"staple meal" is a correct term and can be used in written English.
You can use it to refer to a food or dish that is regularly eaten in a particular place or by a particular person or group. For example, "rice and beans is a staple meal for many families in Latin America."
This meant their staple meal was bread and tuna.
At home, the staple meal was tea and bread, which his mother jokingly referred to as a balanced diet: a solid and a liquid.
He celebrated his thirty-second birthday on the set — over a peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich, his daily staple meal — with his crew and with his actors, Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Ben Stiller, Bill Murray, Danny Glover, and Owen Wilson, who appeared in Anderson's movie "Bottle Rocket" and who also co-wrote the "Tenenbaums" script.
Chankonabe (or "chanko", as the rikishi refer to it) is the staple meal of the sport.
(FGD2; P3, 57 years, Male) Social impact was an important determinant of the staple meal they consume; "Daughter cooks 'Keeri Samba (polished short-grain rice)' for every meal.
Like me, Claudia Rooke, a second-year student at Bristol, opted for veganism during her first term at university and relies on macro bowls (with brown rice, vegetables, sprouted beans and soy sauce), porridge and soy yoghurt as staple meals and snacks.
Offcuts of meat, chicken livers, beef cheeks, fried fish for breakfast (yes, really) as well as a host of Filipino dishes such as adobo (meat, fish or vegetables cooked in a vinegar, soy sauce and garlic marinade), tinola (chicken and papaya soup) and stuffed trout formed our staple meals, all of which have become favourites with our readers since we started publishing our recipes.
Like my review of the Juiceman, Jr., the Black and Decker 10-speed Cyclone Blender caused me to move beyond my staple meals of ramen noodles, chicken wings, and beer.
Let's be honest, unless you're a TV chef who takes joy in making staple meals unaffordable, you've only eaten battered sausages when you're so wasted a kebab seems too complex.
Let's be honest, unless you're a TV chef who delights in making staple meals unaffordable, you've only ever eaten battered sausages when you're so wasted a kebab seems too complex.
A few miles away at Arepa 1, a similar group gathered outside and inside, cheering the news on television while chomping on arepas, Venezuela's staple corn meal patties, and sipped Frescolita.
