Learn English – the single-word category name for such things as breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, and deserts

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If Sunday, Monday, Tuesday are considered “days”, and spring, summer, autumn/fall, winter are considered “seasons”, then what category name corresponds to things like breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, and deserts?

I’m looking for a category name better than food or recipe or course.


Background: I created an app for recipes and wanted to have a name for the filter with which the user can choose a different “type” (this is the word I'm looking for) of recipes.

Best Answer

Menu

  1. A list of the dishes to be served or available for a meal.
  2. The dishes served or available at a meal.

a list of dishes served at a meal or that can be ordered in a restaurant

Worth noting from earlier comments:

  • Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner are called Meals. Non-meal light food consumption is generally called Snacks even if you're eating something that would normally be a dessert item. - Hellion

Meals

  1. the food served and eaten especially at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper.
  2. one of these regular occasions or times for eating food.

Snacks

a small portion of food or drink or a light meal, especially one eaten between regular meals.