Yet for a growing number of people, the question isn't what to eat, but whether there will be enough food to eat at all.
National Food Bank Day is an opportunity to recognise the extraordinary work carried out by food banks, their volunteers and everyone who donates food, money or time to help neighbours who are struggling.
Food banks provide emergency supplies to individuals and families experiencing financial hardship. The reasons somebody might need their help are many and varied. A sudden job loss, illness, relationship breakdown, unexpected household bill or delay in receiving benefits can leave a previously financially secure household struggling to put meals on the table.
And food poverty isn't always obvious. The person using a food bank could be somebody you work with, an elderly neighbour or a parent at the school gates.
What Can We Donate?
National Food Bank Day is a good excuse to check the kitchen cupboards and, better still, add a few extra items to the weekly shopping basket specifically for donation.
Food banks commonly welcome long-life products including:
Tinned vegetables, fruit, meat and fish
Pasta, rice and noodles
Pasta sauces
Breakfast cereals
Tea and coffee
UHT milk
Tinned soups
Biscuits and snacks
Long-life fruit juice
Tinned puddings and custard
However, don't automatically assume what your local food bank needs. Many publish regularly updated lists of urgently required products. Some may have plenty of pasta but desperately need tinned meat, coffee or long-life milk.
And remember that food banks frequently need non-food essentials too, including toiletries, sanitary products, nappies, washing powder and household cleaning products.
Every Donation Counts
You don't need to arrive with a trolley overflowing with groceries to make a difference. One tin of beans, a packet of cereal or a carton of long-life milk might seem insignificant, but thousands of people each donating one or two products can make an enormous collective difference.
Supermarket collection points also make donating particularly easy. Simply buy an additional item and place it in the collection box after paying.
At That's Food and Drink, we believe food should bring people together rather than highlight the inequalities between us.
So, on National Food Bank Day, why not find out what your local food bank needs?
Because nobody should have to wonder where their next meal is coming from.