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Japanese for breakfast, Thai and Korean for dinner.

We had lots of chicken and veggies, and spaghetti. They never cooked pork or seafood because my stepmom doesn't like either of those things.

dad always cooked - meat, starch, veggie. pretty standard Canadian fare.

My mom made Filipino food: cured meats with eggs and rice for breakfast (think Hawaiian style), lumpia (egg rolls), chicken adobo, pancit (rice noodles), arroz caldo (congee), stir-fried pork, sinigang (sour soup), embutido (like a scotch egg, but in rolls). Now that I think of it, a lot of these are pretty labor intensive and she made them all from scratch. It's pretty awesome considering she worked full-time and took care of 2 kids alone (since my dad was out deployed, he was in the military).

She also cooked more common foods like spaghetti and meatloaf and I also had my share of frozen pot pies, fish sticks, hash browns, and Chef Boyardee.

My brother never really got to experience all that, since she hardly ever cooked when he got older. I always say my mom isn't very motherly, but after writing all of that, I realize she was back then.

Mostly meat and potatoes or pasta dishes. Very American, never anything else really. Or BBQ. my mom is much more adventurous now!!

@shopaholic: Me too!! I loved having soup at every meal now that I'm "all grown up" and cooking on my own. I loved the elaborate/variety of meals!

My dad also cooked Vietnamese food ocassionally along with American food here and there, but mostly Chinese food. Oh how I miss home cooking now...

From back before my dad remarried I remember a lot of soups and spaghetti and sausages and pork chops paired with potatoes and overcooked veggies...

My step mom always made casseroles and stews and all kinds of things. Generally it was a pretty standard North American diet, but she would experiment with other types of food too. I loved when we did stir fry.