bar.
