The classic paradigm family dinner looks much like what you see on the cover of frozen dinner boxes. The meal consists of a meat, a starch, and a vegetable whose composition gives equal weight to each of the three components and ensures that no food touches another. In this example, you might serve chicken*, rice, and steamed broccoli.

*Although this version features Mrs Moore’s Chicken, there are other proteins that work equally as well, such as grilled steak, pork tenderloin or salmon.